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Spike Lee
Director 69 years old

Spike Lee

Atlanta, Georgia, USA

Shelton Jackson "Spike" Lee (born March 20, 1957) is an American filmmaker and actor. His work has continually explored race relations, issues within the black community, the role of media in contemporary life, urban crime and poverty, and other political issues. Lee... Read full bio →

Directed Films

Every film this person directed

28 titles
Da 5 Bloods

Da 5 Bloods

Spike Lee 2020 2h 35m 7.0

Four African-American Vietnam veterans return to Vietnam. They are in search of the remains of their fallen squad leader and the promise of buried treasure. These heroes battle forces of humanity and nature while confronted by the lasting ravages of the immorality of the Vietnam War.

American Utopia

American Utopia

Spike Lee 2020 1h 45m 9.0

A filmed version of David Byrne's Broadway show, a unifying musical celebration that inspires audiences to connect to each other and to the global community.

BlacKkKlansman

BlacKkKlansman

Spike Lee 2018 2h 16m 7.4

Colorado Springs, late 1970s. Ron Stallworth, an African American police officer, and Flip Zimmerman, his Jewish colleague, run an undercover operation to infiltrate the Ku Klux Klan.

Michael Jackson's Journey from Motown to Off the Wall

Michael Jackson's Journey from Motown to Off the Wall

Spike Lee 2016 1h 33m

A look at the life of the late pop star Michael Jackson from his early days at Motown Records to the release of his hit 1979 album, Off the Wall.

Oldboy

Oldboy

Spike Lee 2013 1h 44m 5.4

An everyday man has only three and a half days and limited resources to discover why he was imprisoned in a nondescript room for 20 years without any explanation.

Miracle at St. Anna

Miracle at St. Anna

Spike Lee 2008 2h 40m 5.1

Miracle at St. Anna chronicles the story of four American soldiers who are members of the all-black 92nd "Buffalo Soldier" Division stationed in Tuscany, Italy during World War II.

Inside Man

Inside Man

Spike Lee 2006 2h 9m 7.7

"Inside Man" is the story of a tough cop, Detective Frazier, who matches wits with a clever bank robber. As the dangerous cat-and-mouse game unfolds, a wild card emerges: Madaline, a power broker with a hidden agenda, who injects even more instability into an already volatile situation.

All the Invisible Children

All the Invisible Children

Mehdi Charef, John Woo 2005 2h 4m 7.7

Seven short films - each one focused on the plight of a different child protagonist.

Sucker Free City

Sucker Free City

Spike Lee 2004 1h 53m

The film follows three young men as they are drawn into lives of crime. Nick (Crowley) uses his entry-level corporate job to commit credit card fraud and deals drugs on the side. K-Luv (Mackie) is a member of the "V-Dubs", an African-American street gang. Lincoln (Leung) is a rising figure in the Chinese mafia.

She Hate Me

She Hate Me

Spike Lee 2004 2h 19m 3.0

Fired from his job, a former executive turns to impregnating wealthy lesbians for profit.

Ten Minutes Older: The Trumpet

Ten Minutes Older: The Trumpet

Chen Kaige, Víctor Erice 2002 1h 32m

This series of vignettes offers ruminations on time, fate and other human mysteries. Each of the film's seven directors conjures a scenario that speaks to some facet of universal experience.

25th Hour

25th Hour

Spike Lee 2002 2h 15m 8.1

On the eve of a seven-year prison sentence, a New York drug dealer spends his final day of freedom confronting his past, his relationships, and the choices that led to his downfall in a city still reeling from 9/11.

The Concert for New York City

The Concert for New York City

Louis J. Horvitz, Spike Lee 2001 4h 56m

This concert took place at Madison Square Garden, shortly after the 9/11 attacks. Highlights include "New York State Of Mind" by Billy Joel, "Won't Get Fooled Again" by the Who, "I Want Love" by Elton John, and "Freedom" by Paul McCartney.

Bamboozled

Bamboozled

Spike Lee 2000 2h 16m

Frustrated when network brass reject his sitcom idea, producer Pierre Delacroix pitches the worst idea he can think of in an attempt to get fired: a 21st century minstrel show. The network not only airs it, but it becomes a smash hit.

Summer of Sam

Summer of Sam

Spike Lee 1999 2h 22m 6.7

Spike Lee's take on the "Son of Sam" murders in New York City during the summer of 1977 centering on the residents of an Italian-American South Bronx neighborhood who live in fear and distrust of one another.

He Got Game

He Got Game

Spike Lee 1998 2h 16m 6.8

A basketball player's father must try to convince him to go to a college so he can get a shorter sentence.

4 Little Girls

4 Little Girls

Spike Lee 1997 1h 42m 5.0

A documentary of the notorious racial terrorist bombing of an African American church during the Civil Rights Movement.

Girl 6

Girl 6

Spike Lee 1996 1h 48m 4.5

An aspiring actress disappointed by her treatment in the movie industry turns to phone sex to make a living.

Get on the Bus

Get on the Bus

Spike Lee 1996 2h 2m

Fifteen Black men gather in South Central LA to take a cross-country bus trip to attend the Million Man March in Washington, DC in October 1995.

Lumière et compagnie

Lumière et compagnie

John Boorman, Michael Haneke 1995 1h 28m

40 international directors were asked to make a short film using the original Cinematographe invented by the Lumière Brothers, working under conditions similar to those of 1895. There were three rules: (1) The film could be no longer than 52 seconds, (2) no synchronized sound was permitted, and (3) no more than three takes.

Clockers

Clockers

Spike Lee 1995 2h 8m 7.0

Strike is a young city drug pusher under the tutelage of drug lord Rodney Little. When a night manager at a fast-food restaurant is found with four bullets in his body, Strike’s older brother turns himself in as the killer.

Crooklyn

Crooklyn

Spike Lee 1994 1h 54m

From Spike Lee comes this vibrant semi-autobiographical portrait of a school-teacher, her stubborn jazz-musician husband and their five kids living in '70s Brooklyn.

Malcolm X

Malcolm X

Spike Lee 1992 3h 22m 7.4

The biopic of the controversial and influential Black Nationalist leader.

Jungle Fever

Jungle Fever

Spike Lee 1991 2h 12m 6.5

A successful and married black man contemplates having an affair with a white girl from work. He's quite rightly worried that the racial difference would make an already taboo relationship even worse.

Mo' Better Blues

Mo' Better Blues

Spike Lee 1990 2h 9m 5.5

Talented but self-centered trumpeter Bleek Gilliam is obsessed with his music and indecisiveness about his girlfriends Indigo and Clarke. But when he is forced to come to the aid of his manager and childhood friend, Bleek finds his world more fragile than he ever imagined.

Do the Right Thing

Do the Right Thing

Spike Lee 1989 2h 8.4

Do The Right Thing takes place on a hot summer day in Brooklyn and depicts the racial conflict between an Italian American pizza restaurant owner and his African American customers and how things erupt into a violent outbreak. This Spike Lee Joint touches on themes of segregation and apartheid in the USA.

School Daze

School Daze

Spike Lee 1988 2h 1m 6.0

In the South of the United States are taking place confrontations between two groups of students who have different ideas and are not able to accept the one of the oponent.

She's Gotta Have It

She's Gotta Have It

Spike Lee 1986 1h 24m

The story of Nola Darling's simultaneous sexual relationships with three different men is told by her and by her partners and other friends. All three men wanted her to commit solely to them; Nola resists being "owned" by a single partner.

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