we don’t know if he’s got game on the
court but behind the camera
Spike Lee has all the right moves
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’re
counting down our picks for the top ten
Spike Lee joints don’t you worry mother
Kay they got it all on videotape
before we begin we published new content
every day so be sure to subscribe to our
Channel and ring the bell to get
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this list we’re looking at the best
movie Spike Lee has directed number 10
jungle fever
you know Angie I’ve never cheated on my
wife before never one afraid to tackle
controversial issues spike took a
head-on approach to discussing
interracial relationships with this film
starring Wesley Snipes as flipper a
married man who has an affair with his
white co-worker the movie openly
discusses the social mores they’re
coupling breaks as well as the serious
verging on melodrama a lot goes down in
the movie that’s just on the right side
of being over the top but in spikes
hands it’s grounded by the performances
he pulls from the actors particularly
samuel l.jackson as Gator flippers crack
addict brother some of the movies
politics haven’t aged well
but it started a much-needed
conversation but you miles tell you I
have a committed relationship oh
whatever number nine inside men is
exceedingly simple
because I can not many directors have a
filmography as varied as spikes but
lucky for us he has proven he has the
range with inside men spike gave us a
crime thriller set over a tense 24 hours
marking their fourth collaboration
Denzel Washington played the straight
man as a detective trying to negotiate
with Clive Owen the ringleader behind
the heist you planned every inch of this
thing right from the start you got
everybody watching to your beat
including me and I’m through buying it
unlike spikes other films this one is a
strong focus on the plot and his tight
execution behind the camera
differentiates the caper from other
heist flicks with a similar story can’t
hide quality like that number eight
chiraq as long as you love the life more
than a wife who’s coming from anyone
else the plot of chiraq would sound
utterly ridiculous a group of women in
Chicago make a pact to stop having sex
with their partners as long as the
city’s gang violence continues I’m not a
power we have Overton withholdin just a
day taking inspiration from the Greek
play Lysistrata by Aristophanes the
story is a powerful exploration of gun
violence sexuality and gender dynamics
stacked with a powerhouse cast including
Angela Bassett John Cusack and samuel
l.jackson hit woefully underperformed at
the box office
nevertheless the film is classic Spike
Lee mixing social commentary with a bit
of humor to comment on the black
American experience 7 he got game boy
game sports movies aren’t usually as
morally complex as this one but that’s
cuz most of them don’t have Spike Lee
directing working with Denzel Washington
the actor stars as Jake Shuttlesworth an
inmate in prison for his wife’s
accidental death
if you persuade your son to do this the
governor’s given me his word he’ll do
everything in his power to cut your time
here short his character is offered a
reduced sentence if he can convince his
estranged son portrayed by NB
player Ray Allen to play college ball at
the alma mater of the state’s governor
the movie is an intimate character
portrait as Jake struggles to connect
with the Sun without giving away the
true reason he’s back his life and his
son’s future are both on the line and
with each scene we see the weight of
Jake’s choices play out pray that you
understand why I pushed you so hard
there’s only to get you to that next
level son number 6 25th hour with 25th
hour spike tackles the looming shadow of
prison again this time with Edward
Norton starring as a man enjoying his
last day of freedom before serving a
seven-year sentence but it’s way more
than that
set in New York it came out a little
more than a year after the 9/11 attacks
and spike in views each scene with the
weight of that tragedy and the pollak
cast over the city as Norton says his
goodbyes
with the searing 5 minute monologue
Norton’s character gives he takes down
everyone from Osama bin Laden to George
W Bush himself
it’s a bold sometimes racist hard to
hear rant
but one of the most unforgettable scenes
spike has directed and let the waters
rise and submerge this whole
rat-infested place number five black
Klansmen there’s never been a black cop
in this city we think you might be the
man open things up around here Spike’s
most recent film is being hailed as his
return to form and whether it is or not
is up for debate but it’s pretty hard to
deny how great of a movie it is starring
John David Washington
Denzel Son and based on a true life
story it follows a black police officer
who infiltrates the Ku Klux Klan by
developing a relationship with the
leader of a local chapter only a white
officer to play me when they meet face
to face the film is a wild comedic ride
that explores race relations the role of
the police and racial inequality with a
stacked cast including Adam driver
Topher Grace and Alec Baldwin every
performer brought their a-game to bring
this compelling story to life can you do
that with the right white man we can do
anything
number 4 she’s got to have it
in my experiences I found two types of
men the decent ones and the dogs before
he turned it into a Netflix show this
film was the one that cemented spike as
a director to watch made for just 175
thousand dollars the movie explores the
sexual life of NOLA darling an artist in
Brooklyn and her messy romantic
entanglements with three different
suitors I believe that there is only one
person one person in this world who was
meant to be a soulmate NOLA sexuality
was seen as unconventional for the time
and while there has been some critique
about how feminist the movie really is
it was bold inventive and showed black
women in a way that we hadn’t seen
on-screen before it also gave us the
iconic character of Mars Blackmon played
by spike himself who went on to star in
his own Nike commercials number three
four little girls the first bombing was
in December 1956 Christmas night while
he’s known more for his narrative films
spike has proved he’s an excellent
documentarian – with this movie about
the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing
that took the lives of the titular girls
and later again with when the levees
broke a requiem in for acts a film about
post Hurricane Katrina New Orleans but
with four little girls especially spike
showed the world that he could inject
that same humanity heart and call for
justice present in his fictional movies
into a real-life subject my parents and
I had my sisters and brothers were all
sitting down at the table eating
breakfast and the whole house shook the
amount of painstaking research he did
for the film is clear as he shows the
arc from the bombing to the passing of
the Civil Rights Act of 1964 it happened
in a church way you normally would feel
safe are you thank you safe number two
Malcolm X the Honorable Elijah Muhammad
teaches us that Jesus did not have blond
hair and blue eyes
making a biopic about anyone is dynamic
and complicated as Malcolm X would be an
ambitious undertaking for any director
but somehow Spike Lee took the life of
the civil rights leader and told it with
the grace and dignity Malcolm deserved
what’s your name
[Music]
no that’s the name of the slave masters
a family a long gestating project before
spike was even attached the problems
with the production are legendary but
despite all that he managed to pull one
of Denzel Washington’s best performances
as the actor portrayed the icon at
various times of his life leading up to
his assassination Spike hits all the
normal biopic beats but it feels
compelling given the strength of his
direction and firm grasp on the subject
matter before we unveil our number one
yamo to the moon damn it we coming to
the moon we’ll be right behind your
space shuttles we can’t let grill pop
pop pop any pop that one goes down
shooter doesn’t call Louis neighborhood
says this four shots fired
number one do the right thing a small
little indie film made on a 10th of a
normal Hollywood budget do the right
thing has become one of the most
enduring movies of the last 30 years
even more it’s one of the most important
movies in American cinema
due to its portrayal of race relations
in America Prince Bruce set during the
hottest day of the summer
it’s an inventive film that tells the
story of the racial unrest between the
black inhabitants of bed-stuy Brooklyn
and the white owner of the local pizza
shop it’s a powder keg from start to
finish as the story eventually leads to
a riot in the neighborhood the movie is
full of career-defining performances and
encourages audiences to examine their
[Music]
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court but behind the camera
Spike Lee has all the right moves
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’re
counting down our picks for the top ten
Spike Lee joints don’t you worry mother
Kay they got it all on videotape
before we begin we published new content
every day so be sure to subscribe to our
Channel and ring the bell to get
notified about our latest videos for
this list we’re looking at the best
movie Spike Lee has directed number 10
jungle fever
you know Angie I’ve never cheated on my
wife before never one afraid to tackle
controversial issues spike took a
head-on approach to discussing
interracial relationships with this film
starring Wesley Snipes as flipper a
married man who has an affair with his
white co-worker the movie openly
discusses the social mores they’re
coupling breaks as well as the serious
verging on melodrama a lot goes down in
the movie that’s just on the right side
of being over the top but in spikes
hands it’s grounded by the performances
he pulls from the actors particularly
samuel l.jackson as Gator flippers crack
addict brother some of the movies
politics haven’t aged well
but it started a much-needed
conversation but you miles tell you I
have a committed relationship oh
whatever number nine inside men is
exceedingly simple
because I can not many directors have a
filmography as varied as spikes but
lucky for us he has proven he has the
range with inside men spike gave us a
crime thriller set over a tense 24 hours
marking their fourth collaboration
Denzel Washington played the straight
man as a detective trying to negotiate
with Clive Owen the ringleader behind
the heist you planned every inch of this
thing right from the start you got
everybody watching to your beat
including me and I’m through buying it
unlike spikes other films this one is a
strong focus on the plot and his tight
execution behind the camera
differentiates the caper from other
heist flicks with a similar story can’t
hide quality like that number eight
chiraq as long as you love the life more
than a wife who’s coming from anyone
else the plot of chiraq would sound
utterly ridiculous a group of women in
Chicago make a pact to stop having sex
with their partners as long as the
city’s gang violence continues I’m not a
power we have Overton withholdin just a
day taking inspiration from the Greek
play Lysistrata by Aristophanes the
story is a powerful exploration of gun
violence sexuality and gender dynamics
stacked with a powerhouse cast including
Angela Bassett John Cusack and samuel
l.jackson hit woefully underperformed at
the box office
nevertheless the film is classic Spike
Lee mixing social commentary with a bit
of humor to comment on the black
American experience 7 he got game boy
game sports movies aren’t usually as
morally complex as this one but that’s
cuz most of them don’t have Spike Lee
directing working with Denzel Washington
the actor stars as Jake Shuttlesworth an
inmate in prison for his wife’s
accidental death
if you persuade your son to do this the
governor’s given me his word he’ll do
everything in his power to cut your time
here short his character is offered a
reduced sentence if he can convince his
estranged son portrayed by NB
player Ray Allen to play college ball at
the alma mater of the state’s governor
the movie is an intimate character
portrait as Jake struggles to connect
with the Sun without giving away the
true reason he’s back his life and his
son’s future are both on the line and
with each scene we see the weight of
Jake’s choices play out pray that you
understand why I pushed you so hard
there’s only to get you to that next
level son number 6 25th hour with 25th
hour spike tackles the looming shadow of
prison again this time with Edward
Norton starring as a man enjoying his
last day of freedom before serving a
seven-year sentence but it’s way more
than that
set in New York it came out a little
more than a year after the 9/11 attacks
and spike in views each scene with the
weight of that tragedy and the pollak
cast over the city as Norton says his
goodbyes
with the searing 5 minute monologue
Norton’s character gives he takes down
everyone from Osama bin Laden to George
W Bush himself
it’s a bold sometimes racist hard to
hear rant
but one of the most unforgettable scenes
spike has directed and let the waters
rise and submerge this whole
rat-infested place number five black
Klansmen there’s never been a black cop
in this city we think you might be the
man open things up around here Spike’s
most recent film is being hailed as his
return to form and whether it is or not
is up for debate but it’s pretty hard to
deny how great of a movie it is starring
John David Washington
Denzel Son and based on a true life
story it follows a black police officer
who infiltrates the Ku Klux Klan by
developing a relationship with the
leader of a local chapter only a white
officer to play me when they meet face
to face the film is a wild comedic ride
that explores race relations the role of
the police and racial inequality with a
stacked cast including Adam driver
Topher Grace and Alec Baldwin every
performer brought their a-game to bring
this compelling story to life can you do
that with the right white man we can do
anything
number 4 she’s got to have it
in my experiences I found two types of
men the decent ones and the dogs before
he turned it into a Netflix show this
film was the one that cemented spike as
a director to watch made for just 175
thousand dollars the movie explores the
sexual life of NOLA darling an artist in
Brooklyn and her messy romantic
entanglements with three different
suitors I believe that there is only one
person one person in this world who was
meant to be a soulmate NOLA sexuality
was seen as unconventional for the time
and while there has been some critique
about how feminist the movie really is
it was bold inventive and showed black
women in a way that we hadn’t seen
on-screen before it also gave us the
iconic character of Mars Blackmon played
by spike himself who went on to star in
his own Nike commercials number three
four little girls the first bombing was
in December 1956 Christmas night while
he’s known more for his narrative films
spike has proved he’s an excellent
documentarian – with this movie about
the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing
that took the lives of the titular girls
and later again with when the levees
broke a requiem in for acts a film about
post Hurricane Katrina New Orleans but
with four little girls especially spike
showed the world that he could inject
that same humanity heart and call for
justice present in his fictional movies
into a real-life subject my parents and
I had my sisters and brothers were all
sitting down at the table eating
breakfast and the whole house shook the
amount of painstaking research he did
for the film is clear as he shows the
arc from the bombing to the passing of
the Civil Rights Act of 1964 it happened
in a church way you normally would feel
safe are you thank you safe number two
Malcolm X the Honorable Elijah Muhammad
teaches us that Jesus did not have blond
hair and blue eyes
making a biopic about anyone is dynamic
and complicated as Malcolm X would be an
ambitious undertaking for any director
but somehow Spike Lee took the life of
the civil rights leader and told it with
the grace and dignity Malcolm deserved
what’s your name
[Music]
no that’s the name of the slave masters
a family a long gestating project before
spike was even attached the problems
with the production are legendary but
despite all that he managed to pull one
of Denzel Washington’s best performances
as the actor portrayed the icon at
various times of his life leading up to
his assassination Spike hits all the
normal biopic beats but it feels
compelling given the strength of his
direction and firm grasp on the subject
matter before we unveil our number one
yamo to the moon damn it we coming to
the moon we’ll be right behind your
space shuttles we can’t let grill pop
pop pop any pop that one goes down
shooter doesn’t call Louis neighborhood
says this four shots fired
number one do the right thing a small
little indie film made on a 10th of a
normal Hollywood budget do the right
thing has become one of the most
enduring movies of the last 30 years
even more it’s one of the most important
movies in American cinema
due to its portrayal of race relations
in America Prince Bruce set during the
hottest day of the summer
it’s an inventive film that tells the
story of the racial unrest between the
black inhabitants of bed-stuy Brooklyn
and the white owner of the local pizza
shop it’s a powder keg from start to
finish as the story eventually leads to
a riot in the neighborhood the movie is
full of career-defining performances and
encourages audiences to examine their
[Music]
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these other great clips from WatchMojo
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