Editing Boyz n the Hood (section)

==Reception and legacy==
===Critical response===
Review aggregation website [[Rotten Tomatoes]] gives the film an approval rating of 96% based on 71 reviews and an average score of 8.40/10. The website's critical consensus reads, "Well-acted and thematically rich, ''Boyz n the Hood'' observes urban America with far more depth and compassion than many of the like-minded films its success inspired."<ref name="RottenTomatoes">{{Cite web |url=http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/boyz_n_the_hood/ |title=Boyz n the Hood (1991) |work=[[Rotten Tomatoes]]  |access-date=September 12, 2024}}</ref> At [[Metacritic]], the film received an average score of 76 out of 100 based on 20 reviews, which indicates "generally favorable" reviews.<ref name="Metacritic">{{Cite web |url=http://www.metacritic.com/movie/boyz-n-the-hood |title=Boyz n the Hood Reviews |publisher=[[Metacritic]] |access-date=September 11, 2011}}</ref>

===Cultural impact===
''Boyz n the Hood'' launched the acting careers of Gooding, Cube, Chestnut, Long and King, who were given their first major leading roles in the film, as well as the first significant film role for Angela Bassett<ref name="Guardian"/> Along with ''[[Colors (film)|Colors]]'' (1988) and ''[[Do the Right Thing]]'' (1989),  ''Boyz n the Hood'' is credited as a notable pioneer of the [[Hood film|hood film genre]], with its success leading to American hood films such as ''[[New Jack City]]'' (also 1991), ''[[Juice (1992 film)|Juice]]'' (1992), ''[[Menace II Society]]'' (1993), ''[[Friday (1995 film)|Friday]]'' (1995), ''[[Training Day]]'' (2001), ''[[8 Mile (film)|8 Mile]]'' (2002), ''[[Hustle & Flow]]'', ''[[Get Rich or Die Tryin' (film)|Get Rich or Die Tryin']]'' (both 2005), ''[[Dope (2015 film)|Dope]]'', ''[[Straight Outta Compton (2015 film)|Straight Outta Compton]]'' (both 2015) and ''[[The Hate U Give (film)|The Hate U Give]]'' (2018).

For his work, Singleton earned nominations for [[Academy Award for Best Director|Best Director]] and [[Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay|Best Original Screenplay]] at the [[64th Academy Awards]], making him the [[List of oldest and youngest Academy Award winners and nominees#Youngest nominees|youngest person]] and [[List of black Academy Award winners and nominees#Best Director|first African American]] to be nominated for Best Director. Since then, the only black nominees in the category have been  [[Lee Daniels]], [[Steve McQueen (director)|Steve McQueen]], [[Barry Jenkins]], [[Jordan Peele]] and [[Spike Lee]]. In 2002, the United States Library of Congress deemed the film to be "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant" and selected it for preservation in the National Film Registry.

===Accolades===
{|class="wikitable"
|-
! Award
! Category
! Nominee(s)
! Result
! Ref.
|-
| rowspan="2"| [[64th Academy Awards|Academy Awards]]
| [[Academy Award for Best Director|Best Director]]
| rowspan="2"| [[John Singleton]]
| {{nom}}
| align="center" rowspan="2"| <ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1992 |title=The 64th Academy Awards (1992) Nominees and Winners |access-date=October 22, 2011 |publisher=[[Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences]] |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110706095833/http://www.oscars.org/awards/academyawards/legacy/ceremony/64th-winners.html |archive-date=July 6, 2011}}</ref>
|-
| [[Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay|Best Screenplay – Written Directly for the Screen]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[BMI Film & TV Awards]]
| Film Music Award
| [[Stanley Clarke]]
| {{won}}
| align="center"| 
|-
| rowspan="7"| [[Chicago Film Critics Association Awards 1991|Chicago Film Critics Association Awards]]
| colspan="2"| [[Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Film|Best Film]]
| {{nom}}
| align="center" rowspan="7"| <ref>{{cite web |url=https://chicagofilmcritics.org/awards-blog/archives |title=1988-2013 Award Winner Archives |publisher=[[Chicago Film Critics Association]] |date=January 1, 2013 |access-date=August 24, 2021}}</ref>
|-
| [[Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Director|Best Director]]
| John Singleton
| {{nom}}
|-
| rowspan="2"| [[Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actor|Best Supporting Actor]]
| [[Ice Cube]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Laurence Fishburne]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Screenplay|Best Screenplay]]
| John Singleton
| {{nom}}
|-
| rowspan="2"| Most Promising Actor
| Ice Cube
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Cuba Gooding Jr.]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| rowspan="2"| [[Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association|Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards]]
| colspan="2"| [[Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award for Best Film|Best Film]]
| {{nom}}
| align="center" rowspan="2"| 
|-
| [[Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award for Best Director|Best Director]]
| John Singleton
| {{nom}}
|-
| rowspan="2"| [[1992 Kids' Choice Awards|Kids' Choice Awards]]
| colspan="2"| [[Kids' Choice Award for Favorite Movie|Favorite Movie]]
| {{nom}}
| align="center" rowspan="2"| 
|-
| Favorite Movie Actor
| Ice Cube
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[1991 Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards|Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards]]
| New Generation Award
| John Singleton
| {{won}}
| align="center"| <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.lafca.net/Years/1991.php |title=The Annual 17th Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards |publisher=[[Los Angeles Film Critics Association]] |access-date=August 24, 2021}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="2"| [[1992 MTV Movie Awards|MTV Movie Awards]]
| colspan="2"| [[MTV Movie Award for Movie of the Year|Best Movie]]
| {{nom}}
| align="center" rowspan="2"| 
|-
| [[MTV Movie Award for Best New Filmmaker|Best New Filmmaker]]
| John Singleton
| {{won}}
|-
| [[25th NAACP Image Awards|NAACP Image Awards]]
| colspan="2"| [[NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Motion Picture|Outstanding Motion Picture]]
| {{won}}
| align="center"| 
|-
| [[National Board of Review Awards 1991|National Board of Review Awards]]
| colspan="2"| [[National Board of Review: Top Ten Films|Top Ten Films]]
| {{draw|7th Place}}
| align="center"| <ref>{{cite web |url=https://nationalboardofreview.org/award-years/1991/ |title=1991 Award Winners |publisher=[[National Board of Review]] |access-date=July 5, 2021}}</ref>
|-
| [[National Film Preservation Board]]
| colspan="2"| [[National Film Registry]]
| {{won|Inducted}}
| align="center"| 
|-
| [[1991 New York Film Critics Circle Awards|New York Film Critics Circle Awards]]
| [[Best New Director]]
| John Singleton
| {{won}}
| align="center"| <ref>{{cite web |url=https://mubi.com/awards-and-festivals/nyfccas?year=1991 |title=1991 New York Film Critics Circle Awards |publisher=[[Mubi (streaming service)|Mubi]] |access-date=July 5, 2021}}</ref>
|-
| Online Film & Television Association Awards
| colspan="2"| Hall of Fame – Motion Picture
| {{won}}
| align="center"| <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.oftaawards.com/film-hall-of-fame/film-hall-of-fame-productions/ |title=Film Hall of Fame Productions |publisher=Online Film & Television Association |access-date=May 15, 2021}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="3"| Political Film Society Awards
| colspan="2"| [[Political Film Society Award for Exposé|Exposé]]
| {{nom}}
| align="center" rowspan="3"| 
|-
| colspan="2"| [[Political Film Society Award for Human Rights|Human Rights]]
| {{won}}
|-
| colspan="2"| [[Political Film Society Award for Peace|Peace]]
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Stockholm International Film Festival]]
| Bronze Horse
| rowspan="2"| John Singleton
| {{nom}}
| align="center"| 
|-
| [[44th Writers Guild of America Awards|Writers Guild of America Awards]]
| [[Writers Guild of America Award for Best Original Screenplay|Best Screenplay – Written Directly for the Screen]]
| {{nom}}
| align="center"| <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wga.org/awards/awardssub.aspx?id=1551 |title=Awards Winners |date= |publisher=[[Writers Guild of America Awards]] |archive-url=https://archive.today/20121205095022/http://www.wga.org/awards/awardssub.aspx?id=1551 |archive-date=2012-12-05 |access-date=2010-06-06}}</ref>
|-
| [[13th Youth in Film Awards|Young Artist Awards]]
| Outstanding Young Ensemble Cast in a Motion Picture
| Desi Arnez Hines II, Baha Jackson, and Donovan McCrary
| {{won}}
| align="center"| <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.youngartistawards.org/pastnoms13.htm |title=Thirteenth Annual Youth in Film Awards: 1990–1991 |publisher=[[Young Artist Awards]] |access-date=October 6, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110403132740/https://www.youngartistawards.org/pastnoms13.htm |archive-date=April 3, 2011}}</ref>
|}

* In 2007, ''Boyz n the Hood'' was selected as one of the 50 Films To See in your lifetime by [[Channel 4]].

==== [[American Film Institute]] Lists ====
* [[AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies (10th Anniversary Edition)]] – Nominated