Boyz n the Hood

About Boyz n the Hood

Three friends growing up in South Central Los Angeles navigate a neighborhood plagued by violence, unemployment, and crime, each responding differently to the harsh realities of street life. As tragedy strikes close to home, their friendship, choices, and hopes for a better future are put to the ultimate test.

Boyz n the Hood (1991) is a crime film directed by John Singleton. Cuba Gooding Jr. takes the lead as Tré Styles, Laurence Fishburne as Furious Styles, Ice Cube as Doughboy, and Morris Chestnut as Ricky Baker.

It runs 112 minutes and was released in July 1991. Written by John Singleton.

Shelv files it under tragedy, antagonistic, street gang, and ghetto. It streams on Starz Apple TV channel in the United States. It scores 7.6 out of 10 from 2,390 TMDB voters and it carries a R rating.

Menace II Society, Paid in Full, and City of God make useful companions to Boyz n the Hood, all filed under gangster.