American History X

American History X is a 1998 American crime drama movie directed by Tony Kaye. It was released on October 23, 1998 in North America and received positive reviews, with an 83% rating on Rotten Tomatoes and a 62/100 from Metacritic. Edward Norton was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actor. The movie was named by Empire magazine as the 311th Greatest Movie of All Time. It is about a man who joins a neo-nazi gang, after his firefighter father is killed by black drug dealers in Venice, Los Angeles. While staying in prison for three years, his younger brother ends up facing the wrong path.

 Cast 
 Edward Norton as Derek Vinyard
 Edward Furlong as Daniel "Danny" Vinyard
 Beverly D'Angelo as Doris Vinyard
 Jennifer Lien as Davina Vinyard
 Ethan Suplee as Seth Ryan
 Fairuza Balk as Stacey
 Avery Brooks as Dr. Robert "Bob" Sweeney
 Elliott Gould as Murray
 Stacy Keach as Cameron Alexander
 William Russ as Dennis Vinyard
 Paul Le Mat as McMahon
 Guy Torry as Lamont
 Joseph Cortese as Rasmussen
 Jason Bose Smith as Little Henry
 Antonio David Lyons as Lawrence
 Alex Sol as Mitch McCormick
 Keram Malicki-Sánchez as Chris
 Giuseppe Andrews as Jason
 Cleo Adell as Lizzie
 Jonathan Fowler Jr. as Jerome
 Christopher Masterson as Daryl Dawson
 Nicholas R. Oleson as Huge Aryan
 Jordan Marder as Curtis

 References 

 Other websites 
 American History X official website



Category:1998 crime drama movies
Category:American crime drama movies
Category:American gangster movies
Category:American prison movies
Category:1990s English-language movies
Category:Movies about dysfunctional families
Category:Movies about murderers
Category:Movies set in Los Angeles
Category:Rape in movies
Category:American independent movies
Category:1998 independent movies