Hip hop movies and TV shows – page 2

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Menace II Society (1993)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Menace II Society is a coming of age tale detailing the summer after its protagonist Caine (Tyrin Turner) graduates from high school. This is Caine's story, which details real life in today's tough inner city.
Style: bleak, realistic, stylized, tense, hood ...
Audience: teens, teen drama, adult
Plot: hip hop, ghetto, african american, urban ghetto life, murder, police brutality, coming of age, street gang, friendship, organized crime, gangsta, gunfight ...
Time: 90s, year 1993, 20th century, 70s
Place: california, los angeles, usa, south central los angeles, north america
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 6.5
 126K
Step Up (2006)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: Everyone deserves a chance to follow their dreams, but some people only get one shot. Tyler Gage is a rebel from the wrong side of Baltimore's tracks and the only thing that stands between him and an unfulfilled life are his dreams of one day ...
Style: feel good, captivating, teen, sweet, romantic ...
Audience: teens, girls' night, date night, chick flick, teen drama
Plot: dancing, dance, hip hop, happy ending, music, youth, love and romance, dance school, ballet, teen romance, couples, teenage love ...
Time: year 2006, 21st century
Place: baltimore, maryland, usa
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 8.3
 112K
Hamilton (2020)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 160 min.
Story: Presenting the tale of American founding father Alexander Hamilton, this filmed version of the original Broadway smash hit is the story of America then, told by America now.
Style: epic, feel good, period drama, comfort
Audience: chick flick
Plot: hip hop, friendship, american history, father son relationship, death, murder, george washington, biopic, violence, revolutionary war, broadway, dancing ...
Time: 18th century, 2020s, 1790s, 1800s, 19th century ...
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I Got the Hook Up (1998)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Two broke buddies feel lucky when they come upon a truckload of cellular phones and begin selling them out of the back of their van. Trouble arises though, when the phones develop faults. The two friends then not only have to deal with unsatisfied ...
Style: funny, humorous, light, hood, semi serious ...
Plot: hip hop, gangster, justice, ghetto, dishonesty, disorder, stoner, odd couple, nothing goes right, unlikely criminals, buddies, misfit ...
Time: 90s, year 1998
Place: los angeles, south central los angeles
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Fear of a Black Hat (1993)
Genre: Comedy, Music
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Chronicling the controversial career of bad boys N.W.H. (Niggaz With Hats), this uproarious 'mockumentary' lampoons all of hardcore rap's hot-button issues. This underground laugh riot recounts the rise, fall and resurrection of a ...
Style: mockumentary, spoof, parody, humorous, witty ...
Plot: hip hop, satire, music, black, musician, hip hop culture, urban, rapper, african american, blaxploitation, stoned, dj ...
Time: year 1993, 90s
Place: los angeles, usa, south central los angeles, california
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 3.9
 719
B-Girl (2009)
Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: A young female breakdancer, Angel, moves to Los Angeles after an attack by an ex-boyfriend nearly ends her dance career forever. B-Girl follows Angel through recovery and acceptance of a new life as she busts a move into the male-centric world of ...
Style: captivating, serious, realistic, touching, independent film
Audience: girls' night, teens
Plot: dancing, hip hop, family relations, ambition, follow your dream, dancer's life, teenage life, dance, lifestyle, youth, contests and competitions, human spirit ...
Time: 21st century
Place: los angeles, usa, new york, brooklyn new york city
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 7.5
 561
Wave Twisters (2001)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Musical, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 46 min.
Story: A crew of heroes is determined to save the lost arts of Hip Hop. Break Dancing, Graffiti, MCing, and DJing from total extinction. The lost arts are being oppressed throughout inner-space by lord Ook and his evil minions the Chinheads. The dental ...
Style: surreal, semi serious, stylized, exciting, cyber ...
Plot: hip hop, follow your dream, good versus evil, ambition, heroic mission, battles, escapades, survival, rivalry, heroes, danger, parallel world ...
Time: 21st century
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Do the Right Thing (1989)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story: On 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.
Style: realistic, talky, hood, stylized, independent film ...
Audience: teens, adult
Plot: heat wave, hip hop, police brutality, pizzeria, urban ghetto life, racism, pizza, ghetto, prejudice, african american, black, social commentary ...
Time: 20th century, 80s, year 1989
Place: new york, usa, brooklyn new york city, africa, new york state
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 6.5
 17K
House Party (1990)
Genre: Comedy, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Young Kid has been invited to a party at his friend Play's house. But after a fight at school, Kid's father grounds him. None the less, Kid sneaks out when his father falls asleep. But Kid doesn't know that three of the thugs at ...
Style: hood, funny, cult classic, light, black comedy ...
Audience: teens
Plot: hip hop, african american, high school, teenager, black, urban, dancing, ghetto, gangster, coming of age, school, police ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: usa
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 5.6
 10K
StreetDance 2 (2012)
Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: UK, Germany, Italy
Duration: 85 min.
Story: After suffering humiliation by the crew Invincible, street dancer Ash looks to gather the best dancers from around the world for a rematch.
Style: sexy, realistic, serious, light, captivating ...
Audience: teens, chick flick
Plot: dancing, street dance, hip hop, salsa, dance contest, dance, dancer, dancer's life, love and romance, rivalry, ambition, music ...
Time: 21st century
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Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo (1984)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: The dance crew from "Breakin'" bands together to save a community center from a greedy developer bent on building a shopping center in its place.
Style: grindhouse, cult classic, anime, independent film, realistic ...
Audience: teens, date night
Plot: hip hop, dancing, breakdance, cannon, music, gang, urban, dance, hospital, camp, chase, street gangster ...
Time: 80s
Place: los angeles
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 7.4
 41K
Empire (2015)
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 42 min.
TV show
Story: A powerful family drama about the head of a music empire whose three sons and ex-wife all battle for his throne.
Style: realistic, serious, captivating, exciting, soap opera ...
Audience: teens
Plot: music, hip hop, music business, artists and showbiz, rapper, musician's life, ceo, sibling rivalry, family relations, ambition, african american family, gay son ...
Time: 2010s, 2020s, 21st century
Place: usa, idaho, indiana, new york
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House Party 2 (1991)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Kid'N'Play leave their neighborhood and enter the world of adulthood and higher education. Play attempts to get rich quick in the music business while Kid faces the challenges of college.
Style: hood, humorous, black comedy, rom com, independent film ...
Audience: teens
Plot: hip hop, black, urban, ghetto, gangster, college, blaxploitation, african american, party, friendship, stoner, discrimination ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: usa
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House Party 3 (1994)
Genre: Comedy, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Hip Hop duo Kid & Play return in the second follow-up to their 1990 screen debut House Party. Kid (Christopher "Kid" Reid) is taking the plunge and marrying his girlfriend Veda (Angela Means), while his friend Play (Christopher ...
Style: hood, rom com, black comedy, independent film, realistic ...
Audience: teens
Plot: hip hop, ghetto, gangster, urban, black, music, party, black girl, discrimination, stoner, stoned, blaxploitation ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: usa
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 7.0
 30K
Juice (1992)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Four Harlem friends -- Bishop, Q, Steel and Raheem -- dabble in petty crime, but they decide to go big by knocking off a convenience store. Bishop, the magnetic leader of the group, has the gun. But Q has different aspirations. He wants to be a DJ ...
Style: hood, cult classic, tense, social, neo noir ...
Audience: teens
Plot: urban ghetto life, hip hop, coming of age, gang, friendship, african american gangster, ghetto, african american, teenager, black, urban, gangster ...
Time: year 1992, 90s
Place: new york, harlem, usa, manhattan new york city
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Step Up Revolution (2012)
Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: Emily arrives in Miami with aspirations to become a professional dancer. She sparks with Sean, the leader of a dance crew whose neighborhood is threatened by Emily's father's development plans.
Style: romantic, feel good, entertaining, teen, light ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, girls' night, date night, family friendly
Plot: dancing, dance, dancer, dancer's life, hip hop, music, teenage love, competition, teenager, teenage life, revolution, culture clash ...
Time: year 2012, 21st century
Place: usa, miami, florida
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 6.1
 34K
Undisputed (2002)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Sport
Country: USA, Germany, Japan
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Monroe Hutchens is the heavyweight champion of Sweetwater, a maximum security prison. He was convicted to a life sentence due to a passionate crime. Iceman Chambers is the heavyweight champion, who lost his title due to a rape conviction to ten ...
Style: suspense, intense, talky, stylized, exciting ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: prison, boxing, fight, african american, hip hop, prison fight, violence, jail, gangster, martial arts, prison life, boxer ...
Time: year 2002, 21st century
Place: usa, mojave desert, las vegas, nevada
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 6.9
 31K
The Wackness (2008)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: Set in New York City in the sweltering summer, The Wackness tells the story of a troubled teenage drug dealer, who trades pot for therapy sessions with a drug-addled psychiatrist. Things get more complicated when he falls for one of his classmates, ...
Style: realistic, touching, independent film, humorous, semi serious ...
Audience: teens, teen drama
Plot: marijuana, coming of age, hip hop, misfit, dysfunctional family, first love, depression, high school, friendship, weed, drug, stoner ...
Time: year 2008, 90s, year 1994, 20th century
Place: usa, new york, new jersey, manhattan new york city, empire state building manhattan new york city ...
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I'm Gonna Git You Sucka (1988)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Jack Spade returns from the army in his old ghetto neighbourhood when his brother, June Bug, dies. Jack declares war on Mr. Big, powerful local crimelord. His army is led by John Slade, his childhood idol who used to fight bad guys in the 70s.
Style: parody, spoof, funny, hood, cult classic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: blaxploitation, hip hop, satire, ghetto, pimp, black, urban, black history, heroes, gunfight, violence, stupidity ...
Time: 80s, 20th century, 70s
Place: indiana, usa
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A Day In The Life (2009)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Music, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Onyx rapper Sticky Fingaz directs and stars in this hip-hop musical about a gangster who becomes caught up in a bloody war between two feuding crime families while struggling to leave the streets behind. When Black's family raids one of ...
Style: hood, serious, tense, captivating, suspense ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: hip hop, rivalry, gang, vengeance, urban ghetto life, gangster, moral dilemma, going straight, introspection, drug dealing, lifestyle, urban ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, california, los angeles
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 5.9
 25K
All Eyez on Me (2017)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 139 min.
Story: All Eyez on Me chronicles the life and legacy of Tupac Shakur, including his rise to superstardom as a hip-hop artist, actor, poet and activist, as well as his imprisonment and prolific, controversial time at Death Row Records. Against ...
Style: hood, factual, captivating, thought provoking, enigmatic ...
Plot: rapper, hip hop, african american, biopic, record company, black, music industry, murder, autobiography, police brutality, prison, interview ...
Time: 20th century, year 2017
Place: harlem, usa, california, baltimore, new york ...
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Carmen: A Hip Hopera (2001)
Genre: Drama, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Based on Verdi's (Bizet's not Verdi's) classic opera and its all African American musical counterpart Carmen Jones, Carmen a Hiphopera is a modern retelling of the story of the tragic gypsy Carmen. The setting has been taken from the ...
Style: captivating, realistic, serious, stylized, black cinema
Plot: hip hop, femme fatale, tragic love, fall in love, performer's life, obsession, betrayal, destructive relationship, destiny, music, black, rapper ...
Time: 21st century
Place: philadelphia
Is relevant ?
 7.3
 170K
Coach Carter (2005)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 136 min.
Story: Based on a true story, in which Richmond High School head basketball coach Ken Carter made headlines in 1999 for benching his undefeated team due to poor academic results.
Style: inspirational, motivational, touching, hood, feel good ...
Audience: teens, boys' night, kids, family outing, teen drama
Plot: basketball, teacher, high school, mentor, teachers and students, underdog, athlete and trainer, life philosophy, athlete's life, human spirit, dedicated educator, sport team ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: california, new jersey, usa, san francisco, sacramento california
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Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood (1996)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: When Ashtray (Shawn Wayans) moves to South Central L.A. to live with his father (who appears to be the same age he is) and grandmother (who likes to talk tough and smoke reefer), he falls in with his gang-banging cousin Loc Dog (Marlon Wayans), who ...
Style: parody, hood, absurd, funny, humorous ...
Audience: teens, date night, adult
Plot: gang, friendship, youth, ghetto, dumb, gangster, social satire, hip hop, african american, city life, sarcasm, stoner ...
Time: 90s
Place: california
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Bring It On: All or Nothing (2006)
Genre: Comedy, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: A transfer student at a rough high school tries joining the cheer-leading squad and finds that she not only has to face off against the head cheerleader, but also against her former school in preparation for a cheer-off competition.
Style: teen, light, entertaining, semi serious, feel good ...
Audience: teens, girls' night, chick flick, date night, teen drama
Plot: high school, cheerleader, cheerleading, dancing, high school life, hip hop, school, friendship, dance, teenage girl, sport team, teenager ...
Time: 2000s, 21st century
Place: los angeles, usa, california
Is relevant ?
 6.2
 6K
Idlewild (2006)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Musical, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story: A musical set in the Prohibition-era American South, where a speakeasy performer and club manager Rooster must contend with gangsters who have their eyes on the club while his piano player and partner Percival must choose between his love, Angel or ...
Style: erotic, stylized, serious, realistic, black comedy ...
Plot: hip hop, gangster, nightclub, african american, musician's life, artists and showbiz, love and romance, rivalry, blaxploitation, black, music, husband wife relationship ...
Time: 1930s, 1920s, 20th century
Place: georgia, usa
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 6.2
 13K
Belly (1998)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Tommy Brown and Sincere are best friends as well as infamous and ruthless criminals and shot-callers in the hood. Respected by many but feared by all. As the police are closing in on them and new players are looking for a come up, will their reign ...
Style: hood, independent film, stylized, crime drama, realistic ...
Plot: urban ghetto life, african american gangster, hip hop, gangster, urban, african american, ghetto, black, drug, violence, drug dealer, gang ...
Time: year 1998, 90s
Place: jamaica, new york, usa
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Janky Promoters (2009)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: Two shady concert promoters get into hot water when their chance to book a superstar rapper goes awry.
Style: not serious, feel good, realistic, humorous, hood ...
Audience: teens
Plot: hip hop, disorder, artists and showbiz, showbiz, partner, lifestyle, nothing goes right, performer's life, celebrity culture, urban, bigger dreams, father son relationship ...
Time: year 2009, 21st century
Place: usa
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 6.4
 6K
Beats (2019)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story: An agoraphobic hip-hop prodigy and a disgraced former music manager cross paths in Chicago’s South Side and help each other face demons of their pasts.
Style: inspirational, psychological, captivating, sincere, disturbing ...
Audience: teens
Plot: hip hop, black, artists and showbiz, ambition, musician's life, escapades, rivalry, hopes, society, friendship, music, rags to riches ...
Time: 2010s
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Da Hip Hop Witch (2000)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: 5 teenage rappers gets notice of a mysterious witch that supposedly lurks in the ghetto and those who are attacked by her gets a successful hip-hop career. In their search for the witch, they come across various rappers whom already been attacked ...
Style: humorous, not serious, parody, absurd
Plot: hip hop, musician's life, danger, artists and showbiz, buddies, curses spells and rituals, destiny, dark humor, american horror, clergy, friends, city life ...
Time: 90s
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