Boyz N the Hood

John Singleton made his debut with this gritty coming-of-age story that earned him Academy Award® nominations for Best Director and Best Screenplay. Young Tre Styles (Cuba Gooding, Jr.) has been sent by his mother to live with his father, Furious Styles (Laurence Fishburne).

Their South Central Los Angeles neighborhood is beset by gang violence and drugs, but Furious managed to avoid their ill...