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Feature film — 2015

Straight Outta Compton (2015)

7.82h 27mDrama — Music — History

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.

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A high-signal pick with 4,351 votes.

Broken Chair Flickz / Universal Pictures / Legendary Pictures / Cube Vision / Crucial Films / Circle of Confusion / Will Packer Productions / Xenon Pictures

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Director: F. Gary Gray

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Cast & crew

O'Shea Jackson Jr. as Ice Cube

O'Shea Jackson Jr.

Ice Cube

Corey Hawkins as Dr. Dre

Corey Hawkins

Dr. Dre

Jason Mitchell as Eazy-E

Jason Mitchell

Eazy-E

Neil Brown Jr. as DJ Yella

Neil Brown Jr.

DJ Yella

Aldis Hodge as MC Ren

Aldis Hodge

MC Ren

Paul Giamatti as Jerry Heller

Paul Giamatti

Jerry Heller

R. Marcos Taylor as Suge Knight

R. Marcos Taylor

Suge Knight

LaKeith Stanfield as Snoop Dogg

LaKeith Stanfield

Snoop Dogg

Carra Patterson as Tomica

Carra Patterson

Tomica

Elena Goode as Nicole

Elena Goode

Nicole

Alexandra Shipp as Kim

Alexandra Shipp

Kim

Tate Ellington as Bryan Turner

Tate Ellington

Bryan Turner

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