Direction: Spike Lee

Direction Spike Lee

Cast David Byrne

Synopsis Spike Lee documents the former Talking Heads frontman's brilliant, timely 2019 Broadway show, based on his recent album and tour of the same name.

Direction Spike Lee

Synopsis TV Mini-Series (2021). Explore an epic chronicle of life, loss and survival in the city of New York over the twenty years since the September 11th attacks.

Direction Spike Lee

Cast Edward Norton · Philip Seymour Hoffman · Barry Pepper · Rosario Dawson

Synopsis 25th Hour (2002) follows Monty Brogan, a convicted drug dealer, as he spends his final 24 hours of freedom before beginning a seven-year prison sentence. Set in post-9/11 New York City, the film explores Monty's relationships with his father, his...

Direction Spike Lee

Synopsis This intimate portrait of New Orleans in the wake of the destruction tells the personal stories of those who endured this harrowing ordeal and survived to tell the tale of misery, despair and triumph. The film also looks at a...

Direction Mehdi Charef · Emir Kusturica · Spike Lee · Kátia Lund

Cast María Grazia Cucinotta · Jiang Wenli · Francisco Anawake · David Thewlis

Synopsis Seven short films - each one focused on the plight of a different child protagonist. This film is a very special initiative. Three years ago, the project’s producers sought to create a cinematic project that would raise awareness about the...

Direction Spike Lee

Cast De'Adre Aziza · Daniel Breaker · Eisa Davis · Colman Domingo

Synopsis A young black musician travels on a picaresque journey to rebel against his mother and his upbringing in a church-going, middle-class, late 1970's South Central Los Angeles neighborhood in order to find "the real". He finds new experiences in promiscuous...

Direction Spike Lee

Cast Danny Aiello · Ossie Davis · Ruby Dee · Giancarlo Esposito

Synopsis Do the Right Thing (1989) follows a single day in the life of a diverse Brooklyn neighborhood on the hottest day of the summer. Tensions simmer as racial and cultural differences come to the forefront, particularly between the Black community...

Direction Spike Lee

Cast Denzel Washington · Clive Owen · Jodie Foster · Willem Dafoe

Synopsis 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...

Direction Spike Lee

Cast Denzel Washington · Angela Bassett · Albert Hall · Al Freeman Jr.

Synopsis Malcolm X (1992) chronicles the transformative life of Malcolm Little, who rises from a troubled youth involved in crime to becoming one of the most influential African American leaders. After a prison sentence, he discovers the teachings of the Nation...

Direction Spike Lee

Synopsis This film recounts the people and events leading up to the one of the most despicable hate-crimes during the height of the civil-rights movement, the bombing of the 16th Street Church in Birmingham, Alabama. In that attack, four little African-American...

Direction Spike Lee

Cast Harvey Keitel · John Turturro · Delroy Lindo · Mekhi Phifer

Synopsis Fully capturing the thoroughly researched detail of Price's novel, the film focuses on Strike (newcomer Mekhi Phifer), a young, ambitious "clocker"--or drug dealer--who works the streets of his New York housing project, selling drugs for a local supplier named Rodney...

Direction Wim Wenders · Víctor Erice · Werner Herzog · Chen Kaige

Cast Chloë Sevigny · Amber Tamblyn · Ana Sofía Liaño · Pelayo Suárez

Synopsis Unique in the history of cinema about the most universal of all subjects: Time. Each of the 15 directors has been given exactly ten minutes on the screen for their vision. With complete creative freedom, the directors bring their own...

Direction Spike Lee

Cast Denzel Washington · Ray Allen · Milla Jovovich · Rosario Dawson

Synopsis In He Got Game (1998), a talented high school basketball phenom, Jesus Shuttlesworth, faces immense pressure as the nation's top recruit. His estranged father, Jake, is temporarily released from prison with a unique proposition: convince Jesus to play for the...

Direction Spike Lee

Cast Denzel Washington · Spike Lee · Wesley Snipes · Samuel L. Jackson

Synopsis 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...

Direction Spike Lee

Cast Annabella Sciorra · Wesley Snipes · Spike Lee · Debi Mazar

Synopsis Jungle Fever (1991) follows Flipper, a successful Black architect in New York, who begins an affair with Angie, his Italian-American secretary. Their interracial relationship sparks intense reactions from their families and communities, exposing deep-seated racial tensions and prejudices. As Flipper's...

Direction Spike Lee

Cast DeWanda Wise · Cleo Anthony · Lyriq Bent · Chyna Layne

Synopsis TV Series (2017-2019). 2 Seasons. 19 Episodes. The story of one woman and her three lovers. TV series based on the film by Spike Lee.

Direction Spike Lee

Cast John Leguizamo · Adrien Brody · Mira Sorvino · Jennifer Esposito

Synopsis Spike Lee's take on the "Son of Sam" murders in New York City during the summer of 1977 centering on the residents of an Italian-American South Bronx neighborhood who live in fear and distrust of one another.

Direction Spike Lee

Cast Michael Jackson · Martin Scorsese · Mariah Carey · Sheryl Crow

Synopsis A documentary on Michael Jackson and the legacy of his record Bad, which features more than 40 interviews conducted by Spike Lee with friends, collaborators and musicians involved in the Bad tour, from Kanye West to Mariah Carey and Sheryl...

Direction Spike Lee

Cast John David Washington · Adam Driver · Topher Grace · Laura Harrier

Synopsis The story of Ron Stallworth, a detective in Colorado, who dared to challenge the Ku Klux Klan and thwart its attempts to take over the city.

Direction Spike Lee

Cast Michael Jackson · LaToya Jackson · Janet Jackson · Joe Jackson

Synopsis A look at the life of the late pop star Michael Jackson from his early days at Motown Records to the release of his hit 1979 album, Off the Wall.