Spike Lee - Year-End Lists

Highest 2 Lowest
- The Best Films of 2025: Sean Burns: WBUR
- Top Ten Films of 2025: Nell Minow: RogerEbert.com
- Top Ten Films of 2025: Craig Lindsey: RogerEbert.com
- The 25 Best Films of 2025: BBC: BBC Culture
- The 10 Best Movies of 2025: Stephanie Zacharek: Time Honorable mention
- Best Movies of 2025: David Rooney: Hollywood Reporter Honorable mention
- The Ten Best Films of 2025: RogerEbert.com Runner-up
- Best Movies of 2025: Manohla Dargis: New York Times Other movies that I liked and urge you to see
- The 10 Best Movies of 2025: Peter Travers: The Travers Take The Best of the Rest
- The Best Movies of 2025: Ty Burr Movies I liked but not quite enough to make this list; your mileage may vary
- The 15 Best Films of 2025: Cory Woodroof: USA Today: For the Win Most Honorable Mentions
NYC Epicenters 9/11→2021½
- Best Films of 2021: Ina Archer: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
Da 5 Bloods
- The Best Movies of 2020: Joshua Rivera: Verge
- The Best Movies of 2020: Dana Stevens: Slate
- Top Ten Films of 2020: Sheila O’Malley: RogerEbert.com
- The Best Movies of 2020: Uproxx
- Best Films of 2020: Spectrum Culture
- The 10 Best Films from 2020: Sean Burns: WBUR: ARTery Honorable mention
- The Best Films of 2020: David Rooney: Hollywood Reporter Honorable mention
- Top 10 Films of 2020: Cole Duffy: Cinema Etc. Honorable mention
- The Best 10 Movies of 2020: Randy Myers: Mercury News Honorable mention
- Notable Films of 2020: Glenn Kenny Remainder, in order that is alphabetical
- Best Movies of 2020: Manohla Dargis: New York Times Other movies I'm grateful for
- Top 20 Movies of 2020: K. Austin Collins: Rolling Stone Honorable mention
- Top 25 Films of 2020: Robert Daniels Some film that barely missed the cut but I loved nonetheless
David Byrne's American Utopia
- Best Films of 2020: Molly Haskell: Screen Slate
- The 10 Best Films from 2020: Sean Burns: WBUR: ARTery
- Favorite Films of 2020: Genevieve Koski: The Next Picture Show 6-20 (unranked, alphabetical order)
- The Best Films of 2020: Jon Frosch: Hollywood Reporter Honorable mention
- The Best Films of 2020: Sheri Linden: Hollywood Reporter Honorable mention
- Top 10 Films of 2020: Scott Tobias Honorable mention
- Best Movies of 2020: Ty Burr: Boston Globe Runner-up
- The Best Movies of 2020: Justin Chang: Los Angeles Times And 15 more close to my heart
- Top 25 Films of 2020: In Review Online Honorable mention
Pass Over
- 18 Favourite Films of 2018: Scout Tafoya
BlacKkKlansman
- Best Movies of 2018: Sean Burns: WBUR: ARTery
- Top 11 Films of 2018: Nictate
- Favorite Movies of 2018: Barack Obama
- Top Ten Films of 2018: David Hudson Emphatic mentions (alphabetical)
- Ten Best Movies of 2018: Stephanie Zacharek: Time Honorable mention
- 2018's 12 Best Movies: John Powers: Vogue Honorable mention
- Best Films of 2018: Steve Erickson: GCN Runner-up
- Best Movies of 2018: Richard Brody: New Yorker
- The Best Movies of 2018: Cary Darling: Chron Runner-up 20, in alphabetical order
- 10 Best Movies of 2018: Michael Phillips: Chicago Tribune Runners-up, 11-30, alphabetical
- 10 Best Movies of 2018: K. Austin Collins: Vanity Fair Honorable mention
- Best Movies of 2018: The Ringer With Apologies To
- Best Movies of 2018: Kenneth Turan: Los Angeles Times A Second 10
- 25 Best Movies of 2018: Nick Schager: Esquire Honorable mention
- Best Movies of 2018: Justin Chang: Los Angeles Times Honorable mention
- Best Films of 2018: Glenn Kenny The next batch in looser still preferential order
- The Best Films of the 2010s: RogerEbert.com Honorable mention
Da Sweet Blood of Jesus
- 21 30 Best Movies of 2015: Richard Brody: New Yorker
Chi-Raq
Red Hook Summer
- 13 27 Best Movies of 2012: Richard Brody: New Yorker
- 25 25 Best Films of 2012: Glenn Kenny
- The Twenty-Seven Best Movies of the 2010s: Richard Brody: New Yorker