She's Gotta Have It

She's Gotta Have It (1986) is Spike Lee's debut feature film, and you can watch it online on iFILM. Shot in black and white over four weeks in Brooklyn on a budget of $175,000, it went on to earn more than $7 million worldwide — an extraordinary return for a first film.

Nola Darling is seeing three men at once. Jamie is steady and warm. Greer is handsome and vain. Mars Blackmon — played by Lee himself — is loud, funny, and impossible to ignore. Each man wants exclusive claim on Nola. She has no interest in being anyone's possession. The story unfolds through her direct monologues and interviews with everyone involved, told without verdict or resolution.

The film launched Lee's career and became a landmark of 1980s American independent cinema. Netflix later adapted it into a series using the same characters. Stream She's Gotta Have It (1986) online on iFILM — the original that started it all.