Boyz n the Hood is an Oscar-nominated 1991 film directed by John Singleton. Starring Cuba Gooding Jr., Ice Cube, Laurence Fishburne, Angela Bassett, Regina King, Nia Long, and Morris Chestnut, the film depicts life in crime-ridden South Central (now South) Los Angeles, California, and was filmed and released shortly before the 1992 Los Angeles Riots. It was nominated for both Best Director and Original Screenplay during the 1991 Academy Awards, making John Singleton the youngest person ever nominated for Best Director and the first African-American to be nominated for the award.

In 2002, the United States Library of Congress deemed the film \"culturally significant\" and selected it for preservation in the National Film Registry. This film ranked number eight on Entertainment Weekly\'s list of the Fifty Best High School Movies.

The film\'s title is taken from the name of an N.W.A. song, \"Boyz-n-the-Hood\".