2000s hood films

2002 film directed by Fernando Meirelles and Kátia Lund

2007 film by Ridley Scott

2002 film directed by Curtis Hanson

2001 film directed by Antoine Fuqua

Tsotsi is a 2005 crime drama film written and directed by Gavin Hood and produced by Peter Fudakowski. It is an adaptation of the novel Tsotsi by Athol Fugard, and is a South African/UK co-production. Set in the Alexandra slum in Johannesburg, South Africa, it stars Presley Chweneyagae as David/Tsotsi (meaning "criminal" - see also Tsotsitaal), a young street thug who steals a car only to discover a baby in the back seat. It also features Kenneth Nkosi, Jerry Mofokeng, and Rapulana Seiphemo in supporting roles.

2003 film directed by Clark Johnson

2003 film directed by Michael Bay

2004 film by Pierre Morel

2005 film directed by Thomas Carter

2007 film directed by Richard LaGravenese

2005 film by John Singleton

2007 film by José Padilha

2003 film by Andrzej Bartkowiak

2006 film by Dito Montiel

2005 film directed by Craig Brewer

2005 film directed by Barbara Kopple

2005 film directed by Jim Sheridan

2009 film by Patrick Alessandrin

2001 film directed by Brian Robbins

2004 film directed by Nick Love

2000 film by Andrew Dominik

2006 film directed by Phil Joanou

2007 film directed by Don E. Fauntleroy

2009 film directed by Daniel Barber

2009 film directed by Cary Fukunaga

2009 film directed by George Tillman, Jr.

2000 film directed by Rob Spera

2001 film directed by John Singleton

2008 film directed by Ralph Ziman

2008 film by Jonathan Levine

2008 film by Bruno Barreto

2002 gangster film directed by Franc. Reyes

2003 film directed by Steven Ayromlooi

2009 film directed by Charles Winkler

2001 film directed by Ernest Dickerson

2007 film by Paulo Morelli

2000 film by Paul McGuigan

2007 film by Alejandro Chomski

2007 film by Julian Gilbey

2002 film directed by Charles Stone III

2005 made-for-television drama film directed by William Dear

2009 film by 50 Cent

Kidulthood (stylised known as KiDULTHOOD) is a 2006 British teen crime drama film directed by Menhaj Huda from a screenplay by Noel Clarke. It stars Aml Ameen, Red Madrell, Adam Deacon, Jaime Winstone, Femi Oyeniran, Madeleine Fairley, Cornell John, Kate Magowan, Pierre Mascolo (who also acted as executive producer), Rafe Spall and Nicholas Hoult. Set in the West London area Ladbroke Grove, the film follows two days of in the lives of a diverse group of teenagers, who are given the day off school following a classmate’s suicide.

2000 film directed by Robert Adetuyi

2006 film directed by Chris Robinson

2006 film by Ylva Gustavsson

2006 film directed by Richard Glatzer and Wash Westmoreland

2008 film directed by Noel Clarke

2006 film directed by Vondie Curtis-Hall

2004 television film directed by Vondie Curtis-Hall

2004 film by Ernest Dickerson

2003 film directed by Craig Ross, Jr.

2007 film directed by Stacy Title

2009 film directed by Benny Boom

2002 film directed by Colin Teague

2000 film directed by Master P

2000 film directed by Albert Pyun

2006 film directed by Duanne Stinnett

2008 film directed by Phenomenon

2008 film directed by Jon S. Baird