Movies like Know Thy Enemy
If Know Thy Enemy's mix of hip-hop, street gang and musical stayed with you, start here. Each film below was picked from what Know Thy Enemy's fans love most, with the reason it belongs on this list.
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Juice
1992 · Directed by Ernest R. Dickerson · 96 min7.2
Why you'll like itShares: hip-hop, street gang
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.
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8 Mile
2002 · Directed by Curtis Hanson · 111 min7.1
Why you'll like itShares: hip-hop, street gang · From the same decade (2000s)
For Jimmy Smith, Jr., life is a daily fight just to keep hope alive. Feeding his dreams in Detroit's vibrant music scene, Jimmy wages an extraordinary personal struggle to find his own voice - and earn a place in a…
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You Got Served
2004 · Directed by Chris Stokes · 95 min6.4
Why you'll like itShares: hip-hop, musical · From the same decade (2000s)
At Mr. Rad's Warehouse, the best hip-hop crews in Los Angeles compete for money and respect. But when a suburban crew crashes the party, stealing their dancers — and their moves — two warring friends have to pull…
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Boyz n the Hood
1991 · Directed by John Singleton · 112 min7.6
Why you'll like itShares: street gang
Three friends growing up in South Central Los Angeles navigate a neighborhood plagued by violence, unemployment, and crime, each responding differently to the harsh realities of street life.
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Hustle & Flow
2005 · Directed by Craig Brewer · 116 min7.2
Why you'll like itShares: hip-hop · From the same decade (2000s)
With help from his friends, a Memphis pimp in a mid-life crisis attempts to become a successful hip-hop emcee.
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Paid in Full
2002 · Directed by Charles Stone III · 98 min6.9
Why you'll like itShares: street gang · From the same decade (2000s)
Ace is an impressionable young man working for a dry cleaning business. His friend, drug dealer Mitch, goes to prison. In an unrelated incident, he finds some cocaine in a pants pocket.
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Get Rich or Die Tryin'
2005 · Directed by Jim Sheridan · 116 min6.8
Why you'll like itShares: street gang · From the same decade (2000s)
A tale of an inner city drug dealer who turns away from crime to pursue his passion, rap music.
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Battle of the Year
2013 · Directed by Benson Lee · 110 min6.8
Why you'll like itShares: musical
A down-on-his-luck coach is hired to prepare a team of the best American dancers for an international tournament that attracts all the best crews from around the world, but the Americans haven't won in fifteen years.
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Beats
2019 · Directed by Chris Robinson · 109 min6.7
Why you'll like itShares: hip-hop
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.