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{{Infobox film
| name           = Boyz n the Hood
| image          = Boyz n the hood poster.jpg
| caption        = Theatrical release poster
| director       = [[John Singleton]]
| writer         = John Singleton
| producer       = Steve Nicolaides
| starring       = {{Plainlist|<!--Per poster billing-->
* [[Ice Cube]]
* [[Cuba Gooding Jr.]]
* [[Morris Chestnut]]
* [[Laurence Fishburne|Larry Fishburne]]<!-- Credited as "Larry Fishburne" on poster and credits.-->
}}
| cinematography = Charles Mills
| editing        = Bruce Cannon
| music          = [[Stanley Clarke]]
| distributor    = [[Columbia Pictures]]
| released       = {{Film date|1991|07|02|Los Angeles|1991|07|12|United States}}
| runtime        = 112 minutes
| country        = United States
| language       = English
| budget         = $5.7–6.5 million<ref name="AFI"/><ref name="Mojo">{{cite web|title=Boyz N the Hood |url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=boyznthehood.htm |website=[[Box Office Mojo]] |access-date=January 19, 2015 }}</ref>
| gross          = $57.5 million<ref name=Mojo/>
}}
'''''Boyz n the Hood''''' is a 1991 American [[coming-of-age story|coming-of-age]] [[hood film|hood]] [[crime drama|crime drama film]] written and directed by [[John Singleton]] in his [[List of directorial debuts|feature directorial debut]].<ref name="Guardian" /> It stars [[Ice Cube]] (in his film debut), [[Cuba Gooding Jr.]], [[Morris Chestnut]] (in his film debut), and [[Laurence Fishburne]] (credited as Larry Fishburne), with [[Nia Long]], [[Tyra Ferrell]], [[Regina King]] (in her film debut), and [[Angela Bassett]] in supporting roles. ''Boyz n the Hood'' follows Tre Styles (Gooding), who is sent to live with his father Furious Styles (Fishburne) in [[South Central Los Angeles]], where he reunites with his childhood friends while surrounded by the neighborhood's booming [[gang]] culture. The film's title is a reference to the 1987 [[Eazy-E]] [[Boyz-n-the-Hood|rap song of the same name]], written by Ice Cube.

Singleton initially developed the film as a requirement for his application to film school in 1986 and sold the script to [[Columbia Pictures]] upon graduation in 1990. During writing, he drew inspiration from his own life and from the lives of people he knew and insisted he direct the project. Principal photography began in September 1990 and was filmed on location from October to November 1990. The film features breakout roles for Ice Cube, Gooding Jr., Chestnut, and Long.

''Boyz n the Hood'' was screened in the [[Un Certain Regard]] section at the [[1991 Cannes Film Festival]].<ref name="festival-cannes.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/ficheFilm/id/133/year/1991.html |title=Boyz n the Hood |work=Festival de Cannes |access-date=August 9, 2009|publisher=[[Cannes Film Festival]]}}</ref> It premiered in Los Angeles on July 2, 1991, and was theatrically released in the United States ten days later. The film became a critical and commercial success, grossing $57.5 million in North America and earning nominations for [[Academy Award for Best Director|Best Director]] and [[Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay|Best Original Screenplay]] at the [[64th Academy Awards]]. Singleton became the [[List of oldest and youngest Academy Award winners and nominees#Youngest nominees|youngest person]] and the [[List of black Academy Award winners and nominees#Best Director|first African American]] to be nominated for Best Director. In 2002, the United States [[Library of Congress]] deemed it "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant" and selected it for preservation in the [[National Film Registry]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.loc.gov/film/titles.html|title=Complete National Film Registry Listing |publisher=[[National Film Preservation Board]]|access-date=July 17, 2009}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Librarian of Congress Adds 25 Films to National Film Registry|url=https://www.loc.gov/item/prn-02-176/librarian-of-congress-adds-25-films-to-national-film-registry/2002-12-17/|access-date=2020-09-18|website=Library of Congress}}</ref>

==Plot==
In 1984, 10-year-old Tre Styles lives with his single mother, Reva Devereaux, in [[South Central Los Angeles]]. After Tre gets into a fight at school, his teacher informs Reva that although intelligent, he lacks maturity and respect. Reva concernedly sends him to live in the [[Crenshaw, Los Angeles|Crenshaw]] neighborhood with his strict but also caring and attentive father, Furious Styles, hoping their son will learn life lessons from him, as Furious is her ex-husband.

While in Crenshaw, Tre reunites with childhood friends Darrin "Doughboy" Baker, Doughboy's half-brother Ricky, and their friend Chris. One night, Furious notifies the [[Los Angeles Police Department|LAPD]] after shooting at a burglar but missing. Two officers arrive an hour later; the white officer, Graham, is civil and professional, while the black officer, Coffey, hostilely uses a racist epithet to describe the perpetrator. The next day, Chris leads Tre and his friends to a dead body, after which a group of teenagers harasses them. Later on, en route back from a fishing trip, both father and son notice Doughboy and Chris being arrested for shoplifting.

Seven years later, Doughboy, now a [[Crips|Crip]] and drug dealer, is released from prison. Attending his homecoming party are Chris, now paraplegic due to a gunshot wound, and new friends and fellow Crips Dooky and Monster. Ricky, now a star [[running back]] at [[Crenshaw High School]], lives with his mother Brenda, his girlfriend Shanice, and their toddler son. Lewis Crump, a visiting [[University of Southern California]] recruiter, instructs Ricky to obtain an [[SAT]] score above a 700 to qualify for a football scholarship. Meanwhile, Tre, now mature and responsible, hopes to attend college with his girlfriend Brandi.

During a nighttime street gathering on Crenshaw Boulevard, Ferris, a member of the rival [[Bloods]] gang, bumps and provokes Ricky, inciting a confrontation that involves Doughboy flashing a handgun. Ferris fires an automatic [[MAC-10]] into the air, frightening all present into fleeing. Police soon pull Tre and Ricky over, and Coffey threateningly holds his revolver to Tre's throat. Tre later retreats to Brandi's house and breaks down in her arms. After she comforts him and leads him to her bedroom, they partake in sexual intercourse for the first time.

The next afternoon, Doughboy and his gang notice Ferris and two Bloods members driving through their neighborhood seeking retribution for the previous night's confrontation. Tasked by Brenda to run an errand, Ricky encounters and fights Doughboy, with Brenda defending Ricky and smacking Doughboy. Ricky's test results are delivered as he and Tre depart. Later spotted by the Bloods, they cut through back alleys to avoid them before splitting up. However, the Bloods locate and fatally shoot Ricky, and a distraught Doughboy helps Tre carry Ricky's bloodied corpse home. Afterwards, Brenda and Shanice, both devastated by Ricky's death, tearfully blame Doughboy for instigating the shooting.

Vengefully taking and loading his father's gun, Tre almost departs to join Doughboy outside but Furious intercepts him, seemingly convincing him to reject revenge. Moments later, though, Furious and Brandi catch Tre sneaking out to join his friends. Later that night, as they drive around the city, Tre comes to his senses and returns home. Meanwhile, Brenda receives Ricky's SAT results and discovers his score of 710, enough to qualify for his scholarship. After Doughboy, Dooky and Monster unexpectedly encounter Ferris and the Bloods eating outside a fast food restaurant, Monster shoots the fleeing trio in a [[drive-by shooting]]. Doughboy then stops and exits his car to approach their bodies; aware Ferris and Ricky's killer are still alive, he emotionlessly executes them. Later that evening, when Tre arrives home, he and Furious stare at each other before entering their bedrooms for the night.

The next morning, Doughboy visits Tre, understanding why he abandoned the gang. Knowing he will face retaliation for killing Ferris, and reflecting on his own lifestyle, Doughboy questions why people like him are ignored, and also laments Ricky's death and his mother's disaffection. Tre embraces him as a surrogate brother. As Doughboy departs and Tre goes back into his house, a postscript reveals that Ricky was buried the next day and Doughboy was murdered two weeks later. Tre and Brandi ultimately depart in the fall to attend college near each other in [[Atlanta]], Georgia.

==Cast==
* [[Ice Cube]] as Darrin "Doughboy" Baker
** Baha Jackson as young Doughboy
* [[Cuba Gooding Jr.]] as Jason “Tre” Styles, III
** Desi Arnez Hines II as young Tre
* [[Laurence Fishburne|Larry Fishburne]] as Jason “Furious” Styles Jr.
* [[Nia Long]] as Brandi Harris 
** Nicole Brown as young Brandi
* [[Morris Chestnut]] as Ricky Baker
** Donovan McCrary as young Ricky
* [[Tyra Ferrell]] as Brenda Baker
* [[Angela Bassett]] as Reva Devereaux
* [[Regina King]] as Shalika
* Redge Green as Christopher "Chris" Brown
** Kenneth A. Brown as young Chris
* Dedrick D. Gobert as Dooky
* Baldwin C. Sykes as Monster
* Alysia Rogers as Shanice
* Tracey Lewis-Sinclair as Shaniqua
* Meta King as Maria Harris Brandi's mother
* [[Whitman Mayo]] as The Old Man
* [[Yo-Yo (rapper)|Yolanda Whittaker]] as Yo-Yo
* Lexie Bigham as "Mad Dog"
* Raymond Turner as Ferris
* Malcolm Norrington as Knucklehead #1
* [[Lloyd Avery II]] as Knucklehead #2
* [[John Singleton]] as The Mailman
* Kirk Kinder as Officer Graham 
* [[Jessie Lawrence Ferguson]] as Officer Coffey<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.tmz.com/2019/04/27/boyz-n-the-hood-dirty-cop-jessie-lawrence-ferguson-dead-dies/|title='Boyz n the Hood' Dirty Cop Actor Jessie Lawrence Ferguson Dead at 76|work=[[TMZ]]|date=April 27, 2019|access-date=April 29, 2019}}</ref>

==Production==
Singleton wrote the film based on his own life and that of people he knew.<ref name="Vice">{{cite web|last1=Jones|first1=Will|title=Talking 'Boyz N the Hood' with Its Director John Singleton|url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/talking-about-boyz-n-the-hood-with-its-director-john-singleton/|website=[[Vice (magazine)|Vice UK]]|date=November 1, 2016|access-date=April 4, 2017}}</ref> When applying for film school, one of the questions on the application form was to describe "three ideas for films". One of the ideas Singleton composed was titled ''Summer of 84'', which later evolved into ''Boyz n the Hood''.<ref name="Vice"/> During writing, Singleton was influenced by the 1986 film ''[[Stand by Me (film)|Stand by Me]]'', which inspired both an early scene where four young boys take a trip to see a dead body and the closing fade-out of main character Doughboy.<ref name="Vice"/>

Upon completion, Singleton was protective of his script, insisting that he be the one to direct the project, later explaining at a retrospective screening of the film "I wasn't going to have somebody from [[Idaho]] or [[Encino, Los Angeles|Encino]] direct this movie."<ref name="Guardian">{{cite web|last1=Smith|first1=Nigel M|title=John Singleton reflects on Boyz N the Hood: 'I didn't know anything'|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/jun/13/john-singleton-filmmaker-boyz-n-the-hood-special-screening-academy|date=June 13, 2016|website=[[The Guardian]]|access-date=April 4, 2017}}</ref> He sold the script to Columbia Pictures in 1990, who [[greenlit]] the film immediately out of interest in making a film similar to the comedy-drama film ''[[Do the Right Thing]]'' (1989).

The role of Doughboy was written specially for Ice Cube, whom Singleton met while working as an intern at ''[[The Arsenio Hall Show]]''.<ref name="Vice"/> Singleton also noted the studio was unaware of Ice Cube's standing as a member of rap group [[N.W.A]].<ref name="Vice"/> Singleton claims Gooding and Chestnut were cast because they were the first ones who showed up to auditions,<ref name="Vice"/> while Fishburne was cast after Singleton met him on the set of ''[[Pee-wee's Playhouse]]'', where Singleton worked as a production assistant and security guard.<ref>{{cite web|title=John Singleton Interview Part 1 of 3 - TelevisionAcademy.com/Interviews|date=24 September 2016|work=[[Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Foundation]]|url=https://interviews.televisionacademy.com/interviews/john-singleton?clip=18644#interview-clips|access-date=6 May 2019}}</ref>

Long grew up in the area the film depicts and has said, "It was important as a young actor to me that this feels real because I knew what it was like go home from school and hear gunshots at night." Bassett referred to Singleton as her "little brother" on set. "I'd been in LA for about three years and I was trying, trying, trying to do films," she said. "We talked, I auditioned and he gave me a shot. I've been waiting to work with him ever{{sic|hide=y}} since."<ref name="Guardian"/>

The film was shot in sequence, with Singleton later noting that as the film goes on, the camera work gets better as Singleton was finding his foothold as a director.<ref name="Guardian"/> He has a cameo in the film, appearing as a mailman handing over mail to Brenda as Doughboy and Ricky are having a scuffle in the front yard. Filming began on October 1, 1990, in South Central Los Angeles, with several gang members serving as consultants, on "wardrobe, vocal emphasis and dialogue changes" to ensure authenticity.<ref name="AFI">{{cite web|title=Catalogue–Boyz N the Hood|url= https://catalog.afi.com/Film/58786-BOYZ-NTHEHOOD?sid=b54ba598-49b3-49e2-8e28-3e5cc2e24668&sr=0.17702991&cp=1&pos=0 |website=AFI|access-date=January 24, 2024}}</ref>

==Reception and legacy==
===Critical response===
Review aggregation website [[Rotten Tomatoes]] gives the film an approval rating of 96% based on 71 reviews and an average score of 8.40/10. The website's critical consensus reads, "Well-acted and thematically rich, ''Boyz n the Hood'' observes urban America with far more depth and compassion than many of the like-minded films its success inspired."<ref name="RottenTomatoes">{{Cite web |url=http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/boyz_n_the_hood/ |title=Boyz n the Hood (1991) |work=[[Rotten Tomatoes]]  |access-date=September 12, 2024}}</ref> At [[Metacritic]], the film received an average score of 76 out of 100 based on 20 reviews, which indicates "generally favorable" reviews.<ref name="Metacritic">{{Cite web |url=http://www.metacritic.com/movie/boyz-n-the-hood |title=Boyz n the Hood Reviews |publisher=[[Metacritic]] |access-date=September 11, 2011}}</ref>

Film scholar Timothy Laurie suggests that ''Boyz n the Hood'' engages with the wider social and political issues of the early 1990s: "Tre Styles is already being ensnared within a discourse of risk that positions young black boys as potential perpetrators of violence; as Andrés Leal argues, the urban environment in ''Boyz n the Hood'' becomes ‘a definitory element in the formation of the "hood individuals" present and future identities’ (2013, 30). Tragedies have been pre-plotted in Tre's life story."<ref>{{Citation | title= The Boy Who Looks: Previewing Masculinities and Violence Through Boyhoods on Screen|first=Timothy|last=Laurie| journal= Australian Feminist Studies | year= 2025 |volume=39|issue=119–120|url=https://www.academia.edu/127471912}}</ref>

===Cultural impact===
''Boyz n the Hood'' launched the acting careers of Gooding, Cube, Chestnut, Long and King, who were given their first major leading roles in the film, as well as the first significant film role for Angela Bassett<ref name="Guardian"/> Along with ''[[Colors (1988 film)|Colors]]'' (1988) and ''[[Do the Right Thing]]'' (1989),  ''Boyz n the Hood'' is credited as a notable pioneer of the [[Hood film|hood film genre]], with its success leading to American hood films such as ''[[New Jack City]]'' (also 1991), ''[[Juice (1992 film)|Juice]]'' (1992), ''[[Menace II Society]]'' (1993), ''[[Friday (1995 film)|Friday]]'' (1995), ''[[Training Day]]'' (2001), ''[[8 Mile (film)|8 Mile]]'' (2002), ''[[Hustle & Flow]]'', ''[[Get Rich or Die Tryin' (film)|Get Rich or Die Tryin']]'' (both 2005), ''[[Dope (2015 film)|Dope]]'', ''[[Straight Outta Compton (2015 film)|Straight Outta Compton]]'' (both 2015), ''[[Moonlight (2016 film)|Moonlight]]'' (2016) and ''[[The Hate U Give (film)|The Hate U Give]]'' (2018).

For his work, Singleton earned nominations for [[Academy Award for Best Director|Best Director]] and [[Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay|Best Original Screenplay]] at the [[64th Academy Awards]], making him the [[List of oldest and youngest Academy Award winners and nominees#Youngest nominees|youngest person]] and [[List of black Academy Award winners and nominees#Best Director|first African American]] to be nominated for Best Director. Since then, the only black nominees in the category have been  [[Lee Daniels]], [[Steve McQueen (director)|Steve McQueen]], [[Barry Jenkins]], [[Jordan Peele]] and [[Spike Lee]]. In 2002, the United States Library of Congress deemed the film to be "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant" and selected it for preservation in the National Film Registry.

In 2024 the [[Academy Museum of Motion Pictures]] launched an exhibition based on ''Boyz n the Hood'', curated by Esme Douglas.<ref>{{Cite web |date=11 September 2022 |title=A Plea To The Movie Museum: Do That 'Boyz N The Hood' Tribute Without Apology |url=https://deadline.com/2022/09/plea-movie-museum-boyz-n-the-hood-tribute-without-apology-1235114875/ |access-date=2025-09-14 |website=deadline.com}}</ref> Located in The Significant Movies and Moviemakers gallery as part of their Stories of Cinema series, the exhibition examines [[John Singleton|John Singleton's]] debut film ''Boyz n the Hood'' as well as "the movie's groundbreaking depiction of Black life in South Central Los Angeles as well as its lasting impact in popular culture."<ref name=":02">{{Cite web |title=Significant Movies and Moviemakers: Boyz N’ the Hood |url=https://www.academymuseum.org/en/exhibitions/boyz-n-the-hood |access-date=2025-09-19 |website=Academy Museum of Motion Pictures - Timeline |language=en}}</ref> The exhibition features location and production photographs by D Stevens and [[Ithaka (artist)|Ithaka Darin Pappas]], costumes and props, behind the scenes footage, a mural, and displays discussing the film's impact on pop culture. It opened on February 6, 2024, at the [[Academy Museum of Motion Pictures]] in Los Angeles, California and will run through January 4, 2026.<ref name=":02"/>

===Accolades===
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|-
! Award
! Category
! Nominee(s)
! Result
! Ref.
|-
| rowspan="2"| [[64th Academy Awards|Academy Awards]]
| [[Academy Award for Best Director|Best Director]]
| rowspan="2"| [[John Singleton]]
| {{nom}}
| align="center" rowspan="2"| <ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1992 |title=The 64th Academy Awards (1992) Nominees and Winners |access-date=October 22, 2011 |publisher=[[Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences]] |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110706095833/http://www.oscars.org/awards/academyawards/legacy/ceremony/64th-winners.html |archive-date=July 6, 2011}}</ref>
|-
| [[Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay|Best Screenplay – Written Directly for the Screen]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[BMI Film & TV Awards]]
| Film Music Award
| [[Stanley Clarke]]
| {{won}}
| align="center"| 
|-
| rowspan="7"| [[Chicago Film Critics Association Awards 1991|Chicago Film Critics Association Awards]]
| colspan="2"| [[Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Film|Best Film]]
| {{nom}}
| align="center" rowspan="7"| <ref>{{cite web |url=https://chicagofilmcritics.org/awards-blog/archives |title=1988-2013 Award Winner Archives |publisher=[[Chicago Film Critics Association]] |date=January 1, 2013 |access-date=August 24, 2021}}</ref>
|-
| [[Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Director|Best Director]]
| John Singleton
| {{nom}}
|-
| rowspan="2"| [[Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actor|Best Supporting Actor]]
| [[Ice Cube]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Laurence Fishburne]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Screenplay|Best Screenplay]]
| John Singleton
| {{nom}}
|-
| rowspan="2"| Most Promising Actor
| Ice Cube
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Cuba Gooding Jr.]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| rowspan="2"| [[Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association|Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards]]
| colspan="2"| [[Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award for Best Film|Best Film]]
| {{nom}}
| align="center" rowspan="2"| 
|-
| [[Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award for Best Director|Best Director]]
| John Singleton
| {{nom}}
|-
| rowspan="2"| [[1992 Kids' Choice Awards|Kids' Choice Awards]]
| colspan="2"| [[Kids' Choice Award for Favorite Movie|Favorite Movie]]
| {{nom}}
| align="center" rowspan="2"| 
|-
| Favorite Movie Actor
| Ice Cube
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[1991 Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards|Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards]]
| New Generation Award
| John Singleton
| {{won}}
| align="center"| <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.lafca.net/Years/1991.php |title=The Annual 17th Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards |publisher=[[Los Angeles Film Critics Association]] |access-date=August 24, 2021}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="2"| [[1992 MTV Movie Awards|MTV Movie Awards]]
| colspan="2"| [[MTV Movie Award for Movie of the Year|Best Movie]]
| {{nom}}
| align="center" rowspan="2"| 
|-
| [[MTV Movie Award for Best New Filmmaker|Best New Filmmaker]]
| John Singleton
| {{won}}
|-
| [[25th NAACP Image Awards|NAACP Image Awards]]
| colspan="2"| [[NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Motion Picture|Outstanding Motion Picture]]
| {{won}}
| align="center"| 
|-
| [[National Board of Review Awards 1991|National Board of Review Awards]]
| colspan="2"| [[National Board of Review: Top Ten Films|Top Ten Films]]
| {{draw|7th Place}}
| align="center"| <ref>{{cite web |url=https://nationalboardofreview.org/award-years/1991/ |title=1991 Award Winners |publisher=[[National Board of Review]] |access-date=July 5, 2021}}</ref>
|-
| [[National Film Preservation Board]]
| colspan="2"| [[National Film Registry]]
| {{won|Inducted}}
| align="center"| 
|-
| [[1991 New York Film Critics Circle Awards|New York Film Critics Circle Awards]]
| [[Best New Director]]
| John Singleton
| {{won}}
| align="center"| <ref>{{cite web |url=https://mubi.com/awards-and-festivals/nyfccas?year=1991 |title=1991 New York Film Critics Circle Awards |publisher=[[Mubi (streaming service)|Mubi]] |access-date=July 5, 2021}}</ref>
|-
| Online Film & Television Association Awards
| colspan="2"| Hall of Fame – Motion Picture
| {{won}}
| align="center"| <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.oftaawards.com/film-hall-of-fame/film-hall-of-fame-productions/ |title=Film Hall of Fame Productions |publisher=Online Film & Television Association |access-date=May 15, 2021}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="3"| Political Film Society Awards
| colspan="2"| [[Political Film Society Award for Exposé|Exposé]]
| {{nom}}
| align="center" rowspan="3"| 
|-
| colspan="2"| [[Political Film Society Award for Human Rights|Human Rights]]
| {{won}}
|-
| colspan="2"| [[Political Film Society Award for Peace|Peace]]
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Stockholm International Film Festival]]
| Bronze Horse
| rowspan="2"| John Singleton
| {{nom}}
| align="center"| 
|-
| [[44th Writers Guild of America Awards|Writers Guild of America Awards]]
| [[Writers Guild of America Award for Best Original Screenplay|Best Screenplay – Written Directly for the Screen]]
| {{nom}}
| align="center"| <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wga.org/awards/awardssub.aspx?id=1551 |title=Awards Winners |date= |publisher=[[Writers Guild of America Awards]] |archive-url=https://archive.today/20121205095022/http://www.wga.org/awards/awardssub.aspx?id=1551 |archive-date=2012-12-05 |access-date=2010-06-06}}</ref>
|-
| [[13th Youth in Film Awards|Young Artist Awards]]
| Outstanding Young Ensemble Cast in a Motion Picture
| Desi Arnez Hines II, Baha Jackson, and Donovan McCrary
| {{won}}
| align="center"| <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.youngartistawards.org/pastnoms13.htm |title=Thirteenth Annual Youth in Film Awards: 1990–1991 |publisher=[[Young Artist Awards]] |access-date=October 6, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110403132740/https://www.youngartistawards.org/pastnoms13.htm |archive-date=April 3, 2011}}</ref>
|}

* In 2007, ''Boyz n the Hood'' was selected as one of the 50 Films To See in your lifetime by [[Channel 4]].

==== [[American Film Institute]] Lists ====
* [[AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies (10th Anniversary Edition)]] – Nominated

==Soundtrack==
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*Label: [[Qwest Records|Qwest]]/[[Warner Bros. Records]]
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* [[Recording Industry Association of America|US]]: Gold<ref name="RIAA">"[http://riaa.org/goldandplatinumdata.php?resultpage=resultpage=1&table=SEARCH_RESULTS&action=&title=&artist=Tony!%20Toni!%20Tone!&format=&debutLP=&category=&sex=&releaseDate=&requestNo=&type=&level=&label=&company=&certificationDate=&awardDescription=&catalogNo=&aSex=&rec_id=&charField=&gold=&platinum=&multiPlat=&level2=&certDate=&album=&id=&after=&before=&startMonth=1&endMonth=1&startYear=1958&endYear=2008&sort=Artist&perPage=25# RIAA Gold & Platinum Searchable Database - Tony! Toni! Tone!]{{Dead link|date=September 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}". [[Recording Industry Association of America]]. Retrieved June 17, 2011.</ref>
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==See also==
{{Portal|United States|1990s|Film|Greater Los Angeles}}
* [[List of hood films]]
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==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Wikiquote}}
* {{IMDb title|0101507}}
* {{TCMDb title|id=69549}}
* {{Mojo title|boyznthehood}}
* {{Rotten-tomatoes|boyz_n_the_hood}}
* {{Metacritic film}}
* [https://books.google.com/books?id=deq3xI8OmCkC&pg=PA806 ''Boyz n the Hood'' essay by Daniel Eagan] in ''America's Film Legacy: The Authoritative Guide to the Landmark Movies in the National Film Registry'', A&C Black, 2010, {{ISBN|0826429777}}, pages 806–807

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[[Category:Films set in 1984]]
[[Category:Films set in 1991]]
[[Category:Films set in Los Angeles]]
[[Category:Films with screenplays by John Singleton]]
[[Category:United States National Film Registry films]]