The best hip-hop movies
The top 3 according to 787 votes from people: Wild Style (1983) · Beat Street (1984) · Something from Nothing: The Art of Rap (2012). (Updated Sep 20, 2021.)
Wild Style, 8 Mile, Beat Street, Dave Chappelle's Block Party, Breakin' and Hustle & Flow: the hip-hop films voted the best ever in Billboard's top 10.
Top 10
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1
Wild Style (1983)
Charlie Ahearn.
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2
Beat Street (1984)
Stan Lathan.
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3
Something from Nothing: The Art of Rap (2012)
Ice-T and Andy Baybutt.
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4
Dave Chappelle's Block Party (2005)
Michel Gondry.
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5
Breakin' (1984)
Joel Silberg.
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6
8 Mile (2002)
Curtis Hanson.
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7
Beats Rhymes & Life: The Travels of a Tribe Called Quest (2011)
Michael Rapaport.
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8
Krush Groove (1985)
Michael Schultz.
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9
Hustle & Flow (2005)
Craig Brewer.
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10
Get Rich or Die Tryin' (2005)
Jim Sheridan.
How is this ranking ordered? By people's votes: each ▲ adds a point and each ▼ takes one away. Anyone can vote and add what is missing.
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Comments (3)
8 Mile final battle is still the most rewatched scene on my YouTube history lol
Wild Style at number one is the right call. Everything started there.
No Straight Outta Compton? Oh wait, this list is from 2012, that explains it.