Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 147 min
- Age rating
- R
- Language
- English
- Country
- United Kingdom, United States
- Violence
- Strong
Why tonight?
- It goes hard on violence — not a wind-down.
- Reviewed better than most films in the catalogue.
The story
In 1987, five young men, using brutally honest rhymes and hardcore beats, put their frustration and anger about life in the most dangerous place in America into the most powerful weapon they had: their music. Taking us back to where it all began, Straight Outta Compton tells the true story of how these cultural rebels—armed only with their lyrics, swagger, bravado and raw talent—stood up to the authorities that meant to keep them down and formed the world’s most dangerous group, N.W.A. And as they spoke the truth that no one had before and exposed life in the hood, their voice ignited a social revolution that is still reverberating today.
- drug dealer
- police brutality
- husband wife relationship
- rap music
- hip-hop
- sibling relationship
- aids
- parent child relationship
- gangster
- rapper
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
- Aldis Hodge — MC Ren
- Paul Giamatti — Jerry Heller
- R. Marcos Taylor — Suge Knight
- LaKeith Stanfield — Snoop Dogg
- Carra Patterson — Tomica
- Elena Goode — Nicole
- Alexandra Shipp — Kim
- Tate Ellington — Bryan Turner
- Corey Reynolds — Lonzo Williams
- Keith Powers — Tyree
- Orlando Brown — Block Dude
- Directed
- F. Gary Gray
Production
- Rating
- 7.8 / 10 · 4,253 ratings
- Studio
- Broken Chair Flickz, Universal Pictures, Legendary Pictures, Cube Vision, Crucial Films, Circle of Confusion
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
