Best Movies about Street life

Movies about Street life

Rear Window (1954), Taxi Driver (1976), A Clockwork Orange (1971), Lawrence of Arabia (1962), The Young and the Damned (1950), Children of Heaven (1997), The Bicycle Thief (1948), The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948) . Let’s take a look at the ranked list of the best Street Life movies.

#1. Zadní okno (1954)

• Hodnocení: 8.4 / 10
• Délka: 1h 52min
• Žánr: Mysteriózní, Thriller
• Režie: Alfred Hitchcock

Storyline: Professional photographer L.B. «Jeff» Jefferies breaks his leg while getting an action shot at an auto race. Confined to his New York apartment, he spends his time looking out of the rear window observing the neighbors. He begins to suspect that a man across the courtyard may have murdered his wife. Jeff enlists the help of his high society fashion-consultant girlfriend Lisa Freemont and his visiting nurse Stella to investigate.

#2. Taxikář (1976)

• Hodnocení: 8.3 / 10
• Délka: 1h 54min
• Žánr: Drama, Krimi
• Režisér: Martin Scorsese

Děj: Travis Bickle je bývalý námořník a veterán z války ve Vietnamu žijící v New Yorku. Jelikož trpí nespavostí, tráví čas noční prací taxikáře, přes den sledováním pornofilmů v ošuntělých kinech nebo přemýšlením o tom, jak se svět, zejména New York, proměnil v žumpu. Je to samotář, který má vyhraněné názory na to, co je s lidstvem správné a špatné. Pro něj je jediným světlým bodem lidstva v New Yorku Betsy, pracovnice prezidentské nominační kampaně senátora Charlese Palantina. Stane se jí posedlý. Po incidentu s ní věří, že musí udělat vše, co potřebuje, aby byl svět podle jeho názoru lepší. Jednou z jeho priorit je být zachráncem Iris, dvanáctileté uprchlice a prostitutky, o které se domnívá, že chce odejít z profese a pod palcem svého pasáka a milence Matthewa.

#3. Mechanický pomeranč (1971)

• Hodnocení: 8.3 / 10
• Délka: 2h 16min
• Žánr: Drama, Krimi, Sci-fi
• Režisér: Stanley Kubrick

Děj: Hlavní hrdina Alex DeLarge je „ultranásilná“ mládež ve futuristické Británii. Jako se vším štěstím i jeho nakonec dojde a je zatčen a usvědčen z vraždy a znásilnění. Ve vězení se Alex dozví o experimentálním programu, ve kterém jsou trestanci naprogramováni tak, aby nenáviděli násilí. Pokud programem projde, bude mu snížen trest a do ulic se vrátí dříve, než se čekalo. Ale Alexovy útrapy ještě zdaleka neskončily, jakmile vyrazí do špatných ulic Británie, na jejichž vytvoření se podílel.

#4. Lawrence of Arabia (1962)

• Hodnocení: 8.3 / 10
• Délka: 3h 48min
• Žánr: Válka, Drama, Dobrodružný, Životopisný, Historie
• Režie: David Lean

Storyline: Due to his knowledge of the native Bedouin tribes, British Lieutenant T.E. Lawrence is sent to Arabia to find Prince Faisal and serve as a liaison between the Arabs and the British in their fight against the Turks. With the aid of native Sherif Ali, Lawrence rebels against the orders of his superior officer and strikes out on a daring camel journey across the harsh desert to attack a well-guarded Turkish port.

#5. The Young and the Damned (1950)

• Hodnocení: 8.3 / 10
• Délka: 1h 20min
• Žánr: Drama, Krimi
• Režie: Luis Buñuel

Storyline: Hell-bent on revenge, the cocky reform-school runaway, El Jaibo, returns to his old neighbourhood in post-World-War-II Mexico City’s poor and squalid slums, to reunite with his faithful gang of juvenile delinquents and street urchins. However, as the dangerous ringleader lives and breathes retribution, his destructive obsession to find the informant who supposedly sent him to jail will intricately interweave his bitter fate with that of Pedro, his weak and unwitting accessory, in a despicable act of pure evil. In the end, are humans inherently good or bad—and above all—is immorality contingent with society?

#6. Children of Heaven (1997)

• Hodnocení: 8.3 / 10
• Délka: 1h 29min
• Žánr: Drama, Rodinný
• Režie: Majid Majidi

Storyline: Zahra’s shoes are gone; her older brother Ali lost them. They are poor, there are no shoes for Zahra until they come up with an idea: they will share one pair of shoes, Ali’s. School awaits. Will the plan succeed?

#7. Zloděj jízdních kol (1948)

• Hodnocení: 8.3 / 10
• Délka: 90 minut
• Žánr: Drama
• Režie: Vittorio De Sica

Děj: Chudý muž (Lamberto Maggiorani) a jeho syn (Enzo Staiola) hledají v poválečném Římě ukradené kolo, které potřebuje, aby mohl pracovat jako plakát.

#8. The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)

• Hodnocení: 8.2 / 10
• Délka: 2h 6min
• Žánr: Western, Drama, Dobrodružný
• Režie: John Huston

Storyline: Fred C. Dobbs and Bob Curtin, both down on their luck in Tampico, Mexico in 1925, meet up with a grizzled prospector named Howard and decide to join with him in search of gold in the wilds of central Mexico. Through enormous difficulties, they eventually succeed in finding gold, but bandits, the elements, and most especially greed threaten to turn their success into disaster.

#9. Rang De Basanti (2006)

• Hodnocení: 8.2 / 10
• Délka: 2h 47min
• Žánr: Komedie, Drama
• Režie: Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra (jako Rakesh Omprakash Mehra)

Děj: Sue přijíždí do Indie, aby natočila film o indických revolucionářích. Pomáhá jí její kamarádka Sonia, která ji seznámí s přáteli Karanem, Aslamem, Sukhim a jejich hlavním DJem. Soniin snoubenec Lt Ajay Rathod se také připojí k gangu, když je ve městě. Jejich gang se vždy dostane do problémů s politickým členem Laxmanem, který je proti jejich západní kultuře. Po mnoha konkurzech se Sue rozhodne obsadit DJe a jeho kamaráda do svého filmu. Obsadí také Laxmana do role, čímž ukončí jeho spor s gangem. jde dobře, dokud Ajay nezemře při letecké havárii, ale podaří se mu zachránit všechny na palubě. Státní ministr prohlašuje, že Ajay zemřel kvůli své vlastní nedbalosti. DJ a jeho přátelé se nemohou zahanbit, že Ajayovi dal ministr a rozhodnou se bojovat za spravedlnost. Tam, kde se kvůli politickým hrám věci vyvinou ošklivé události.

#10. Umberto D. (1952)

• Hodnocení: 8.2 / 10
• Délka: 1h 29min
• Žánr: Drama
• Režie: Vittorio De Sica

Storyline: Umberto Ferrari, aged government-pensioner, attends a street demonstration held by his fellow pensioners. The police dispense the crowd and Umberto returns to his cheap furnished room which he shares with his dog Flick. Umberto’s lone friend is Maria, servant of the boarding house. She is a simple girl who is pregnant by one of two soldiers and neither will admit to being the father. When Umberto’s landlady Antonia demands the rent owed her and threatens eviction if she is not paid, Umberto tries desperately to raise the money by selling his books and watch. He is too proud to beg in the streets and can not get a loan from any of his acquaintances. He contracts a sore throat, is admitted to a hospital and this puts a delay on his financial difficulty. Discharged, he finds that his dog is gone and, following a frantic search, locates him in the city dog pound. His room has been taken over by the landlady and the now-homeless Unberto determines to find a place for his beloved dog, and .

#11. Želvy umí létat (2004)

• Hodnocení: 8.1 / 10
• Délka: 1h 38min
• Žánr: Válečný, Drama
• Režie: Bahman Ghobadi

Děj: V kurdském uprchlickém táboře na irácko-turecké hranici je chlapec Satellite vůdcem dětí. Přikáže jim, aby vyčistili a shromáždili americká neodpálená minová pole v polích, aby je prodali na pouličním trhu, a instaluje antény pro vesničany. Jde s místním vůdcem koupit parabolickou anténu, aby se dozvěděl zprávy o významné americké invazi, ale nikdo nemluví anglicky a satelit, který zná pár slov, je pověřen překladem Fox News. Když sirotci Agrin a její bezruký bratr Hengov a slepé batole Riga přijdou z Halabchehu do tábora, Satellite se do Egrina nešťastně zamiluje. Dívka je ale traumatizována krutým nájezdem ve svém domě, kdy byli zavražděni její rodiče a ona byla znásilněna. Chce nechat Rigu za sebou a odcestovat se svým bratrem Hengovem na jiné místo, ale on s jejím záměrem nesouhlasí.

#12. Bitva o Alžír (1966)

• Hodnocení: 8.1 / 10
• Délka: 2h 1min
• Žánr: Válečný, Drama
• Režie: Gillo Pontecorvo

Děj: Film na objednávku alžírské vlády, který ukazuje alžírskou revoluci z obou stran. Francouzská cizinecká legie opustila Vietnam v porážce a má co dokázat. Alžířané usilují o nezávislost. Ti dva se střetnou. Mučení, které používají Francouzi, je v kontrastu s tím, jak Alžířané používají bomby v obchodech se sodou. Pohled na válku jako ošklivou věc, která škodí a špiní každého, kdo se jí účastní.

#13. Mzda strachu (1953)

• Hodnocení: 8.1 / 10
• Délka: 2h 11min
• Žánr: Thriller, Drama, Dobrodružný
• Režie: Henri-Georges Clouzot

Děj: V jihoamerické džungli jsou potřeba zásoby nitroglycerinu na odlehlém ropném poli. Ropná společnost platí čtyři muže, aby doručili zásoby ve dvou kamionech. Mezi oběma skupinami řidičů vzniká napjatá rivalita a na drsných odlehlých silnicích může sebemenší otřes skončit smrtí.

#14. Chamtivost (1924)

• Hodnocení: 8.1 / 10
• Délka: 128 minut
• Žánr: Drama
• Režie: Erich von Stroheim

Děj: John McTeague byl prostý pomalý muž, který se po práci ve zlatém dole Big Dipper stal zubařem. Nyní ho v Údolí smrti pronásleduje jeho bývalý nejlepší přítel Marcus a zákon. Los padl v den, kdy se ve své kanceláři setkal se svou budoucí manželkou Trinou. Byla s Marcusem a koupila si los. Mac se do ní pustila a Marcus ustoupil stranou. Když se Mac a Trina vzali, vyhrála loterii o 5000 dolarů a začala být posedlá penězi ve zlatě. Marcus je v páře, když ustoupil stranou a ona je teď bohatá, takže nechal Maca zavřít, protože nemá žádné oficiální vzdělání pro své zubní lékařství. Trina, která se bojí, že jí vezmou zlato, všechno prodá a vezme si všechny Macovy výdělky, když bude pracovat. Přidává ke své skrýši zlata, protože oba žijí jako chudáci. Když Mac nemá práci a peníze, odejde a Trina se odstěhuje. Dohnán k zoufalství z toho, že je chudý a hladový, najde Trinu a požaduje zlato. — Tony Fontana

#15. Blood Diamond (2006)

• Hodnocení: 8.0 / 10
• Délka: 2h 23min
• Žánr: Thriller, Drama, Dobrodružný
• Režie: Edward Zwick

Storyline: A story following Archer, a man tortured by his roots. With a strong survival instinct, he has made himself a key player in the business of conflict diamonds. Political unrest is rampant in Sierra Leone as people fight tooth for tooth. Upon meeting Solomon, and the beautiful Maddy, Archer’s life changes forever as he is given a chance to make peace with the war around him.

Movies about Street life

Popovich and the Voice of the Fabled American West (2014), Planet B-Boy (2007), Les misérables (2019), Roxanne Roxanne (2017), Kidulthood (2006), Adulthood (2008), Blue Story (2019), Boy of the Streets (1937) . Let’s take a look at the ranked list of the best Street Life movies.

#1. Popovich and the Voice of the Fabled American West (2014)

• Hodnocení: 8.0 / 10
• Délka: 90 minut
• Žánr: Dobrodružný, Komedie
• Director: Jerry Thompson,Mike Thompson

Storyline: Popovich is an ex circus legend struggling as a street performer in the wild west streets of Las Vegas. When his junkyard home full of stray animals gets into trouble, he and his animal buddies use all their circus tricks to save it.

#2. Planet B-Boy (2007)

• Hodnocení: 7.7 / 10
• Délka: 101 minut
• Žánr: Dokumentární
• Director: Benson Lee

Storyline: Think breakdancing died in the eighties? Think again. PLANET B-BOY is a feature-length, theatrical documentary that re-discovers one of the most incredible dance phenomena the world has ever seen. Originally known as «B-boying», breakdancing was an urban dance form that originated from the streets of New York City during the seventies. Along with Emceeing, Graffiti and DJing, B-boying served as one of the crucial elements in the birth of hip-hop culture in America. Through the help of movies like Flashdance, Breakin’, and Beatstreet, breakdancing took the country by storm, and teenagers across America were spinning on their backs doing «windmills» and training their bodies to «pop and lock.» Like most dance fads, however, breakdancing eventually faded into the annals of pop culture history. Three decades later, B-boying is back in full force and has evolved into an art form, reaching a level never seen before. The basic moves from the early eighties have developed into a highly sophisticated and unimaginably acrobatic dance form. PLANET B-BOY will take you inside the international, underground b-boy scene happening today in Japan, France, Germany, South Korea, and the United States. We will explore the most compelling stories and characters of five of the best b-boy crews from around the globe as they prepare to face off at the BATTLE OF THE YEAR — one of the most prestigious b-boy events in the world, held annually in Germany that serves as the World Cup of b-boying. Along the way, we will gain a poignant insight into their lives, their friends and families, and their unique cultural and social situations that drive them to devote their entire lives to the dance. At the BATTLE OF THE YEAR — our subjects will go head to head with crews from nineteen different countries in one of the fiercest dance competitions ever seen. Ten thousand screaming fans will witness their one shot at glory and see who will be crowned the best on PLANET B-BOY.—Benson Lee

#3. Les misérables (2019)

• Hodnocení: 7.6 / 10
• Délka: 102 minut
• Žánr: Drama, Krimi
• Director: Ladj Ly

Storyline: Assigned to work alongside unethical police veterans Chris (Alexis Manenti) and Gwada (Djebril Zonga) in Paris’ Anti-Crime Brigade, Brigadier Stéphane Ruiz (Damien Bonnard) — a recent transplant to the working-class suburb of Montfermeil, where Victor Hugo wrote his famous novel Les Misérables — struggles to establish a working relationship with influential community leaders while attempting to maintain some semblance of peace between his disreputable team and the citizens of the local housing projects. When what should be a simple arrest goes tragically awry, the three officers must individually reconcile with the aftermath of their actions while angling to keep the neighborhood from retaliating with mob violence. Beginning as a Cesar-winning short film, the film was inspired by the 2005 riots in Paris. It was selected to compete for the Palme d’Or at the 2019 Cannes Film Festival, where it won the Jury Prize (in a tie with BACURAU) and was selected as France’s entry for Best International Feature Film at the 92nd Academy Awards.—Mae Moreno

#4. Roxanne Roxanne (2017)

• Hodnocení: 7.0 / 10
• Délka: 98 minut
• Genre: Music, Drama, Biography
• Director: Michael Larnell

Storyline: The most feared battle emcee in the early 1980s in Queens, New York, was a fierce teenager from the Queensbridge projects. At the age of 14, Roxanne Shanté was well on her way to becoming a hip-hop legend, as she hustled to provide for her family while defending herself from the dangers of the street.

#5. Kidulthood (2006)

• Hodnocení: 6.8 / 10
• Délka: 1h 29min
• Žánr: Krimi, Drama, Romantický
• Director: Menhaj Huda

Storyline: A day in the life of a group of troubled 15-year-olds growing up in west London.

#6. Adulthood (2008)

• Hodnocení: 6.6 / 10
• Délka: 1h 39min
• Žánr: Krimi, Drama
• Director: Noel Clarke

Storyline: Six years after KiDULTHOOD, Sam Peel is released from jail for killing Trife, he realizes that life is no easier on the outside than it was on the inside and he’s forced to confront the people he hurt the most. Some have moved on, others are stuck with the repercussions of his actions that night, but one thing’s for certain — everyone has been forced to grow up. Through his journey Sam struggles to deal with his sorrow and guilt and something else he didn’t expect — those seeking revenge. As he’s pursued by a new generation of bad boys, Sam sets about trying to get the message across to his pursuers that they should stop the violence, much like Trife tried to tell him all those years ago. Can Sam stop the cycle of violence and make something positive from the destruction he caused or will his journey into Adulthood end here?

#7. Blue Story (2019)

• Hodnocení: 5.9 / 10
• Délka: 91 minut
• Žánr: Krimi, Drama
• Director: Rapman

Storyline: Blue Story is a tragic tale of a friendship between Timmy and Marco, two young boys from opposing postcodes. Timmy, a shy, smart, naive and timid young boy from Deptford, goes to school in Peckham where he strikes up a friendship with Marco, a charismatic, streetwise kid from the local area. Although from warring postcodes, the two quickly form a firm friendship until it is tested and they wind up on rival sides of a street war. Blue Story depicts elements of Rapman’s own personal experiences and aspects of his childhood.—ROC Nation

#8. Boy of the Streets (1937)

• Hodnocení: 5.9 / 10
• Délka: 76 minut
• Žánr: Drama
• Director: William Nigh

Storyline: Cocky young street kid worships his father, a sleazy political operative.

#9. Dancing at the Blue Iguana (2000)

• Hodnocení: 5.7 / 10
• Délka: 123 minut
• Žánr: Drama
• Režie: Michael Radford

Storyline: Angel is a dancer wishing to adopt a child. Stormy is a dancer with a secret with her brother Sully. Jasmine is a poetess who falls in love with Dennis. Jo is a dancer who became pregnant and Jessie is a woman fighting to survive in Hollywood. The link between them is the fact that they dance at Blue Iguana, a strip-club managed by Eddie. Their personal dramas are the theme of this movie.—Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

#10. Walk Proud (1978)

• Hodnocení: 5.6 / 10
• Délka: 98 minut
• Žánr: Drama
• Director: Robert Collins

Storyline: A 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.

#11. Johns (1996)

• Hodnocení: 5.4 / 10
• Délka: 97 minut
• Žánr: Drama
• Director: Scott Silver

Storyline: A teen hustler (Lukas Haas) works double time to help his cohort (David Arquette) satisfy a birthday wish and pay off a debt to a drug dealer.

#12. Turn It Up (2000)

• Hodnocení: 4.2 / 10
• Délka: 86 minut
• Žánr: Drama, Hudební
• Director: Robert Adetuyi

Storyline: Trying to bootstrap his way out of Brooklyn’s mean streets is Diamond, a rap musician. With his long-time pal Gage acting as his manager, he’s trying to lay down a demo tape with cut-rate studio time. To pay the bills, he and Gage run drugs for «Mr. B.» Inside a week, Diamond’s beloved mother dies suddenly, his father appears after an absence of 12 years and wants a relationship, and his girlfriend Kia tells him she’s pregnant, asking him if he’s ready to be a father. Gage steals $100,000 in a multiple-felony robbery so that Diamond can record a full album, not knowing it’s Mr. B’s money he’s taken. B wants his money, Diamond wants his music, Kia wants an answer.—

#13. She’s Just a Shadow (2019)

• Hodnocení: 4.0 / 10
• Délka: 117 minut
• Žánr: Mysteriózní, Krimi, Drama, Thriller
• Director: Adam Sherman

Storyline: A beautiful Japanese madam and her ladies. A deranged, drug-addled Tokyo gangster and his crew. A sadistic serial killer on the loose. The intersection of these stories, and the interior world of the characters, plays out against a dreamlike backdrop of ultraviolence and orgiastic sex, as everyone tries futilely to rewrite their futures and cheat death. A modern, dreamlike take on the gangster genre, She’s Just a Shadow is the action-packed story of a matriarchal crime family engaged in a vicious gang war. A deranged killer is leaving his victims on railroad tracks all over Tokyo, and the only thing more dangerous than him is the vicious love triangle within the family itself.

#14. Twist (2021)

• Hodnocení: 4.0 / 10
• Délka: 110 minut
• Žánr: Drama
• Režie: Martin Owen

Storyline: A Modern take on the classic tale of Oliver Twist.

A guide to LA hood films

Cruise through South Central and acquaint yourself with these perennial hood classics

Jacked-up rides, barbeques, bungalows, hairnets, forties in brown paper bags, Uzi-wielding teens in vengeful drive-bys – all key ingredients of the LA hood movie. Sure, the setting is also crucial – typically East LA, South Central, Compton, Inglewood – but when it comes down to it, it’s not an LA hood movie unless homies with hydraulics bounce across the frame. The new N.W.A biopic Straight Outta Compton drops us on to the streets of Compton in the late 80s, and rest assured, there are homies with hydraulics. To celebrate the film’s release, we’ve been watching a bunch of LA hood movies. Here’s your one-stop shop before you install hydraulics.

BLOOD IN, BLOOD OUT (1993)

You know you’re in a hood movie when virtually every character is sporting beige Dickies, a tight white vest and says holmes or esé in every line of dialogue. Shot in the Spanish-speaking neighborhoods of East LA, Taylor Hackford’s cult hood movie examines the deadly cycle of attacks and counterattacks between various LA gangs, to the point where, as with Boyz n the Hood, you’re left wondering, what’s the point of this never-ending bloody back and forth?

The gangs in the film – the fictional Aryan Vanguard, Black Guerrilla Army and La Onda – clearly represented the notorious real-life gangs the Aryan Brotherhood, Black Guerrilla Family, and the Mexican Mafia, respectively (they didn’t change the names much). But the most remarkable thing about the film is definitely the fact that it made a tree famous. A strom.

BOYZ N THE HOOD (1991)

John Singleton’s prototypical hood film, in which N.W.A’s Ice Cube proved his chops as a Serious Actor, is seemingly authentic to the core. Filmed and set in South Central, it serves up a blistering snapshot of gang rivalry, vengeful drive-bys, police brutality – all depicted in a pre-Rodney King LA. It ain’t no fairy tale, as its poster proclaims. One year after the film’s release it would be partly blamed by right-wing firebrands for inciting the worst riots in the city’s history.

MENACE II SOCIETY (1993)

Jízda na kabátech Boyz n the Hood – made two years prior – the Hughes brothers’ hard-hitting debut is about growing up (read: surviving) in South Central and resisting the hood’s temptations in a quest for a better life. It’s pretty terrifying stuff – unveiling a stark reality to those of us who didn’t grow up having to dodge bullets on a daily basis. A character is consoled: “You need to be glad that you graduated from high school and that you’re alive at 18.”

ONE EIGHT SEVEN (1997)

“187”, a California Penal Code, is used as a synonym for murder by gangs throughout the US – and also by Dr Dre and Snoop Dogg. The digits are seen by school teacher Trevor Garfield (Samuel L. Jackson) minutes before he’s stabbed in the hallway of a Brooklyn high school. He survives, just, and is transferred to an equally tough high school in LA where, entangled in hood life, he once again glimpses the digits 187. This ain’t no Hilary Swank extracurricular activity, either. The film draws obvious comparisons to Spisovatelé svobody or Nebezpečné mysli – teacher struggles to help inner city teens caught up in gang life – but there’s a dark twist here that’s both OTT and implausible, even by hood movie standards.

MI VIDA LOCA (1993)

Set in Echo Park – which used to be a rough, impoverished Hispanic neighborhood but is now totally gentrified and populated by hipsters – Allison Anders’ raw flick lays bare the harsh realities of street life via the lives of a girl gang. Its budget shows. Aside from the hammy acting, there are dodgy gang tattoos, hairnets, and all the overcooked hood tropes you’d expect. Except wait, there’s Spike Jonze and Jason Lee in their feature debut as the two lanky white kids! Didn’t see that one coming.

SOUTH CENTRAL (1992)

In American History X, a hardman leaves prison newly reformed but finds that his younger brother has followed his criminal path. South Central is basically the same deal but with a father and son. It’s all about the paths you choose here, paths which, in the hood, are more like dark tunnels with no light at the end. As the heavy-handed trailer puts it: “It’s a story of loyalty divided, between violence and love, between death and life.” The film, an adaptation of the 1987 novel Crips, at times wags a moralizing finger, but with its grainy realism it somehow feels more raw and authentic than anything else on this list.

PÁTEK (1995)

Protože Pátek — Sobota is really, really funny you probably don’t think of it as a hood movie, but Straight Outta Compton director F. Gary Gray’s stoner comedy contains all the elements – a South Central setting, drive-bys, robberies, thug life, etc. Ice Cube is back in the hood, unemployed, plumped on his momma’s porch. His best friend Smokey comes over to smoke a joint. Together they observe the goings-on in their hood, from the MILF next-door to the neighborhood dope dealer Big Worm, before getting caught up in some shit themselves. The best bit? When Ice Cube and Chris Tucker lean back in their chairs, in unison, and say daaaaaaaaamn.

TALES FROM THE HOOD (1995)

The film’s original tagline: Where nightmares and reality meet on the street… Chill or be Chlazené, the latter of which was a pun on the LA gang maxim, “Kill or be killed”. In this South Central-set hood-horror anthology we follow three drug dealers who hear spooky stories from a strange funeral director called Mr. Simms. It’s not really scary – in fact it’s kinda funny – so in retrospect it seems rather bizarre that the LA Daily News dubbed it “one of the best horror films of the decade”.

CHLAPEČEK (2001)

V 2001, Boyz N Hood director John Singleton aimed for another gut-punching portrait of everyday life in the hood. He missed the target. The rather corny Chlapeček is about unemployment and boredom in the ghetto and what typically follows. It features bouncing cars, barbeques and LA rapper Snoop Dogg among its cliché-laden frame. Even Snoop can’t save this hood clanger. Maybe just don’t bother with this one.

DON’T BE A MENACE TO SOUTH CENTRAL WHILE DRINKING YOUR JUICE IN THE HOOD (1996)

This Wayans brothers caper parodies the genre – specifically Boyz n the Hood, Menace II Society, South Central a Šťáva – and boasts a bunch of quirky hood characters. There’s Loc Dog, who dreads his armpit hair and worries about what footwear works with his uzi; and Ashtray, who gets beaten to a pulp by his grandma. Break yo self! There are jokes about drive-bys, crack addicts prostituting themselves, welfare checks, mothers weeping over their sons’ dead bodies. Of course, it’s only funny if you’re acquainted with the films it parodies; meaning this LOL-fest is probably the best place to end your hood movie binge.

Straight Outta Compton is out in UK cinemas Friday August 28

We collect Movies about Street life rating based on ratings and reviews on popular services. To collect Movies about Street life we analyze rendition, popular services, comments, people reviews, forum comments and make our own rating. If you think there is a movie missing in the selection, you can leave a comment with the name of the movie that should be included in the selection. Let’s make a rating Movies about Street life together!

---