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Straight Outta Compton
Directed by
F. Gary Gray
R
2015
2h 27m
Drama
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Biography
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and more
7.8
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The rap group NWA emerges from the mean streets of Compton in the mid-1980s and revolutionizes hip-hop culture with their music and tales about life in the hood.
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Cast of Straight Outta Compton
O'Shea Jackson Jr.
Ice Cube
Corey Hawkins
Dr. Dre
Jason Mitchell
Eazy-E
Neil Brown Jr.
DJ Yella
Aldis Hodge
MC Ren
Marlon Yates Jr.
D.O.C.
R. Marcos Taylor
Suge Knight
Carra Patterson
Tomica
Alexandra Shipp
Kim
Paul Giamatti
Jerry Heller
Elena Goode
Nicole
Keith Powers
Tyree
Joshua Brockington
Young Warren G
Sheldon A. Smith
Warren G
LaKeith Stanfield
Snoop Dogg
Cleavon McClendon
Jinx
Aeriél Miranda
Lavetta
Lisa Renee Pitts
Verna Griffin
Angela Elayne Gibbs
Doris Jackson
Bruce Beatty
Hosea Jackson
Corey Reynolds
Lonzo Williams
Tate Ellington
Bryan Turner
Rogelio Douglas Jr.
Chuck D
Andrew Borba
Journalist
Matt Corboy
Journalist
Larry Sullivan
Journalist
Deborah Lacey
Journalist
F. Gary Gray
Greg Mack
Allen Maldonado
Tone
Demetrius Grosse
Rock
Michael 'Compton Menace' Taylor
OG Blood
Ashton Sanders
Kid
Joshua Geter
Kid
Kofi Siriboe
Block Dude
Orlando Brown
Block Dude
Matthew Boylan
LAPD Crash Cop
Chic Daniel
LAPD Crash Cop
Tim Connolly
LAPD Cop
Cris D'Annunzio
Uniform Cop
Dan Wells
Uniform Cop
Justin Goslee
Doo To's Security Guard
Alex Wexo
Officer
Marcus Callender
HBO Rapper
Vaughn Wilkinson
HBO Rapper
Dean Cameron
Capitol Records Executive
Mark Thomas Holguin
Torrance Cop
Sky Soleil
Torrance Cop
Inny Clemons
Torrance Officer Rauch
Jody Burks
Big Dude
Asia'h Epperson
Felicia
Scott Endicott
Tour Bus Driver
Greg Collins
Joe Louis Police
Mark Sherman
Jimmy Iovine
Rob Brownstein
CNN Journalist
Marcc Rose
Tupac Shakur
Water L
Guy with Dog
Nigel Lawes
Chillin' Cop
William LaDawn English
Goon
Lazarus Guidry
Poor Bastard
Ariel Rogers
Goon Girl
LaFrazia D. Knighten
Suge's Pit Handler
Ashley Stepteau
Street Interviewee
Christian Brown
Street Interviewee
Ebony Randall
Street Interviewee
John Prosky
Young Doctor
Derrick L. McMillon
Ron Sweeney
A. Russell Andrews
Pastor
Lesean Tarkington
Pastor
Rob Nagle
LAPD Westwood
Travis Nicholson
Georgia Officer
Todd Quillen
Alabama Officer
Matthew Downs
Missouri Officer
Leo Stallworth
News Reporter
Joy Benedict
News Reporter
David L. Cox
Blood
Thomas Q. Jones
Large Man
Toni Duclottni
Ménage Girl
Phedra Syndelle
Ménage Girl
Val Emanuel
Girl
Spencer Melville
Girl
Michael W. Broomer
Bus Driver
Zee James
Tasha
Natascha Hopkins
Keisha
Simon Rhee
Korean Store Owner
Keion Adams
Boulevard King (uncredited)
Benjamin Levy Aguilar
Protester (uncredited)
Aswad Ali
Lynch Mob Security (uncredited)
Diana Atai
Studio Patron (uncredited)
Thomas R. Baker
Teamster Union Driver (uncredited)
Cassandra Bautista
Protester / Looter (uncredited)
Dave Bean
Officer (uncredited)
Brian Bell
Concert Goer (uncredited)
Melissa Bidgoli
Club Girl (uncredited)
Dakota Black
Rap Patron (uncredited)
Ashanna Bri
Big Dave's Girlfriend (uncredited)
David Anthony Buglione
Death Row Employee (uncredited)
Charity Caldwell
Pool Party Girl (uncredited)
Tonya T. Cannon
Reporter (uncredited)
Kadrolsha Ona Carole
Press (uncredited)
Menah Carter
Protester / Concert Fan (uncredited)
Bryan Casserly
Pool Party Guest (uncredited)
Steve Troublesome Castillo
Eazy-E Fan (uncredited)
Rey Castro
Audience Member (uncredited)
Leonel Claude
NWA Fan (uncredited)
Anna Clols
Gorgeous Girl (uncredited)
David Cohen
Press (uncredited)
Shanae Cole
Club Dancer (uncredited)
Shaniece Cole
News Reporter (uncredited)
Callen David
Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
Kelsey Delemar
Pool Party Girl (uncredited)
Julius Denem
Dude (uncredited)
David Donah
Police Officer (uncredited)
Greg Duncan
SWAT Officer (uncredited)
Michael Eauslin
Police Officer (uncredited)
Fernando Edwards
Thug (uncredited)
Arturo Encinas
Concert Custodian (uncredited)
Scott Engrotti
Looter (uncredited)
Vi Faulkner
Promoter (uncredited)
Suzanne Sumner Ferry
Mare, Record Label Employee (uncredited)
Ciera Foster
Super Fan (uncredited)
Americo Galli
Football Jock (uncredited)
Khalid Ghajji
ATL Crew Member (uncredited)
Brian Gilleece
Cameraman (uncredited)
Tekin Girgin
Tekin (uncredited)
David Greyson
Pedestrian (uncredited)
Phillipos Haile
Death Row Employee (uncredited)
Benicio Hall
Darrell Jackson (uncredited)
Joe P. Harris
Extra (uncredited)
Krystal M. Harris
No Vaseline Girl #1 (uncredited)
David S. Robinson Hicks
Vigil Mourner (uncredited)
Solange Hordatt
Press (uncredited)
India Howard
Topless Woman (uncredited)
Michael L. Howard
Pool Party Patron (uncredited)
Jahmilla Jackson
Concert Attendee (uncredited)
Precious Jenkins
Go Mack (uncredited)
Dwayne Marion Johnson
Bouncer (uncredited)
Jason Johnson
Stage Manager (uncredited)
Jessica Juarez
Cashier (uncredited)
Steve Kaufmann
Bouncer (uncredited)
Samantha Kelly
Pendleton's Girl (uncredited)
David Dustin Kenyon
Concert Security (uncredited)
Slim Khezri
Club Patron (uncredited)
Tiffany Kimbrough
Concert Goer (uncredited)
Ina-Alice Kopp
Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
J. Kristopher
Lay Law (uncredited)
Ray Leonard, Jr.
Orderly (uncredited)
Jamaal Lewis
HBO Rapper (uncredited)
Blu Lindsey
Eazy-E's Brother (uncredited)
Wilfred Lopez
Attorney (uncredited)
Ron Lunceford
NWA Studio Tech (uncredited)
Mota Maria
Club Patron (uncredited)
Jaron Marquis
T-Shirt Vendor (uncredited)
Newton Mayenge
Car Driver (uncredited)
Brian Metran
Club Attendee (uncredited)
Tsion Mitchell
Hero Woman (uncredited)
Lex Montgomery
Blood (uncredited)
Lawrence Moran
Sgt. Moore (uncredited)
Phillip O’Riley
Protester / Concert Goer (uncredited)
David Pearl
Hotel Guest (uncredited)
Oscar Pereida
Concert Goer (uncredited)
Chauntae Pink
Suge's Girl (uncredited)
Ladell Preston
Shorty (uncredited)
Sean Quezada
Police Officer (uncredited)
Jamal Quezaire
Rapper (uncredited)
Diezel Ramos
Thug (uncredited)
Xu Razer
Club Patron (uncredited)
Phillip Ristaino
Protester (uncredited)
Jana Ritter
Protester (uncredited)
Toryan Rogers
Protective Boyfriend (uncredited)
Vince Romo
Looter (uncredited)
Alex Roth
Bev Hills High Girl (uncredited)
Kimberly Ryans
Concert Attendee (uncredited)
Philicia Saunders
Club Goer (uncredited)
Carmina Scarpa
Pool Party Guest (uncredited)
Caileigh Scott
Hostess (uncredited)
Prince Shah
Pool Party Guest (uncredited)
Rick Silver
Police Officer (uncredited)
''Knife'' Sotelo
Concert Goer (uncredited)
Jimmy Star
Record Mogul (uncredited)
Maria Sten
Girlfriend (uncredited)
Franklin J. Sterns
Record Mogul (uncredited)
Philly Swain
Rap Fan (uncredited)
Bogdan Szumilas
Jim (uncredited)
Yatoya Toy
Skater Fan (uncredited)
Steve Turner
Keith Shocklee (uncredited)
David Ulmer
Groupie Security (uncredited)
Lauren Daisy White
Pool Party Girl (uncredited)
Leland White
Lench Mob / Bodyguard (uncredited)
Sierra Meshele Williams
Girl 2 (uncredited)
Tyron Woodley
Terry 'T-Bone' Gray (uncredited)
Mercedes Young
Dancer (uncredited)
David McClellan
News Reporter (uncredited)
Straight Outta Compton Ratings & Reviews
Eric Bakke
January 26, 2025
As someone who isn’t a fan of excessive swearing in movies, I knew Straight Outta Compton would be a tough watch for me. But once I got past the 392 F-words, I was genuinely impressed by how the film highlighted N.W.A.’s complicated legacy and the profound impact their music had in addressing police brutality and systemic racism.
ChristyLemire.com
Christy Lemire
It's very easy to imagine sing-along showings cropping up for years to come.
Baltimore Magazine
Max Weiss
The backdrop of Rodney King-era L.A and the realness and rawness of N.W.A.'s music, not to mention the passionate and heartfelt performances of the film's three young leads gives the film an undeniable power.
Bitch Media
Nijla Mu'min
Through the evocative lens of cinematographer Matthew Libatique, Gray illustrates the vibrancy and pain of this moment and, for the most part, does not leave out the contradictions.
Shadow and Act
Aramide Tinubu
The film is remarkable because of how deeply it will resonate with today's audience.
National Newspaper Publishers Association
Dwight Brown
This is a monster film. You will walk out feeling like you have been entertained, educated and emotionally fulfilled. Eight months into the year 2015, and this is the only perfect film that has hit the theaters. This is it.
Flavorwire
Jason Bailey
In spite of its many formal and structural flaws, 'Straight Outta Compton' works, because it captures a moment, and positions its music at the center of that moment.
leonardmaltin.com
Leonard Maltin
A group of talented young actors in a bio-pic that packs a punch in all the right places... eye-opening and compelling...
The New Yorker
Richard Brody
The core of the story is business, the object is power, and the quirks of desire and twists of the unconscious are given no place in the struggle-which the movie sharply carries ahead to the present day.
Movie Mezzanine
Charles Bramesco
...kind of exhilarating.
Slate
John Swansburg
While no one will mistake this for a protest film-there are too many pool parties-the movie's portrait of a militarized police force all too eager to assault young black men can't help but resonate in our own moment.
Salon.com
Andrew O'Hehir
A sprawling, overstuffed, formulaic but highly entertaining story of pop stardom and its discontents in which the pioneers of gangsta rap are burnished to a high mythological gloss.
Movie Mom
Nell Minow
The script is sharp, often funny, and compelling. It has one of the best ensemble casts of the year and the performances are superb.
Associated Press
Jake Coyle
Brashly winning and unapologetically self-serving.
New York Magazine/Vulture
David Edelstein
Straight Outta Compton aims to cross cultures and sanctify the wisdom of the street-to make a universal underdog story. It succeeds on a visceral level.
Detroit News
Adam Graham
Director F. Gary Gray has too big a story to tell, enough for a TV miniseries (or a season's worth of Behind the Music episodes), and you can see him straining to cram everything in even as the film stretches to the two-and-a-half hour mark.
Vanity Fair
Katey Rich
Straight Outta Compton earns its place in the pantheon of biopics that are good, just not as great as the artists who inspired them.
Grantland
Wesley Morris
Straight Outta Compton is so beholden to the appeasement of so many artists and legacies and estates that none of it coheres as a movie.
Chicago Reader
Tyler Daswick
This movie about a group of risk-takers should have taken more risks itself.
Newsday
Rafer Guzman
A riveting film about the birth of not just one rap group but an entire genre.
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New Talent
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Rise Of NWA
Rise Of NWA
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NWA's Impact
NWA's Impact
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A Look Inside
A Look Inside
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Family Legacy
Family Legacy
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What It's All About
What It's All About
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Straight Outta London
Straight Outta London
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Aldis Hodge On The Story
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Learning From The Master
Learning From The Master
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F. Gary Gray On The Movie
F. Gary Gray On The Movie
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Fab 5 Freddy Playing Legends
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Fab 5 Freddy Shooting In L.A.
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Fab 5 Freddy Tribute To Eazy E
Fab 5 Freddy Tribute To Eazy E
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Jason Mitchell On F. Gary Gray
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Soundtrack To The Riots Part 1
Soundtrack To The Riots Part 1
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Neil Brown Jr. On The Legacy Of N.W.A.
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