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- DirectorBoaz YakinStarsSean NelsonGiancarlo EspositoSamuel L. JacksonDeath and violence anger a twelve-year-old drug courier, who sets his employers against each other.
- DirectorF. Gary GrayStarsJada Pinkett SmithQueen LatifahVivica A. FoxDesperation drives four inner-city women to bank robbery in Los Angeles, then they start mistrusting each other.
- DirectorNick GomezStarsShar-Ron CorleyGabriel CasseusSaul SteinJason and Midget are two young, black teenagers living in Newark,New Jersey, the unofficial car theft capital of the world. Their favourite pastime is that of everybody in their neighbourhood: stealing cars and joyriding. The trouble starts when they steal a police car and the cops launch a violent offensive that involves beating and even shooting suspects.
- DirectorForest WhitakerStarsWilliam James Stiggers Jr.Chi AliBokeem WoodbineEx-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 dropped against his woman, he strikes deal with weapons cop(Michael Biehn) to turn in local gun dealers. How ever, the D.A. is not satisfied with the results, resulting in some serious game playing and double crossing.
- DirectorJulien TempleStarsMickey RourkeFrank SengerAdrien BrodyParoled 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.
- DirectorAdam RippStarsDarris LoveDarontay McClendonDon CambellWhen a brutal carjacking yields a videocamera, a teenage boy decides to document his life and the lives of his fellow gangbangers.
- DirectorRusty CundieffStarsClarence Williams IIICorbin BernsenJoe TorryA funeral director tells four strange tales of horror with an African American focus to three drug dealers he traps in his place of business.
- DirectorAlbert HughesAllen HughesStarsLarenz TateKeith DavidChris TuckerA 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.
- DirectorAlbert HughesAllen HughesStarsTyrin TurnerLarenz TateJune Kyoto LuA young street hustler attempts to escape the rigors and temptations of the ghetto in a quest for a better life.
- 19961h 29mR6.5 (62K)53MetascoreDirectorParis BarclayStarsShawn WayansMarlon WayansKeenen Ivory WayansA 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).
- DirectorJohn SingletonStarsCuba Gooding Jr.Laurence FishburneHudhail Al-AmirFollows the lives of three young males living in the Crenshaw ghetto of Los Angeles, dissecting questions of race, relationships, violence, and future prospects.
- DirectorErnest R. DickersonStarsOmar EppsTupac ShakurJermaine HopkinsFour inner-city teenagers get caught up in the pursuit of power and happiness, which they refer to as "the juice".
- DirectorDamon RussellStarsCurtis SnowAbdullah MuhammadCurtis LockettThe story of Atlanta robbery boy and crack dealer, Curtis Snow, who stole a camera from some college kids in a dope deal and made a documentary about his life.
- DirectorMatty RichStarsGeorge T. OdomAnn D. SandersLawrence Gilliard Jr.A young man living in poverty makes a plan to rob a drug dealer and change the life of his family.
- DirectorJohn LuessenhopStarsRichard T. JonesDe'aundre BondsGabriel CasseusAvery (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.
- DirectorJohn SingletonStarsAlexsandra WrightTyrese GibsonTaraji P. HensonIn South Central L.A., a misguided 20-year-old African-American man, a "baby boy", faces the commitments of real life.
- DirectorSpike LeeStarsHarvey KeitelJohn TurturroDelroy LindoYoung drug pushers in the projects of Brooklyn live hard dangerous lives, trapped between their drug bosses and the detectives out to stop them.
- DirectorMario Van PeeblesStarsWesley SnipesIce-TAllen PayneA crime lord ascends to power and becomes megalomaniacal while a maverick police detective vows to stop him.
- DirectorCharles Stone IIIStarsMekhi PhiferWood HarrisChi McBrideA young man from Harlem, forced to cope with the 1980s drug scene, builds an illegal empire, only to have a crisis of conscience.
- DirectorJeff PollackStarsDuane MartinTupac ShakurLeonStory 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.
- DirectorAllison AndersStarsAngel AvilesSeidy LopezJacob VargasMousie and Sad Girl are childhood best friends in a contemporary Los Angeles poor Hispanic neighborhood. But when Sad Girl becomes pregnant by Mousie's boyfriend, a drug dealer named Ernesto, the two become bitter enemies. While their dispute escalates towards violence, the violence of the world around them soon also impacts their lives.
- DirectorJean-Pierre GorinA probing look at a Samoan street gang in a closed community in Long Beach, California with its own rules, rituals, and language.
- DirectorSteve JamesStarsWilliam GatesArthur AgeeEmma GatesA film following the lives of two inner-city Chicago boys who struggle to become college basketball players on the road to going professional.
- DirectorTaylor HackfordStarsDamian ChapaJesse BorregoBenjamin BrattBased on the true life experiences of poet Jimmy Santiago Baca, the film focuses on step-brothers Paco and Cruz, and their bi-racial cousin Miklo.
- DirectorF. Gary GrayStarsIce CubeChris TuckerNia LongIt's Friday, and Craig and Smokey must come up with $200 they owe a local bully or there won't be a Saturday.
- DirectorJim SheridanJim SheridanStars50 CentJoy BryantAdewale Akinnuoye-AgbajeA tale of an inner city drug dealer who turns away from a life of crime to pursue his passion of rap music.
- DirectorBill DukeStarsLaurence FishburneJeff GoldblumLira AngelA uniformed police officer is recruited by the DEA to infiltrate a drug smuggling ring looking to expand its operation.
- DirectorBarry JenkinsStarsMahershala AliNaomie HarrisTrevante RhodesA young African-American man grapples with his identity and sexuality while experiencing the everyday struggles of childhood, adolescence, and burgeoning adulthood.
- DirectorWalter HillStarsWesley SnipesVing RhamesPeter FalkWhen heavyweight champion George "Iceman" Chambers lands in prison, the resident gangster arranges a boxing match with the reigning prison champ.
- DirectorStephen Milburn AndersonStarsGlenn PlummerByron MinnsLexie BighamA 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.
- DirectorNick GomezStarsPeter GreeneAdam TreseEdie FalcoThe lives of two incompetent young men from Brooklyn spin out of control after a friend returns from Florida with guns to sell.
- DirectorDoug McHenryStarsAllen PayneJada Pinkett SmithBokeem WoodbineTwo 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.
- DirectorMichael RymerStarsLloyd AdamsPhilip AkinAnna Carolina AriasRight 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.
- DirectorJim JarmuschStarsForest WhitakerHenry SilvaJohn TormeyAn African-American Mafia hit man who models himself after the samurai of old finds himself targeted for death by the mob.
- DirectorDavid Gordon GreenStarsCandace EvanofskiDonald HoldenDamian Jewan LeeA group of children, in a depressed small town, band together to cover up a tragic mistake one summer.
- DirectorJohn SingletonStarsJanet JacksonTupac ShakurRegina KingGrieving 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.
- DirectorLeslie HarrisStarsAriyan A. JohnsonKevin ThigpenEbony JeridoWith hopes of becoming a doctor and not a product of her environment, a Brooklyn teenager is faced with numerous challenges that threaten her dreams.
- DirectorCharles S. DuttonStarsOmar EppsDelroy LindoRachel TicotinGreg Yance is caught with over 5 grams drugs on him for trafficking. Prison is overcrowded and violent. As first time felon, he can get 120 days of boot camp instead of 5 years prison. Boot camp's tough.
- DirectorJim KoufStarsJim BelushiTupac ShakurLela RochonAfter murdering an undercover DEA agent, two corrupt cops scramble to cover up what they've done.
- DirectorDarin ScottStarsBokeem WoodbineCynda WilliamsDamon SaleemDaryl 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.
- DirectorSteve GomerStarsRhea PerlmanFredro StarrCarol KaneA white school teacher takes over a talented, but undisciplined black high school basketball team and turns them into a winning team.
- DirectorRoger RothStarsBrandon KarrerTrent CameronNadège AugustHe thought he knew what life was about. He was dead wrong. Rob's an ambitious photographer who is trying to boost his career. He attempts to document life in the 'hood and hooks up with a gang who shows him what life is like on their turf, with their rules. Rob realizes he is in too deep as the bodies start to drop. Will he make it out alive?
- DirectorJohn N. SmithStarsMichelle PfeifferGeorge DzundzaCourtney B. VanceLouAnne, a retired US marine, becomes a teacher in a Californian high school. But her mostly Latino and black students from an impoverished and racially segregated locality do not easily embrace her.
- DirectorHarry A. DavisStarsRoger Guenveur SmithN'Bushe WrightObba BabatundéA defense attorney in Detroit, desperate to leave his career behind, is begged by his sister to represent her boyfriend, the alleged leader of the city's most notorious gang, MVP.
- DirectorMichael AptedStarsLaurence FishburneDaniel WilliamsBill CobbsA former prisoner tries to save a neighbor youth from following him down the wrong path.
- DirectorRobert Patton-SpruillStarsTyrone BurtonEddie CutandaPhuong DuongThree boys challenged by pressures of drugs and gangs decide to fight back.
- DirectorClement VirgoStarsMaurice Dean WintRachael CrawfordClark JohnsonThis is the Easter weekend. In an inner city project, three people struggle against their demons and try to find redemption. They are Maxine, a window dresser depressed since she had an abortion and lost her lover ; Jordan, a boxer who has indulged in gay-bashing ; and 'The General', a drug dealer turned artist.
- DirectorDick LowryStarsRay SharkeyPeter BoyleCourtney B. VanceA cop's partner is killed, now he wants revenge.
- DirectorSteve GomerStarsJeffrey D. SamsRon BriceDavid AdamiRich is a naive wanna be rapper who gets the opportunity of a life-time when he get the chance to join I in his rap-group, the only problem is that I is a hardcore rapper who lives the words of his raps while he merely is out to entertain.
- DirectorTed DemmeStarsEd LoverDoctor DréBadja DjolaThe two worst barbers in Harlem become cops while a real estate developer forces people out of Harlem.
- DirectorBruce BrownStarsTim TaylorKurt MatthewsJerry CummingsThree brothers use legal and illegal methods to make it out of their drug-infected neighborhood.
- DirectorLeon IchasoStarsWesley SnipesMichael WrightKhandi AlexanderA drug dealer tries to get out of the life and start anew with his girlfriend, but the transition is tragically difficult.
- DirectorPerry HenzellStarsJimmy CliffJanet BartleyCarl BradshawWishing to become a successful reggae singer, a young Jamaican man finds himself tied to corrupt record producers and drug pushers.
- DirectorMenhaj HudaStarsAml AmeenRed MadrellNoel ClarkeA day in the life of a group of troubled 15-year-olds growing up in west London.
- DirectorSaul DibbStarsAshley WaltersLuke FraserLeon BlackIn one of East London's most volatile neighborhoods, pride, rivalry and revenge are the only codes on the street. Touted as a British Boyz in the Hood, Bullet Boy is a gripping and authentic drama that takes an unflinching look at two troubled, street-smart boys. Fresh out of jail, 18-year-old Ricky (Ashley Walters, Get Rich or Die Tryin') and his 12-year-old brother, Curtis, struggle to walk the straight and narrow when a minor street clash escalates into an all-out neighborhood war. For Ricky and Curtis, friendships, family and loyalty will be tested to the extreme in a world where guns are a fact of everyday life and boys try to be men before they're even teenagers. Music by Massive Attack.
- DirectorNoel NosseckStarsLawrence Hilton-JacobsBryan O'DellRenn WoodsA gang war/drug story set in a Los Angeles ghetto about the coming of age of a 15-year-old black youth.
- DirectorStephen WilliamsStarsPeter WilliamsDavid SmithGeorge HarrisA young Black man struggles to find a job in Canada.
- DirectorJean-François RichetStarsArco Descat C.Jean-Marie RobertMalik ZeggouYoung people and their chances of creating a loving life.
- DirectorKery JamesLeïla SyStarsKery JamesJammeh DianganaBakary DiomberaThree brothers try to survive on the streets of a tough French suburb.
- DirectorJoe Robert ColeStarsAshton SandersJeffrey WrightIsaiah JohnA young man who committed a homicide deals with the repercussions of his action.
- DirectorRZAStarsShameik MooreDemetrius Shipp Jr.Denzel WhitakerSet after Hurricane Katrina, four boyhood friends out of options reluctantly accept an offer to pull off a dangerous heist in the heart of New Orleans.
- DirectorNabil ElderkinStarsKelvin Harrison Jr.Jacob LatimoreCharlie PlummerIt follows three disaffected teens through the underbelly of Los Angeles as they navigate the challenges of being marginalized youth in an unforgiving America. When a dark secret is revealed, their friendship may be their only salvation.
- DirectorCraig Ross Jr.StarsAllen PayneAngelle BrooksMichael TaliferroA child of a middle class home with solid moral values is lured into a world of crime and corruption.
- DirectorMarc LevinStarsTariq TrotterKaren StarcBonz MaloneA charismatic rapper falls in love with a young Jewish girl despite the confines of her religious background.
- DirectorLori SilverbushMichael SkolnikStarsAnny MarianoJudy MartePaola MendozaFollows the choices made by three young women - one a drug dealer, one an addict, one a pregnant teen - in Jersey City.
- DirectorDarnell MartinStarsDanny HochElvis CostelloQ-TipA young man lives and learns while growing up on the street and in and out of correctional facilities.