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American History X

American History X

8.3/ 10

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12,437

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1998

Release Year

119 min

Runtime

Drama

Overview

Derek Vineyard is paroled after serving 3 years in prison for killing two African-American men. Through his brother, Danny Vineyard's narration, we learn that before going to prison, Derek was a skinhead and the leader of a violent white supremacist gang that committed acts of racial crime throughout L.A. and his actions greatly influenced Danny. Reformed and fresh out of prison, Derek severs contact with the gang and becomes determined to keep Danny from going down the same violent path as he did.

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Keywords

prison
neo-nazism
rape
skinhead
sibling relationship
swastika
nazi
brother
fascism
tragedy
jail
school
los angeles, california
family
xenophobia
interracial friendship
nazism
violence
crime
excited
powerful

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Reviews(5)

3.4avg rating
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tmdb15435519

April 15, 2021

9
9/10

Despite having a somewhat weak cast, this is an incredibly poignant drama of one man's struggle to live a new life. Probably too violent and close-to-home for some.

Andre Gonzales

Andre Gonzales

@SoSmooth1982

April 16, 2023

5
5/10

There's really no point to the movie. Just a lot of violence. That's pretty much it.

GenerationofSwine

GenerationofSwine

December 4, 2025

1
1/10

You could use this as a skinhead recruitment film because it failed so miserably in the message it was trying to push, and it failed miserably because they were too concerned about pushing the message that they forgot how they were framing the film. So a bunch of skinheads win a turf war basketba

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GenerationofSwine

GenerationofSwine

December 4, 2025

1
1/10

You could use this as a skinhead recruitment film because it failed so miserably in the message it was trying to push, and it failed miserably because they were too concerned about pushing the message that they forgot how they were framing the film. So a bunch of skinheads win a turf war basketba

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GenerationofSwine

GenerationofSwine

December 4, 2025

1
1/10

You could use this as a skinhead recruitment film because it failed so miserably in the message it was trying to push, and it failed miserably because they were too concerned about pushing the message that they forgot how they were framing the film. So a bunch of skinheads win a turf war basketba

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