Nia Long films, ranked by your taste

Actor · 22 films on Boxlist

Known for Boyz n the Hood, Missing and Friday.

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Starring Nia Long

Boyz n the Hood
1991 · Film
7.6/10 · TMDB
Boyz n the Hood is the popular and successful film and social criticism from John Singleton about the conditions in South Central Los Angeles where teenagers are involved in gun fights and drug dealing on a daily basis.
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Missing
2023 · Film
7.7/10 · TMDB
When her mother disappears while on vacation in Colombia with her new boyfriend, June’s search for answers is hindered by international red tape. Stuck thousands of miles away in Los Angeles, June creatively uses all the latest technology...
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Friday
1995 · Film
7.1/10 · TMDB
Craig and Smokey are two guys in Los Angeles hanging out on their porch on a Friday afternoon, smoking and drinking, looking for something to do.
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The Banker
2020 · Film
7.6/10 · TMDB
In the 1960s, two entrepreneurs hatch an ingenious business plan to fight for housing integration—and equal access to the American Dream.
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Boiler Room
2000 · Film
6.7/10 · TMDB
A college dropout gets a job as a broker for a suburban investment firm and is on the fast track to success—but the job might not be as legitimate as it sounds.
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The Best Man
1999 · Film
6.7/10 · TMDB
After writing a soon-to-be bestselling novel, writer and committed bachelor Harper Stewart (Taye Diggs) attempts to hide the fact that his saucy new book is loosely based on the lives and loves of his tight-knit group of friends. Harper is...
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Keanu
2016 · Film
6.0/10 · TMDB
Friends hatch a plot to retrieve a stolen cat by posing as drug dealers for a street gang.
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Life in a Year
2020 · Film
8.4/10 · TMDB
A 17 year old finds out that his girlfriend is dying, so he sets out to give her an entire life, in the last year she has left.
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Michael
2026 · Film
8.7/10 · TMDB
The story of Michael Jackson, one of the most influential artists the world has ever known, and his life beyond the music. His journey from the discovery of his extraordinary talent as the lead of the Jackson Five, to the visionary artist...
The Best Man Holiday
2013 · Film
6.6/10 · TMDB
When college friends reunite after 15 years over the Christmas holidays, they discover just how easy it is for long-forgotten rivalries and romances to be reignited.
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Look Both Ways
2022 · Film
7.0/10 · TMDB
On the eve of her college graduation, Natalie's life diverges into two parallel realities: one in which she becomes pregnant and must navigate motherhood as a young adult in her Texas hometown, the other in which she moves to LA to pursue...
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The Broken Hearts Club: A Romantic Comedy
2000 · Film
6.6/10 · TMDB
A close-knit group of gay friends share the emotional roller coster of life, relationships, the death of friends, new beginnings, jealousy, fatherhood and professional success. At various stages of life's disarray, these young men share...
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You People
2023 · Film
5.8/10 · TMDB
A new couple and their families reckon with modern love amid culture clashes, societal expectations and generational differences.
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47 Meters Down: Uncaged
2019 · Film
5.7/10 · TMDB
Four teenage girls go on a diving adventure to explore a submerged Mayan city. Once inside, their rush of excitement turns into a jolt of terror as they discover the sunken ruins are a hunting ground for deadly great white sharks. With...
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Stigmata
1999 · Film
6.2/10 · TMDB
A young woman with no strong religious beliefs, Frankie Paige begins having strange and violent experiences, showing signs of the wounds that Jesus received when crucified. When the Vatican gets word of Frankie's situation, a high-ranking...
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Premonition
2007 · Film
6.3/10 · TMDB
A depressed housewife who learns her husband was killed in a car accident the day previously, awakens the next morning to find him alive and well at home, and then awakens the day after to a world in which he is still dead.
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Big Momma's House
2000 · Film
5.8/10 · TMDB
When a street-smart FBI agent is sent to Georgia to protect a beautiful single mother and her son from an escaped convict, he is forced to impersonate a crass Southern granny known as Big Momma in order to remain incognito.
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Fatal Affair
2020 · Film
5.8/10 · TMDB
Ellie tries to mend her marriage with her husband Marcus after a brief encounter with an old friend, David, only to find that David is more dangerous and unstable than she'd realized.
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The Single Moms Club
2014 · Film
6.0/10 · TMDB
A group of single moms are brought together in the aftermath of an incident at their children's school.
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Big Momma's House 2
2006 · Film
5.8/10 · TMDB
FBI agent Malcolm Turner goes back undercover as Big Momma, a slick-talking, slam-dunking Southern granny with attitude to spare! Now this granny must play nanny to three dysfunctional upper class kids in order to spy on their computer...
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Are We There Yet?
2005 · Film
5.6/10 · TMDB
The fledgling romance between Nick, a playboy bachelor, and Suzanne, a divorced mother of two, is threatened by a particularly harrowing New Years Eve. When Suzanne's work keeps her in Vancouver for the holiday, Nick offers to bring her...
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Are We Done Yet?
2007 · Film
5.7/10 · TMDB
Newlyweds Nick and Suzanne decide to move to the suburbs to provide a better life for their two kids. But their idea of a dream home is disturbed by a contractor with a bizarre approach to business.
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