Ice Cube Filmography

The Longshots

Crew: Producer

Actors: Ice Cube, Keke Palmer, Tasha Smith, Jill Marie Jones, Dash Mihok, Miles Chandler

Synopsis: Ice Cube stars in this true story of a former football player who takes his 11-year-old niece (Keke Palmer) under his wing to become her league's first female quarterback. Limp Bizkit's Fred Durst signed on to direct from a script by Nick Santora and Doug Atchison for Dimension Films. ~ Jeremy Read More

First Sunday

Crew: Producer

Actors: Ice Cube, Katt Williams, Tracy Morgan, Loretta Devine, Michael Beach

Synopsis: Gospel-minded playwright David E. Talbert produces, writes, and directs this urban crime comedy concerning a pair of criminals who take a group of church parishioners hostage while attempting to rob the holy house, only to find their captives slowly convincing them to repent and give up their Read More

Tough Love

Crew: Producer

Actors: Ice Cube

Synopsis: When a hard-nosed NFL star realizes that his kids have grown up to become spoiled brats, he determines to toughen them up by making them spend their summer on the mean streets of Oakland, CA, in this comedy inspired by the story of New England Patriots footballer Tebucky Jones. Though the Read More

10

Actors: Ice Cube

Synopsis: Ice Cube is unwillingly thrown into a game of death in this adaptation of Boom! Studios' comic series 10 for Dimension Films. Gustin Nash and Jesse Cale supply the script for the film, while the Weinstein Co. and MGM serve as distributors. ~ Jeremy Wheeler, All Movie Guide Read More

Are We Done Yet?

Crew: Producer

Actors: Ice Cube, Nia Long, John C. McGinley, Aleisha Allen, Philip Daniel Bolden

Synopsis: Having decided to ditch the city in favor of the suburbs, a newly formed family purchases a quaint "fixer-upper" that proves to be more trouble than they could have ever anticipated in a rollicking family comedy that's half sequel to Are We There Yet?, and half remake of Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House Read More

Street Bangaz

Actors: Method Man, Redman

Synopsis: Hip hop is alive and well on the streets of New York City, and in this documentary viewers are offered a tantalizing glimpse into the way this popular musical form continues to grow and evolve. From the current beefs to the upcoming stars and newly integrated styles, it's all fair game as such Read More

Teacher of the Year

Crew: Producer

Russell Simmons Presents: Hip Hop Laws of Success

Synopsis: Russell Simmons Presents: Hip Hop Laws of Success features the rap music mogul offering a variety of practical hints and tips on how to build a career in the music business. Also offering suggestions are such rap luminaries as ce Cube, LL Cool J, Jay-Z, and Sean Combs. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Read More

Black. White. [TV Series]

Crew: Executive Producer

XXX: State of the Union

Actors: Ice Cube, Willem Dafoe, Scott Speedman, Peter Strauss, Samuel L. Jackson

Synopsis: A new renegade fighter rises to defend the United States from an internal threat in this action thriller. Augustus Gibbons (Samuel L. Jackson) of the National Security Agency has successfully dealt with a number of threats to America's safety, but he faces a whole new challenge when he discovers a Read More

Beauty Shop

Crew: Executive Producer

Actors: Kevin Bacon, Andie MacDowell, Alicia Silverstone, Mena Suvari, Paige Hurd, Queen Latifah

Synopsis: While the men of Barbershop and Barbershop 2 have plenty to mouth off about, they may have met their match in the female staff and clientele of a nearby beauty shop. Directed by Bille Woodruff, Beauty Shop revolves around these women led by Gina (Queen Latifah), who opened Beauty Shop to give all Read More

Are We There Yet?

Crew: Producer

Actors: Ice Cube, Nia Long, Jay Mohr, M.C. Gainey, Aleisha Allen, Philip Daniel Bolden

Synopsis: Rapper and actor Ice Cube shows off his softer side in this family-friendly comedy. Nick Persons (Ice Cube) is a dealer in sports collectibles who has fallen for beautiful executive Suzanne Kingston (Nia Long). However, Nick discovers he has a bigger task than just winning her over -- Suzanne is a Read More

Sierra Leone's Refugee All Stars

Crew: Executive Producer

Actors: Reuben M. Koroma, Francis John Langba, Abdul Rahim Kamara, Efuah Grace, Alhadji Jefferey Kamara

Synopsis: Compared frequently to Wim Wenders's Buena Vista Social Club (1998), the thoughtful and heartfelt documentary Sierra Leone's Refugee All Stars (2005) combines the musical elements of that earlier work with a distinctly uplifting and optimistic sociopolitical undercurrent. The story begins in the Read More

Barbershop [TV Series]

Crew: Executive Producer

Actors: Omar Gooding, Gbenga Akinnagbe, Anna Brown, Wes Chatham, Leslie Elliard, Barry "Shabaka" Henley, Toni Trucks, Dan White

Barbershop 2: Back in Business

Crew: Executive Producer

Actors: Ice Cube, Cedric the Entertainer, Sean Patrick Thomas, Eve, Troy Garity

Synopsis: Kevin Rodney Sullivan steps in to direct the urban comedy sequel Barbershop 2: Back in Business. The whole gang -- Eddie (Cedric the Entertainer), Jimmy James (Sean Patrick Thomas), Terri (Eve), Isaac (Troy Garity), Ricky (Michael Ealy), and Dinka (Leonard Earl Howze) -- are still there in the Read More

Torque

Actors: Martin Henderson, Ice Cube, Monet Mazur, Adam Scott, Matt Schulze, Jaime Pressly, Jay Hernandez

Synopsis: Shelved for almost a full year, the feature-film debut of acclaimed music video director Joseph Kahn, Torque is an action thriller set in the fast-paced, high-adrenaline world of biker gangs. Martin Henderson (The Ring) stars as Cary, a biker who is framed for the murder of a gang leader Trey's (Ice Cube Read More

Beef II

Synopsis: Documentary filmmaker Peter Spirer directed this follow-up to his film Beef. Just like the first movie, Beef II studies the many feuds that both fuel and plague the world of hip-hop music. Featuring narration by actor Keith David (Platoon, Clockers), the film features interview with such rap stars Read More

The N Word

Synopsis: The biggest names in show business come together to offer their opinions on one of the most inflammatory words in the English language in filmmaker Todd Williams' revealing and thought-provoking documentary. In its long and complex history, the word "nigger" has gone from a cutting and derogatory Read More

Ice Cube: The Videos, Vol. 1

Actors: Ice Cube

Synopsis: Featuring 15 of rapper Ice Cube's early music videos and old school hits, Ice Cube: The Videos, Vol. 1 includes "It Was A Good Day," "Really Doe," "Who's The Mack?," "Dead Homiez," "Check Yo Self," and many more. This collection is strictly comprised of music videos, and contains no interview or Read More

Ice Cube: The Making of a Don - Unauthorized

Synopsis: Ice Cube: The Making of a Don -- Unauthorized is an unauthorized biography about the life of rap-star/movie mogul Ice Cube. The film charts his idiosyncratic career trajectory from rapper in N.W.A to a successful actor and then director and writer. As this documentary is unauthorized no original Read More

Chuck D's Hip Hop Hall of Fame, Vol. 1

Synopsis: Public Enemy front-man Chuck D. joins forces with hip hop powerhouse Rapstation to offer an informed look at the people, music, and videos that define the current rap scene in a video magazine that seeks to be as formative as it is entertaining. In addition to revealing conversations with some of Read More

Friday After Next

Crew: Producer, Screenwriter

Actors: K.D. Aubert, Terry Crews, Don "DC" Curry, Bebe Drake, Starletta DuPois

Synopsis: The gang from Friday and Next Friday are back in this urban comedy, in which Craig (Ice Cube) and Day-Day (Mike Epps) have finally moved out of their respective parents' homes and gotten an apartment together. However, a bogus neighborhood Santa Claus (Rickey Smiley) decides to help Craig and Read More

Barbershop

Actors: Ice Cube, Anthony Anderson, Cedric the Entertainer, Sean Patrick Thomas, Troy Garity

Synopsis: Calvin (Ice Cube) never wanted to take over the family business, a barbershop on the south side of Chicago. Disgusted with the shop's crime-ridden neighborhood, and caught up in his moneymaking schemes, one morning Calvin decides to sell the shop to the shady Lester (Keith David). Chastised by his Read More

All About the Benjamins

Crew: Producer, Screenwriter

Actors: Ice Cube, Mike Epps, Eva Mendes, Tommy Flanagan, Carmen Chaplin, Anthony Michael Hall

Synopsis: Rap star and actor Ice Cube produces, co-writes, and stars in this comic crime thriller that reunites him with his Next Friday (1999) co-star Mike Epps in the 48 Hrs. (1982) mold. Cube plays Bucum Jackson, a Miami bounty hunter for Martinez Bail Bonds who's tired of his dangerous, unprofitable Read More

Mack 10: Ghetto Gutter & Gangsta

Actors: Mack 10, Ice Cube, MC Eiht, Dub C

Synopsis: True life gangster Mack 10 brings the West Coast hardcore style home in this video featuring performances by Ice Cube, MC Eiht, and Dub C and featuring footage of the hottest street girls and the lowest low-riders. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide Read More

John Carpenter's Ghosts of Mars

Actors: Ice Cube, Natasha Henstridge, Jason Statham, Pam Grier

Synopsis: Writer and director John Carpenter returns to the mixture of science fiction and horror that made The Thing (1982) a success. Natasha Henstridge stars as Lt. Melanie Ballard of the Martian Police Force, a member of a law enforcement team two centuries in the future, dispatched to the remote colony Read More

Next Friday

Crew: Producer, Screenwriter

Actors: Ice Cube, Mike Epps, Justin Pierce, John Witherspoon, Don "DC" Curry

Synopsis: In this sequel to the urban comedy Friday, rap music star Ice Cube returns as Craig Jones, a streetwise man from South Central Los Angeles who has a knack for getting into trouble. This time out, Craig is still trying to outsmart neighborhood bully Debo (Tommy "Tiny" Lister Jr.); after Craig gets Read More

And Ya Don't Stop: Hip Hop's Greatest Videos, Vol. 1

Synopsis: And Ya Don't Stop: Hip Hop's Greatest Videos collects a dozen music videos that all helped define one of the most popular music forms in the last two decades of the twentieth century. Included are such seminal clips as Public Enemy's "Fight the Power," N.W.A.'s "Straight Outta Compton," House of Read More

The Up in Smoke Tour

Synopsis: Eagle Vision presents this concert film, capturing on-stage performances from the controversial and wildly successful Up in Smoke Tour. Hip-hop mega-stars Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Ice Cube, and Eminem perform some of their best-known songs and are captured off-stage in exclusive home videos in this Read More

Thicker Than Water

Actors: Mack 10, Fat Joe, Ice Cube, MC Eiht, CJ Mac, Big Punisher

Synopsis: A stellar roster of hip-hop performers star in this streetwise story about a pair of gang-bangers who want to channel their energies into music, but soon discover how hard it can be to leave their old lives behind. DJ (Mack 10) and Lonzo (Fat Joe) are members of rival street gangs in inner-city Read More

Three Kings

Actors: George Clooney, Mark Wahlberg, Ice Cube, Spike Jonze, Nora Dunn

Synopsis: Three stars team up for this unusual look at America's role in the war against Iraq. In 1991, as the Gulf War winds to a close, three American servicemen find themselves happy to have achieved victory but wondering about the ultimate importance of what they've done (especially since Saddam Hussein Read More

Straight from the Streets

Synopsis: Straight from the Streets chronicles some of the milestones that faced the African-American community during the early '90s, beginning with the Los Angeles riots of 1992 and concluding with the Million Man March of 1995; however, the focus of the film is not so much on the events themselves, but Read More

I Got The Hook-Up

Actors: Master P, A.J. Johnson, Gretchen Palmer, Frantz Turner, Tom "Tiny" Lister, Jr.

Synopsis: Recording star and rapper Master P is the executive producer, screenwriter, and co-star (with A.J. Johnson of The Players Club) of this comedy about two South Central Los Angeles scam artists operating a business in a vacant lot. Working out of their van, Black (Master P) and Blue (Johnson) deal Read More

The Players Club

Crew: Director, Executive Producer, Screenwriter

Actors: LisaRaye, Bernie Mac, Monica Calhoun, A.J. Johnson, Ice Cube

Synopsis: Rapper/ actor Ice Cube directed this urban comedy-drama about African-American single mother Diana (Lisa Raye), who aims for a career as a broadcast journalist. To finance her education, she works as a stripper at the raucous Players Club, run by hustler Dollar Bill (Bernie Mac). When naive Ebony (Monica Calhoun Read More

The Family Values Tour '98

Synopsis: Sony presents this concert film, featuring live stage clips from the 1998 run of Korn's Family Values Tour music festival. The performances on The Family Values Tour '98 include Korn doing "Got the Life," "Blind," "A.D.I.D.A.S.," "All in the Family," "Children of the Korn," and "Faget"; Limp Read More

Dangerous Ground

Crew: Executive Producer

Actors: Ice Cube, Elizabeth Hurley, Ving Rhames, Eric Miyeni

Synopsis: In this drama, a South African exile returns to his homeland to find that justice hasn't brought peace. Vusi Madlazi (Ice Cube) is a student and political activist living in San Francisco; he was born in South Africa, but his connection to anti-apartheid rebels made his family fear for his life Read More

Anaconda

Actors: Don La Fontaine, Jennifer Lopez, Ice Cube, Jon Voight, Eric Stoltz, Jonathan Hyde

Synopsis: A group of filmmakers looking for a lost native tribe instead find a man-eating monster in this thriller. Terri Flores (Jennifer Lopez) is a documentary filmmaker on assignment to make a film about the Shirishama Indians of the Amazon, a mysterious tribe known as "the People of the Mists." As Read More

Higher Learning

Actors: Laurence Fishburne, Tyra Banks, Busta Rhymes, Omar Epps, Kristy Swanson, Michael Rapaport, Jennifer Connelly, Ice Cube

Synopsis: This drama examines the personal, political, and racial dilemmas facing a group of college freshmen as they begin their first semester at Columbus University. Malik (Omar Epps) is an African-American student attending on a track scholarship; academics are not his strong suit, and he goes in Read More

Friday

Crew: Producer, Screenwriter

Actors: Ice Cube, Chris Tucker, Nia Long, Tom "Tiny" Lister, Jr., John Witherspoon

Synopsis: Hard-core rapper Ice Cube, after appearing in such hard-hitting films as Boyz 'N the Hood and Higher Learning, played his first comic role in this picture he co-wrote with frequent musical collaborator DJ Pooh. Craig (Ice Cube) manages to get fired on his day off (though he claims it's through no Read More

Darker Side of Black

Synopsis: This British documentary observes the socio-cultural, and political influences of rap and raggea (a combination between reggae and rap) music upon black pop culture and vice versa. The film has a special focus upon the increasing tendency for the songs to express anti-gay sentiments. Included are Read More

The Glass Shield

Actors: Michael Boatman, Lori Petty, Ice Cube, Michael Ironside, Richard Anderson

Synopsis: In this crime drama, an honest lawman has to decide where his loyalties lie in a corrupt system. All his life, J.J. (Michael Boatman) has dreamed of being a cop, and after graduating from the Police Academy, he gets his wish, becoming the first African-American policeman based out of Los Angeles' Read More

CB4: The Movie

Actors: Chris Rock, Allen Payne, Deezer D, Chris Elliott, Phil Hartman

Synopsis: Comedian Chris Rock stars in this scattershot satire of rap music in the vein of This Is Spinal Tap. This film within a film begins with A. White (Chris Elliot) screening a rough cut of a documentary he has made of the notorious CB4 rap group -- consisting of group leader Albert, also know as MC Read More

Trespass

Actors: Bill Paxton, Ice-T, Bill Sadler, Ice Cube, Art Evans

Synopsis: Maverick director Walter Hill, who had a big hit with 48 Hrs., indulges his customary yen for violent and disturbing scenes in this overlooked action film, which was also released under the name Looters. Set in the economically-depressed town of East St. Louis, IL, the film's release was delayed Read More

Pump It Up!: The Second Video

Synopsis: This video from the Fox television rap music show Pump It Up! includes musical numbers that were cut out of the original program. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

Boyz 'N the Hood

Actors: Cuba Gooding, Jr., Morris Chestnut, Ice Cube, Angela Bassett, Laurence Fishburne, Nia Long

Synopsis: Director John Singleton's debut chronicles the trials and tribulations of three young African-American males growing up in South Central Los Angeles. When young Tre (Cuba Gooding Jr.), a bright underachiever, begins to show signs of trouble, his struggling professional mother (Angela Basset) sends Read More

Slammin' Rap, Video Magazine, Vol. 2

The Freshman

Crew: Songwriter

Actors: Matthew Broderick, Marlon Brando, Bruno Kirby, Penelope Ann Miller, Frank Whaley, Paul Benedict

Synopsis: In this farcical comedy, Matthew Broderick plays Clark Kellogg, an aspiring director who arrives in New York City to attend film school. However, moments after he arrives in the city, he's robbed by Victor Ray (Bruno Kirby), leaving him no money for the $700 in books required by his instructor Read More

Without You I'm Nothing

Crew: Songwriter

Actors: Sandra Bernhard, Steve Antin, Lu Leonard, Ken Foree

Synopsis: In this stylized adaptation of her 1988 off-Broadway show, singer/actress/comedian Sandra Bernhard explores celebrity, stereotypes, and her own childhood in a series of monologues and musical numbers. Although much of the material comes straight from the original stage show, Bernhard and co-writer John Boskovich Read More