R 04/21/2026 03:27:33 false Friday is a 1995 stoner buddy comedy film directed by F. Gary Gray, making it his directorial debut for a hit movie. Starring Ice Cube, Chris Tucker, Nia Long, Bernie Mac, Tommy Lister, Jr., and John Witherspoon, the film revolves around 16 hours in the lives of unemployed slackers Craig Jones and Smokey, who must pay a drug dealer $200 by 10:00 PM that night. The film spawned two sequels: Next Friday and Friday After Next, and a proposed fourth film, Last Friday. Friday Collection 1995-04-26 PremiereDate 1995 43563 Comedy Drama New Line Cinema Ice Cube/Pat Charbonnet Productions Priority Films Cube Vision /media/movies/Friday (1995)/Friday (1995).mkv /media/movies/Friday After Next (2002)/Friday After Next (2002).mkv