Spike Lee: movies and TV shows

Spike Lee has 337 credits in the archive: 283 films and 54 TV series, from 1953 to 2026. Highest rated: The Voice of Hind Rajab (8.1/10).

Career timeline

1953 – 2026 · busiest year: 2015 (26 credits)

Full filmography

Year	Title	Role	Type	Rating	Age then
2026	Talk Me		Film	—	69
2026	The 51st AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Eddie Murphy	Self	Film	6.0	69
2026	APART		Film	—	69
2025	Highest 2 Lowest		Film	5.5	68
2025	Highest 2 Lowest		Film	5.5	68
2025	The Voice of Hind Rajab		Film	8.1	68
2025	Mr. Scorsese	Self	TV	8.1	68
2025	In Between Storms		Film	—	68
2025	Katrina: Come Hell and High Water		TV	6.2	68
2025	Katrina: Come Hell and High Water		TV	6.2	68
2025	Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music	Self (archive footage)	Film	7.8	68
2025	Megadoc		Film	6.5	68
2025	From Sidney, with Love		Film	—	68
2025	Nervous Energy		Film	5.0	68
2025	How I Learned to Die		Film	—	68
2024	Hollywood Black	Self (archive footage)	TV	3.7	67
2024	The Truck		Film	—	67
2024	The Piano Lesson		Film	5.8	67
2024	PUNTER		Film	—	67
2024	F*ck That Guy		Film	—	67
2024	Brownies		Film	—	67
2023	In Freedom		Film	—	66
2023	The Moviemakers: Spike Lee	Self	Film	—	66
2023	Samuel L. Jackson: Did I Stutter?	self	Film	9.0	66
2022	The Captain		TV	7.8	65
2022	They Call Me Magic	Self	TV	7.2	65
2022	Denzel Washington: A Model American	Self	Film	7.2	65
2022	You Resemble Me		Film	6.4	65
2022	Sidney	Self	Film	7.0	65
2022	Off-Time		Film	—	65
2022	Gold Blooded	Self	Film	—	65
2022	A Daughter's Tribute to Her Father: Souleymane Cissé	Self	Film	—	65
2021	Directors on Directors	Self	TV	—	64
2021	This Is Pop	Self (archive footage)	TV	5.9	64
2021	Pretend It's a City	Self	TV	7.4	64
2021	Son of the South		Film	6.5	64
2021	NYC Epicenters 9/11➔2021½		TV	4.0	64
2021	NYC Epicenters 9/11➔2021½		TV	4.0	64
2021	A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks	Self	Film	6.9	64
2021	Chadwick Boseman: Portrait of an Artist	Self	Film	8.0	64
2020	Dear...	Self	TV	5.0	63
2020	Da 5 Bloods		Film	6.4	63
2020	Da 5 Bloods		Film	6.4	63
2020	Da 5 Bloods		Film	6.4	63
2020	Tales from the Hood 3		Film	5.1	63
2020	David Byrne's American Utopia		Film	7.5	63
2020	David Byrne's American Utopia		Film	7.5	63
2020	New York New York		Film	7.8	63
2020	3 Brothers: Radio Raheem, Eric Garner and George Floyd		Film	—	63
2019	Tamron Hall	Self - Guest	TV	4.7	62
2019	Desus & Mero	Self - Illustrious Guest	TV	5.1	62
2019	See You Yesterday		Film	5.5	62
2019	Land of the Free		Film	—	62
2018	Basketball: A Love Story	Self (archive footage)	TV	7.3	61
2018	BlacKkKlansman		Film	7.5	61
2018	BlacKkKlansman		Film	7.5	61
2018	BlacKkKlansman		Film	7.5	61
2018	Tales from the Hood 2		Film	5.0	61
2018	Amazing Grace		Film	7.2	61
2018	Cherish		Film	—	61
2018	Nigerian Prince		Film	5.1	61
2018	Time 2 Surrender		Film	—	61
2018	Unbanned: The Legend of AJ1	Self	Film	6.8	61
2018	Breslin and Hamill: Deadline Artists	Self	Film	7.1	61
2018	The Black 14		Film	—	61
2018	Pass Over		Film	5.8	61
2018	Pass Over		Film	5.8	61
2017	Plankton Salesmen	Self (archive footage)	Film	—	60
2017	She's Gotta Have It	Drum Major	TV	6.3	60
2017	She's Gotta Have It		TV	6.3	60
2017	She's Gotta Have It		TV	6.3	60
2017	Birth of a Movement	Self	Film	6.4	60
2017	Be Truly Free	Narrator (voice)	Film	—	60
2017	Be Truly Free		Film	—	60
2017	Rodney King		Film	5.1	60
2017	Rodney King		Film	5.1	60
2016	Touched with Fire		Film	6.0	59
2016	Michael Jackson's Journey from Motown to Off the Wall	Self	Film	7.0	59
2016	Michael Jackson's Journey from Motown to Off the Wall		Film	7.0	59
2016	Spike Lee's Lil' Joints: Redemption Song		Film	—	59
2016	Spike Lee's Lil' Joints: $15 Kicks		Film	—	59
2016	2 Fists Up		Film	—	59
2016	2 Fists Up		Film	—	59
2015	The Late Show with Stephen Colbert	Self - Guest	TV	6.1	58
2015	Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter	Self	TV	6.2	58
2015	Director Spike Lee's New York City	Self	Film	—	58
2015	Chi-Raq		Film	5.7	58
2015	Chi-Raq		Film	5.7	58
2015	Chi-Raq		Film	5.7	58
2015	NBA 2K16’s Livin’ Da Dream: A Spike Lee Joint	Reporter (voice)	Film	—	58
2015	NBA 2K16’s Livin’ Da Dream: A Spike Lee Joint		Film	—	58
2015	NBA 2K16’s Livin’ Da Dream: A Spike Lee Joint		Film	—	58
2015	Cronies		Film	5.0	58
2015	Spike Lee's Lil' Joints: The Greatest Catch Ever	self	Film	—	58
2015	Spike Lee's Lil' Joints: The Greatest Catch Ever		Film	—	58
2015	Spike Lee's Lil' Joints: The Greatest Catch Ever		Film	—	58
2015	Da Sweet Blood of Jesus		Film	4.8	58
2015	Da Sweet Blood of Jesus		Film	4.8	58
2015	Da Sweet Blood of Jesus		Film	4.8	58
2015	French Cinema Mon Amour	Self	Film	5.2	58
2015	Spike Lee's Lil' Joints: Of the Father and of the Son		Film	—	58
2015	The Girl Is in Trouble		Film	4.8	58
2015	Spike Lee's Lil' Joints: Italian Imports		Film	—	58
2015	Spike Lee's Lil' Joints: Italian Imports		Film	—	58
2015	Champs	Self	Film	6.3	58
2015	Spike Lee's Lil' Joints: The Ice Breaker		Film	—	58
2015	Stop		Film	9.0	58
2015	Ray Allen/AKA- Jesus Shuttlesworth		Film	—	58
2015	Ray Allen/AKA- Jesus Shuttlesworth		Film	—	58
2014	The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon	Self	TV	5.8	57
2014	The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon	Self - Guest	TV	5.8	57
2014	Late Night with Seth Meyers	Self - Guest	TV	5.1	57
2014	Dirty Hands		Film	6.6	57
2014	Katt Williams: Priceless: Afterlife		Film	6.3	57
2014	Katt Williams: Priceless: Afterlife		Film	6.3	57
2014	Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee	Self	Film	1.5	57
2014	Amex Unstaged Pharrell Williams Live at the Apollo		Film	—	57
2014	Throw Like A Girl		Film	—	57
2014	I Can't Breathe		Film	—	57
2014	I Can't Breathe		Film	—	57
2014	Do The Right Thing 25 Year Anniversary A Beats Music Experience	self	Film	—	57
2014	Do The Right Thing 25 Year Anniversary A Beats Music Experience		Film	—	57
2014	We the People: From Crispus Attucks to President Barack Obama		Film	—	57
2014	Jerrod Carmichael: Love at the Store		Film	6.4	57
2014	Evolution of a Criminal		Film	7.8	57
2013	Oldboy		Film	5.9	56
2013	Mike Tyson: Undisputed Truth		Film	7.0	56
2013	Mike Tyson: Undisputed Truth		Film	7.0	56
2012	Bad 25	Self	Film	7.3	55
2012	Bad 25		Film	7.3	55
2012	One Night		Film	5.7	55
2012	Red Hook Summer	Mr. Mookie	Film	5.4	55
2012	Red Hook Summer		Film	5.4	55
2012	Red Hook Summer		Film	5.4	55
2012	Red Hook Summer		Film	5.4	55
2012	Yo! The Story of ‘Yo! MTV Raps’	Self	Film	5.0	55
2012	You're Nobody 'til Somebody Kills You		Film	4.0	55
2012	Brooklyn Boheme	Self	Film	6.8	55
2011	Guest	Self	Film	6.0	54
2011	Pariah		Film	6.8	54
2011	A Man's Story	Self	Film	6.9	54
2011	On the Shoulders of Giants		Film	6.3	54
2011	Doubles with Slight Pepper		Film	5.5	54
2010	Who Do You Think You Are?	Self	TV	6.9	53
2010	Saint John of Las Vegas		Film	5.7	53
2010	Four Days in October	Self (archive footage)	Film	6.6	53
2010	If God Is Willing and da Creek Don't Rise		TV	6.5	53
2010	If God Is Willing and da Creek Don't Rise		TV	6.5	53
2010	If God Is Willing and da Creek Don't Rise		TV	6.5	53
2010	Winning Time: Reggie Miller vs. The New York Knicks	Self	Film	7.7	53
2009	PoliWood	Self	Film	6.5	52
2009	Kobe Doin' Work	Self	Film	6.5	52
2009	Kobe Doin' Work		Film	6.5	52
2009	Kobe Doin' Work		Film	6.5	52
2009	Passing Strange		Film	4.9	52
2009	Do the Right Thing: 20 Years Later	Self	Film	7.0	52
2009	Do the Right Thing: 20 Years Later		Film	7.0	52
2008	Miracle at St. Anna		Film	6.1	51
2008	Miracle at St. Anna		Film	6.1	51
2008	Beyond Wiseguys: Italian Americans & the Movies		Film	7.0	51
2008	40 x 15: The Forty Years of the Directors' Fortnight	Self	Film	5.0	51
2008	Genesis \| Come Rain or Shine		Film	9.0	51
2007	Pixote In Memoriam	Self	Film	7.3	50
2007	Lights, Action, Music	Self	Film	7.0	50
2006	Shark		TV	6.7	49
2006	Inside Man		Film	7.4	49
2006	All the Invisible Children		Film	7.0	49
2006	All the Invisible Children		Film	7.0	49
2006	When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts		TV	7.5	49
2006	When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts		TV	7.5	49
2006	When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts		TV	7.5	49
2005	It's the Shoes	Self	TV	—	48
2005	Miracle's Boys		TV	7.0	48
2005	Through the Fire		Film	7.1	48
2005	By Any Means Necessary: The Making of 'Malcolm X'	Self	Film	6.0	48
2005	Life O' The Party: On the Road with Prince and the New Power Generation	Self	Film	—	48
2005	Street Fight	Self	Film	6.9	48
2005	C.S.A.: The Confederate States of America		Film	5.8	48
2005	How to Eat Your Watermelon in White Company (and Enjoy It)		Film	7.2	48
2005	Jesus Children of America		Film	8.0	48
2004	She Hate Me		Film	5.2	47
2004	She Hate Me		Film	5.2	47
2004	She Hate Me		Film	5.2	47
2004	Sucker Free City		Film	5.9	47
2004	Five Directors On The Battle of Algiers	Self	Film	10.0	47
2004	No Fighting in the War Room Or: 'Dr Strangelove' and the Nuclear Threat	Self	Film	5.8	47
2004	Best Sellers or: Peter Sellers and 'Dr. Strangelove'	Self	Film	5.8	47
2003	Real Time with Bill Maher	Self	TV	6.1	46
2003	Jimmy Kimmel Live!	Self - Guest	TV	5.3	46
2003	The Ellen DeGeneres Show	Self	TV	5.5	46
2003	Good Fences		Film	5.9	46
2003	The Evolution of an American Filmmaker	Self	Film	7.3	46
2002	25th Hour		Film	7.3	45
2002	25th Hour		Film	7.3	45
2002	Johnny Vaughan Tonight	Self	TV	7.0	45
2002	New York at the Movies	Self	Film	9.0	45
2002	Jim Brown: All-American		Film	5.0	45
2002	Jim Brown: All-American		Film	5.0	45
2002	Ten Minutes Older: The Trumpet		Film	6.9	45
2002	Ten Minutes Older: The Trumpet		Film	6.9	45
2002	It's Black Entertainment	Self	Film	8.7	45
2002	The Making and Meaning of 'We Are Family'	Self	Film	9.0	45
2001	Home Invaders		Film	4.5	44
2001	The Concert for New York City		Film	5.1	44
2001	The Concert for New York City		Film	5.1	44
2001	Come Rain or Come Shine		Film	—	44
2001	Come Rain or Come Shine		Film	—	44
2001	A Huey P. Newton Story		Film	5.4	44
2001	3 A.M.	Filmmaker	Film	5.8	44
2001	3 A.M.		Film	5.8	44
2001	3 A.M.		Film	5.8	44
2001	The Making of 'Bamboozled'	Self	Film	5.5	44
2001	The Making of 'Bamboozled'		Film	5.5	44
2000	Love & Basketball		Film	7.3	43
2000	Bamboozled		Film	6.3	43
2000	Bamboozled		Film	6.3	43
2000	Bamboozled		Film	6.3	43
2000	Lisa Picard Is Famous	Spike Lee	Film	4.6	43
2000	The Original Kings of Comedy		Film	6.4	43
2000	The Original Kings of Comedy		Film	6.4	43
2000	Michael Jordan to the Max	Self	Film	7.5	43
2000	One Morning All Over the World		Film	4.7	43
2000	Bernie Mac: Live from Charlotte		Film	3.0	43
1999	The Early Show	Self	TV	6.3	42
1999	Summer of Sam	John Jeffries	Film	6.5	42
1999	Summer of Sam		Film	6.5	42
1999	Summer of Sam		Film	6.5	42
1999	Summer of Sam		Film	6.5	42
1999	The Best Man		Film	6.6	42
1999	Pavarotti & Friends 99 for Guatemala and Kosovo		Film	8.0	42
1998	He Got Game		Film	6.7	41
1998	He Got Game		Film	6.7	41
1998	He Got Game		Film	6.7	41
1998	John Leguizamo: Freak		Film	5.9	41
1998	Pavarotti & Friends - For the Children of Liberia		Film	—	41
1997	The View	Self	TV	4.3	40
1997	The Chris Rock Show	Self	TV	4.6	40
1997	HIStory on Film, Volume II		Film	8.6	40
1997	4 Little Girls	Interviewer (voice) (uncredited)	Film	7.2	40
1997	4 Little Girls		Film	7.2	40
1997	4 Little Girls		Film	7.2	40
1997	4 Little Girls		Film	7.2	40
1996	The Daily Show	Self - Guest	TV	6.4	39
1996	Girl 6	Jimmy	Film	5.0	39
1996	Girl 6		Film	5.0	39
1996	Girl 6		Film	5.0	39
1996	When We Were Kings	Self	Film	7.6	39
1996	The Universal Story	Self (archive footage)	Film	8.0	39
1996	Get on the Bus		Film	6.3	39
1996	Get on the Bus		Film	6.3	39
1996	The Fine Art of Separating People from Their Money	Self	Film	5.5	39
1995	Tales from the Hood		Film	6.3	38
1995	New Jersey Drive		Film	6.2	38
1995	Clockers	Chucky	Film	6.7	38
1995	Clockers		Film	6.7	38
1995	Clockers		Film	6.7	38
1995	Clockers		Film	6.7	38
1995	Lumière & Company	Self (segment "Sarah Moon")	Film	6.3	38
1995	Lumière & Company		Film	6.3	38
1995	Below the Rim		Film	8.0	38
1994	Crooklyn	Snuffy	Film	6.8	37
1994	Crooklyn		Film	6.8	37
1994	Crooklyn		Film	6.8	37
1994	Crooklyn		Film	6.8	37
1994	A Century of Cinema	Self	Film	8.3	37
1994	Inside the Actors Studio	Self	TV	7.6	37
1994	Hoop Dreams	Self	Film	7.6	37
1994	Drop Squad	Himself	Film	3.5	37
1994	Drop Squad		Film	3.5	37
1993	Late Show with David Letterman	Self - Guest	TV	6.4	36
1993	Late Night with Conan O'Brien	Self - Guest	TV	7.3	36
1993	Farewell, Babylon!	Self	Film	—	36
1993	The Last Party	Self	Film	5.2	36
1993	Seven Songs for Malcolm X		Film	10.0	36
1992	Ghostwriter	Special Agent Pete (archive footage)	TV	7.2	35
1992	Ghostwriter	Special Agent Pete	TV	7.2	35
1992	Malcolm X	Shorty	Film	7.6	35
1992	Malcolm X		Film	7.6	35
1992	Malcolm X		Film	7.6	35
1992	Malcolm X		Film	7.6	35
1992	Our Hollywood Education	Self	Film	8.0	35
1992	Prince and the N.P.G.: Diamonds and Pearls Video Collection		Film	7.2	35
1991	Jungle Fever	Cyrus	Film	6.4	34
1991	Jungle Fever		Film	6.4	34
1991	Jungle Fever		Film	6.4	34
1991	Jungle Fever		Film	6.4	34
1991	Branford Marsalis: Steep	Self	Film	—	34
1991	Sous les marches du palais	Self	Film	—	34
1991	MTV's 10th Anniversary Special	Self	Film	—	34
1991	Suspect		Film	7.0	34
1990	In Living Color		TV	7.6	33
1990	Mo' Better Blues	Giant	Film	6.5	33
1990	Mo' Better Blues		Film	6.5	33
1990	Mo' Better Blues		Film	6.5	33
1990	Mo' Better Blues		Film	6.5	33
1990	Spike & Co. Do It a-Cappella	Self	Film	10.0	33
1990	Spike & Co.: Do It a Cappella		Film	—	33
1990	Spike & Co.: Do It a Cappella		Film	—	33
1990	Spike Lee Presents Mike Tyson		Film	—	33
1990	Lonely in America	Spike Lee (Newsstand Customer) (uncredited)	Film	4.4	33
1989	Do the Right Thing	Mookie	Film	7.8	32
1989	Do the Right Thing		Film	7.8	32
1989	Do the Right Thing		Film	7.8	32
1989	Do the Right Thing		Film	7.8	32
1989	Public Enemy: Fight the Power... Live!		Film	—	32
1989	Making 'Do the Right Thing'	Self	Film	6.9	32
1989	First Works	Self	Film	7.0	32
1989	Decade	Self	Film	8.5	32
1988	Yo! MTV Raps	Self	TV	7.5	31
1988	School Daze	Darrell 'Half-Pint' Dunlap	Film	5.7	31
1988	School Daze		Film	5.7	31
1988	School Daze		Film	5.7	31
1988	School Daze		Film	5.7	31
1986	She's Gotta Have It	Mars Blackmon	Film	6.6	29
1986	She's Gotta Have It		Film	6.6	29
1986	She's Gotta Have It		Film	6.6	29
1986	She's Gotta Have It		Film	6.6	29
1986	She's Gotta Have It		Film	6.6	29
1986	Horn of Plenty		Film	1.0	29
1986	Horn of Plenty		Film	1.0	29
1983	Joe's Bed-Stuy Barbershop: We Cut Heads		Film	6.3	26
1983	Joe's Bed-Stuy Barbershop: We Cut Heads		Film	6.3	26
1983	Joe's Bed-Stuy Barbershop: We Cut Heads		Film	6.3	26
1983	Joe's Bed-Stuy Barbershop: We Cut Heads		Film	6.3	26
1981	Sarah		Film	4.5	24
1980	The Answer		Film	5.5	23
1975	Saturday Night Live	Mars Blackmon	TV	6.9	18
1975	Saturday Night Live	Self (uncredited)	TV	6.9	18
1973	The American Film Institute Salute to ...	Self	TV	6.3	16
1971	Great Performances	Self	TV	6.1	14
1953	The Oscars	Self	TV	7.0	3
1953	The Oscars	Self - Audience Member	TV	7.0	3
	Boner		Film	—	—
	Boner		Film	—	—
	Boner		Film	—	—
	Liberty		Film	—	—
	Gordon Hemingway & the Realm of Cthulhu		Film	—	—

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