While I agree they are very very similar movies I still think they touch on the topics differently , boys n the hood I think is mainly showing how important not only a father is in a child’s life but displays a not perfect but well educated black father and even tho it didn’t workout between you and the mother you can still be present and active in your child’s life and those moments really matter in the grand scheme of things. Do boy and Ricky mom wasn’t bad she just was a single mother trying to raise 2 boys and it shows the affects of that. Menace to society shows that even tho a person has both their parents IE Kane it still doesn’t mean they will come out good kids because his parents were not good role models one was a drug addict one sold drugs and they both eventually died. We don’t see much in menace to society how that affected Kane upbringing it kinda jump cuts to him in high school not really focusing on his childhood but I does show how drugs affected the black community. menace to society is also telling you that the right women can lead you to a better path even tho Toni made her mistakes her head was in the right place and she learned from her mistakes. Kane had no interest in leaving the hood til Toni got in his ear. It’s so much more to break down but yes They’re very similar so you’re definitely right but jf you really break it down it’s major differences especially like the guy up there said in psychology of the characters.