Movie Information
Overall Rank: 40
Average Rating: 3.2/4
# of Ratings: 1184
Theatrical Release Date: 10/30/1998
Language: English
Genre: Drama, Crime
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Tony Kaye
Actors: Edward Norton, Edward Furlong, Beverly D'Angelo, Ethan Suplee, Avery Brooks, Elliott Gould
Plot: A neo-Nazi is thrown in jail for acting out on his racism. Prison show him another side of race and when he is released he tries to deter his younger brother from following in his footsteps.
Quick Movie Reviews
Rating of
4/4
Logan D. McCoy - wrote on 06/25/2019
You can expect the movie to rebuke the white supremacist views of its characters, but what you won't anticipate is its bluntly raw story and heavy conclusion.
Rating of
4/4
FSUNoles27TS - wrote on 11/21/2012
Edward Nortons best performance and most controversial film. There are tons of message in this movie that speak to people not only when it was made, but still speaks today.
Full Movie Reviews
Rating of
0.5/4
it’s not powerful — it’s pathetic.
Rakkie - wrote on 10/07/2025
i don’t get why people hype this garbage like it’s deep or something. it’s nothing more than a high school essay with muscles. it’s directed like a 15-year-old’s school project about “hate and redemption.” the slow motion just won’t stop — like the director discovered it for the first time and lost his mind.
this movie walks around like it’s carrying the cure to racism, but it’s really just a clumsy lecture from a film student who thinks black-and-white cinematography equals intelligence
every scene screams “look how serious i am!” — yeah, we get it, you’re edgy. it’s all fake depth, fake drama, fake emotion. that stupid basketball scene? it’s like michael bay tried to direct an after-school special. two morons playing ball like it’s saving the …
Rating of
4/4
American History X review
Daniel Corleone - wrote on 10/01/2012
“Hate is baggage.” The story revolves around brothers Derek Vinyard (Norton) and Daniel "Danny" Vinyard (Furlong). Viewing this again after several years of seeing this picture. A powerful realistic film about bad parenting, hatred, racism, society’s indignation's, brotherhood, family and reformation. Probably one of the best prison related flicks produced. Two stories within the story were well presented. Usage of black and white, flashbacks and slow-motion shots were effective. Screenplay was never pretentious with excellent lines: “Then everything gets complicated” – Derek, “Life’s too short to be pissed all the time” – Danny and “Has anything you’ve done made your life better?” – Dr. Sweeney. Norton displays one of his best acting while Furlong a …
Rating of
4/4
"American History X" by Yojimbo
Yojimbo - wrote on 12/19/2011
One of the ringleaders of a Nazi skinhead gang is imprisoned for the murder of a black car thief, but whilst cut off from his peers he begins to question all of the principles he has based his life upon. American history X is an extremely powerful examination of racial politics in contemporary America, seen from the standpoint of a High School boy who idolises his older brother, the afore-mentioned skin head. It shows how the seeds of racism can be sown through the seemingly innocuous comments of those who shape our young minds and how charismatic charlatans can exploit the disenfranchised for their own agenda by spouting superficially convincing sounding, pseudo-intellectual bullshit that seems to fill the void of their hope-free, hate fuelled lives. The cast are all extremely …
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