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The Best Spike Lee Movies Ranked And Where to Watch them
If you're looking for the best Spike Lee movies of all time then here is a definitive list. We rank every movie directed by Spike Lee based on their popularity score from IMDB from best to worst. Click on the ‘see more’ button to find out where to watch them in Australia covering all streaming services. In August 2025 there are 7 films in this list.
List of the Best Movies Directed by Spike Lee In Order of Popularity
- When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts
- Inside Man
- 25th Hour
- BlacKkKlansman
- He Got Game
- She's Gotta Have It
- Oldboy
Stream the top 7 Movies directed by Spike Lee
1. When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts
Seasons: 1
Rated:
8.5/10
Spike Lee's award-winning documentary follows the events that preceded and followed Hurricane Katrina's catastrophic passage through New Orleans in 2005.
Rated: R
7.6/10
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.
Rated: R
7.6/10
In New York City in the days following the events of 9/11, Monty Brogan is a convicted drug dealer about to start a seven-year prison sentence, and his final hours of freedom are devoted to hanging out with his closest buddies and trying to prepare his girlfriend for his extended absence.
Rated: R
7.5/10
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.
Rated: R
6.9/10
A basketball player's father must try to convince him to go to a college so he can get a shorter prison sentence.
Rated: R
6.8/10
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.
Rated: R
5.8/10
An everyday 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.