OPINION East Coast Vs West Coasts Hood Films

[Busta Carmichael]

which ones reign supreme?

West Coast:
Boyz n the hood
Menace 2 society
Don't be a menace
Friday trilogy
baby boy
Training Day
South Central
Set It off
The wood
Colors
Blood in Blood Out


East Coast:
New Jack city
Juice
Above the rim
Paid in full
Clockers
New jersey drive
American Gangster
Do the right thing
Dead Presidents
Belly
Crooklyn
paper soldiers
Fresh

 

[Chi-Town B]

West Coast

 

[Babelipsss]

It's going to have to be the east coast since "Do the Right Thing" is always included in the greatest movies of all times lists.

 

[Mister B. M. Ed.]

This is HARD.

Boyz In the Hood is the gold standard, but a line-up like Juice, NJC, and Do the Right Thing is tight.

 

[Goldie]

I'm an east coast nigga, but west coast got this easily

 

[Playmaker88]

I hate the term hood films anyway those comedies shouldnt be in there in hindsight Belly was trash aside from the intro which was fucking phenomenal baby boy was garbage..never had the desire to watch paid and full there was a certain quality each of the other films possessed films that came after them were exploitative/caricatures

if we must compare its gotta be east coast hands down like homie said no other movie even compares to Do The Right Thing


not sure American Gangster is in the same genre since we talkin "hood films" as well as training day

 

[SeaSnake]

West coast

 

[Playmaker88]

You Forgot the Wood and Crooklyn or do niggas gotta get shot to qualify


:huh:

 

[Busta Carmichael]

This is HARD.

Boyz In the Hood is the gold standard, but a line-up like Juice, NJC, and Do the Right Thing is tight.

Wanted to put colors and blood in blood out, but thats too many west coast movies

 

[Busta Carmichael]

You Forgot the Wood and Crooklyn or do niggas gotta get shot to qualify


:huh:

lol my bad. I knew I forgot something with the wood nh

But I figured 2 spike lee movies (clockers, do the right thing) was enough

 

[Old Man Cain]

Westcoast movies were just better to me.

Menace to Society and Boyz n Da Hood open our eyes to gang culture. Before then never reslre knew or care too much about westcoast gamg life. Where I'm feom you had "families". Wasn't no colors or any of that shit. You either on a side of the town/city and you stayed there

 

[SeaSnake]

Does The Warriors count as a hood movie?

 

[Revolver Ocelot]

East Coast

And that includes ones not mentioned like Straight Out Of Brooklyn, Fresh, and He Got Game.

Plus if we're including comedies then the best one of all time was also east coast....

 

[Busta Carmichael]

East Coast

And that includes one not mentioned like Straight Out Of Brooklyn, Fresh, and He Got Game.

Plus if we're including comedies then the best one of all time was also east coast....

yea but west coast still reigns supreme in black comedy movies

Friday series
rush hour
CB4
Dont be a menace
house party series
3 strikes
money talks
blue streak
Dope

 

[Goldie]

Might as well say "black films" lol

 

[Busta Carmichael]

Might as well say "black films" lol

that would've been waayy to many options

thread is bound to derail soon enough anyways, watch

 

[Playmaker88]

None of the films has a scene realer more socially significant, potent, important than this

 

[Busta Carmichael]

None of the films has a scene realer more socially significant, potent, important than this

bruh u said u haven't seen paid in full?

that's a classic with 100 quotable scenes if anything.

baby boy was entertaining too.

 

[Playmaker88]

bruh u said u haven't seen paid in full?

that's a classic with 100 quotable scenes if anything.

baby boy was entertaining too.

uhh niggas get shot everyday " is a cute punchline quotable but really.. "entertaining" but it was trash it was a mockery at that point

 

[Busta Carmichael]

uhh niggas get shot everyday " is a cute punchline quotable but really.. "entertaining" but it was trash it was a mockery at that point

"im broke baby"
the entire heartfelt scene with mekhi after his brother gets kidnapped

cam'ron had a lot of quotables and every scene was memorable. People are still quoting the movie and naming themselves after the characters to this day.

nobody talking about radio raheem or rozie perez bruh.

And baby boy was just a saturday/sunday morning movie. Nothing special, but not trash