Skip over navigation

Spike Lee

Spike Lee


News | What members say | Filmography

Spike Lee - news / articles


  • Lee settles with couple after Twitter address blunder - 30 March 2012
    -Spike Lee has agreed to give compensation to an elderly Florida couple whose address he published on the internet in connection with the death of teenager Trayvon Martin.-The He Got Game director thought he was retweeting the address of neighbourhood watch volunte


  • Lee sparks film fight with Perry - 26 October 2009
    -Outspoken moviemaker Spike Lee has picked a new film fight with actor/director Tyler Perry after suggesting the Madea Goes To Jail star's hit films are a step backwards for African-Americans.- -The Do The Right Thing director accuses Perry of "coonery and buffoone


  • Lee plans comedy concert movie with Morgan - 21 October 2009
    -Director Spike Lee is teaming up with comedian Tracy Morgan to release a concert film of the funnyman performing stand-up.- -The project will be filmed in a similar way to Passing Strange, the musical Lee shot on Broadway and released earlier this year (09) - and

Spike Lee - what members say


  • Summer Of Sam
  • Summer Of Sam review by from London, England
    Rated - 3.0 stars Summer of Sam - A Review 19 July 2004
    ... Summer of Sam - A compelling and characteristically gritty Spike Lee 'joint' that is as intreaging as it is frustrating. Too many scenes of gripping drama are followed...   Read customer review
  • Malcolm X
  • Malcolm X review by from london
    Rated - 5.0 stars spike lee at his best 12 July 2004
    ...if you like Spike Lee movies, youll love this. this film tells us about the life of malcom x, from when he was a street gangsta going to prison and converting to islam t...   Read customer review
  • 25th Hour
  • 25th Hour review by from Warrington Cheshire
    Rated - 4.0 stars Spike Lee's Best Film Yet ? 7 February 2004
    ...One of the first films to be shot in New York after Sept 11th 2001, Spike Lee's 'the 25th Hour' doesn't dwell on the tragedy that unfolded but concentrates on how no mat...   Read customer review

Spike Lee - filmography


  • A Man's Story on DVD (2010)
    Starring: Ozwald Boateng,  Giorgio Armani,  Michael Bay
    Director: Varon Bonicos
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Tailor to Hollywood's A-list, and a superstar in his own right, Ozwald Boateng is a dynamic force of energy, passion and colour. 1998: already celebrated as one of the most talented menswear designers in the world, Ozwald Boateng is about to go bankrupt and divorce his first wife. Through luck and ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 68% from 35 members
    Sign up
  • Passing Strange (2009)
    Starring: Colman Domingo,  De'Adre Aziza,  Chad Goodridge
    Director: Spike Lee
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    In this astounding and explosive documentary, Spike Lee captures the eponymous Broadway musical show written by singer/songwriter Stew. The resulting work unites revelatory theater with superb filmmaking, raising the whole to a dizzyingly plateau of emotional engagement. The story (developed at the ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 60% from 5 members
    Currently unavailable
    Sign up
  • Miracle at St. Anna on DVD (2008)
    Starring: Derek Luke,  Michael Ealy,  Laz Alonso
    Director: Spike Lee
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Watch now: Included in all packages with LOVEFiLM Instant
    "Miracle at St. Anna" chronicles the story of four African-American soldiers who are members of the U.S. Army as part of the all-Black 92nd Buffalo Soldier Division stationed in Tuscany, Italy, during World War II. They experience the tragedy and triumph of the war as they find themselves trapped ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 63% from 502 members
    Sign up Watch now (With package)
  • Miracle at St. Anna - Blu-ray (2008)
    Starring: Laz Alonso,  Omar Benson Miller,  Matteo Sciabordi
    Director: Spike Lee
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Watch now: Included in all packages with LOVEFiLM Instant
    Spike Lee's World War II film MIRACLE AT ST ANNA begins in 1983 with Hector Negron, a veteran of that war, unexpectedly shooting a customer dead. Police discover that the suspect, a quiet postal worker, kept a statue head worth millions of dollars in his apartment. An eager young reporter (Joseph ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 61% from 221 members
    Sign up Watch now (With package)
  • Inside Man - HD (2006)
    Starring: Denzel Washington,  Clive Owen,  Jodie Foster
    Director: Spike Lee
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    In the tense thriller INSIDE MAN, a bank robbery leads to a number of people being taken hostage and it's up to NYPD hostage negotiators Detectives Keith Frazier and Bill Mitchell to secure their release. The detectives are sent to the scene with orders to contact the ringleader of the gang, Dalton ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 73% from 617 members
    Not currently released
    Sign up
  • Inside Man on DVD (2006)
    Starring: Denzel Washington,  Clive Owen,  Jodie Foster
    Director: Spike Lee
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Inside Man is the story of a tough cop, Detective Frazier (Denzel Washington), who matches wits with a clever bank robber, Dalton (Clive Owen), in a tense hostage drama. As the dangerous cat-and-mouse game unfolds, a wild card emerges: Madaline (Jodie Foster), a power broker with a hidden agenda, ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 71% from 79,964 members
    Sign up
  • Inside Man - Blu-ray (2006)
    Starring: Denzel Washington,  Clive Owen,  Jodie Foster
    Director: Spike Lee
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Inside Man is the story of a tough cop, Detective Frazier (Denzel Washington), who matches wits with a clever bank robber, Dalton (Clive Owen), in a tense hostage drama. As the dangerous cat-and-mouse game unfolds, a wild card emerges: Madaline (Jodie Foster), a power broker with a hidden agenda, ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 73% from 2,881 members
    Sign up
  • Sucker Free City on DVD (2004)
    Starring: Ben Crowley,  Ken Leung,  Anthony Mackie
    Director: Spike Lee
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Sucker Free City is an original film directed by Spike Lee that takes a riveting look at the seductive, dangerous world and life choices of a diverse group of young people inextricably caught up in the unique gang culture of San Francisco. When racial tension erupts and emotions collide three young ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 56% from 461 members
    Sign up
  • She Hate Me on DVD (2004)
    Starring: Anthony Mackie,  Kerry Washington,  Ellen Barkin
    Director: Spike Lee
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Well-known for his ability to combine political and social issues with a poignant story, Spike Lee writes, directs, and produces SHE HATE ME. John Henry Jack Armstrong (Anthony Mackie), an executive at a pharmaceutical company, blows the whistle on the company's CEO over an ethics issue, and is ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 47% from 1,956 member
    Sign up
  • 25th Hour on DVD (2002)
    Starring: Edward Norton,  Philip Seymour Hoffman,  Barry Pepper
    Director: Spike Lee
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Watch now: Unavailable
    Spike Lee's bracing adaptation of David Benioff's novel is a vibrant, vital motion picture. Edward Norton plays Monty Brogan, a harmless drug dealer who has 24 hours of freedom before serving a seven-year jail sentence. Nervous, confused, and terrified, Monty turns to his closest friends for ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 64% from 13,492 members
    Sign up
  • Bamboozled on DVD (2000)
    Starring: Damon Wayans,  Savion Glover,  Jada Pinkett
    Director: Spike Lee
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Spike Lee turns up the controversy notch once again with BAMBOOZLED, a sizzling satire on race and racism within the modern media world. Harvard-educated writer Pierre Delacroix (Damon Wayans), the only black employee on the staff of a struggling television network, suggests the most absurd idea ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 54% from 1,100 member
    Sign up
  • Summer Of Sam on DVD (1999)
    Starring: John Leguizamo,  Adrien Brody,  Mira Sorvino
    Director: Spike Lee
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    SUMMER OF SAM, Spike Lee's sizzling interpretation of the summer of 1977 in New York City, when thermometers shattered and a serial killer terrorized the city, focuses on an Italian-American community in the Bronx specifically, Dionna (Mira Sorvino) and Vinny (John Leguizamo), a couple whose ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 63% from 3,864 members
    Sign up
  • Four Little Girls (1997)
    Starring: Maxine McNair,  Chris McNair,  Helen Pegues
    Director: Spike Lee
    Certificate: Certificate: Ex
    Spike Lee makes an impressive transition from fictional feature filmmaking to nonfiction with this powerful Oscar-nominated documentary. 4 LITTLE GIRLS tells the tragic story of the bombing of a basement in a black Baptist church in Birmingham, Alabama, on September 15, 1963, which killed four ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 68% from 143 members
    Not currently released
    Sign up
  • Clockers on DVD (1995)
    Starring: Harvey Keitel,  John Turturro,  Delroy Lindo
    Director: Spike Lee
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    Strike is the hardest-working drug dealer on the street. But time is beginning to run out for him when a deal with an evil drug boss results in the death of a rival dealer...
    3 stars out of 5 60% from 2,456 members
    Sign up
  • Crooklyn on DVD (1994)
    Starring: Alfre Woodard,  Delroy Lindo
    Director: Spike Lee
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    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.
    3.5 stars out of 5 68% from 372 members
    Sign up
  • Malcolm X on DVD (1992)
    Starring: Denzel Washington,  Angela Bassett,  Albert Hall
    Director: Spike Lee
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Writer-director Spike Lee's epic portrayal of the life and times of the slain civil rights leader Malcolm X begins with the cross-cut imagery of the police beating of black motorist Rodney King juxtaposed with an American flag burning into the shape of the letter X. When the film's narrative begins ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 70% from 8,475 members
    Sign up
  • Malcolm X - Blu-ray (1992)
    Starring: Denzel Washington,  Angela Bassett,  Albert Hall
    Director: Spike Lee
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Writer-director Spike Lee's epic portrayal of the life and times of the slain civil rights leader Malcolm X begins with the cross-cut imagery of the police beating of black motorist Rodney King juxtaposed with an American flag burning into the shape of the letter X. When the film's narrative begins ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 76% from 24 members
    Sign up
  • Jungle Fever on DVD (1991)
    Starring: Wesley Snipes,  Annabella Sciorra,  Spike Lee
    Director: Spike Lee
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    This critically acclaimed film from Spike Lee explores the provocative consequences of interracial relationships. Wesley Snipes portrays Flipper Purify, a black architect who begins an affair with Angie Tucci (Annabella Sciorra), his working class Italian secretary. Their relationship causes them ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 59% from 2,189 members
    Sign up
  • Mo' Better Blues on DVD (1990)
    Starring: Spike Lee,  Denzel Washington,  Wesley Snipes
    Director: Spike Lee
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Opens with Bleek as a child learning to play the trumpet, his friends want him to come out and play but mother insists he finish his lessons. Bleek grows into adulthood and forms his own band - The Bleek Gilliam Quartet.
    3.5 stars out of 5 67% from 563 members
    Sign up
  • Do The Right Thing on DVD (1989)
    Starring: Danny Aiello,  Giancarlo Esposito,  Spike Lee
    Director: Spike Lee
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    A local black community is unhappy that their community is effectively being run by whites. As the heat rises on a hot summer's day in Brooklyn, so the racial tension, which has so far lay dormant under the surface, begins to rise.
    3.5 stars out of 5 69% from 5,238 members
    Sign up
  • School Daze on DVD (1988)
    Starring: Laurence Fishburne,  Giancarlo Esposito,  Tisha Campbell
    Director: Spike Lee
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    At this African American college, amid gala coronations, football, fraternities, parades, and parties, a group of buddies find themselves caught up in romance, relationship rituals, and rivalries during one outrageous homecoming weekend. The story follows two cousins who have opposing attitudes ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 55% from 218 members
    Sign up
  • She's Gotta Have It on DVD (1986)
    Starring: Joie Lee,  Spike Lee,  Tracey Camilla Johns
    Director: Spike Lee
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    In ealier time Nola Darling (Tracey Camilla Johns) might have been called a "nympho". Nowadays some say she's a "freak". Whatever the name, Nola has this amazing effect on men... she loves to get down and have some fun! The competition between her three rival boyfriends is fierce and hilarious. ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 60% from 546 members
    Sign up

Spike Lee facts

5 most recent films

A Man's Story - 3.5 stars
Who Do You Think You Are? - USA - 3.5 stars
Passing Strange - 3.0 stars
Miracle at St. Anna - 3.0 stars
Miracle at St. Anna - Blu-ray - 3.0 stars

5 highest-rated films

Shark - Season 1 - Complete - 4.0 stars
The Original Kings Of Comedy - 4.0 stars
When The Levees Broke - A Requiem In Four Acts - 4.0 stars
Street Fight - 3.5 stars
Inside Man - Blu-ray - 3.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Passing Strange - 3.0 stars
A Man's Story - 3.5 stars
Malcolm X - Blu-ray - 4.0 stars
She Hate Me - 2.5 stars
Bamboozled - 2.5 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Denzel Washington - 10 times - show films
Delroy Lindo - 6 times - show films
John Leguizamo - 5 times - show films
Al Freeman Jr. - 4 times - show films
Samuel L. Jackson - 4 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Martha Coolidge - 7 times - show films
Rod Holcomb - 7 times - show films
Christopher Bruce - 3 times - show films
Varon Bonicos - 1 times - show films
Marshall Curry - 1 times - show films