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1. Boyz n the Hood (1991)

R | 112 min | Crime, Drama

76 Metascore

Follows the lives of three young males living in the Crenshaw ghetto of Los Angeles, dissecting questions of race, relationships, violence, and future prospects.

Director: John Singleton | Stars: Cuba Gooding Jr., Laurence Fishburne, Hudhail Al-Amir, Lloyd Avery II

Votes: 154,760 | Gross: $57.50M

2. ATL (2006)

PG-13 | 105 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

63 Metascore

As four friends prepare for life after high school, different challenges bring about turning points in each of their lives. The dramas unfold and resolve at their local rollerskating rink, Cascade.

Director: Chris Robinson | Stars: Tip 'T.I.' Harris, Lauren London, Evan Ross, Greg Andrews

Votes: 12,259 | Gross: $21.16M

3. Baby Boy (2001)

R | 130 min | Crime, Drama, Romance

55 Metascore

In South Central L.A., a misguided 20-year-old African-American man, a "baby boy", faces the commitments of real life.

Director: John Singleton | Stars: Alexsandra Wright, Tyrese Gibson, Taraji P. Henson, Omar Gooding

Votes: 16,576 | Gross: $28.73M

4. Hot Boyz (2000 Video)

R | 98 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Kool is a good kid from a bad 'hood, until his girlfriend is framed for murder. To earn her release, Kool agrees to help bust the city's most powerful drug lord. When the deal goes wrong, an enraged Kool embarks upon a life of crime.

Director: Master P | Stars: Gary Busey, Silkk the Shocker, Jeff Speakman, Snoop Dogg

Votes: 1,233

5. Waist Deep (2006)

R | 97 min | Action, Crime, Drama

37 Metascore

An ex-convict (Tyrese) gets tangled up with a gang after his car is hijacked with his son inside.

Director: Vondie Curtis-Hall | Stars: Tyrese Gibson, Meagan Good, Larenz Tate, Shawn Parr

Votes: 10,533 | Gross: $21.32M

6. South Central (1992)

R | 98 min | Crime, Drama

64 Metascore

A former gangster fresh out of prison wants to change his life for the better and must save his 10 year old son who has already chosen a gang life.

Director: Stephen Milburn Anderson | Stars: Glenn Plummer, Byron Minns, Lexie Bigham, Vincent Craig Dupree

Votes: 6,718 | Gross: $1.37M

7. New Jack City (1991)

R | 97 min | Action, Crime, Drama

61 Metascore

A crime lord ascends to power and becomes megalomaniacal while a maverick police detective vows to stop him.

Director: Mario Van Peebles | Stars: Wesley Snipes, Ice-T, Allen Payne, Chris Rock

Votes: 38,853 | Gross: $47.62M

8. Next Friday (2000)

R | 98 min | Comedy

41 Metascore

A streetwise man flees South Central Los Angeles, heading to the suburbs and his lottery-winner uncle and cousin, to avoid a neighborhood thug with a grudge who has just escaped from prison.

Director: Steve Carr | Stars: Ice Cube, Mike Epps, Justin Pierce, John Witherspoon

Votes: 44,126 | Gross: $57.33M

9. Friday (1995)

R | 91 min | Comedy, Drama

54 Metascore

It's Friday, and Craig and Smokey must come up with $200 they owe a local bully or there won't be a Saturday.

Director: F. Gary Gray | Stars: Ice Cube, Chris Tucker, Nia Long, Tom Lister Jr.

Votes: 124,657 | Gross: $27.47M

10. Friday After Next (2002)

R | 85 min | Comedy, Drama

35 Metascore

Working as security guards, Craig and Day-Day run into the thief who stole their Christmas presents.

Director: Marcus Raboy | Stars: Ice Cube, Mike Epps, John Witherspoon, Don 'D.C.' Curry

Votes: 30,221 | Gross: $32.98M

11. The Janky Promoters (2009)

R | 85 min | Comedy, Crime, Music

Two shady concert promoters (Cube and Epps) get into hot water when their chance to book a superstar rapper goes awry.

Director: Marcus Raboy | Stars: Ice Cube, Mike Epps, Jeezy, Lahmard J. Tate

Votes: 1,729

12. Dead Presidents (1995)

R | 119 min | Action, Crime, Drama

A Vietnam vet adjusts to life after the war while trying to support his family, but the chance of a better life may involve crime and bloodshed.

Directors: Albert Hughes, Allen Hughes | Stars: Larenz Tate, Keith David, Chris Tucker, Freddy Rodríguez

Votes: 24,495 | Gross: $24.20M

13. Menace II Society (1993)

R | 97 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

76 Metascore

A young street hustler attempts to escape the rigors and temptations of the ghetto in a quest for a better life.

Directors: Albert Hughes, Allen Hughes | Stars: Tyrin Turner, Larenz Tate, June Kyoto Lu, Toshi Toda

Votes: 64,503 | Gross: $27.90M

14. Juice (1992)

R | 95 min | Action, Crime, Drama

60 Metascore

Four inner-city teenagers get caught up in the pursuit of power and happiness, which they refer to as "the juice".

Director: Ernest R. Dickerson | Stars: Omar Epps, Tupac Shakur, Jermaine Hopkins, Khalil Kain

Votes: 30,390 | Gross: $20.15M

15. Above the Rim (1994)

R | 96 min | Crime, Drama, Sport

Story of a promising high school basketball star and his relationships with two brothers, one a drug dealer and the other a former basketball star fallen on hard times and now employed as a security guard.

Director: Jeff Pollack | Stars: Duane Martin, Tupac Shakur, Leon, David Bailey

Votes: 17,108 | Gross: $16.04M

16. Before I Self Destruct (2009 Video)

R | 79 min | Action, Crime, Drama

A coming of age story about an inner-city youth raised by a hardworking single mother. When his dream of becoming a basketball player fails to materialize, he finds himself employed in a ... See full summary »

Directors: 50 Cent, J. Jesses Smith | Stars: 50 Cent, Clifton Powell, Elijah Williams, Sasha Del Valle

Votes: 1,758

17. Belly (1998)

R | 96 min | Crime, Drama

36 Metascore

Two young friends involved in organized crime and drug dealing find that their priorities differ.

Director: Hype Williams | Stars: Nas, DMX, Taral Hicks, Tionne 'T-Boz' Watkins

Votes: 12,640 | Gross: $9.63M

18. Belly 2: Millionaire Boyz Club (2008 Video)

R | 76 min | Drama

An ex-con goes back to his old ways, wondering if he can ever turn his life around, but things become more complicated when he falls for a woman who makes her living upholding the law.

Director: Ivan Frank | Stars: Game, Taye Hansberry, Ski Carr, Michael Kenneth Williams

Votes: 682

19. Crime Partners (2003)

R | 102 min | Crime

Billy Goode, a street-smart crook and his partner Jackie Williams are two small time gangsters with dream of seeing their names in the headlines.

Director: J. Jesses Smith | Stars: Tyrin Turner, John 'B.J.' Bryant, Clifton Powell, Jeanette Branch

Votes: 308

20. The Players Club (1998)

R | 104 min | Comedy, Drama

A woman must contend with rival strippers and her boss in an attempt to make a legitimate living.

Director: Ice Cube | Stars: LisaRaye McCoy, Dick Anthony Williams, Judyann Elder, Chrystale Wilson

Votes: 7,337 | Gross: $23.03M

21. Baller Blockin' (2000)

Not Rated | 54 min | Action, Crime

Showing the life(dramatization) of the hot boys or cash money millionaires and how it goes down in the magnolia,dirty cops,drug life and shoot outs with a twist of reality

Director: Steven Esteb | Stars: B.G., Lil' Wayne, Turk, Ronald Slim Williams

Votes: 350

22. In Too Deep (1999)

R | 95 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

53 Metascore

Right out of police academy, Jeff/Omar Epps starts as undercover cop in Cincinnati. First it's small time cases but he proves himself and moves up to a big case - befriending a brutal crime boss.

Director: Michael Rymer | Stars: Lloyd Adams, Philip Akin, Anna Carolina Arias, Karina Arroyave

Votes: 7,124 | Gross: $14.00M

23. Soul Plane (2004)

R | 86 min | Comedy

33 Metascore

Things get raucously funny aboard the maiden flight of a black-owned airline, thanks to some last-minute passenger additions.

Director: Jessy Terrero | Stars: Dwayne Adway, Snoop Dogg, Tom Arnold, Kevin Hart

Votes: 24,562 | Gross: $13.92M

24. State Property (2002)

R | 88 min | Drama, Crime, Action

9 Metascore

Beans decides that the only way to grasp the American Dream is to take it. State Property follows Beans and his crew, as they take over the city creating mayhem as their empire builds.

Director: Abdul Malik Abbott | Stars: Beanie Sigel, Omillio Sparks, Memphis Bleek, Damon Dash

Votes: 2,245 | Gross: $2.10M

25. State Property 2 (2005)

R | 94 min | Musical, Action, Crime

33 Metascore

Three Philadelphia-based gangstas -- Beans, Dame and Loco -- are on a collision course with one another for turf. Alliances are forged and broken and lifelong friendships end in violence as each crime lord schemes to get the upper hand.

Director: Damon Dash | Stars: Beanie Sigel, N.O.R.E., Damon Dash, Michael Bentt

Votes: 1,541 | Gross: $1.68M

26. Diamond Dawgs (2009)

R | 90 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Platinum, Million and Dreamz are the members of a highly successful rap group called the High Rollaz. They are rich, famous and have very high expectations for their next album. Everything ... See full summary »

Director: Chris Rogers | Stars: Avnit Arora, Azur-De, James Bargeman, Adam Cardon

Votes: 156

27. Full Clip (2004)

R | 95 min | Action, Thriller

On returning home to settle his late father's affairs, Joshua Pope finds a different town from the one he left. The once quiet neighborhood is at the mercy of a prejudiced and corrupt police force.

Director: mink | Stars: Shaun Baker, Busta Rhymes, Bubba Smith, Xzibit

Votes: 553

28. The Wash (2001)

R | 93 min | Comedy

18 Metascore

Life at the car wash is a place in Los Angeles, California where anything can and does happen to two friends Sean & Dee Loc (Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg) trying to earn money to pay their rent.

Director: DJ Pooh | Stars: Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Anthony Albano, Tic

Votes: 7,670 | Gross: $10.10M

29. Paid in Full (2002)

R | 97 min | Action, Crime, Drama

49 Metascore

A young man from Harlem, forced to cope with the 1980s drug scene, builds an illegal empire, only to have a crisis of conscience.

Director: Charles Stone III | Stars: Mekhi Phifer, Wood Harris, Chi McBride, Kevin Carroll

Votes: 14,244 | Gross: $3.04M

30. Set It Off (1996)

R | 123 min | Action, Crime, Drama

62 Metascore

Desperation drives four inner-city women to bank robbery in Los Angeles, then they start mistrusting each other.

Director: F. Gary Gray | Stars: Jada Pinkett Smith, Queen Latifah, Vivica A. Fox, Kimberly Elise

Votes: 18,476 | Gross: $36.05M

31. House Party (1990)

R | 100 min | Comedy, Music, Romance

76 Metascore

Kid decides to go to his friend Play's house party, but neither of them can predict what's in store for them on what could be the wildest night of their lives.

Director: Reginald Hudlin | Stars: Christopher Reid, Robin Harris, Christopher Martin, Martin Lawrence

Votes: 16,734 | Gross: $26.39M

32. House Party 2 (1991)

R | 94 min | Comedy, Drama, Music

When Kid's college money is stolen by a crooked music promoter, Play's solution is to stage the 'mutha' of all pajama parties. Starring Kid 'n Play and Martin Lawrence.

Directors: George Jackson, Doug McHenry | Stars: Christopher Reid, Christopher Martin, Martin Lawrence, Bowlegged Lou

Votes: 7,109 | Gross: $19.28M

33. House Party 3 (1994)

R | 100 min | Comedy, Music, Romance

Kid, after a lifetime 'playing the field', is about to get married. 'Play' plans to throw the best bachelor party ever - until 'Kid's' three wise-crackin' nephews come to town, intent on showing them what parties are all about.

Director: Eric Meza | Stars: Christopher Reid, Christopher Martin, David Edwards, Angela Means

Votes: 5,631 | Gross: $19.28M

34. A Day in the Life (II) (2009)

R | 90 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Bad blood between two urban crime families explodes into an all-out turf war in this gritty, hard-hitting drama set to rap and starring music legend Sticky Fingaz.

Director: Sticky Fingaz | Stars: Alvin 'Porky' Holland, Bokeem Woodbine, Chris Fleming, Clarence Williams III

Votes: 703

35. Get Rich or Die Tryin' (2005)

R | 117 min | Biography, Crime, Drama

45 Metascore

A tale of an inner city drug dealer who turns away from a life of crime to pursue his passion of rap music.

Director: Jim Sheridan | Stars: 50 Cent, Joy Bryant, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Omar Benson Miller

Votes: 50,191 | Gross: $30.98M

36. Dough Boys (2009)

93 min | Action, Crime, Drama

For the "Dough Boys" every day is a struggle to survive. Determined to make something of their lives, these four friends work any hustle no matter how risky. But when they bite off more ... See full summary »

Director: Nicholas Harvell | Stars: Amanda Aardsma, Tiara Ashleigh, Louis Bernstein, Richard Brooks

Votes: 156

37. The Eddie Black Story (2009)

85 min | Crime

Eddie Black is a first year college student on the honor role, but after financial hardship and a broken heart, he attempts refuge in a street gang called Decepticons.

Director: Shawn Baker | Stars: Shawn Baker, Warren Braithwaite, Caktuz, Rissa Davis

Votes: 108

38. Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood (1996)

R | 89 min | Comedy, Crime

53 Metascore

A parody of several U.S. films about being in the 'Hood', for instance Boyz n the Hood (1991), South Central (1992), Menace II Society (1993), Higher Learning (1995) and Juice (1992).

Director: Paris Barclay | Stars: Shawn Wayans, Marlon Wayans, Keenen Ivory Wayans, Tracey Cherelle Jones

Votes: 61,553 | Gross: $20.11M

39. Gang Related (1997)

R | 111 min | Action, Crime, Drama

49 Metascore

After murdering an undercover DEA agent, two corrupt cops scramble to cover up what they've done.

Director: Jim Kouf | Stars: Jim Belushi, Tupac Shakur, Lela Rochon, Dennis Quaid

Votes: 10,017 | Gross: $5.79M

40. Bullet (1996)

R | 96 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Paroled after 8 years in prison, Bullet's picked up by his brother and a friend. Bullet assaults a drug dealer and two customers. Things escalate.

Director: Julien Temple | Stars: Mickey Rourke, Frank Senger, Adrien Brody, John Enos III

Votes: 8,967

41. Repos (2006 Video)

TV-14 | 80 min | Comedy

In this extremely hilarious comedy, Tea (Master P) and Coffee (Michael Blackson) are two repo men who work for Mr. Henderson (Katt Williams) at Banks Repo. While trying to break their "repo... See full summary »

Directors: Sal Martino, Master P | Stars: Michael Blackson, Master P, Katt Williams, Anthony Johnson

Votes: 6,864

42. Mo' Money (1992)

R | 89 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

A con man, seeking to gain the affections of a woman he saw entering an office building, aquires a job in the same building working for an executive who has plans to use his skills for more than just the workplace.

Director: Peter MacDonald | Stars: Damon Wayans, Stacey Dash, Marlon Wayans, Joe Santos

Votes: 8,265 | Gross: $40.23M

43. Hustle & Flow (2005)

R | 116 min | Crime, Drama, Music

68 Metascore

With help from his friends, a Memphis pimp in a mid-life crisis attempts to become a successful hip-hop emcee.

Director: Craig Brewer | Stars: Terrence Howard, Ludacris, Anthony Anderson, Taryn Manning

Votes: 43,234 | Gross: $22.20M

44. Strapped (1993 TV Movie)

R | 104 min | Action, Drama

Ex-con attempting to go straight runs accross serious problems. His girlfriend gets arrested for dealing crack to an undercover police officer. In a desperate attempt to get the charges ... See full summary »

Director: Forest Whitaker | Stars: William James Stiggers Jr., Chi Ali, Bokeem Woodbine, Starletta DuPois

Votes: 1,161

45. Breaking Point (2009)

R | 93 min | Action, Crime, Drama

24 Metascore

A troubled lawyer takes on a high profile murder case that forces him to come to terms with his own past.

Director: Jeff Celentano | Stars: Tom Berenger, Busta Rhymes, Armand Assante, Musetta Vander

Votes: 744

46. Ride (1998)

R | 90 min | Comedy

A group of young people take an old bus from Harlem to Miami to make a rap music video there.

Director: Millicent Shelton | Stars: Melissa De Sousa, John Witherspoon, Cedric The Entertainer, Malik Yoba

Votes: 830 | Gross: $5.48M

47. Clockers (1995)

R | 128 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

71 Metascore

Young drug pushers in the projects of Brooklyn live hard dangerous lives, trapped between their drug bosses and the detectives out to stop them.

Director: Spike Lee | Stars: Harvey Keitel, John Turturro, Delroy Lindo, Mekhi Phifer

Votes: 23,541 | Gross: $13.04M

48. I Got the Hook Up (1998)

R | 93 min | Comedy, Crime

Two small-time scam artists, Black and Blue, sell boomboxes and broken TVs from their van in a parking lot. When a shipment of cellular phones comes to them by mistake, they soon find themselves targeted by the FBI and gangsters.

Director: Michael Martin | Stars: Master P, Anthony Johnson, Gretchen Palmer, Frantz Turner

Votes: 2,419 | Gross: $10.31M

49. All About the Benjamins (2002)

R | 95 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

34 Metascore

Bounty hunter Bucum chases bail-jumper Reggie, who runs right into the scene of a diamond heist and murder and gets shot at as well. Later they become partners in their pursuit of the $20M in diamonds and lottery ticket. Their women join.

Director: Kevin Bray | Stars: Ice Cube, Mike Epps, Tommy Flanagan, Carmen Chaplin

Votes: 15,645 | Gross: $25.48M

50. CB4 (1993)

R | 89 min | Comedy, Music

49 Metascore

A guy makes a documentary of the rap band CB4 by following them. CB4 got popular by stealing Gusto's name, background and image. He wants them dead.

Director: Tamra Davis | Stars: Chris Rock, Allen Payne, Deezer D, Chris Elliott

Votes: 10,430 | Gross: $17.95M

51. Caught Up (1998)

R | 97 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

Daryl wants to go straight after years in prison. He meets a cute girl who helps him find an honest job driving. He wants to save up and open a nightclub. But then gems and mayhem pop up.

Director: Darin Scott | Stars: Bokeem Woodbine, Cynda Williams, Damon Saleem, Jeffrey Combs

Votes: 1,102 | Gross: $6.72M

52. The Next Hit (2008)

R | 98 min | Mystery

"The Next Hit" is a mystery suspense thriller about a record company that takes an unorthodox approach to boosting sales; which is to put out a 'hit' on their marquee talent's life with ... See full summary »

Director: Antwan Smith | Stars: Anabelle Acosta, Simeon Anderson, Rod Ball, Rishard Brown

Votes: 87

53. Streets of Blood (2009 Video)

R | 95 min | Action, Crime, Drama

A police officer's partner has died during Hurricane Katrina, but he later discovers that his partner may have been murdered. An investigation follows, taking the officer and his new partner into the depths of the criminal underworld.

Director: Charles Winkler | Stars: Val Kilmer, 50 Cent, Sharon Stone, Michael Biehn

Votes: 4,087

54. Caught in the Crossfire (2010)

R | 85 min | Crime, Thriller

Two detectives investigating a gang-related shooting find themselves targeted by both gang members and crooked cops.

Director: Brian A. Miller | Stars: Chris Klein, Adam Rodriguez, 50 Cent, Richard T. Jones

Votes: 1,316

55. Blood Out (2011 Video)

R | 90 min | Action, Crime, Thriller

When big city detectives refuse to further investigate his kid brother's gang related murder, small town Sheriff Michael Savion drops the badge and goes undercover to find his brother's killer and avenge his death.

Director: Jason Hewitt | Stars: Luke Goss, Val Kilmer, 50 Cent, Vinnie Jones

Votes: 4,387

56. Gun (I) (2010)

R | 82 min | Action, Crime, Thriller

Angel is released from prison and is reunited with his friend Rich who helps him smuggle weapons in a gun-running ring. But Detroit police and the FBI have declared war on arms smuggling.

Director: Jessy Terrero | Stars: 50 Cent, Val Kilmer, AnnaLynne McCord, James Remar

Votes: 3,939

57. Dead Man Running (2009)

R | 92 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Nick's borrowed money from a loan shark. He's 4 weeks behind. He gets 24 hours to come up with GBP100,000. His mom's a hostage.

Director: Alex De Rakoff | Stars: Clint Koroan, Fredi 'Kruga' Nwaka, 50 Cent, Ashley Walters

Votes: 4,522

58. Doing Hard Time (2004 Video)

R | 100 min | Action, Drama

A father's eight year old son is murdered in a gangland shooting. The father (Boris Kodjoe) gets himself thrown into prison to avenge his son's death.

Director: Preston A. Whitmore II | Stars: Boris Kodjoe, Michael Kenneth Williams, Sticky Fingaz, Reagan Gomez-Preston

Votes: 1,805

59. Ride or Die (2003 Video)

R | 88 min | Action, Crime, Romance

Super fly P. I. gets bad guys the cops can't touch.

Director: Craig Ross Jr. | Stars: Duane Martin, Vivica A. Fox, Meagan Good, Michael Taliferro

Votes: 968

60. Lockdown (2000)

R | 105 min | Drama, Thriller

Avery (Jones) returns to college as a competitive swimmer after getting his life back on track. But his life takes another unexpected turn when he and his two friends (Bonds, Casseus) are wrongly accused of murder and end up in prison.

Director: John Luessenhop | Stars: Richard T. Jones, De'aundre Bonds, Gabriel Casseus, Master P

Votes: 2,735 | Gross: $0.45M

61. Animal (2005)

Not Rated | 103 min | Sci-Fi, Thriller

Thomas Nielsen (Andreas Wilson), a brilliant young geneticist, has focused too much on his research and is in danger of being fired. In order to prove the validity of this work, he needs a human subject.

Director: Rose Bosch | Stars: Andreas Wilson, Emma Griffiths Malin, Diogo Infante, Ed Stoppard

Votes: 629

62. Animal 2 (2008)

R | 93 min | Action, Crime, Drama

James "Animal" Allen (Ving Rhames) took the fall for the crimes of his older son (Vicellous Shannon) and is now serving a life term at Folsom Prison.

Director: Ryan Combs | Stars: Ving Rhames, Vicellous Shannon, Richard Waugh, Yannick Bisson

Votes: 1,066

63. Poetic Justice (1993)

R | 109 min | Drama, Romance

51 Metascore

Grieving hairdresser Justice goes on a road trip from South Central L.A. to Oakland on a mail truck alongside her friend and an obnoxious postal worker.

Director: John Singleton | Stars: Janet Jackson, Tupac Shakur, Regina King, Joe Torry

Votes: 16,640 | Gross: $27.52M

64. Four Brothers (2005)

R | 109 min | Action, Crime, Drama

49 Metascore

When their adoptive mother is gunned down in a store robbery, four brothers decide to investigate the murder and find the killers themselves, but not all is what it seems.

Director: John Singleton | Stars: Mark Wahlberg, Tyrese Gibson, André 3000, Garrett Hedlund

Votes: 156,578 | Gross: $74.49M

65. Step Up (2006)

PG-13 | 104 min | Crime, Drama, Music

48 Metascore

Tyler Gage receives the opportunity of a lifetime after vandalizing a performing arts school, gaining him the chance to earn a scholarship and dance with an up and coming dancer, Nora.

Director: Anne Fletcher | Stars: Channing Tatum, Jenna Dewan, Damaine Radcliff, De'Shawn Washington

Votes: 126,879 | Gross: $65.33M

66. Step Up 2: The Streets (2008)

PG-13 | 98 min | Drama, Music, Romance

50 Metascore

Romantic sparks occur between two dance students from different backgrounds at the Maryland School of the Arts.

Director: Jon M. Chu | Stars: Robert Hoffman, Briana Evigan, Cassie Ventura, Adam Sevani

Votes: 91,046 | Gross: $58.02M

67. Step Up 3D (2010)

PG-13 | 107 min | Drama, Music, Romance

45 Metascore

A tight-knit group of New York City street dancers find themselves pitted against the world's best hip hop dancers in a high-stakes showdown.

Director: Jon M. Chu | Stars: Sharni Vinson, Rick Malambri, Adam Sevani, Alyson Stoner

Votes: 60,250 | Gross: $42.40M

68. Street Kings (2008)

R | 109 min | Action, Crime, Thriller

55 Metascore

An undercover cop, disillusioned by the death of his wife, is implicated in the murder of an officer and must struggle to clear himself.

Director: David Ayer | Stars: Keanu Reeves, Forest Whitaker, Hugh Laurie, Chris Evans

Votes: 120,876 | Gross: $26.42M

69. Next Day Air (2009)

R | 84 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

46 Metascore

Two inept criminals are mistakenly delivered a package of cocaine and think they've hit the jackpot, triggering a series of events that changes 10 people's lives forever.

Director: Benny Boom | Stars: Yasiin Bey, Mike Epps, Donald Faison, Wood Harris

Votes: 11,136 | Gross: $10.02M

70. Jason's Lyric (1994)

R | 119 min | Crime, Drama, Romance

Two brothers, survivors of family tragedy, take different life paths: one falls for a high-spirited waitress and dreams of success, the other follows a life of petty crime. Their lives reconnect in shattering fashion.

Director: Doug McHenry | Stars: Allen Payne, Jada Pinkett Smith, Bokeem Woodbine, Anthony 'Treach' Criss

Votes: 4,691 | Gross: $20.85M

71. Blue Hill Avenue (2001)

R | 128 min | Crime, Drama

41 Metascore

A child of a middle class home with solid moral values is lured into a world of crime and corruption.

Director: Craig Ross Jr. | Stars: Allen Payne, Angelle Brooks, Michael Taliferro, William L. Johnson

Votes: 1,542

72. How High (2001)

R | 93 min | Comedy, Fantasy

29 Metascore

Two guys by the name of Silas and Jamal decided to one day smoke something magical, which eventually helps them to ace their college entrance exam.

Director: Jesse Dylan | Stars: Method Man, Redman, Obba Babatundé, Mike Epps

Votes: 61,818 | Gross: $31.16M

73. Black & White (I) (1999)

R | 98 min | Crime, Drama, Music

47 Metascore

A group of white high school teens become involved with Harlem's black hip-hop crowd.

Director: James Toback | Stars: Ben Stiller, Allan Houston, Claudia Schiffer, Scott Caan

Votes: 6,055 | Gross: $5.24M

74. Malibooty! (2003 Video)

PG-13 | 91 min | Comedy

Three friends Donzelli Waters (Brian Hooks), Raymond (Sticky Fingaz), & Bird (J.T. Jackson) in need of an escape from Phoenix, take a hip-hop hilarious sex comedy road trip to Malibu for a wild beach party.

Director: Barry Bowles | Stars: Badass Jackson, Ernie Banks, Traci Bingham, Barry Bowles

Votes: 194

75. Steppin: The Movie (2009)

PG-13 | 138 min | Comedy, Music

The Greeks run the UTS campus and the greatest Steppers are king of the hill. When the step competition season begins, the campus fraternities and sororities fight to recruit the best talent that will help them win the big-money prize.

Director: Michael Taliferro | Stars: Wesley Jonathan, Chrystee Pharris, Monica Allgeier, Anthony Anderson

Votes: 392

76. Stomp the Yard (2007)

PG-13 | 115 min | Drama, Music, Romance

44 Metascore

When his brother is murdered, a street dancer moves to Georgia to work his way through college. He joins a fraternity's step dancing team for a competition. Will he also get an education and the girl?

Director: Sylvain White | Stars: Columbus Short, Meagan Good, Ne-Yo, Darrin Dewitt Henson

Votes: 26,449 | Gross: $61.36M

77. The Playaz Court (2000)

R | 97 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

When a pickup game turns deadly, Reggie is out for blood as he tracks down his best friend's killer and returns to the gym to finish him off. Confused with mixed stories, the other players agree they can't shoot him without a trial.

Director: Greg Morgan | Stars: Sean Blakemore, Gilbert Glenn Brown, Robert David Cochrane, Arlen Escarpeta

Votes: 164

78. Lift (I) (2001)

R | 85 min | Crime, Drama

Niecy lives in inner-city Boston and works at an upscale mall. Ambitious, intelligent, stylish, and a proficient shoplifter of clothes & credit cards, she's lured into a diamond heist. She'll find that crime pays - 'til the payback.

Directors: DeMane Davis, Khari Streeter | Stars: Kerry Washington, Lonette McKee, Eugene Byrd, Barbara Montgomery

Votes: 430

79. Show Stoppers (2008)

Not Rated | 90 min | Comedy

"Show Stoppers" is a comedy-drama set in the world of Greek stepping on a historically black university in Virginia "where Greek steppers get as much attention as star athletes."

Director: Barry Bowles | Stars: Faune Chambers Watkins, Angell Conwell, Robin Bobeau, Diana Carreno

Votes: 116

80. The Up in Smoke Tour (2000 Video)

Not Rated | 119 min | Documentary, Music

This is it! Your front row seat to the greatest hip hop experience ever captured on film. This is the ultimate back stage pass for your total pleasure. "Up In Smoke" is it and now you've got it all. Fire it up.

Director: Philip G. Atwell | Stars: Ice Cube, Eminem, Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg

Votes: 2,113

81. You Got Served (2004)

PG-13 | 95 min | Drama, Music

37 Metascore

In order to achieve their dream of opening a recording studio, two friends (Omarion, Houston) must first win their city's dance contest -- a fierce competition that pits them against a group of tough street dancers.

Director: Chris Stokes | Stars: Omarion, Jarell Houston, Raz B, Lil' Fizz

Votes: 28,613 | Gross: $40.07M

82. Trippin' (1999)

R | 94 min | Comedy

The only effort high school student Greg Reed exerts is pursuing the beautiful and unattainable Cinny Hawkins. But when he realizes that that way to win Cinny's heart is through academics, Greg starts hitting the books.

Director: David Raynr | Stars: Deon Richmond, Donald Faison, Guy Torry, Maia Campbell

Votes: 1,415 | Gross: $9.02M

83. 8 Mile (2002)

R | 110 min | Drama, Music

77 Metascore

Follows a young rapper in the Detroit area, struggling with every aspect of his life; he wants to make it big but his friends and foes make this odyssey of rap harder than it may seem.

Director: Curtis Hanson | Stars: Eminem, Brittany Murphy, Kim Basinger, Mekhi Phifer

Votes: 321,111 | Gross: $116.72M

84. Do the Right Thing (1989)

R | 120 min | Comedy, Drama

93 Metascore

On the hottest day of the year on a street in the Bedford-Stuyvesant section of Brooklyn, everyone's hate and bigotry smolders and builds until it explodes into violence.

Director: Spike Lee | Stars: Danny Aiello, Ossie Davis, Ruby Dee, Richard Edson

Votes: 112,499 | Gross: $27.55M

85. Original Gangstas (1996)

R | 99 min | Action, Crime, Drama

When a gang shoots his father, Bookman (Fred Williamson) returns to his hometown, rounds up some of his own people and begins an all-out war to restore the neighborhood to its rightful sense of justice.

Directors: Larry Cohen, Fred Williamson | Stars: Fred Williamson, Jim Brown, Pam Grier, Paul Winfield

Votes: 2,014 | Gross: $3.01M

86. Undisputed (2002)

R | 94 min | Action, Crime, Drama

58 Metascore

When heavyweight champion George "Iceman" Chambers lands in prison, the resident gangster arranges a boxing match with the reigning prison champ.

Director: Walter Hill | Stars: Wesley Snipes, Ving Rhames, Peter Falk, Michael Rooker

Votes: 34,420 | Gross: $12.76M

87. Corrupt (1999)

R | 69 min | Action, Crime, Drama

After decades of terror, two deadly street gangs reach a delicate truce and young MJ (Silkk the Shocker) sees a way out of the hood once and for all. Only Corrupt (Ice-T) stands in MJ's way... See full summary »

Director: Albert Pyun | Stars: Silkk the Shocker, Ice-T, Tarsha Nicole Jones, Ernie Hudson Jr.

Votes: 1,255

88. Leprechaun 5: In the Hood (2000 Video)

R | 90 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Horror

When three rappers want to get even with a pimp, they accidentally unleash a leprechaun who goes on a killing rampage in tha 'hood.

Director: Rob Spera | Stars: Warwick Davis, Ice-T, Anthony Montgomery, Rashaan Nall

Votes: 8,377

89. Leprechaun 6: Back 2 Tha Hood (2003 Video)

R | 87 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Horror

When Emily Woodrow and her friends happen on a treasure chest full of gold coins, they fail to heed the warnings of a wise old psychic, who had foretold that they would encounter trouble with a very nasty and protective Leprechaun.

Director: Steven Ayromlooi | Stars: Warwick Davis, Tangi Miller, Laz Alonso, Page Kennedy

Votes: 5,740

90. Still 'Bout It (2004 Video)

Action

Following the death of his Brother Pistol P (Master P) had to move out from New Orleans to California to see Dirty (Anthony Boswell), MJ (Romeo Miller), and Tee Dee (BernNadette Stanis) but... See full summary »

Director: Master P | Stars: Ameer Baraka, Anthony Boswell, Jf Davis, Mike Epps

Votes: 78

91. I'm Bout It (1997 Video)

R | 110 min | Comedy, Drama

Its Bout it. Uuuuuuuhhhhhhh!!

Directors: Moon Jones, Master P | Stars: Master P, Anthony Boswell, Cassandra Cheatam, Tracy Philpott

Votes: 357

92. MP Da Last Don (1998 Video)

46 min | Crime

Nino never wanted the life of a gangster, but when his father, Don Corleone is gunned down in the street, he must answer the call for revenge. Now Nino is Da Last Don and the family ... See full summary »

Directors: Michael Martin, Master P | Stars: Master P, John Marlo, Silkk the Shocker, Anthony Boswell

Votes: 229

93. Tha Eastsidaz (2000)

R | 81 min | Action, Crime

Killa Pop (Snoop Dogg), Young Loc (Darryl Brunson), Crackle (Tray Deee), and Snap (Goldie Loc) are top dogs in the Eastsidaz gang in Long Beach, California. Pop, also known as Killa Pop, is... See full summary »

Director: Michael Martin | Stars: Snoop Dogg, Darryl Brunson, Tray Deee, Goldie Loc

Votes: 387

94. Malibu's Most Wanted (2003)

PG-13 | 86 min | Comedy, Crime

43 Metascore

A senator arranges for his son, a rich white kid who fancies himself black, to be kidnapped by a couple of black actors pretending to be murderers to try and shock him out of his plans to become a rapper.

Director: John Whitesell | Stars: Jamie Kennedy, Ryan O'Neal, Blair Underwood, Taye Diggs

Votes: 20,887 | Gross: $34.31M

95. Training Day (2001)

R | 122 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

71 Metascore

A rookie cop spends his first day as a Los Angeles narcotics officer with a rogue detective who isn't what he appears to be.

Director: Antoine Fuqua | Stars: Denzel Washington, Ethan Hawke, Scott Glenn, Tom Berenger

Votes: 473,220 | Gross: $76.63M

96. Boss'n Up (2005)

88 min | Musical, Drama

When Corde Christopher gets a visit from legendary pimp, he's delighted as he just happens to be broke. He gets sucked into a dangerous game of prostitution, money and murder and ends up ... See full summary »

Director: Dylan C. Brown | Stars: Snoop Dogg, Hawthorne James, Larry McCoy, Shillae Anderson

Votes: 727

97. Gridiron Gang (2006)

PG-13 | 125 min | Biography, Crime, Drama

52 Metascore

Teenagers at a juvenile detention center, under the leadership of their counselor, gain self-esteem by playing football together.

Director: Phil Joanou | Stars: Dwayne Johnson, Xzibit, L. Scott Caldwell, Leon Rippy

Votes: 80,678 | Gross: $38.43M

98. Colors (1988)

R | 120 min | Action, Crime, Drama

66 Metascore

An experienced cop and his rookie partner patrol the streets of East Los Angeles while trying to keep the gang violence under control.

Director: Dennis Hopper | Stars: Sean Penn, Robert Duvall, Maria Conchita Alonso, Randy Brooks

Votes: 29,842 | Gross: $46.62M

99. Brooklyn's Finest (2009)

R | 132 min | Action, Crime, Drama

43 Metascore

Three unconnected Brooklyn cops wind up at the same deadly location after enduring vastly different career paths.

Director: Antoine Fuqua | Stars: Richard Gere, Don Cheadle, Ethan Hawke, Wesley Snipes

Votes: 66,422 | Gross: $27.15M

100. Little Man (III) (2006)

PG-13 | 98 min | Comedy, Crime

26 Metascore

A wannabe-dad mistakes a vertically-challenged criminal on the lam for his newly-adopted son.

Director: Keenen Ivory Wayans | Stars: Shawn Wayans, Marlon Wayans, Kerry Washington, John Witherspoon

Votes: 59,878 | Gross: $58.65M



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