

Boyz n the Hood
Once upon a time in South Central L.A... It ain't no fairy tale.
Overview
In the middle of the Los Angeles ghetto, drugs, robberies and shootings dominate everyday life. During these times, Furious tries to raise his son Tre to be a decent person. Tre's friends, on the other hand, have little regard for the law and drag the entire neighborhood into a street war...
- Budget
- $6,500,000
- Revenue
- $57,504,069
- Production
- Columbia Pictures
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Cast

Cuba Gooding Jr.
Tré Styles

Laurence Fishburne
Furious Styles

Ice Cube
Doughboy

Morris Chestnut
Ricky Baker

Angela Bassett
Reva Styles

Nia Long
Brandi

Tyra Ferrell
Mrs. Baker

Regina King
Shalika

Whitman Mayo
The Old Man

Lexie Bigham
Mad Dog

John Cothran
Lewis Crump

Jessie Lawrence Ferguson
Officer Coffey

Kareem J. Grimes
Ice Cream Truck Kid

Desi Arnez Hines II
Tré Age 10

Esther Scott
Tisha's Grandmother

Vonte Sweet
Ric Rock

Yolanda Whitaker
Yo-Yo

John Singleton
The Mailman (uncredited)
Crew
- Director
- John Singleton
- Writers
- John Singleton
- Producers
- Steve Nicolaides
- Cinematography
- Charles Mills
- Composer
- Stanley Clarke
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John Chard
May 13, 2019
Rick, it's the Nineties. Can't afford to be afraid of our own people anymore, man. 1991 "One out of every twenty-one Black American males will be murdered in their lifetime" "Most will die at the hands of another Black male" "Increase The Peace" is the closing message of John Singleton's powerful, intelligent and affecting call for calm in South Central Los Angeles. Often mistakenly presumed by those who haven't seen it to be a film that glamorises violence, Singleton's debut film…

GenerationofSwine
January 14, 2023
John Singleton really isn't my thing. I mean, the movie came out in '91 but didn't get much exposure out in the country where I grew up until it was on HBO. However "Poetic Justice" DID and when I finally came around to watching "Boyz n the Hood" I had extremely low expectations. I honestly thought it was going to be as absolutely pointless as "Poetic Justice" was. And, yeah, I did kind of like "Higher Learning," which I also saw before this, but I still kind of feel that he was pointing t…

T.J paco Lopez
June 19, 2026
instant Classic . . . One of the Most Convincing Roles EVER Played, it was 100% Authentic about South Central Los Angeles California in The 1990's






