Best "hood" Movies of All Time

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

| 1h 29min | Comedy

3.5/5 (with 537 votes)

When Ashtray moves to South Central L.A. to live with his father (who appears to be the same age he is) and grandmother (who likes to talk tough and smoke reefer), he falls in with his gang-banging cousin Loc Dog, who along with the requisite pistols and Uzi carries a thermo-nuclear warhead for self-defense. Will Ashtray be able to keep living the straight life?

Directed by Paris Barclay - With Vivica A. Fox, Lahmard Tate, Helen Martin, Chris Spencer, Suli McCullough, Tracey Cherelle Jones, ...

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Bound by Honor(1993)

| 3h | Crime, Action, Drama, Thriller

4.0/5 (with 517 votes)

Based on the true life experiences of poet Jimmy Santiago Baca, the film focuses on half-brothers Paco and Cruz, and their bi-racial cousin Miklo. It opens in 1972, as the three are members of an East L.A. gang known as the "Vatos Locos", and the story focuses on how a violent crime and the influence of narcotics alter their lives. Miklo is incarcerated and sent to San Quentin, where he makes a "home" for himself. Cruz becomes an exceptional artist, but a heroin addiction overcomes him with tragic results. Paco becomes a cop and an enemy to his "carnal", Miklo.

Directed by Taylor Hackford - With Damian Chapa, Jesse Borrego, Benjamin Bratt, Delroy Lindo, Raymond Cruz, Danny Trejo, ...

Red Riding Hood(2011)

PG-13

| 1h 40min | Action, Adventure, Horror, Fantasy, Thriller

3.0/5 (with 1,494 votes)

Valerie is in love with a brooding outsider, Peter, but her parents have arranged for her to marry another man. Unwilling to lose each other, Valerie and Peter plan to run away together when Valerie's older sister is killed by a werewolf that prowls the dark forest surrounding their village. Panic grips the town as Valerie discovers that she has a unique connection to the beast--one that inexorably draws them together, making her both suspect...and bait.

Directed by Catherine Hardwicke - With Amanda Seyfried, Gary Oldman, Billy Burke, Shiloh Fernandez, Max Irons, Virginia Madsen, ...

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American Me(1992)

| 2h 5min | Crime, Drama

3.7/5 (with 157 votes)

During his 18 years in Folsom Prison, street-gang leader Santana rules over all the drug-and-murder activities behind bars. Upon his release, Santana goes back to his old neighborhood, intending to lead a peaceful, crime-free life. But his old gang buddies force him back into his old habits.

Directed by Edward James Olmos - With William Forsythe, Pepe Serna, Edward James Olmos, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, Eric Close

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Porn in the Hood(2012)

1h 38min | Comedy

2.5/5 (with 158 votes)

3 childhood friends who have never left their hometown in the suburb try to get into porn as a way earning easy money.

Directed by Franck Gastambide - With Alex Lutz, Alice Belaïdi, Armelle, Bridgette B, Cut Killer, Demon One, ...

Kidulthood(2006)

1h 29min | Drama

3.2/5 (with 76 votes)

A day in the life of a group of troubled 15-year-olds growing up in west London.

Directed by Menhaj Huda - With Aml Ameen

Tales from the Hood(1995)

| 1h 38min | Horror, Crime, Thriller

3.1/5 (with 60 votes)

A strange funeral director tells four strange tales of horror with an African American focus to three drug dealers he traps in his place of business.

Directed by Rusty Cundieff - With Corbin Bernsen, Rosalind Cash, Rusty Cundieff, David Alan Grier, Wings Hauser, Paula Jai Parker, ...

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Brotherhood(2016)

1h 45min | Crime, Drama

3.0/5 (with 39 votes)

First there was Kidulthood then Adulthood now comes Noel Clarkes last installment brotherhood With Sam facing up to the new world he realizes it also comes with new problems and new challenges that he must face that he knows will require old friends to help him survive new dangers.

Directed by Noel Clarke - With Noel Clarke

Princess of Thieves(2001)

| 1h 28min | Adventure, TV Movie, Action

3.1/5 (with 71 votes)

Sherwood forest has a courageous new hero - Gwyn, the daughter of Robin Hood. Possessing the cunning skills of her legendary father and the beauty and intelligence of her mother Maid Marian, Gwyn is anxious to follow in her father's footsteps. King Richard nears death and Robin Hood and his Merry Men are summoned to help bring Richard's son Philip to his rightful place on the throne before the evil Prince John can assume power. Robin Hood's life and that of the future King of England soon lies in Gwyn's hands when Robin is captured and sentenced to death.

Directed by Peter Hewitt - With Keira Knightley, David Barrass, Malcolm McDowell, Del Synnott, Stuart Wilson, Crispin Letts, ...

American Violet(2008)

PG-13

| 1h 43min | Drama

3.4/5 (with 15 votes)

A young single mother of four living in a small Texas town. Arrested during a drug raid and accused of a crime she didn't commit, Dee goes against the wishes of her mother, Alma, and rejects the plea-bargain that would free her from jail, but brand her as a felon for life. As word begins to spread that similar incidents are occurring in poor communities all across the country, Dee realizes that there are more mothers out there like her, and decides to take a stand against powerful district attorney Calvin Beckett. Now, despite being well aware of District Attorney Beckett's fierce reputation, Dee enlists the aid of ACLU attorney David Cohen and former narcotics officer Sam Conroy in overcoming the seemingly insurmountable obstacles that, if not navigated with the greatest of caution, now threaten to destroy her life. With the custody of her children on the line, one brave mother wages a valiant battle to strike at the very heart of the corrupt Texas justice system.

Directed by Tim Disney - With Nicole Beharie, Will Patton, Michael O'Keefe, Tim Blake Nelson, Xzibit, Charles S. Dutton, ...

Yankee(1966)

1h 32min | Western

2.6/5 (with 7 votes)

A man referred to only as "Yankee" rides into a dying, desolate town in frontier New Mexico which is completely controlled by a man called the "Grand Cougar." Almost immediately, a battle for dominance ensues.

Directed by Tinto Brass - With Philippe Leroy, Adolfo Celi, Osiride Pevarello, Víctor Israel, Pasquale Basile, Jacques Herlin, ...

Robin of Locksley(1996)

| 1h 37min | Adventure, Drama

2.7/5 (with 5 votes)

Robin McAllister (Devon Sawa) and his family win the lottery and they end up moving from Kansas City to Seattle where Robin attends Locksley Academy, a wealthy private school. While there Robin comes up with a plan to help one of his friends who was hurt and needs money for an operation by robbing from John Prince Sr., the head of a very wealthy corporation. Robin becomes friends with a couple of misfits at school named Will Scarlett (Billy O'Sullivan) and Little John (Tyler Labine) and also falls for a girl named Marian (Sarah Chalke) who helps train the horses that Robin's family has. While helping out his friends Robin becomes an enemy of John Prince Jr. (Joshua Jackson), the big shot rich kid at school and his friends Warner and Gibson who are also the sons of rich parents. Then Robin goes to join the archery team but is not allowed to because of John Prince Jr. so he starts his own team and his 2 friends join and learn from Robin.

Directed by Michael Kennedy - With Devon Sawa, Sarah Chalke, Tyler Labine, Joshua Jackson

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Don't Get Caught(2018)

| 1h 18min | Comedy, Action

1.3/5 (with 1 vote)

Dre & Icy, two friends who, while on their annual road trip, make a wrong turn and discover a marijuana farm run by an old ruthless hillbilly. Thinking they've hit the jackpot, the two clear out the farm and head back to the city to sell their score. Little do they realize, the hillbilly is determined to get his crop back and has put a $100,000 bounty on their heads! It's a race against time for Dre & Icy, with one main goal. DON'T GET CAUGHT!

Upswing(2003)

1h 38min | Comedy

3.1/5 (with 13 votes)

Katri and Janne want to make a trip, which none of their friends have made. They end up in Jakomäki.

Directed by Johanna Vuoksenmaa - With Petteri Summanen, Kari-Pekka Toivonen

Tio's Game(2003)

1h 24min | Drama, Crime

Guns. Drugs. Violence. Gangs. Murder. The story of what happens when a young man trades his hopes and dreams for vengeance. To save his brother from the clutches of their drug-dealing uncle and a rival drug gang, Juan must make the ultimate sacrifice. Once Juan picks up his first gun, his plans of college, a girlfriend, and a future vanish as he becomes consumed by the darker side of the life his is fighting against. This is a GAME where you either win or lose your life!

Caracas, las 2 caras de la vida(2012)

1h 30min | Action, Drama

2.5/5 (with 1 vote)

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Directed by Jackson Gutierrez

Afterparty(2017)

1h 40min | Drama

2.5/5 (with 2 votes)

In recent years, city of Belgrade has been proclaimed the capital of European clubbing. From the perspective of prestigious city club bartender Mare, this is story about modern day Belgrade and its residents.

Da Block Party(2004)

1h 10min | Comedy

2.0/5 (with 1 vote)

One hot summer day in New Orleans, BJ (Troy Anders) tries to keep his deceased brother's legacy alive by throwing the hottest, rip-roaring block party of the summer. But he has a few obstacles to overcome first, one jealous baby-mamma and a crooked cop trying to sabotage the whole event.

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The Project(2008)

1h 25min | Drama

Three first-time filmmakers, Justin, Dana and John set out to make a documentary about the hardships of inner-city life. Justin follows two NYPD officers while Dana and John focus on Thomas (a black youth poised to move up from his hardships). Stories merge, relationships corrode and the filmmakers become participants in the underground world they set out to document.

Jigga Jones(2006)

48min | Documentary

Young Filmakers ride-a-long with a career criminal fueled by alcohol and profanity. Felonies fly as the camera takes the filmmakers into the deepest parts of the criminal underworld in Los Angeles.

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