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Directing

Spike Lee

Career: Active from 1980 to 2026, busiest in 2014 with 6 main titles.

Average score: 68/100

Highest rated: Do the Right Thing
87/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 77 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Spike Lee Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Fantasy
0.6, average 1.7
Mystery
3.0, average 4.0
Physical Comedy
1.5, average 2.4
Uncanny
1.8, average 2.5

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Social Commentary 18
Character Study 4
Behind-the-Scenes 4
Moral Ambiguity 4
Thought-Provoking 4
Civil Rights Era 3
Contemporary Issues 3
New York City 3
Urban Crime Drama 3
Psychological Tension 3
Coming-of-Age 3
Stand-Up Comedy 3

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

132

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

Upcoming

3 titles

Producer

Gordon Hemingway & the Realm of Cthulhu

Producer

Boner

Director, Producer

2020s

23 titles · average score 69

APART

Writer

Talk Me

64

Executive Producer

Highest 2 Lowest

65

Executive Producer, Director

The Voice of Hind Rajab

86

Executive Producer

Megadoc

69

Thanks

The Piano Lesson

69

Thanks

You Resemble Me

67

Executive Producer

Son of the South

61

Executive Producer

Da 5 Bloods

74

Producer, Writer

David Byrne's American Utopia

87

Producer, Director

New York New York

71

Director

Tales from the Hood 3

48

Executive Producer

2010s

45 titles · average score 63

BlacKkKlansman

82

Writer, Director

Pass Over

70

Director, Producer

She's Gotta Have It

68

TV show · as Drum Major

Michael Jackson's Journey from Motown to Off the Wall

78

Director

Chi-Raq

67

Writer, Producer

Da Sweet Blood of Jesus

45

Director, Screenplay

Katt Williams: Priceless: Afterlife

63

Producer, Director

Jerrod Carmichael: Love at the Store

66

Director

Oldboy

46

Director

Mike Tyson: Undisputed Truth

69

Director, Executive Producer

Bad 25

78

Director

Red Hook Summer

49

as Mr. Mookie

2000s

26 titles · average score 64

Kobe Doin' Work

66

Producer, Director

Miracle at St. Anna

45

Director, Producer

Inside Man

78

Director

All the Invisible Children

67

Director, Producer

She Hate Me

40

Screenplay, Director

Sucker Free City

64

Director

25th Hour

75

Director, Producer

Ten Minutes Older: The Trumpet

79

Producer, Director

The Concert for New York City

58

Director of Photography, Director

A Huey P. Newton Story

70

Director

Bamboozled

61

Director, Screenplay

The Original Kings of Comedy

72

Producer, Director

1990s

26 titles · average score 69

Summer of Sam

62

as John Jeffries

He Got Game

72

Screenplay, Producer

4 Little Girls

86

as Interviewer (voice) (uncredited)

HIStory on Film, Volume II

85

Director

Girl 6

46

as Jimmy

Get on the Bus

77

Executive Producer, Director

Clockers

71

as Chucky

Lumière & Company

84

Director

Crooklyn

72

as Snuffy

Malcolm X

81

as Shorty

Jungle Fever

73

as Cyrus

Mo' Better Blues

66

as Giant

1980s

7 titles · average score 70

Do the Right Thing

87

as Mookie

School Daze

58

as Darrell 'Half-Pint' Dunlap

She's Gotta Have It

76

as Mars Blackmon

Horn of Plenty

Director, Writer

Joe's Bed-Stuy Barbershop: We Cut Heads

59

Editor, Writer

Director

The Answer

Director

1970s

2 titles · average score 66

The South Bank Show

63

TV show

Saturday Night Live

69

TV show · as Self (uncredited) / Mars Blackmon