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Do the Right Thing 1989

Directed by Spike Lee

All-time standing

#110 of 4,011

In the top 3% of movies

By scope

1980s #7 of 281 Top 2% 1989 #1 of 30 Top 3%

Ballots (35)

All time 25

The Telegraph

The Telegraph

  • Published 2018
  • 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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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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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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Empire

Empire

  • Published 2017
  • All-time list
  • Included, unranked
Steven Jay Schneider

Steven Jay Schneider

  • Published 2016
  • All-time list
  • Included, unranked
Empire

Empire

  • Published 2015
  • All-time list
  • Included, unranked
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Filmspotting

Filmspotting

  • Published 2012
  • All-time list
  • Included, unranked
HitFix

HitFix

  • Published 2012
  • All-time list
  • Included, unranked
Slant Magazine

Slant Magazine

  • Published 2012
  • All-time list
  • Included, unranked
Philadelphia Weekly

Philadelphia Weekly

  • Published 2011
  • All-time list
  • Included, unranked
Cinema (Greece)

Cinema (Greece)

  • Published 2008
  • All-time list
  • Included, unranked
Steadycam

Steadycam

  • Published 2007
  • All-time list
  • Included, unranked

The Guardian

  • Published 2007
  • All-time list
  • Included, unranked
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Bounty Books

Bounty Books

  • Published 2004
  • All-time list
  • Included, unranked
Jonathan Rosenbaum

Jonathan Rosenbaum

  • Published 2004
  • All-time list
  • Included, unranked
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The New York Times

The New York Times

  • Published 2004
  • All-time list
  • Included, unranked
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National Society of Film Critics

National Society of Film Critics

  • Published 2002
  • All-time list
  • Included, unranked
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Dirigido Por

Dirigido Por

  • Published 1992
  • All-time list
  • Included, unranked

Decade 10

1983-2008

Entertainment Weekly

Entertainment Weekly

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