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The Ultimate Ode to Hip-Hop Themed films.

by CJXzoic1970 • Created 3 years ago • Modified 4 days ago
60+ Films & documentaries depicting the life & times of hip-hop culture embodying DJing, break dancing, graffiti art, and the EMCEE. Respect, study, & learn grasshopper.
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  • Beat Street (1984)

    1. Beat Street

    19841h 45mPG68Metascore
    6.5 (4.6K)
    An aspiring DJ from the South Bronx, and his best friend, a promoter, try to get into show business by exposing people in New York to hip-hop music and culture.
    DirectorStan LathanStarsRae Dawn ChongGuy DavisJon Chardiet
  • Patti Astor, Lady Pink, Fab 5 Freddy, Lee Quiñones, Andrew Witten, and Busy Bee in Wild Style (1982)

    2. Wild Style

    19821h 22mR63Metascore
    7.0 (3.1K)
    South Bronx graffiti artist Zoro is commissioned to paint a backdrop for a hip-hop concert.
    DirectorCharlie AhearnStarsLee QuiñonesLady PinkFab 5 Freddy
  • Blair Underwood, Kurtis Blow, Sheila E., Darryl McDaniels, Jam Master Jay, Darren Robinson, Joseph Simmons, Damon Wimbley, and Mark Morales in Krush Groove (1985)

    3. Krush Groove

    19851h 37mR37Metascore
    6.4 (3.8K)
    The story of a man who has started a new hip-hop/rap label called Krush Groove.
    DirectorMichael SchultzStarsSheila E.Joseph SimmonsDarryl McDaniels
  • Downtown 81 (2000)

    4. Downtown 81

    20001h 12mUnrated54Metascore
    6.9 (1.7K)
    After being released from the hospital, the artist Jean Michel Basquiat wanders around Manhattan trying to sell art to make money and find a place to stay.
    DirectorEdo BertoglioStarsJean Michel BasquiatJohn LurieRichard Weigand
  • 8 Mile (2002)

    5. 8 Mile

    20021h 50mR77Metascore
    7.2 (341K)
    Follows a young rapper in the Detroit area, struggling with every aspect of his life; he wants to make it big but his friends and foes make this odyssey of rap harder than it may seem.
    DirectorCurtis HansonStarsEminemBrittany MurphyKim Basinger
  • Something from Nothing: The Art of Rap (2012)

    6. Something from Nothing: The Art of Rap

    20121h 46mR66Metascore
    7.1 (3.7K)
    A documentary on rap music and its rise to global prominence.
    DirectorsIce-TAndy BaybuttStarsIce-TDr. DreChuck D
  • Beats, Rhymes & Life: The Travels of A Tribe Called Quest (2011)

    7. Beats, Rhymes & Life: The Travels of A Tribe Called Quest

    20111h 37mR76Metascore
    7.6 (4.1K)
    Michael Rapaport documents the inner workings and behind the scenes drama that follows this innovative and influential band to this day.
    DirectorMichael RapaportStarsQ-TipPhife DawgAli Shaheed Muhammad
  • Terrence Howard, Taraji P. Henson, Ludacris, and Taryn Manning in Hustle & Flow (2005)

    8. Hustle & Flow

    20051h 56mR68Metascore
    7.3 (45K)
    With help from his friends, a Memphis pimp in a mid-life crisis attempts to become a successful hip-hop emcee.
    DirectorCraig BrewerStarsTerrence HowardLudacrisAnthony Anderson
  • Erykah Badu and Dave Chappelle in Dave Chappelle's Block Party (2005)

    9. Dave Chappelle's Block Party

    20051h 43mR84Metascore
    7.2 (9.8K)
    A mix of Dave Chappelle's sketch comedy and musical interludes, inspired in part by the 1973 documentary Wattstax.
    DirectorMichel GondryStarsDave ChappelleYasiin BeyLauryn Hill
  • Breakin' (1984)

    10. Breakin'

    19841h 27mPG53Metascore
    5.9 (7.7K)
    A struggling young jazz dancer meets up with two break-dancers. Together they become the sensation of the street crowds.
    DirectorJoel SilbergStarsLucinda DickeyAdolfo QuinonesMichael Chambers
  • 50 Cent in Get Rich or Die Tryin' (2005)

    11. Get Rich or Die Tryin'

    20051h 57mR45Metascore
    5.5 (52K)
    A tale of an inner city drug dealer who turns away from a life of crime to pursue his passion of rap music.
    DirectorJim SheridanStars50 CentJoy BryantAdewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje
  • Mike D, Adam Horovitz, Adam Yauch, and Beastie Boys in Beastie Boys Story (2020)

    12. Beastie Boys Story

    20201h 59mTV-MA74Metascore
    7.7 (8.5K)
    Here's a little story they're about to tell... Michael Diamond and Adam Horovitz share the story of the band, Beastie Boys, and 40 years of friendship in a live documentary experience directed by friend and collaborator, Spike Jonze.
    DirectorSpike JonzeStarsBeastie BoysMike DAdam Horovitz
  • Run DMC: Forever Kings (2004)

    13. Run DMC: Forever Kings

    20041h 30mNot RatedVideo
    4.9 (18)
    Innovators & originators, Run DMC's influence on the music of the new millenium goes every bit as deep of Elvis or the Beatles. The successes of Run DMC resounded through rap, rock, R&B, and eventually international pop of every kind. They changed an industry by speaking directly to the youth. Along the way, Run was ordained a minister, DMC transformed his life, and Jay launched his own record label.
    StarsJoseph SimmonsDarryl McDanielsJam Master Jay
  • Salt-N-Pepa (2021)

    14. Salt-N-Pepa

    20212h 7mTV-14TV Movie
    6.2 (753)
    Salt-N-Pepa will tell the story of nursing students Cheryl "Salt" James and Sandra "Pepa" Denton, who fell into the world of rap and hip hop, after recording for a friend's school project.
    DirectorMario Van PeeblesStarsGG TownsonLaila OdomCleveland Berto
  • Chanté Adams in Roxanne Roxanne (2017)

    15. Roxanne Roxanne

    20171h 40mTV-MA74Metascore
    6.2 (3.8K)
    In the late 80s/ early 1990s, the most feared battle MC in Queens, New York, was a fierce teenage girl with the weight of the world on her shoulders. At the age of 14, Lolita "Roxanne Shanté" Gooden 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 streets of the Queensbridge Projects in NYC.
    DirectorMichael LarnellStarsChanté AdamsNia LongMahershala Ali
  • Nas in Nas: Time Is Illmatic (2014)

    16. Nas: Time Is Illmatic

    20141h 14mTV-1472Metascore
    7.0 (3.4K)
    The story behind Nas's groundbreaking debut album 'Illmatic, ' and the early life of one of the most talented rappers of all time. Featuring Pharrell Williams, Alicia Keys, Q-Tip, and Busta Rhymes.
    DirectorOne9StarsNasCornel WestPharrell Williams
  • Shameik Moore, Joey Bada$$, Ashton Sanders, Siddiq Saunderson, T.J. Atoms, Johnell Young, and Dave East in Wu-Tang: An American Saga (2019)

    17. Wu-Tang: An American Saga

    2019–202330 epsTV-MATV Series
    8.3 (13K)
    The show tracks the Wu Tang Clan's formation, a vision of Bobby Diggs, who strives to unite a dozen young Black men who are torn between music and crime but eventually rise to become the unlikeliest of American success stories.
    CreatorsRZAAlex TseStarsAshton SandersShameik MooreSiddiq Saunderson
  • The Get Down (2016)

    18. The Get Down

    2016–201711 epsTV-MATV Mini Series
    8.2 (24K)
    A ragtag group of teenagers run wild in the streets of the Bronx in the late 1970s.
    CreatorsStephen Adly GuirgisBaz LuhrmannStarsJustice SmithShameik MooreHerizen F. Guardiola
  • Hip-Hop Evolution (2016)

    19. Hip-Hop Evolution

    2016– 16 epsTV-MATV Series
    8.4 (6.6K)
    MC and journalist Shad Kabango meets with Hip-Hop's biggest stars to retrace how Hip-Hop became the world's most popular music, but realizes that Hip-Hop's true legacy is something much more profound.
    StarsShadLL Cool JBig Daddy Kane
  • Wu-Tang Clan: Of Mics and Men (2019)

    20. Wu-Tang Clan: Of Mics and Men

    20194 epsTV-MATV Mini Series
    8.1 (1.9K)
    Limited docuseries looks back on the group's career. It was music and shared lyrical genius that allowed them to form the most recognized musical movement in the world, all while walking the tightrope that links business with brotherhood.
    StarsCappadonnaGhostface KillahThe GZA
  • Hip Hop Uncovered (2021)

    21. Hip Hop Uncovered

    20216 epsTV-MATV Series
    7.4 (351)
    The power brokers who operate from the shadows of hip hop.
    StarsBig U. HenleyBimmyDeb Antney
  • Neil Brown Jr., Aldis Hodge, Corey Hawkins, Jason Mitchell, and O'Shea Jackson Jr. in Straight Outta Compton (2015)

    22. Straight Outta Compton

    20152h 27mR72Metascore
    7.8 (229K)
    The rap group NWA emerges from the mean streets of Compton in the mid-1980s and revolutionizes hip-hop culture with their music and tales about life in the hood.
    DirectorF. Gary GrayStarsO'Shea Jackson Jr.Corey HawkinsJason Mitchell
  • Dr. Dre and Jimmy Iovine in The Defiant Ones (2017)

    23. The Defiant Ones

    20174 epsTV-MATV Mini Series
    8.5 (16K)
    "The Defiant Ones" examines the partnership between Jimmy Iovine and Dr. Dre - one the son of a Brooklyn longshoreman, the other straight out of Compton - and their leading roles in a chain of transformative events in contemporary culture.
    StarsBonoDr. DreTom Petty
  • Death Row Chronicles (2018)

    24. Death Row Chronicles

    20186 epsTV-14TV Mini Series
    8.1 (377)
    A six-part documentary that chronicles the rise and fall of one of the most iconic Hip-Hop recording labels "Death Row Records" in the 1990s and during the Golden Age of Hip-Hop.
    StarsFunkmaster FlexLeonard JeffersonAlvin Gray
  • Jamal Woolard in Notorious (2009)

    25. Notorious

    20092h 2mR60Metascore
    6.7 (47K)
    The life and death story of The Notorious B.I.G. (a.k.a. Christopher Wallace), who came straight out of Brooklyn to take the world of rap music by storm.
    DirectorGeorge Tillman Jr.StarsJamal WoolardAnthony MackieDerek Luke

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