John Singleton

John Singleton

January 6, 1968 · 58 years old

​John Daniel Singleton (January 6, 1968 - April 28, 2019) was an American film director, screenwriter, and producer. A native of South Los Angeles, many of his films consider the implications of inner-city violence like the critically acclaimed and popular Boyz n the Hood, Poetic Justice, Higher Lea…

Known For

15 titles
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2 Fast 2 Furious

2 Fast 2 Furious

2003 · 1h 47m · Movie

Former cop Brian O'Conner is called upon to bust a dangerous criminal and he recruits the help of a former childhood friend and street racer who has a chance to redeem himself.

5.9
2
Boyz n the Hood

Boyz n the Hood

1991 · 1h 52m · Movie

Follows the lives of three young males living in the Crenshaw ghetto of Los Angeles, dissecting questions of race, relationships, violence, and future prospects.

7.8
3
Four Brothers

Four Brothers

2005 · 1h 49m · Movie

When their adoptive mother is gunned down in a store robbery, four brothers decide to investigate the murder and find the killers themselves, but not all is what it seems.

6.8
4
Abduction

Abduction

2011 · 1h 46m · Movie

A young man sets out to uncover the truth about his life after finding his baby photo on a missing persons website.

5.1
5
Shaft

Shaft

2000 · 1h 39m · Movie

New York City police detective John Shaft (nephew of the original 1970s detective) goes on a personal mission to make sure the son of a real estate tycoon is brought to justice after a racially-motivated murder.

6.0
6
Black Snake Moan

Black Snake Moan

2006 · 1h 56m · Movie

A God-fearing bluesman takes to a wild young woman who, as a victim of childhood sexual abuse, looks everywhere for love, never quite finding it.

6.9
7
Snowfall

Snowfall

2017 · 44m · TV Show

A look at the early days of the crack cocaine epidemic in Los Angeles during the beginning of the 1980s.

8.5
8
Hustle & Flow

Hustle & Flow

2005 · 1h 56m · Movie

With help from his friends, a Memphis pimp in a mid-life crisis attempts to become a successful hip-hop emcee.

7.3
9
Higher Learning

Higher Learning

1995 · 2h 8m · Movie

People from all different walks of life, encounter racial tension, rape, responsibility, and the meaning of an education on a university campus.

6.5
10
Baby Boy

Baby Boy

2001 · 2h 10m · Movie

In South Central L.A., a misguided 20-year-old African-American man, a "baby boy", faces the commitments of real life.

6.5
11
Poetic Justice

Poetic Justice

1993 · 1h 49m · Movie

Grieving hairdresser Justice goes on a road trip from South Central L.A. to Oakland on a mail truck alongside her friend and an obnoxious postal worker.

6.1
12
Rosewood

Rosewood

1997 · 2h 20m · Movie

A dramatization of a 1923 horrific racist lynch mob attack on an African-American community.

7.2
13
Baadasssss!

Baadasssss!

2004 · 1h 49m · Movie

Mario Van Peebles' half-documentary/half-homage to his father Melvin Van Peebles' movie Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song (1971).

7.3
14
Mosagallu

Mosagallu

2021 · 1h 25m · Movie

The story of the world's biggest I.T. scam.

4.6
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Illegal Tender

Illegal Tender

2007 · 1h 48m · Movie

When the thugs who killed his father come looking for him, a young Latino man and his mother flee from their home.

5.4