Directing
Spike Lee
- Titles
- 189movies43TV shows
- Career
Active from 1980 to 2026, busiest in 2014 with 6 main titles.
- Directed
- 85titles as director
- Average score
69/100
- Highest rated
4 Little Girls89/100
What stands out
Compared with the average well-known movie, over 65 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.
- Social Commentary7.6average 4.9
- Pop Culture4.5average 2.2
- Politics4.7average 2.6
- Class & Capitalism5.3average 3.3
- Contemporary Realism7.0average 5.2
- Satire & Parody3.3average 2.3
- Wit & Wordplay4.6average 3.7
- Historical3.5average 2.6
Rarely in their work
- Fantasy0.6, average 1.8
- Mystery3.1, average 4.1
- Uncanny1.4, average 2.5
- Physical Comedy1.7, average 2.5
Main genres
Select a genre to see those titles.
Recurring tags
- Social Commentary 19
- Thought-Provoking 6
- Documentary 4
- Urban Drama 4
- Character Study 4
- Contemporary Issues 4
- Social Justice 3
- Spike Lee 3
- Provocative 3
- Behind-the-Scenes 3
- Moral Ambiguity 3
- New York City 3
Works often with
People in at least two of their main titles.
Barry Alexander BrownEditorHighest 2 Lowest, Inside Man, Oldboy, BlacKkKlansman, Do the Right Thing, +15 more
Terence BlanchardComposerInside Man, BlacKkKlansman, 25th Hour, Malcolm X, Da 5 Bloods, +14 more
Matthew LibatiqueCinematographerHighest 2 Lowest, Inside Man, Miracle at St. Anna, She Hate Me, Chi-Raq, +5 more
Ernest R. DickersonActorDo the Right Thing, Malcolm X, Jungle Fever, Mo' Better Blues, School Daze, +4 more
Sam PollardEditorJungle Fever, Mo' Better Blues, Clockers, Girl 6, Bamboozled, +2 more
Ellen KurasCinematographerHe Got Game, Summer of Sam, Bamboozled, David Byrne's American Utopia, Jim Brown: All-American, +2 more
John TurturroActorDo the Right Thing, Jungle Fever, Mo' Better Blues, Miracle at St. Anna, Clockers, +1 more
Joie LeeActorMo' Better Blues, She's Gotta Have It, All the Invisible Children, Crooklyn, Da Sweet Blood of Jesus, +1 more
Denzel WashingtonActorHighest 2 Lowest, Inside Man, Malcolm X, He Got Game, Mo' Better Blues
Bill NunnActorDo the Right Thing, He Got Game, Mo' Better Blues, School Daze, 3 Brothers - Radio Raheem, Eric Garner and George Floyd
Thomas Jefferson ByrdActorGet on the Bus, Clockers, Bamboozled, Da Sweet Blood of Jesus, Red Hook Summer
Bill LeeActorDo the Right Thing, Mo' Better Blues, School Daze, She's Gotta Have It, Joe's Bed-Stuy Barbershop: We Cut Heads
Movies and TV shows
134Upcoming
7 titles
as Doctor What
Producer
Executive Producer, Director
Director, Screenplay
Director, Producer
2020s
20 titles · average score 71
Writer
74
Executive Producer, Director
81
Executive Producer
Executive Producer
Executive Producer
76
Executive Producer
as Mars Blackmon
62
Executive Producer
73
Producer, Director
89
Director, Executive Producer
67
Director
47
Executive Producer
2010s
44 titles · average score 66
87
Writer, Director
68
TV show · as Drum Major
67
Producer, Writer
54
Director, Producer
63
Director, Producer
Director
57
Director
69
Executive Producer, Director
74
Director
57
as Mr. Mookie
2000s
29 titles · average score 65
45
Director, Producer
85
Director
70
Director, Producer
40
Director, Producer
65
Director
75
Director, Producer
78
Producer, Director
63
Producer, Director
56
Director of Photography, Director
79
Director
60
Director, Screenplay
68
Producer, Director
1990s
26 titles · average score 70
70
as John Jeffries
78
Screenplay, Producer
89
as Interviewer (voice) (uncredited)
80
Executive Producer, Director
45
as Jimmy
71
as Chucky
65
Director
72
as Snuffy
87
as Shorty
77
as Cyrus
70
as Giant
1980s
7 titles · average score 72
87
as Mookie
67
as Darrell 'Half-Pint' Dunlap
76
as Mars Blackmon
Writer, Director
57
Director, Producer
Director
Director
1970s
1 title · average score 69
69
TV show · as Mars Blackmon / Self (uncredited)