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Spike Lee

Director · 142 credits · 64 in highly-rated films

Best known for Inside Man (2006)

Frequent collaborators: Martin Scorsese, Samuel L. Jackson, John Turturro, Ossie Davis, Branford Marsalis

Best Spike Lee movies by genre

Directed movies (72 total, ranked by score)

  1. Inside Man

    2006 · ★ 7.4 (6,480 votes)

    Crime, Drama, Thriller

    1

  2. Do the Right Thing

    1989 · ★ 7.8 (2,047 votes)

    Drama

    2

  3. BlacKkKlansman

    2018 · ★ 7.5 (8,221 votes)

    Crime, Comedy, Drama

    3

  4. Malcolm X

    1992 · ★ 7.6 (1,958 votes)

    Drama, History

    4

  5. 25th Hour

    2002 · ★ 7.3 (2,608 votes)

    Crime, Drama

    5

  6. HIStory on Film, Volume II

    1997 · ★ 8.6 (117 votes)

    Music

    6

  7. David Byrne's American Utopia

    2020 · ★ 7.5 (86 votes)

    Music, Documentary

    7

  8. Crooklyn

    1994 · ★ 6.8 (166 votes)

    Comedy, Drama

    8

  9. He Got Game

    1998 · ★ 6.7 (812 votes)

    Drama

    9

  10. Bad 25

    2012 · ★ 7.3 (75 votes)

    Documentary, Music

    10

  11. Jungle Fever

    1991 · ★ 6.4 (326 votes)

    Drama, Romance

    11

  12. Clockers

    1995 · ★ 6.7 (360 votes)

    Crime, Drama, Mystery

    12

  13. Da 5 Bloods

    2020 · ★ 6.4 (1,191 votes)

    War, Drama

    13

  14. All the Invisible Children

    2006 · ★ 7.0 (77 votes)

    Drama

    14

  15. Mo' Better Blues

    1990 · ★ 6.5 (264 votes)

    Drama, Music

    15

  16. She's Gotta Have It

    1986 · ★ 6.6 (369 votes)

    Comedy, Romance

    16

  17. Oldboy

    2013 · ★ 5.9 (2,162 votes)

    Thriller, Mystery

    17

  18. Bamboozled

    2000 · ★ 6.3 (162 votes)

    Comedy, Drama

    18

  19. 4 Little Girls

    1997 · ★ 7.2 (52 votes)

    Documentary, TV Movie

    19

  20. Highest 2 Lowest

    2025 · ★ 5.5 (519 votes)

    Thriller, Crime, Drama

    20

  21. The Original Kings of Comedy

    2000 · ★ 6.4 (66 votes)

    Comedy, Documentary

    21

  22. Michael Jackson's Journey from Motown to Off the Wall

    2016 · ★ 7.0 (80 votes)

    Music, Documentary

    22

  23. Summer of Sam

    1999 · ★ 6.5 (532 votes)

    Crime, Drama, Thriller

    23

  24. Ten Minutes Older: The Trumpet

    2002 · ★ 6.9 (47 votes)

    Drama, Documentary

    24

  25. Mike Tyson: Undisputed Truth

    2013 · ★ 7.0 (66 votes)

    Comedy, Drama, Documentary

    25

  26. Get on the Bus

    1996 · ★ 6.4 (78 votes)

    History, Adventure, Drama

    26

  27. Lumière & Company

    1995 · ★ 6.3 (71 votes)

    Drama, Documentary

    27

  28. Miracle at St. Anna

    2008 · ★ 6.1 (389 votes)

    Drama, War

    28

  29. Kobe Doin' Work

    2009 · ★ 6.5 (20 votes)

    Documentary

    29

  30. Ray Allen/AKA- Jesus Shuttlesworth

    2015

    Documentary

    30

Credits are ranked using the same weighted score as movie collections. Last updated Aug 29, 2026.