Upcoming Hip Hop Movie Club events: 🎞️ Fall 2026 Hip Hop Movie Club Film Series at ArtsQuest: September 16: Dope October 14: Bones (starring Snoop Dogg) November 5: Beastie Boys: Awesome! I... Shot That! All shows at 7:30 pm with throwback DJ set prior to the show 🎬 Screenings are at the Frank Banko Alehouse Cinemas, SteelStacks, Bethlehem PA. Admission is FREE thanks to ArtsQuest! 🎟️ GET TICKETS: https://www.artsquest.org/performing-arts/cinema/hip-hop-movie-club/ More events to be announced! HHMC is brought to you by a trio of longtime hip hop fans: JB, an 80s and 90s nostalgia junkie, BooGie, a veteran DJ and graffiti artist, and DynoWright, filmmaker and multimedia designer. 🛒 Buy some merch: https://meteorwright.one/shop 📰 Subscribe to our newsletter and stay updated: https://hiphopmovieclub.substack.com/
Why Dope is more than a 90s hip hop throwback
Dope (2015) · Sep 5, 2026
House Party 2 is better than you remember
House Party 2 (1991) · Aug 28, 2026
BONUS: Our full Entergalactic discussion
Entergalactic (2022) · Aug 23, 2026
Transformers: Rise of the Beasts is secretly a ’90s hip hop movie
Transformers: Rise of the Beasts (2023) · Aug 12, 2026
Why You Got Served still hits hard: The soundtrack that defined an era
You Got Served (2004) · Aug 5, 2026
The serious side of In the Heights
In the Heights (2021) · Jul 29, 2026
Is A Hip Hop Story funny...or just letting Russell Simmons off the hook?
A Hip Hop Story (2024) · Jul 15, 2026
Did hip hop crash the step show? (Stomp the Yard review)
Stomp the Yard (2007) · Jun 6, 2026
Test your Do the Right Thing knowledge!
Do the Right Thing (1989) · May 30, 2026
Chicago Teens. Raw Poetry. No Filter. — Louder Than a Bomb Reviewed
Louder Than a Bomb (2011) · Apr 18, 2026
Set It Off: 30 Years Later, Nothing Has Changed
Set It Off (1996) · Mar 25, 2026
Look Mom I Can Fly is marketing
Travis Scott: Look Mom I Can Fly (2019) · Mar 14, 2026
The next great rapper turned actor? | Mr. Happy review
Mr. Happy (2015) · Feb 25, 2026
The Documentary That Disappeared for 25 Years: Big Fun in the Big Town
Big Fun in the Big Town (1986) · Feb 18, 2026
Wiz Khalifa's Still Rolling Papers: More Promo Than Documentary?
Still Rolling Papers (2022) · Feb 11, 2026
De La Soul Is Not Dead: Innovation, Influence, and Integrity
De La Soul Is Not Dead: The Documentary (2016) · Jan 28, 2026
Juice WRLD: Into the Abyss – A Flawed, Heartbreaking Cautionary Tale
Juice WRLD: Into the Abyss (2021) · Jan 21, 2026
Hamilton: The Power of Teaching History through Hip Hop
The Undefeated Presents: Hamilton In-Depth (2020) · Jan 14, 2026
Stop sleeping on the OutKast film Idlewild!
Idlewild (2006) · Jan 7, 2026
Was Drumline way more hip hop than we thought?
Drumline (2002) · Dec 12, 2025
Two Hip Hop Legends Walk Into a Rom-Com: A Deep Dive Into Last Holiday
Last Holiday (2006) · Dec 5, 2025
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly Legacy of N.W.A
Straight Outta Compton (2015) · Nov 22, 2025
The Greatest Link Between Hip Hop and Sports: Straight Outta L.A.
Straight Outta L.A. (2010) · Nov 14, 2025
The one hip hop question Barbershop answered
Barbershop (2002) · Nov 6, 2025
N.W.A.'s Impact on the Game: From Snoop to Eminem to 50 to Kendrick
The Game (1997) · Oct 29, 2025
Idlewild: The OutKast movie everyone slept on
Idlewild (2006) · Oct 22, 2025
Squeeze Play or Snake Oil? (Anaconda review)
Anaconda (1997) · Oct 2, 2025
Tales from the Hood: A Dead Seriously Good Film
Tales from the Hood (1995) · Sep 25, 2025
Worst of the Worlds (War of the Worlds review)
War of the Worlds (2005) · Sep 14, 2025
Friday After Next: Enter Katt Williams (encore)
Friday After Next (2002) · Sep 3, 2025
Judgment Night: Significant Soundtrack, Forgettable Film
Judgment Night (1993) · Aug 29, 2025
Herb + Harvard + Hijinx = How High (encore)
How High (2001) · Aug 20, 2025
The most dramatic transformation in hip hop (Are We There Yet?)
Are We There Yet? (2005) · Jul 24, 2025
No dreams are too small (In the Heights)
In the Heights (2021) · Jul 10, 2025
The importance of breakin' in hip hop culture: The Freshest Kids
Avatar: Fire and Ash (2025) · Jul 3, 2025
Beat Street (encore presentation)
Beat Street (1984) · Jun 19, 2025
Is "80 Blocks from Tiffany's" essential viewing for the hip hop fan?
Murderbot (2023) · May 30, 2025
Rubble Kings: How the South Bronx gang scene gave birth to hip hop
Rubble Kings (2015) · May 24, 2025
Above the Rim (rebroadcast)
Above the Rim (1994) · Apr 30, 2025
Can DJay make it big as a pimp-turned-rapper?
Hustle & Flow (2005) · Apr 23, 2025
Bonus: The Central Park Five
The Central Park Five (2012) · Apr 14, 2025
Our review of Beats, Rhyme and Life: The Travels of A Tribe Called Quest
HHMC Rewind: Belly
Belly (1998) · Feb 27, 2025
Rebroadcast: Breakin'
Breakin' (1984) · Feb 5, 2025
How impactful was You Got Served?
You Got Served (2004) · Jan 29, 2025
Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo (rebroadcast)
Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo (1984) · Jan 15, 2025
Should you add Last Holiday to your holiday movie list? (Yes!)
Last Holiday (2006) · Jan 2, 2025
The Hip Hop Nutcracker (encore presentation)
The Hip Hop Nutcracker (2022) · Dec 26, 2024
Dashing Through the Snow (encore presentation)
Dashing Through the Snow (2021) · Dec 19, 2024
Where does "Friday After Next" rank in the Friday movie trilogy?
Friday After Next (2002) · Nov 29, 2024
Boyz N the Hood: the sociological and cultural impacts of a classic
Boyz n the Hood (1991) · Nov 25, 2024
Do the Right Thing vs. Boyz N the Hood: Which one is more relevant? (Rebroadcast)
Boyz n the Hood (1991) · Nov 13, 2024
Do the Right Thing vs. Boyz N the Hood: Which one is more relevant? (Rebroadcast)
Do the Right Thing (1989) · Nov 13, 2024
The Surprising History of Hip Hop at Rider University
Boyz n the Hood (1991) · Nov 11, 2024
Boyz n the Hood (rebroadcast)
Boyz n the Hood (1991) · Oct 30, 2024
The film and TV career of Ice Cube
Boyz n the Hood (1991) · Oct 11, 2024
8 Mile (Rebroadcast)
8 Mile (2002) · Sep 16, 2024
Do the Right Thing vs. Boyz N the Hood: Which one is more relevant?
Boyz n the Hood (1991) · Sep 4, 2024
Do the Right Thing vs. Boyz N the Hood: Which one is more relevant?
Do the Right Thing (1989) · Sep 4, 2024
Full Force, House Party and Hip Hop Worldwide
House Party (1990) · Aug 10, 2024
HHMC Rewind: House Party (1990)
House Party (1990) · Aug 1, 2024
No dreams are too small: In The Heights
In the Heights (2021) · Jul 10, 2024
Is "Next Friday" equally as funny as the original?
Next Friday (2000) · Jul 4, 2024
Go back and watch the original Bad Boys!
Bad Boys (1995) · Jun 26, 2024
"State Property" was brutal!
State Property (2002) · Jun 19, 2024
Does "Fear of a Black Hat" hold up after all these years?
Fear of a Black Hat (1994) · Jun 12, 2024
Set It Off (Rebroadcast)
Set It Off (1996) · Jun 5, 2024
Skateboarding and Hip Hop: A review of All the Streets Are Silent (2021)
Is 1999's The Wood worth watching? (Spoiler alert: Yes!)
The Wood (1999) · May 23, 2024
HHMC Rewind: Breakin'
Breakin' (1984) · May 2, 2024
Set It Off is a groundbreaking film. Here's why.
Set It Off (1996) · Apr 17, 2024
Krush Groovin', Body Movin': Krush Groove screening/live talkback at SteelStacks
Krush Groove (1985) · Apr 4, 2024
Rebroadcast: Krush Groove
Krush Groove (1985) · Mar 20, 2024
The Underdoggs (2024)
The Underdoggs (2024) · Feb 8, 2024
Why is Wild Style required viewing for hip-hop fans? (With Andrew "DJ ARM 18" McIntosh)
Wild Style (1982) · Jan 31, 2024
Just Wright (2010)
Just Wright (2010) · Jan 24, 2024
Wild Style (1983) Rebroadcast
Wild Style (1982) · Jan 17, 2024
Get Rich or Die Tryin' (2005)
Get Rich or Die Tryin' (2005) · Jan 13, 2024
Hustle & Flow (2005)
Hustle & Flow (2005) · Jan 4, 2024
Menace II Society (1993)
Menace II Society (1993) · Dec 27, 2023
Dashing Through the Snow
Dashing Through the Snow (2021) · Dec 15, 2023
Dashing Through the Snow
Dashing Through the Snow (2023) · Dec 15, 2023
In Too Deep
In Too Deep (1999) · Dec 7, 2023
Ladies First: A Story of Women in Hip-Hop (Part 1)
Ladies First (2026) · Nov 8, 2023
Dear Mama: The Saga of Afeni and Tupac Shakur (Part 3)
Dear Mama... (2021) · Sep 27, 2023
Hip Hop 50th Anniversary: Beat Street
Beat Street (1984) · Aug 11, 2023
You People
You People (2023) · Jul 5, 2023
On the Come Up
On the Come Up (2022) · Jun 21, 2023
Malibu's Most Wanted
Malibu's Most Wanted (2003) · May 24, 2023
Soul Plane
Soul Plane (2004) · May 16, 2023
I Got The Hook-Up (1998)
I Got the Hook-Up (1998) · Apr 26, 2023
Roxanne Roxanne
Roxanne Roxanne (2017) · Mar 15, 2023
Notorious
Notorious (2009) · Mar 2, 2023
Krush Groove
Krush Groove (1985) · Feb 1, 2023
Straight Outta Compton
Straight Outta Compton (2015) · Jan 19, 2023
Paid In Full
Paid in Full (2002) · Dec 28, 2022
The Hip Hop Nutcracker - Bonus Episode
The Hip Hop Nutcracker (2022) · Dec 21, 2022
New Jack City
New Jack City (1991) · Dec 14, 2022
Boyz n the Hood
Boyz n the Hood (1991) · Nov 16, 2022
Untold: The Rise and Fall of AND1
Untold: The Rise and Fall of AND1 (2022) · Nov 9, 2022
Poetic Justice
Poetic Justice (1993) · Nov 2, 2022
Brown Sugar
Brown Sugar (2002) · Oct 5, 2022
Above the Rim
Above the Rim (1994) · Sep 21, 2022
Do The Right Thing (Part 2)
Do the Right Thing (1989) · Sep 7, 2022
Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood
House Party
House Party (1990) · Jul 20, 2022
Disorderlies
Disorderlies (1987) · Jul 6, 2022
Hip Hop Movie Club - Style Wars
Style Wars (1984) · Jun 8, 2022
Hip Hop Movie Club - Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo
Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo (1984) · May 25, 2022
Hip Hop Movie Club - Wild Style
Wild Style (1982) · Apr 27, 2022
Hip Hop Movie Club - Beat Street
Beat Street (1984) · Apr 13, 2022