Spike Lee

Sal is the Italian owner of a pizzeria in Brooklyn. A neighborhood local, Buggin' Out, becomes upset when he sees that the pizzeria's Wall of Fame exhibits only Italian actors. Buggin' Out believes a pizzeria in a black neighborhood should showcase black actors, but Sal disagrees. The wall becomes a symbol of racism and hate to Buggin' Out and to other people in the neighborhood, and tensions rise.

Dir. Spike Lee · With Danny Aiello, Ossie Davis, Ruby Dee

Colorado Springs, late 1970s. Ron Stallworth, an African American police officer, and Flip Zimmerman, his Jewish colleague, run an undercover operation to infiltrate the Ku Klux Klan.

Dir. Spike Lee · With John David Washington, Adam Driver, Topher Grace

A tribute to the controversial black activist and leader of the struggle for black liberation. He hit bottom during his imprisonment in the '50s, he became a Black Muslim and then a leader in the Nation of Islam. His assassination in 1965 left a legacy of self-determination and racial pride.

Dir. Spike Lee · With Denzel Washington, Angela Bassett, Albert Hall

When an armed, masked gang enter a Manhattan bank, lock the doors and take hostages, the detective assigned to effect their release enters negotiations preoccupied with corruption charges he is facing.

Dir. Spike Lee · With Denzel Washington, Clive Owen, Jodie Foster

On the eve of a seven-year prison sentence, a New York drug dealer spends his final day of freedom confronting his past, his relationships, and the choices that led to his downfall in a city still reeling from 9/11.

Dir. Spike Lee · With Edward Norton, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Barry Pepper

Every school day, African-American teenagers William Gates and Arthur Agee travel 90 minutes each way from inner-city Chicago to St. Joseph High School in Westchester, Illinois, a predominately white suburban school well-known for the excellence of its basketball program. Gates and Agee dream of NBA stardom, and with the support of their close-knit families, they battle the social and physical obstacles that stand in their way. This acclaimed documentary was shot over the course of five years.

Dir. Steve James · With William Gates, Arthur Agee, Gene Pingatore

It's 1974. Muhammad Ali is 32 and thought by many to be past his prime. George Foreman is ten years younger and the heavyweight champion of the world. Promoter Don King wants to make a name for himself and offers both fighters five million dollars apiece to fight one another, and when they accept, King has only to come up with the money. He finds a willing backer in Mobutu Sese Suko, the dictator of Zaire, and the "Rumble in the Jungle" is set, including a musical festival featuring some of America's top black performers, like James Brown and B.B. King.

Dir. Leon Gast · With Muhammad Ali, George Foreman, Don King

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.

Dir. Spike Lee · With Alfre Woodard, Delroy Lindo, David Patrick Kelly

The story of Nola Darling's simultaneous sexual relationships with three different men is told by her and by her partners and other friends. All three men wanted her to commit solely to them; Nola resists being "owned" by a single partner.

Dir. Spike Lee · With Tracy Camilla Johns, Tommy Redmond Hicks, John Canada Terrell

Strike is a young city drug pusher under the tutelage of drug lord Rodney Little. When a night manager at a fast-food restaurant is found with four bullets in his body, Strike’s older brother turns himself in as the killer. Detective Rocco Klein doesn’t buy the story, however, setting out to find the truth, and it seems that all the fingers point toward Strike & Rodney.

Dir. Spike Lee · With Harvey Keitel, John Turturro, Delroy Lindo

Frustrated when network brass reject his sitcom idea, producer Pierre Delacroix pitches the worst idea he can think of in an attempt to get fired: a 21st century minstrel show. The network not only airs it, but it becomes a smash hit.

Dir. Spike Lee · With Damon Wayans, Savion Glover, Jada Pinkett Smith

A basketball player's father must try to convince him to go to a college so he can get a shorter prison sentence.

Dir. Spike Lee · With Denzel Washington, Ray Allen, Rosario Dawson

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 Northeast Bronx neighborhood who live in fear and distrust of one another.

Dir. Spike Lee · With John Leguizamo, Adrien Brody, Mira Sorvino

Talented but self-centered trumpeter Bleek Gilliam is obsessed with his music and indecisiveness about his girlfriends Indigo and Clarke. But when he is forced to come to the aid of his manager and childhood friend, Bleek finds his world more fragile than he ever imagined.

Dir. Spike Lee · With Denzel Washington, Spike Lee, Wesley Snipes

A successful and married black man contemplates having an affair with a white girl from work. He's quite rightly worried that the racial difference would make an already taboo relationship even worse.

Dir. Spike Lee · With Wesley Snipes, Annabella Sciorra, Spike Lee

A man has only three and a half days and limited resources to discover why he was imprisoned in a nondescript room for 20 years without any explanation.

Dir. Spike Lee · With Josh Brolin, Elizabeth Olsen, Sharlto Copley

Four African-American Vietnam veterans return to Vietnam. They are in search of the remains of their fallen squad leader and the promise of buried treasure. These heroes battle forces of humanity and nature while confronted by the lasting ravages of the immorality of the Vietnam War.

Dir. Spike Lee · With Delroy Lindo, Jonathan Majors, Clarke Peters

Fraternity and sorority members clash with other students at a historically black college during homecoming weekend.

Dir. Spike Lee · With Laurence Fishburne, Giancarlo Esposito, Tisha Campbell

Miracle at St. Anna chronicles the story of four American soldiers who are members of the all-black 92nd "Buffalo Soldier" Division stationed in Tuscany, Italy during World War II.

Dir. Spike Lee · With Derek Luke, Michael Ealy, Laz Alonso

When a titan music mogul, widely known as having the "best ears in the business", is targeted with a ransom plot, he is jammed up in a life-or-death moral dilemma.

Dir. Spike Lee · With Denzel Washington, Jeffrey Wright, Ilfenesh Hadera

Fired from his job, a former executive turns to impregnating wealthy lesbians for profit.

Dir. Spike Lee · With Anthony Mackie, Kerry Washington, Ellen Barkin

A struggling actress in New York City takes a job as a phone sex operator.

Dir. Spike Lee · With Theresa Randle, Isaiah Washington, Spike Lee

A modern day adaptation of the ancient Greek play Lysistrata by Aristophanes, set against the backdrop of gang violence in Chicago.

Dir. Spike Lee · With Teyonah Parris, Nick Cannon, Wesley Snipes