Acting · Directing · Writing · age 69

Spike Lee

Best rated: David Byrne's American Utopia (8.2)

Films: 33
Avg rating: 6.70
Peak run: 1989’94
Oscar noms: 1

Films: 33
Avg rating: 6.70
Peak run: 1989’94
Oscar noms: 1

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Every film, by IMDb rating

The career

Spike Lee, directing career by IMDb rating5-film averagePeak eraLongest 7+ run

Dot size shows IMDb votes. Films with fewer than 1,000 votes sit on the baseline.

Spike Lee's career barcodecoolhot

198333 films2025

Current formLast 5: 6.76 vs career 6.70 (+0.06)

As a director, films with 1,000+ votes

Spike by the numbers

Average

6.70

31 rated films

Vote weighted

6.74

bigger films count more

Median

6.7

half are better

Consistency

±0.91

rating spread

Career

43y

1983 to 2025

Total votes

1.66M

across every film

Best

8.2

David Byrne's American Utopia

Worst

5.3

She Hate Me

Newest first

Filmography

Acting filmography

2000	Lisa Picard Is Famous	Spike Lee	·	613
1996	Girl 6	Jimmy	5.4	6,988
1992	Malcolm X	Shorty	7.7	113K
1991	Jungle Fever	Cyrus	6.6	21,271
1990	Mo' Better Blues	Giant	6.7	15,186
1989	Do the Right Thing	Mookie	7.9	127K
1986	She's Gotta Have It	Mars Blackmon	6.7	17,909

Better together?

Spike Lee's regulars

The number on the right is the lift: their average together minus the average of their two careers.

Takes

On Spike Lee

6 nominations, 2 wins

Awards record

Best Picture · Academy Awards 2019
Sean McKittrick, Jason Blum, Raymond Mansfield, Jordan Peele and Spike Lee, Producers
Nominated
Best Adapted Screenplay · Academy Awards 2019
Written by Charlie Wachtel & David Rabinowitz and Kevin Willmott & Spike Lee
Won
Best Director · Academy Awards 2019
Spike Lee
Nominated
Honorary Award · Academy Awards 2016
Spike Lee
Won
Best Documentary Feature · Academy Awards 1998
Spike Lee, Sam Pollard
Nominated
Best Original Screenplay · Academy Awards 1990
Spike Lee
Nominated

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