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Do the Right Thing 1989

Directed by Spike Lee

All-time standing

#55 of 4,399

In the top 1% of movies

By scope

1980s #5 of 379 Top 1% 1989 #1 of 37 Top 3%

Ballots (64)

All time 51

Rolling Stone

  • Published 2005
  • All-time list
  • Ranked #1
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Variety

Variety

  • Published 2022
  • All-time list
  • Ranked #14
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Time Out

Time Out

  • Published 2024
  • All-time list
  • Ranked #24
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Sight & Sound

Sight & Sound

  • Published 2022
  • All-time list
  • Ranked #24
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Esquire

  • Published 2020
  • All-time list
  • Ranked #38
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Empire

Empire

  • Published 2015
  • All-time list
  • Ranked #77
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Chicago Tribune

Chicago Tribune

  • Published 1999
  • All-time list
  • Ranked #78
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Revista Bula

Revista Bula

  • Published 2023
  • All-time list
  • Ranked #90
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Entertainment Weekly

Entertainment Weekly

  • Published 2013
  • All-time list
  • Ranked #91
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Radio Times

Radio Times

  • Published 2006
  • All-time list
  • Ranked #91
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Writers Guild of America

Writers Guild of America

  • Published 2006
  • All-time list
  • Ranked #93
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American Film Institute

American Film Institute

  • Published 2007
  • All-time list
  • Ranked #96
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Halliwell's

Halliwell's

  • Published 2005
  • All-time list
  • Ranked #376
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LaCinetek

LaCinetek

  • Published 2025
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  • Included, unranked
LaCinetek

LaCinetek

  • Published 2024
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  • Included, unranked

Esquire

  • Published 2023
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  • Included, unranked
LaCinetek

LaCinetek

  • Published 2022
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  • Included, unranked
LaCinetek

LaCinetek

  • Published 2021
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  • Included, unranked
Empire

Empire

  • Published 2020
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  • Included, unranked
Fotogramas

Fotogramas

  • Published 2018
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  • Included, unranked

IndieWire

  • Published 2018
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  • Included, unranked
Empire

Empire

  • Published 2017
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  • Included, unranked
LaCinetek

LaCinetek

  • Published 2016
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  • Included, unranked
Steven Jay Schneider

Steven Jay Schneider

  • Published 2016
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  • Included, unranked
The Playlist

The Playlist

  • Published 2016
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  • Included, unranked
LaCinetek

LaCinetek

  • Published 2014
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  • Included, unranked

Complex

  • Published 2013
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  • Included, unranked
Filmspotting

Filmspotting

  • Published 2012
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  • Included, unranked
HitFix

HitFix

  • Published 2012
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  • Included, unranked

Paste Magazine

  • Published 2012
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  • Included, unranked
Slant Magazine

Slant Magazine

  • Published 2012
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  • Included, unranked
USC School of Cinematic Arts

USC School of Cinematic Arts

  • Published 2012
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  • Included, unranked
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Mark Cousins

Mark Cousins

  • Published 2011
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  • Included, unranked
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Philadelphia Weekly

Philadelphia Weekly

  • Published 2011
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  • Included, unranked
Cinema (Greece)

Cinema (Greece)

  • Published 2008
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  • Included, unranked
David Thomson

David Thomson

  • Published 2008
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  • Included, unranked

Esquire

  • Published 2008
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  • Included, unranked
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Steadycam

Steadycam

  • Published 2007
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  • Included, unranked

The Guardian

  • Published 2007
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  • Included, unranked
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Jim Emerson

Jim Emerson

  • Published 2006
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  • Included, unranked
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Village Voice

  • Published 2006
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  • Included, unranked
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IGN

  • Published 2005
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  • Included, unranked
Bounty Books

Bounty Books

  • Published 2004
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  • Included, unranked
Jonathan Rosenbaum

Jonathan Rosenbaum

  • Published 2004
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  • Included, unranked
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The New York Times

The New York Times

  • Published 2004
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  • Included, unranked
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National Society of Film Critics

National Society of Film Critics

  • Published 2002
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  • Included, unranked
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Senses of Cinema

Senses of Cinema

  • Published 2000
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  • Included, unranked
Premiere

Premiere

  • Published 1998
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  • Included, unranked
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BBC

BBC

  • Published 1995
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  • Included, unranked
Dirigido Por

Dirigido Por

  • Published 1992
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  • Included, unranked
Channel 4

Channel 4

  • Year not recorded
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  • Included, unranked

Decade 13

1987-1997

Premiere

Premiere

  • Published 1997
  • Decade list · 1987-1997
  • Included, unranked

1983-2008

Entertainment Weekly

Entertainment Weekly

  • Published 2008
  • Decade list · 1983-2008
  • Ranked #18
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1980-2019

Cine21 (씨네21)

Cine21 (씨네21)

  • Published 2019
  • Decade list · 1980-2019
  • Included, unranked

1980s

IndieWire

  • Published 1989
  • Decade list · 1980s
  • Ranked #1
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Rolling Stone

  • Published 1989
  • Decade list · 1980s
  • Ranked #1
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Slant Magazine

Slant Magazine

  • Published 1989
  • Decade list · 1980s
  • Ranked #2
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Paste Magazine

  • Published 1989
  • Decade list · 1980s
  • Ranked #3
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Forbes

Forbes

  • Published 1989
  • Decade list · 1980s
  • Ranked #6
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Empire

Empire

  • Published 1989
  • Decade list · 1980s
  • Ranked #68
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Cinemanía

Cinemanía

  • Published 1989
  • Decade list · 1980s
  • Included, unranked

Esquire

  • Published 1989
  • Decade list · 1980s
  • Included, unranked
Les Inrockuptibles

Les Inrockuptibles

  • Published 1989
  • Decade list · 1980s
  • Included, unranked
Time Out

Time Out

  • Published 1989
  • Decade list · 1980s
  • Included, unranked
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