List of hood films
Hood film is a 1990s film genre orignating in the United States, which features aspects of urban African American or Hispanic American Culture.
John Singleton, Mario Van Peebles, F. Gary Gray, Hughes Brothers, and Spike Lee are all directors who have created work typically classified as part of this genre.
The genre has been identified as a sub-genre of the gangster film genre.
Characteristics include hip hop music (including gangsta rap), street gangs, racial discussion, organized crime/gangster, gang affiliation scenes, drug use, and trafficking, and the problems of young people coming of age or struggling amid the relative poverty and violent neighborhoods.
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John Singleton, Mario Van Peebles, F. Gary Gray, Hughes Brothers, and Spike Lee are all directors who have created work typically classified as part of this genre.
The genre has been identified as a sub-genre of the gangster film genre.
Characteristics include hip hop music (including gangsta rap), street gangs, racial discussion, organized crime/gangster, gang affiliation scenes, drug use, and trafficking, and the problems of young people coming of age or struggling amid the relative poverty and violent neighborhoods.
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- DirectorJack HivelyStarsGeorge SandersHelene ReynoldsJonathan HaleAn enigmatic gang leader known as "The Boss," who is a dead-ringer for Simon, puts "The Saint" under suspicion of murder.
- DirectorCharles DavidStarsGloria JeanJohn QualenBill GoodwinNaive young Wendy (Gloria Jean) lives with her kind Uncle Bill (John Qualen), who has sheltered her from life by instilling a belief in fairy-tales and make-believe. Uncle Bill, a pawnshop owner, buys a violin from shady character Peg-Leg ('Sheldon Leonard' )qv)). When Johnny (Keefe Brasselle, a neighborhood boy and friend of Wendy, connects the violin with the theft of a Stradivarius from a murdered composer, he is kidnapped by a group of thugs. Peg-Leg is killed by the boss of the crime-ring, a face-disguised mystery man known as Raincoat. He tortures Johnny to make him reveal his knowledge of the gang's activities. Meanwhile, Gloria his discovered the identity of 'Raincoat' and seeks the help of Mike (Bill Goodwin), the policeman on the beat.
- DirectorLuis BuñuelStarsAlfonso MejíaRoberto CoboEstela IndaA group of juvenile delinquents live a violent and crime-filled life in the festering slums of Mexico City, as the morals of young Pedro are gradually corrupted and destroyed by the others.
- DirectorRichard BrooksStarsGlenn FordAnne FrancisLouis CalhernA new English teacher at a violent, unruly inner-city school is determined to do his job, despite resistance from both students and faculty.
- DirectorNicholas RayStarsJames DeanNatalie WoodSal MineoA rebellious young man with a troubled past comes to a new town, finding friends and enemies.
- DirectorRobert AltmanStarsTom LaughlinPeter MillerRichard BakalyanA frustrated young man, separated from his younger girlfriend, gets involved in a juvenile gang.
- DirectorRoger CormanStarsJune KenneyFay SpainJohn BrinkleyA delinquent girls' gang pursues a nice ingenue linked romantically to the male leader of a rival gang, and apparently to the murder of one of their members.
- DirectorWilliam WitneyStarsScott MarloweRichard BakalyanGigi PerreauHigh school thug is front man for a local marijuana ring.
- DirectorJack ArnoldStarsRuss TamblynJan SterlingJohn Drew BarrymoreA tough kid comes to a new high school and begins muscling his way into the drug scene. This is a typical morality play of the era, filled with a naive view of drugs, nihilistic beat poetry, and some incredible '50s slang.
- DirectorPaul FreesStarsTony TravisKaren KadlerPeter BreckA young singer's chance at fame is threatened by his hoodlum pals.
- DirectorRichard L. BareWilliam RowlandStarsRita MorenoMark DamonGerald MohrDamon's in black-face as blacks take on whites who take on Hispanics in this very entertaining teenage gang war extravaganza. Teenage punks slice and dice each other, turn innocent young girls into sleazy tramps, threaten innocent citizens, get involved in interracial romance, and sell drugs to local citizens. Whew! That's a lotta trashy behavior for one movie.
- DirectorPhil KarlsonStarsJeffrey HunterPat CrowleyDennis HopperIn Los Angeles, a brave witness to murder agrees to testify in court against the street gang leader who's desperate to silence him.
- DirectorJohn FrankenheimerStarsBurt LancasterDina MerrillEdward AndrewsA district attorney investigates three white teenagers accused of murdering a blind Puerto Rican kid.
- DirectorPhilip LeacockStarsAlan LaddRod SteigerMichael CallanAn aerospace engineer (Ladd) ignores a policeman (Steiger) and hunts down a gang of juvenile delinquents.
- DirectorShirley ClarkeStarsRony ClantonCarl LeeYolanda RodríguezA look at the horrors of Harlem ghetto slum life filled with drugs, violence, human misery, and a sense of despair due to the racial prejudices of American society.
- DirectorSande N. JohnsenStarsDiane ContiLinda GaleEileen DietzA girl from Manhattan moves into a neighborhood that is the turf of the Rebels, a female teenage gang. She quickly rises to the top of the gang and sets her sights on the leader of the neighborhood tough guys.
- DirectorMartin ScorseseStarsHarvey KeitelZina BethuneAnne ColletteA young man can't accept the girl he likes because of her bitter past.
- DirectorLarry PeerceStarsTony MusanteMartin SheenBeau BridgesLate one night, two young toughs hold hostage the passengers in one car of a New York subway train.
- DirectorPeter YatesStarsStanley BakerJoanna PettetJames BoothA group of British criminals plan the robbery of the Royal Mail train on the Glasgow-London route.
- DirectorGordon FlemyngStarsJim BrownDiahann CarrollErnest BorgnineThieves fall out when over a half million dollars goes missing after the daring and carefully planned robbery of the Los Angeles Coliseum during a football game, each one accusing the other of having the money.
- DirectorDon MurrayStarsPat BooneErik EstradaJacqueline GirouxLong before faith-based films became a regular feature of mainstream movie theaters, there was "The Cross and The Switchblade," the story of Pastor David Wilkerson and gang member Nicky Cruz.
- DirectorPaul BogartStarsCalvin LockhartJanet MacLachlanJeff BridgesAn all-black inner city school has to become an integrated school. Few dozen white kids are transferred there, but the black students are aggressively opposed to this. The school then approaches a tough black teacher for help.
- DirectorRobert AldrichStarsKim DarbyScott WilsonTony MusanteSet in the Depression, a gang of half-witted small-time hoods led by Slim Grissom kidnap heiress Barbara Blandish and Slim proceeds to fall in love with her. Remake of the British film No Orchids for Miss Blandish (1948).
- DirectorHall BartlettStarsJuarez SantalvoFreddie GedeonAdemir Da SilvaInspired by the classic novel by Brazilian cultural icon Jorge Amado, this is the story of a gang of homeless children lead by Pedro Bala. Set in Bahia, the film follows the adventures of Bala's gang of under aged outlaws as they steal, rape, find love, "capoeira" (a Brazilian form of martial arts) and African-Brazilian religion.
- DirectorBarry ShearStarsAnthony QuinnYaphet KottoAnthony FranciosaTwo New York City cops go after amateur crooks who are trying to rip off the Mafia and start a gang war.
- 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.
- DirectorIvan DixonStarsLawrence CookJanet LeaguePaula KellyA black man plays 'uncle Tom' in order to gain access to CIA training, then uses that knowledge to plot a new American revolt.
- DirectorMartin ScorseseStarsRobert De NiroHarvey KeitelDavid ProvalIn New York City's Little Italy, a devoutly Catholic mobster must reconcile his desire for power, his feelings for his epileptic lover, and his devotion to his troublesome friend.
- DirectorHenning SchellerupStarsSunshine WoodsSandy DempseyCharlene MilesWanting revenge on a street gang for a rape attack, four young girls get together, take kung-fu lessons, learn how to shoot, form a gang called the Black Alley Cats and search out the gang that attacked them.
- DirectorMichael WinnerStarsCharles BronsonHope LangeVincent GardeniaA New York City architect becomes a one-man vigilante squad after his wife is murdered by street punks. In self-defense, the vengeful man kills muggers on the mean streets after dark.
- DirectorWilliam A. GrahamStarsAhmad NurradinAnthony WilsonNelson SimsA group of ghetto kids try to find out who killed a popular police officer.
- DirectorMichael CampusStarsRony ClantonDon GordonJoyce WalkerA gifted young man is caught up in gang life.
- DirectorMichael SchultzStarsGlynn TurmanLawrence Hilton-JacobsGarrett MorrisIn 1964 on Chicago's Near-North Side, the lives of four carefree high school seniors and best friends, including an aspiring playwright and an all-city basketball champion, takes a tragic turn.
- DirectorJoseph MandukeStarsMoses GunnRosalind CashBernie CaseyA 12-year-old is traumatised by the murder of his friend, a star basketball player.
- DirectorIvan NagyStarsDon MurrayDiahn WilliamsJames Earl JonesWhen disturbed New York City (NYPD) cop Lacy rescues Sally, a beautiful cellist, from deranged crook Rabbit by shooting Rabbit in cold blood, he sets off a spark of publicity that brands him the city's hero.
- DirectorJack HillStarsRobbie LeeJoanne NailMonica GayleThe leader of an inner-city girl gang is challenged when a new girl moves into the neighborhood.
- DirectorJohn CarpenterStarsAustin StokerDarwin JostonLaurie ZimmerA Highway Patrol Officer, two criminals and a station secretary defend a defunct Los Angeles precinct office against a siege by a bloodthirsty street gang.
- DirectorJohn SchlesingerStarsDustin HoffmanLaurence OlivierRoy ScheiderAfter the shocking murder of his older brother, a New York history student finds himself inexplicably hounded by shadowy government agents on the trail of a Nazi war criminal who is trying to retrieve smuggled diamonds.
- DirectorAl AdamsonStarsTimothy BrownRuss TamblynJana BellanKicks Carter, a streetwise Las Vegs cop, is out to shut down an upscale hotel that is actually a front for a host of illegal activities. A gang headed by the scuzzy Ziggy is running everything from gun-running and loan-sharking to prostitution and drug-dealing, and a beautiful but nosy reporter keeps getting in Kicks' way.
- DirectorJohn A. BushelmanStarsDavid KyleKelly YaegermannSteve BondA street-gang member kills the gang's leader and blames it on a rival gang.
- DirectorJamaa FanakaStarsJerri HayesErnest Williams IICharles D. Brooks IIIA Naive Country Girl from Mississippi comes to town with an aunt to the Big City. She takes up with her family and goes out with them and meets a guy. A loser, pill-popping head nothing who is involved with the local street gang. She Falls in love with him, but he gets arrested and goes to jail. With the $5K bail over his head, she tries a couple of ways both good and bad to raise money to get him out only to learn he really is a loser and doesn't love her. She proves for a Country Girl she is smart and resourceful.
- DirectorKrishna ShahStarsCicely TysonJames Earl JonesLouis Gossett Jr.An intimate look at life in the ghetto: Johnny Williams is a house painter who moonlights as a poet, struggling to financially and emotionally support his cancer-ridden wife Mattie. But times are tough and the poverty-troubled streets are even tougher, and it takes every ounce of Johnny's love and courage for the couple to make it through their strife, finding redemption in the River Niger.
- DirectorRalph NelsonStarsCicely TysonPaul WinfieldLarry B. ScottA troubled boy (Larry B. Scott) becomes addicted to heroin, and his mother (Cicely Tyson) and foster father (Paul Winfield) help him fight it.
- DirectorJohn BadhamStarsJohn TravoltaKaren Lynn GorneyBarry MillerAnxious about his future after high school, a 19-year-old Italian-American from Brooklyn tries to escape the harsh reality of his bleak family life by dominating the dance floor at the local disco.
- 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.
- DirectorRichard PearceStarsMartin BalsamSylvia SidneyDorian HarewoodIn a crime ridden neighborhood, elderly men and women are bullied by gangs and punks until one old man has had enough.
- DirectorRon HowardStarsCharles Martin SmithClint HowardLeslie KingA group of high school friends form a rock band.
- DirectorWalter HillStarsMichael BeckJames RemarDorsey WrightA street gang known as the Warriors must fight its way from the Bronx to its home turf on Coney Island when its members are falsely accused of assassinating a respected gang leader.
- DirectorMichael PressmanStarsRichard YniguezDanny De La PazMarta DuBoisFrom executive producer Tony Bill comes a gritty and groundbreaking look at Los Angeles gang life in the city’s Mexican-American barrios.
- DirectorJonathan KaplanStarsMatt DillonMichael Eric KramerPamela LudwigA group of bored teenagers rebel against authority in the community of New Granada after the death of one of their own.
- DirectorTimothy GalfasStarsJoey TravoltaJohn LansingStacey PickrenNick Martin, a young street tough, has a change of heart and attempts to stop the gang violence in his neighborhood.
- DirectorRobert L. CollinsStarsRobby BensonSarah HolcombHenry DarrowA young Chicano gang member in Los Angeles comes to realize that the gang life is not what he really wants but doesn't know how to get out.
- DirectorPhilip KaufmanStarsKen WahlKaren AllenJohn FriedrichThe Wanderers is a teenage, Italian gang in Bronx, NYC, 1963. They have their confrontations with other gangs. Drugs and weapons are uncool. Adult life awaits them.
- DirectorFranco RossoStarsDavid N. HaynesTrevor LairdVictor Romero EvansThe movie centres around Brindsley Forde's character Blue. He fronts a reggae sound system based in South West London (Brixton). The film captures the trials and tribulations of young black youths in troubled London in the early eighties.
- DirectorJohn FlynnStarsJan-Michael VincentTheresa SaldanaDanny AielloAn out-of work merchant seaman single-handedly tames a powerful street gang "The Souls" that has been terrorizing his neighborhood on New York City's Lower East Side.
- DirectorMichael WinnerStarsCharles BronsonJill IrelandVincent GardeniaArchitect Paul Kersey once again becomes a vigilante when he tries to find the five street punks who murdered his daughter and housekeeper, this time on the dark streets of Los Angeles.
- DirectorClint EastwoodStarsClint EastwoodSondra LockePat HingleWhen a woman exacts deadly revenge on the aggressors who raped her and her sister ten years earlier, Inspector "Dirty" Harry Callahan is assigned to the case.
- DirectorWilliam LustigStarsRobert ForsterFred WilliamsonRichard BrightAfter his wife and son got brutalized by a street gang, and a corrupt criminal justice system puts the perpetrators back on the street, a NYC factory worker teams up with a vigilante group to find some measure of bloody justice.
- DirectorRick RosenthalStarsSean PennReni SantoniJim MoodyChicago crime kid Mick O'Brien is sent to reform school after accidentally killing a rival's kid brother.
- DirectorFrancis Ford CoppolaStarsMatt DillonMickey RourkeDiane LaneAbsent-minded street thug Rusty James struggles to live up to his legendary older brother's reputation, and longs for the days of gang warfare.
- DirectorFrancis Ford CoppolaStarsC. Thomas HowellMatt DillonRalph MacchioIn a small Oklahoma town in 1964, the rivalry between two gangs, the poor Greasers and the rich Socs, heats up when one gang member accidentally kills a member of the other.
- DirectorCharlie AhearnStarsLee QuiñonesLady PinkFab 5 FreddySouth Bronx graffiti artist Zoro is commissioned to paint a backdrop for a hip-hop concert.
- DirectorStan LathanStarsRae Dawn ChongGuy DavisJon ChardietAn aspiring DJ from the South Bronx and his best friend, a promoter, try to get into show business by exposing people to hip-hop music and the local culture.
- DirectorVictor M. OrdonezEd PalmosAl VallettaStarsKarin ManiRobert TortiBritt HelferA martial artist stops a street gang from stealing her car, but her grandmother ends up being killed by the same gang. She witnesses firsthand how corrupt and inept law enforcement is, and decides to take matters into her own hands.
- DirectorAmos PoeStarsVincent SpanoMichael WinslowKate VernonA New York City drug dealer decides to get out of the business, but has to flee from mobsters.
- DirectorDavid GreeneStarsMartin SheenLouis Gossett Jr.Arthur HillPlagued by crime, the residents of a NYC condominium hire a seemingly over-zealous security expert to patrol the building.
- DirectorAndrew DavisStarsChuck NorrisHenry SilvaBert RemsenA Chicago cop is caught in the middle of a gang war while his own comrades shun him because he wants to take down an irresponsible cop.
- DirectorPaul MorrisseyStarsMarília PêraRichard UlaciaLinda KerridgeBrazilian drug dealers in Manhattan's Lower East Side start a war with a rival gang of Latino drug dealers. Their soldiers are Latino kids all under 17 because, as Rita La Punta says, "They can kill and not go to jail." The war escalates to include their German heroin supplier, his sexy English girlfriend, a Puerto Rican ex-cop, and the Japanese police captain. This movie is about racism, police corruption, junkies, and drug dealing. There is plenty of killing and even a visit to a store dedicated to the Latino pop group "Menudo."
- DirectorPenelope SpheerisStarsMaxwell CaulfieldCharlie SheenPatti D'ArbanvilleRoy and Bo leave their small California town the weekend after graduation for a short road trip to Los Angeles. Soon, they find themselves lashing out and leaving a trail of bodies behind them. The violence escalates throughout.
- DirectorPen DenshamJohn WatsonStarsEric GurryTiffany HelmJason GedrickA group of nice kids rent a building from a down and out former wrestler. They work hard to turn it into a rock club, but some local troublemakers won't leave them alone. So, they ask their landlord to teach them to defend themselves.
- DirectorMichael WinnerStarsCharles BronsonDeborah RaffinEd LauterArchitect/vigilante Paul Kersey arrives back in New York City and is forcibly recruited by a crooked police chief to fight street crime caused by a large gang terrorizing the neighborhoods.
- DirectorAlan BeattieStarsCharles DurningPam GrierJames KeachA World War II vet is pushed to the limit when gang members and drug dealers take over his neighborhood.
- DirectorPaul Michael GlaserStarsStephen LangMichael CarmineLauren HollyFive juvenile lost causes are sent to the Everglades where a war veteran tries to reform them using survival tactics. Their new skills and resolve are tested when a Miami drug lord targets them for trying to clean up their neighborhood.
- DirectorDominic OrlandoStarsLeon Isaac KennedyNicholas CampbellJohn MengattiA street gang that is also a rap group tries to get a record contract.
- DirectorEric LaneuvilleStarsDenzel WashingtonLynn WhitfieldAkosua BusiaHe risked it all to make the grade.
- DirectorBlaine NovakStarsArt GarfunkelRobert DoQuiHarris YulinA journalist framed on a rape and murder charge must prove his innocence by finding the real killer.
- DirectorCurtis HansonStarsHoward E. Rollins Jr.Joanna CassidyDavid AckroydAn alienated teenage boy runs away from home and ventures to New York City where he falls in with a gang of juvenile delinquents working as drug dealers and pickpockets for a shady crime boss.
- DirectorAbel FerraraStarsJames RussoRichard PanebiancoSari ChangA modern day Romeo & Juliet story is told in New York when an Italian boy and a Chinese girl become lovers, causing a tragic conflict between ethnic gangs.
- DirectorPeter ManoogianStarsGary FrankRay Parker Jr.Jan-Michael VincentAn insurance salesman inadvertently gets trapped after dark in an apartment building that is terrorized by a street gang called "The Vampires."
- DirectorDennis HopperStarsSean PennRobert DuvallMaria Conchita AlonsoAn experienced cop and his rookie partner patrol the streets of East Los Angeles while trying to keep the gang violence under control.
- DirectorJoseph MerhiStarsDel ZamoraQuincy Adams Jr.Wendy MacDonaldA black boxer whose daughter was murdered by bikers joins up with a white repo man to battle street gangs.
- DirectorRamón MenéndezStarsEdward James OlmosEstelle HarrisMark PhelanThe story of Jaime Escalante, a high school teacher who successfully inspired his dropout-prone students to learn calculus.
- DirectorFrank KerrStarsJeff FaheyChad LoweSherilyn FennRay Trueblood, member of a street gang, is framed by an enemy of a rival gang, Billy "Spider" Masters. Ray is accused of killing a cop and he has to escape leaving behind his little brother, Donny. Ten years later Ray returns to his neighborhood to take his brother with him, but things are worse than he could expect: his brother, now 18 years old, hates him and is a member of Billy Masters' gang. Furthermore, Billy Masters is looking for revenge and... the police are still after Ray for the murder of the police officer.
- DirectorAddison RandallStarsTony BravoKamar de los ReyesLawrence Hilton-JacobsBitter rivalry and endless warfare take over the streets of East L.A.
- DirectorRoger J. BarskiStarsOscar JordanMichael DixonHoward FriedlandThis movie is similar to Assault on Precinct 13 and the Warriors where there are waves of crazy ferocious gang members who try to capture and pillage the building where some young lost teenage party-goers have been left stranded.
- DirectorUli EdelStarsJennifer Jason LeighStephen LangBurt YoungSet in Brooklyn during the 1950s against a backdrop of union corruption and violence. A prostitute falls in love with one of her customers. Also a disturbed man discovers that he is homosexual.
- DirectorJohn G. AvildsenStarsMorgan FreemanBeverly ToddRobert GuillaumeThe dedicated but tyrannical Joe Clark is appointed the principal of a decaying inner-city school he is determined to improve by any and all means.
- DirectorSpike LeeStarsDanny AielloOssie DavisRuby DeeOn the hottest day of the year on a street in the Bedford-Stuyvesant section of Brooklyn, everyone's hate and bigotry smolders and builds until it explodes into violence.
- DirectorEric KarsonStarsOlivier GrunerPeter KwongTheresa SaldanaTenant helps landlord fight off local street gang.
- DirectorRuby L. OliverStarsJanet JacksonAudrey MorganMario Andre AlbertsRuby Oliver's semi-autobiographical drama focusing on the struggles of woman living in the ghetto of Southside Chicago who must cope with an alcoholic husband and 3 troubled children (2 layabout sons and an unmarried, pregnant daughter).
- DirectorEdward T. McDougalStarsScott IngersonRaufel MuhammadSteven CrumpShaken by the tragic death of his sister, a young man named Jeremy agrees to work at a Christian summer camp so that he can chase a girl he likes. Upon arriving, he is given the job of counselor for five young gang members who are there as part of their sentence. The gang sees right through Jeremy's lukewarm Christian commitment and as a result, it has a profound affect on him...and them.
- DirectorAbel FerraraStarsChristopher WalkenDavid CarusoLaurence FishburneA drug kingpin is released from prison and seeks to take total control of the criminal underworld in order to give back to the community.
- DirectorMario Van PeeblesStarsWesley SnipesIce-TAllen PayneA crime lord ascends to power and becomes megalomaniacal while a maverick police detective vows to stop him.
- 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.
- DirectorRandall FriedStarsLaTaunya BoundsTerry BradleyCylk CozartA coach and a lawyer team up to provide incentives for an urban high school basketball team to stay out of trouble.
- DirectorSpike LeeStarsWesley SnipesAnnabella SciorraSpike LeeFriends and family of a married Black architect react in different ways to his affair with an Italian secretary.
- 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.
- DirectorJoseph B. VasquezStarsAngelo LopezCookieLydia RamirezTwo brothers living in South Bronx find there brotherly loyalties tested when Joey wants to leave the street life behind and finish college while Junior turns to these very streets to stay alive. Will these brothers ever get out of the South Bronx ?
- DirectorEdward James OlmosStarsEdward James OlmosWilliam ForsytheSal LopezA Mexican-American Mafia kingpin is released from prison, falls in love for the first time, and grows introspective about his gangster lifestyle.
- DirectorRichard DonnerStarsMel GibsonDanny GloverJoe PesciMartin Riggs and Roger Murtaugh pursue a former LAPD officer who uses his knowledge of police procedure and policies to steal and sell confiscated guns and ammunition to local street gangs.