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.
American History X has generally received very positive reviews.
Review of American History X (1998)
By Private U (13,627) on 10 Dec 2014
Cinafilm features reviews from top contributing critics and users.
Review of American History X (1998)
By Peter Canavese (1,744) for Groucho Reviews (1,725) on 24 May 2009
Review of American History X (1998)
By Jim Judy (1,199) for Screen It! (1,437) on 01 Jan 2000
Review of American History X (1998)
By Bob Bloom (1,124) for rec.arts.movies.reviews (2,454) on 01 Jan 2000
Review of American History X (1998)
Review of American History X (1998)
By Bill S (2,971) on 19 Jul 2014
Review of American History X (1998)
Review of American History X (1998)
By Michael C (2,821) on 08 Mar 2014
Review of American History X (1998)
By Rob Gonsalves (1,031) for eFilmCritic.com (5,125) on 22 Jul 2007
Review of American History X (1998)
Review of American History X (1998)
By David Sterritt (1,643) for Christian Science Monitor (3,788) on 28 Mar 2004
More About This Page
American History X was released in 1998 and has generally received very positive reviews.
Online reviewers have written 856 reviews, giving American History X (1998) an average rating of 82%.
Overall, cinema-goers prefer the movie, giving it an average score of 90%, compared to film critics, who gave it a lower average score of 72%. Amateur reviewers were more impressed with American History X than critics were.
With a score of 82%, American History X is above the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 1998, which stands at 58%.
Other movies from 1998 with similar scores include films like The Big Lebowski, Rushmore and Stand and Deliver.
Popular Movies Right Now
