”'Hood” Films.....

[batmon]

Colors, 1988
Do the Right Thing, 1989
Boyz n the Hood, 1991
New Jack City, 1991
Straight Out of Brooklyn, 1991
Juice, 1992
South Central, 1992
Menace II Society, 1993
Poetic Justice, 1993
Strapped, 1993
Sugar Hill (1994 film)
Above the Rim, 1994
Fresh, 1994
Jason's Lyric, 1994
Clockers, 1995
Dead Presidents, 1995
New Jersey Drive, 1995
Set It Off, 1996
One Eight Seven, 1997
He Got Game, 1998
Caught Up (film)
Belly (film), 1998
In Too Deep (film), 1999
Hot Boyz (film)
Baby Boy, 2001
Training Day, 2001
8 Mile, 2002
Paid In Full, 2002
The Job (2003 film)
Never Die Alone, 2004
Coach Carter, 2005
Back in the Day (film) * Bullet Boy, 2005
Hustle & Flow
Four Brothers (film)
Get Rich or Die Tryin' (film)
Dirty, 2005
ATL, 2006
Waist Deep, 2006
Gridiron Gang, 2006
Kidulthood, 2006
Freedom Writers, 2007
Baby (2008 film), 2008
Adulthood (film), 2008
Fighting (film) *Before I Self Destruct * Brooklyn's Finest, 2010
Gun (2010 film) * Talla Boyzz, 2011

This list. is from wikipedia.

I wouldnt call Dennis Hoppers Colors a hood film. I wouldnt even call Do The Right Thing a hood film either.
Are those two the only late 80's precursors to the genre?

I just saw Fresh this week and it holds up really well.

whats missing?
Living Large.....what happened to Afrika Baby Bam's acting career?
Roll Bounce?
Training Day?

What holds up, what dont?
Trapped In The Closet....................

 

[cookbook]

Training Day is on there. I guess this all depends on your definition of "hood films"? Is it films enjoyed in the hood, taking place in the hood, or straight HOOD? Comedies seem to be completely absent from this list (Friday series, Don't Be A Menace)

 

[batmon]

cookbook said:Training Day is on there. I guess this all depends on your definition of "hood films"? Is it films enjoyed in the hood, taking place in the hood, or straight HOOD? Comedies seem to be completley absent from this list.




Colors was about two white cops.

 

[grandpa_shig]

i see they left off dont be a menace and friday. whats the criteria for a "hood film"?

 

[grandpa_shig]

oh...

 

[El Prez]

I agree that fact that Friday is not on the list is suspect

 

[batmon]

feel free to add on. its a wiki list. we know it aint definitive.

 

[grandpa_shig]

also, the inclusion of kidulthood opens the gates for a million other foreign flicks.

 

[batmon]

let stay. iin american hoods. City Of God is some other shit.





Ill add Bones

 

[cookbook]

grandpa_shig said:also, the inclusion of kidulthood opens the gates for a million other foreign flicks.




la haine

 

[onetet]

seems like cases could be made for





Zebrahead


Just Another Girl on the I.R.T.





and if we're opening it up to foreign responses to American hood films, French titles like La Haine/Hate and the lesser-known Bye Bye should be up there.

 

[batmon]

How many Master P flicks are on there?





And ill add State Property.

 

[cookbook]

batmon said:How many Master P flicks are on there?





And ill add State Property.

 

[El Prez]

Wildstyle

 

[El Prez]

2 can play that game


Booty call


Hollywood Shuffle

 

[El Prez]

The last dragon


Krushgroove

 

[batmon]

sweatshop said:Wildstyle




nah.....different era and steez.





Most of these films are post Spike lee, robert townsend new black hollywood projects.





FUBU steez.

 

[bassie]

Shottas

 

[pcmr]

 

[grandpa_shig]

blankman!