The best Spike Lee’s comedy movies
If you love cinema, you will share this ranking of the best Spike Lee’s movies, although you may have ordered them differently. In any case, we hope you love it and with a little luck discovering a movie that you still don’t know about Spike Lee.
Crooklyn
7/10
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.
Mo' Better Blues
6.7/10
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 Quartet. The story of Bleek's and Shadow's friendly rivalry on stage which spills into their professional relationship and threatens to tear apart the quartet.
She's Gotta Have It
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.
School Daze
6.1/10
Fraternity and sorority members clash with other students at a historically black college during homecoming weekend.
Girl 6
5.3/10
A struggling actress in New York City takes a job as a phone sex operator.
Lisa Picard Is Famous
5.5/10
A documentarian decides to follow the career of New York actress Lisa Picard, believing she is on the brink of fame. Instead, he bears witness to Lisa's continued, humorous, struggles as an actress, as well as the conflict that arises when Lisa's best friend Tate hits it big with an off-Broadway one-man show.
Farewell, Babylon!
5.9/10
Arrabal's sixth film based on his novel from 1969 with the same name as the movie.
The Birdwatcherwatcher
A riveting short film by a dance expert about a birdwatcherwatcher who accidentally falls in love with a birdwatcher.
