Curtis James Jackson III (born July 6, 1975), known professionally as 50 Cent, is an American rapper, actor, and television producer. Born in Queens, a borough of New York City, Jackson began pursuing a musical career in 1996. In 1999–2000, he recorded his debut album Power of the Dollar for Columbia Records; however, he was struck by nine bullets during a shooting in May 2000, causing its release to be cancelled. Jackson is to be dropped from the label. His 2002 mixtape, Guess Who's Back?, was discovered by Detroit rapper Eminem, who signed Jackson to his label Shady Records, an imprint of Dr. Dre's Aftermath Entertainment and Interscope Records that same year. His debut studio album, Get Rich or Die Tryin' (2003), was released to critical acclaim and commercial success. Peaking atop the Billboard200, it spawned the Billboard Hot 100-number singles "In da Club" and "21 Questions" (featuring Nate Dogg). It received nonuple platinum certification by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). That same year, he launched the record label G-Unit Records, the namesake of a hip-hop group he formed two years prior; the label's initial signees were its members, fellow East Coast rappers Lloyd Banks and Tony Yayo. His second album, The Massacre (2005), was met with similar success and supported by his third number-one single, "Candy Shop" (featuring Olivia). He adopted a lighter, further commercially oriented approach for his third and fourth albums, Curtis (2007) and Before I Self Destruct (2009)—both were met with critical and commercial declines—and aimed for a return to his roots with his fifth album, Animal Ambition (2014), which was met with mixed reviews. He has since focused on his career in television and media, having executive-produced and starred in the television series Power (2014–2020), as well as its numerous spin-offs under his company G-Unit Films and Television Inc. Jackson has sold over 30 million albums worldwide and earned several accolades, including a Grammy Award, a Primetime Emmy Award, thirteen Billboard Music Awards, six World Music Awards, three American Music Awards and four BET Awards. In his acting career, Jackson first starred in the semi-autobiographical film Get Rich or Die Tryin' (2005), which received critical panning. He was also cast in the war film Home of the Brave (2006) and the crime thriller Righteous Kill (2008). Billboard ranked Jackson as 17th on their "50 Greatest Rappers" list in 2023. and named him the sixth top artist of the 2000s decade. Rolling Stone ranked Get Rich or Die Tryin' and "In da Club" in its lists of the "100 Best Albums of the 2000s" and "100 Best Songs of the 2000s" at numbers 37 and 13, respectively. Description above from the Wikipedia article 50 Cent, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Biography from TMDB.
- July 6, 1975 (51)
- New York City, New York, USA
- Actor and producer, also writer and director
- 48 on MovieCove · 68 credits in all
What are 50 Cent's films like?
Across their 37 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Self.
Genres
Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 2 · Earnest 27
Light 3 · Serious 8 · Dark 18
Grounded 21 · Stylized 6 · Heightened 2
Gentle 0 · Charged 11 · Intense 18
Steady 7 · Shifting 21 · Whiplash 1
Straight-faced 25 · Some laughs 3 · Funny 1
Slow burn 5 · Even-paced 17 · Relentless 7
Casual 9 · Engaged 19 · Full focus 1
Easy watch 6 · Affecting 14 · Heavy 9
Resolved 24 · Open-ended 5 · Ambiguous 0
Roles they play
Usually the Hero: 5 of 17 analyzed roles.
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- Heroas Marcus in Get Rich or Die Tryin' (2005)
- Shadowas Jamal Aiken in Home of the Brave (2006)
- Threshold guardianas Thigo in Dead Man Running (2009)
- Shapeshifteras Stan in Streets of Blood (2009)
- Heroas Clarence in Before I Self Destruct (2009)
- Shadowas Thigo in Dead Man Running (2009)
- Tricksteras Tino in Caught in the Crossfire (2010)
- Shadowas Lionel in Twelve (2010)
- Tricksteras Rich in Gun (2010)
- Heroas Deon in All Things Fall Apart (2011)
- Heroas Sonny in Set Up (2011)
- Threshold guardianas Detective Hardwick in Blood Out (2011)
- Heroas Malo in Freelancers (2012)
- Shadowas Kanan in Power (2014)
- Heraldas Jordan Mains in Southpaw (2015)
- Allyas Hush in Escape Plan 2: Hades (2018)
- Allyas Chief Carter in Boneyard (2024)
Moods and endings
- Happy8
- Bittersweet18
- Tragic2
- Ambiguous8
- Cyclical1
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch 50 Cent's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 40 of their 48 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (14).
- Den of Thieves (2018) · actor · free
- The Frozen Ground (2013) · actor, producer · free
- Dead Man Running (2009) · actor · free
- All Things Fall Apart (2011) · actor, writer, producer · free
- 13 (2010) · actor · free
- Righteous Kill (2008) · actor · free
- Twelve (2010) · actor · free
- Home of the Brave (2006) · actor · free
- Blood Out (2011) · actor, producer · free
- Caught in the Crossfire (2010) · actor, producer · free
- Streets of Blood (2009) · actor · free
- Boneyard (2024) · actor · free
- +2 more
- Power Book IV: Force (2022) · producer · free
- Power (2014) · actor, director · free
- Power Book III: Raising Kanan (2021) · producer · free
- Power Book II: Ghost (2020) · actor, producer, composer · free
- Escape Plan (2013) · actor
- The BMF Documentary: Blowing Money Fast (2022) · producer · free
- Dead Man Running (2009) · actor
- 13 (2010) · actor
- Twelve (2010) · actor
- Blood Out (2011) · actor, producer
- Caught in the Crossfire (2010) · actor, producer
- Streets of Blood (2009) · actor
- Power Book IV: Force (2022) · producer
- Power (2014) · actor, director
- Power Book III: Raising Kanan (2021) · producer
- Power Book II: Ghost (2020) · actor, producer, composer
- BMF (2021) · producer
- The BMF Documentary: Blowing Money Fast (2022) · producer
- Dead Man Running (2009) · actor
- 13 (2010) · actor
- Fire with Fire (2012) · actor, producer
- Power Confidential (2019) · actor, producer
- Fightland (2026) · producer
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Subscription and free streaming for 50 Cent's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
68 credits, 48 with a MovieCove page; 72 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.
Street Fighter(2026)
Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films
Fightland(2026)
Midcredits score: 8th percentile of all shows
Moses the Black(2026)
Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all shows
Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all shows (provisional, few ratings)
Skillhouse (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)
Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all shows
Den of Thieves: Pantera(2025)
Midcredits score: 52nd percentile of all films
Missionary (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)
Boneyard(2024)
Midcredits score: 5th percentile of all films
TikTok Star Murders (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)
The Expendables 4(2023)
Midcredits score: 9th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all shows
Power Book IV: Force(2022)
Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all shows
BMF(2021)
Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all shows
Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all shows
Power Book II: Ghost(2020)
Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all shows
For Life(2020)
Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all shows
Power Confidential(2019)
Midcredits score: 16th percentile of all shows (provisional, few ratings)
Midcredits score: 6th percentile of all films
Escape Plan 2: Hades(2018)
Midcredits score: 3rd percentile of all films
Den of Thieves(2018)
Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films
Southpaw(2015)
Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films
Spy(2015)
Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all films
The Prince(2014)
Midcredits score: 5th percentile of all films
Power(2014)
Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all shows
Last Vegas(2013)
Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all films
Escape Plan(2013)
Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films
Dream School(2013)
Midcredits score: 12th percentile of all shows (provisional, few ratings)
The Frozen Ground(2013)
Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films
Tapia (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)
Circus Halligalli (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)
Fire with Fire(2012)
Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all films
Freelancers(2012)
Midcredits score: 9th percentile of all films
The Finder(2012)
Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all shows
Set Up(2011)
Midcredits score: 5th percentile of all films
Blood Out(2011)
Midcredits score: 12th percentile of all films
All Things Fall Apart(2011)
Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all films
Gun(2010)
Midcredits score: 9th percentile of all films
Twelve(2010)
Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all films
Caught in the Crossfire(2010)
Midcredits score: 10th percentile of all films
13(2010)
Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all films50 Cent: Rise Above (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)
Before I Self Destruct(2009)
Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all films
Streets of Blood(2009)
Midcredits score: 7th percentile of all films
Dead Man Running(2009)
Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all films
Righteous Kill(2008)
Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all films
Hoodz: Big Beef (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)
Home of the Brave(2006)
Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all films
Jack's Law (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)
Get Rich or Die Tryin'(2005)
Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all films
The Game: The Documentary (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)
Robot Chicken(2005)
Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all shows
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)
Entourage(2004)
Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all shows
50 Cent | The New Breed (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)
Grounded for Life(2001)
Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all shows
Making the Video (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)
CD:UK (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)
The Simpsons(1989)
Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all shows50 Cent: Gangsta Unit (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Creature House (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Power: Legacy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Power: Origins (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
The Fifth Wheel (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
The Gun (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Trackmaster (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Career shape
Star power in the 99th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 67 titles, 60 of them dated from 1989 to 2026; peak year 2011.
Biggest box office
Escape Plan (2013)
Highest rated
Southpaw (2015)
Most popular right now
Street Fighter (2026)
Film career
Peak 2011 · fewer prominent film roles lately. Top draw in 11 MovieCove titles. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.
- 2005Screen debut· Get Rich or Die Tryin'
- 2005First top-billed film· Get Rich or Die Tryin'
- 2014Career best· Power
Billing
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30; the columns are the share of top-billed roles in each era, 5-year spans from the year on the label, merged until each holds at least 5 roles.
Awards
a Primetime Emmy and 1 other major award from 16 major nominations, 2004–2026.
- Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Series
- Primetime Emmy, won · Outstanding Variety Special (Live)
- Grammy Award, won · Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group
- Grammy Award, nominated · Best Rap Solo Performance
- Grammy Award, nominated · Best Rap Song
- Grammy Award, nominated · Best Rap Album
- Grammy Award, nominated ×2 · Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group
- Grammy Award, nominated · Best Rap Solo Performance
- Grammy Award, nominated ×2 · Best Rap Song
- Grammy Award, nominated · Best Male Rap Solo Performance
- Grammy Award, nominated · Best New Artist
- Grammy Award, nominated · Best Rap Album
- Grammy Award, nominated · Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group
- Grammy Award, nominated · Best Rap Song
Major bodies only: the Oscars, Primetime Emmys, Golden Globes, BAFTAs and Screen Actors Guild Awards are named; Cannes, Venice, the Berlinale, Sundance, the directors', writers' and producers' guilds, the Grammys, Critics Choice and the Independent Spirit Awards count as other major bodies. Festival and regional prizes are not counted. Source: IMDb.
How do 50 Cent's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 32nd percentile, the median of all 30; across their 29 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 28th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up14
- 50th to 74th8
- 25th to 49th12
- Below 25th14
Shape of the crowd
15 of their 48 titles are Crowd Pleasers.
- Universally Loved5
- Universally Panned2
- Divisive3
- Cult Classic5
- Crowd Pleaser15
- Broadly Agreed4
- Mixed14
Reviewers score the acting 49/100 in their films, across 27 reviewed titles; fans 69, detractors 32. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Is 50 Cent's work okay for kids?
Across up to 19 MovieCove titles with content scores, violence & gore, profanity, alcohol & drugs and frightening / intense run heavier than most films.
Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.
Who does 50 Cent work with?
People who share at least 2 of 50 Cent's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Randall Emmett shares the most, 15.
Directors
- Brian A. MillerShared titles: The Prince (2014), All Things Fall Apart (2011), Caught in the Crossfire (2010)See all 3 shared titles with Brian A. Miller
- Christian GudegastShared titles: Den of Thieves: Pantera (2025), Den of Thieves (2018)See all 2 shared titles with Christian Gudegast
- Jessy TerreroShared titles: Freelancers (2012), Gun (2010)See all 2 shared titles with Jessy Terrero
Writers
- Miles ChapmanShared titles: Escape Plan: The Extractors (2019), Escape Plan 2: Hades (2018), Escape Plan (2013)See all 3 shared titles with Miles Chapman
- Paul T. ScheuringShared titles: Den of Thieves: Pantera (2025), Den of Thieves (2018)See all 2 shared titles with Paul T. Scheuring
Actors
- Sylvester StalloneShared titles: The Expendables 4 (2023), Escape Plan: The Extractors (2019), Escape Plan 2: Hades (2018), Escape Plan (2013)See all 4 shared titles with Sylvester Stallone
- Vinnie JonesShared titles: Escape Plan (2013), Fire with Fire (2012), Freelancers (2012), Blood Out (2011)See all 4 shared titles with Vinnie Jones
- Bruce WillisShared titles: The Prince (2014), Fire with Fire (2012), Set Up (2011)See all 3 shared titles with Bruce Willis
- Val KilmerShared titles: Blood Out (2011), Gun (2010), Streets of Blood (2009)See all 3 shared titles with Val Kilmer
Composers, cinematographers and editors
- The Newton BrothersShared titles: Escape Plan 2: Hades (2018), The Prince (2014), Set Up (2011)See all 3 shared titles with The Newton Brothers
- Terry StaceyShared titles: Den of Thieves: Pantera (2025), Den of Thieves (2018)See all 2 shared titles with Terry Stacey
- Bob MoriShared titles: All Things Fall Apart (2011), Caught in the Crossfire (2010)See all 2 shared titles with Bob Mori
- Kirk M. MorriShared titles: All Things Fall Apart (2011), Gun (2010)See all 2 shared titles with Kirk M. Morri
Producers
- Randall EmmettShared titles: Escape Plan: The Extractors (2019), Escape Plan 2: Hades (2018), The Prince (2014), Escape Plan (2013), The Frozen Ground (2013), Fire with Fire (2012), Freelancers (2012), All Things Fall Apart (2011), Blood Out (2011), Set Up (2011), Caught in the Crossfire (2010), Gun (2010) and 3 moreSee newest 12 of 15 shared titles with Randall Emmett
- George FurlaShared titles: Escape Plan: The Extractors (2019), Escape Plan 2: Hades (2018), The Prince (2014), Escape Plan (2013), The Frozen Ground (2013), Fire with Fire (2012), Freelancers (2012), Set Up (2011), Gun (2010), Streets of Blood (2009), Righteous Kill (2008), Home of the Brave (2006)See all 12 shared titles with George Furla
- Barry BrookerShared titles: Escape Plan: The Extractors (2019), Escape Plan 2: Hades (2018), The Prince (2014), The Frozen Ground (2013), Fire with Fire (2012), Freelancers (2012), Blood Out (2011), Set Up (2011)See all 8 shared titles with Barry Brooker
- Ryan S. BlackShared titles: Escape Plan: The Extractors (2019), Escape Plan 2: Hades (2018), The Prince (2014), The Frozen Ground (2013), Fire with Fire (2012), Freelancers (2012), Blood Out (2011), Set Up (2011)See all 8 shared titles with Ryan S. Black
