Filmography: Mos Def

2022

jeen-yuhs: A Kanye Trilogy Act 1 ()Release Date: February 10, 2022
Cast: Kanye West, Jay-Z, Mos Def, Jermaine Dupri, Snoop Dogg
Director: Coodie & Chike

2014

Life of Crime (R)Release Date: August 29, 2014
Cast: Jennifer Aniston, Isla Fisher, Tim Robbins, John Hawkes, Will Forte
Director: Daniel Schechter
Writer: Elmore Leonard

Begin Again (R)Release Date: June 27, 2014
Cast: Keira Knightley, Mark Ruffalo, Hailee Steinfeld, Adam Levine, James Corden
Director: John Carney
Writer: John Carney

2012

Something From Nothing: The Art of Rap (R)Release Date: June 15, 2012
Cast: Mos Def, Eminem, Snoop Dogg, Ice-T, Kanye West
Director: Ice-T, Andy Baybutt

Re:Generation Music Project (NR)Release Date: February 16, 2012
Cast: Skillrex, DJ Premier, The Crystal Method, Pretty Lights, Mark Ronson
Director: Amir Bar-Lev

2011

Beats, Rhymes & Life: The Travels of a Tribe Called Quest (R)Release Date: July 8, 2011
Cast: Mary J. Blige, Common, Phife Dawg, De La Soul, Mos Def
Director: Michael Rapaport

2009

Next Day Air (R)Release Date: May 8, 2009
Cast: Mos Def, Donald Faison, Mike Epps, Wood Harris, Emilio Rivera
Director: Benny Boom
Writer: Blair Cobbs

2008

Cadillac Records (R)Release Date: December 5, 2008
Cast: Emmanuelle Chriqui, Adrien Brody, Gabrielle Union, Beyoncé Knowles, Mos Def
Director: Darnell Martin
Writer: Darnell Martin

2006

Journey to the End of the Night (R)Release Date: April 28, 2006
Cast: Brendan Fraser, Mos Def, Scott Glenn, Catalina Sandino Moreno, Matheus Nachtergaele
Director: Eric Eason
Writer: Eric Eason

16 Blocks (PG-13)Release Date: March 3, 2006
Cast: Bruce Willis, Mos Def, David Morse, Tig Fong, Cylk Cozart
Director: Richard Donner
Writer: Richard Wenk

2005

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (PG)Release Date: April 29, 2005
Cast: Bill Nighy, Martin Freeman, Mos Def, Zooey Deschanel, Sam Rockwell
Director: Garth Jennings
Writer: Douglas Adams

Stranger: Bernie Worrell on Earth (NR)Release Date: January 22, 2005
Cast: David Byrne, George Clinton, Mos Def, Chris Frantz, Dr. Know
Director: Philip Di Fiore

The Woodsman (R)Release Date: January 7, 2005
Cast: Kevin Bacon, Kyra Sedgwick, Mos Def, Eve, David Alan Grier
Director: Nicole Kassell
Writer: Nicole Kassell, Steven Fechter

2003

Civil Brand (R)Release Date: August 29, 2003
Cast: LisaRaye, N'Bushe Wright, Monica Calhoun, Mos Def, Clifton Powell
Director: Neema Barnette
Writer: Joyce Lewis, Preston Whitmore

2002

Brown Sugar (PG-13)Release Date: October 11, 2002
Cast: Taye Diggs, Sanaa Lathan, Mos Def, Ralph E. Tresvant, Nicole Ari Parker
Director: Rick Famuyiwa
Writer: Michael Elliot

1999

Where's Marlowe (R)Release Date: November 12, 1999
Cast: Miguel Ferrer, Mos Def, John Livingston, Allison Dean, John Slattery
Director: Daniel Pyne
Writer: Daniel Pyne, John Mankiewicz

Other

Hip-Hop: Beyond Beats & Rhymes (NR)Cast: Carmen Ashurst-Watson, William Jelani Cobb, Chuck Creekmur, Chuck D., Mos Def
Director: Byron Hurt
Writer: Byron Hurt

In Prison My Whole Life (NR)Cast: Mumia Abu-Jamal, Boots, Noam Chomsky, Mos Def, Snoop Dogg
Director: Marc Evans
Writer: Marc Evans, William Francome

Number One with a Bullet (NR)Cast: Ice Cube, Mos Def, Damon Dash, Fat Joe, Young Buck
Director: Jim Dziura
Writer: Jim Dziura, Joshua Krause

Prince Among Slaves (NR)Cast: Mos Def, Marcus Mitchell, Theodore M. Snead, Dawn Ursula
Director: Bill Duke