Boyz n the Hood

Boyz n the Hood is a 1991 American hood movie that was produced by Steven Nicolaides and DJ Pooh and was directed by John Singleton. Boyz n the Hood was released on July 12, 1991 in North America. 

The movie received positive reviews with a 98% rating on Rotten Tomatoes and a 73 out of 100 from Metacritic. The movie was selected to be in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress to be preserved because it was considered to be "culturally significant" in 2002. This movie was the directorial debut for John Singleton.

 Plot 
1984
The movie starts with a fight at school in Inglewood, California after a boy tells another that he is from Africa. The attacker's teacher calls his mother Reva. The attacker gets expelled for three days and comes home. 

In Crenshaw, Tre reunites with his childhood friends, Darrin "Doughboy" Baker, Doughboy's half-brother Ricky, and their friend Chris. That night, Tre's father shoots at a burglar. The next day, Doughboy and Chris are being taken to prison for stealing.

7 years later
The movie shifts 7 years later when a party is held outside. Later, an augment the Bloods and Crips happens. Tre and Ricky are pulled over and an officer threatens Tre with a gun. 

The next afternoon, Ricky has a fight with Doughboy. Ricky is later found dead. 

The epilogue reveals that Ricky buried the next day and two weeks later Doughboy was murdered. 

 Cast 
 Cuba Gooding, Jr. (Desi Arnez Hines II, young) as Tre Styles
 Ice Cube (Baha Jackson, young) as Darrin "Doughboy" Baker
 Morris Chestnut (Donovan McCrary, young) as Ricky Baker
 Laurence Fishburne as Jason "Furious" Styles
 Nia Long as Brandi
 Tyra Ferrell as Brenda Baker
 Angela Bassett as Reva Devereaux-Styles
 Redge Green (Kenneth A. Brown, young) as Chris
 Dedrick D. Gobert as Dookie
 Baldwin C. Sykes as Monster
 Tracey Lewis-Sinclair as Shaniqua
 Alysia Rogers as Shanice
 Regina King as Shalika
 Lexie Bigham as Mad Dog
 Raymond Turner as Ferris

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Category:1990s English-language movies
Category:1991 drama movies
Category:1991 crime drama movies
Category:1990s American drama movies
Category:1990s coming-of-age movies
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Category:American crime drama movies
Category:American gangster movies
Category:American coming-of-age movies
Category:American teen romance movies
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Category:African-American movies
Category:Movies about racism
Category:Movies set in Los Angeles
Category:Movies set in the 1980s
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Category:United States National Film Registry movies
Category:Movies directed by John Singleton
Category:Columbia Pictures movies