# What is the best Ice Cube movie?

> Hood dramas, stoner comedies and buddy-cop romps sit side by side here, and the fan favorites are not always the box office winners.

*By YPB Team · Published October 28, 2026 · https://youpick.best/ranking/what-is-the-best-ice-cube-movie*

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## Current results (no votes yet)

1. **Barbershop 2: Back in Business** — score 1000/1000
   2004 sequel in which Calvin fights a chain store opening across the street.
2. **Anaconda** — score 999/1000
   1997 creature feature about a documentary crew hunted by a giant snake in the Amazon.
3. **Next Friday** — score 881/1000
   2000 sequel that sends Craig to the suburbs with his cousin Day-Day.
4. **Boyz n the Hood** — score 810/1000
   John Singleton's 1991 South Central drama with Ice Cube's breakout performance as Doughboy.
5. **Friday** — score 787/1000
   1995 stoner comedy Ice Cube co-wrote and starred in as Craig, alongside Chris Tucker.
6. **Friday After Next** — score 713/1000
   2002 holiday-season finale of the Friday trilogy with Craig and Day-Day as security guards.
7. **Are We There Yet?** — score 630/1000
   2005 family comedy about a road trip with two kids who sabotage their mom's new boyfriend.
8. **All About the Benjamins** — score 630/1000
   2002 action comedy pairing Ice Cube's bounty hunter with Mike Epps in Miami.
9. **22 Jump Street** — score 629/1000
   2014 sequel that sends the undercover cops to college, with Captain Dickson along.
10. **21 Jump Street** — score 629/1000
   2012 action comedy with Ice Cube stealing scenes as the shouting Captain Dickson.
11. **Three Kings** — score 629/1000
   David O. Russell's 1999 Gulf War heist film with George Clooney and Mark Wahlberg.
12. **Ride Along** — score 533/1000
   2014 buddy-cop comedy with Ice Cube as a tough Atlanta detective and Kevin Hart as his would-be brother-in-law.
13. **The Players Club** — score 533/1000
   1998 comedy-drama Ice Cube wrote and directed, set in a Southern strip club.
14. **Trespass** — score 420/1000
   Walter Hill's 1992 thriller about firemen and gangsters chasing stolen gold in an abandoned factory.
15. **Barbershop** — score 420/1000
   2002 ensemble comedy about a South Side Chicago barbershop owned by Ice Cube's Calvin.
16. **Barbershop: The Next Cut** — score 420/1000
   2016 third Barbershop film that tackles gang violence in Chicago.
17. **Ride Along 2** — score 286/1000
   2016 sequel moving the mismatched cop duo to Miami.
18. **xXx: State of the Union** — score 286/1000
   2005 action sequel with Ice Cube as the new xXx agent.
19. **Higher Learning** — score 0/1000
   John Singleton's 1995 campus drama about race and identity at a fictional university.

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