American History X
Movie • 1998 • Drama
ReportDerek Vineyard is paroled after serving 3 years in prison for killing two thugs who tried to break into/steal his truck. 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.
This movie contains 49 potentially triggering events.
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Are there natural bodies of water?
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Ocean
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Is someone stalked?
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A character is followed by members of a rival gang.
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Is there domestic violence?
National Domestic Violence Hotline (1-800-799-7233)
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Danny
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Addiction
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Does someone abuse alcohol?
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NC98
The father of the Vinyard household is shown to be an alcoholic in flashbacks.
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Are rabbits harmed?
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SoggyZiggies
A rabbit was used for the dinner scene when Derek yells at his old Jewish principle about old Jewish stuff
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Are there snakes?
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There are snakes on a plane as it all happens within the same universe.
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Assault
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Unhinged.but.handsome
There was a physical fight where a lot of shoving occurred, and the women hit Derek a bit. But no one was slapped or punched. The sister fell, and they were both grabbed, but they weren't hit
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Is someone held under water?
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Not held under, but they do try to “water board” a woman by pouring liquids on her head held back in a robbery scene
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In prison Derek Vinyard got gang-raped by a prison gang. This is shown in a flashback.
In the +16 version they don't show it explicitally, in the +18 version however they do.
In the +16 version they don't show it explicitally, in the +18 version however they do.
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Is someone's mouth covered?
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With meat
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Does someone struggle to breathe?
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A character is restrained with something held to her face which would restrict her breathing.
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Is someone crushed to death?
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curb-stomped
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Is someone choked?
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Nobody dies, but in one scene in the showers, the protagonist is caught and his neck is squeezed with a towel to drown him and hold him down.
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Does a head get squashed?
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Derek stomps on an attempted robber's head. It isn't shown in the +16 version (not sure about the +18 version).
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Are any teeth damaged?
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SPOILER: A neo-Nazi forces a rival black punk at gunpoint to rest his teeth upon a street curb, and then proceeds to stomp on his head, killing him. While the shot cuts away before we see the impact, the act is nevertheless very brutal.
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Does a kid die?
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SPOILER ALERT: At the end of the movie Danny Vinyard - a highschooler - gets shot in his schools bathroom.
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Creepy Crawly
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Death
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Does a parent die?
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The father of the Vinyard household is mentioned to have died on several occasions.
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Fear
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Is there a shower scene?
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NC98
Very triggering in nature for SA survivors.
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Dorianaz9
is safe! The only scene that could be triggering is when Dereck is playing basketball and he gets hit in the face. He will spit out some blood.
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Does someone spit?
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Derek spat blood at the basketball court
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Is there audio gore?
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you hear people getting beaten up/blows landing.
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Large-scale Violence
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Is there a hospital scene?
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Prison hospital
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At the time of the murder, Danny is in a state of shock and the mother compulsively strokes her daughter's hair, staring blankly, while her other daughter tries to calm her down.
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Does someone attempt suicide?
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Is there misophonia?
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i have pretty bad misophonia/OCD and i didn’t get triggered at all by this movie.
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Does someone say "I'll kill myself"?
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Does someone die by suicide?
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Does someone suffer from PTSD?
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mizukilight
The two protagonists act on a rage over the murder of their father. Besides the murder that Derek commits marks Danny.
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Is there obscene language/gestures?
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offensive slurs are used multiple times throughout the movie.
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Paranoia
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Are there usages of the n-word?
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RamonaRamone
The various neo-Nazis use the n-word so much I actually lost count.
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MiretteDanielle
This is a movie about an ex neo-nazi. Specifically he says many anti-Semitic slurs toward his teacher and mothers boyfriend at the time during the scene where they are having dinner.
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Does the black guy die first?
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NC98
Only 2 people die but the black guy dies first. He gets brutally murdered. The +16 version cuts away after the torture, the +18 version does not. Derek Vinyard - a white neo-nazi man - murders him because he is black so it is very likely extremely triggering for a black person to see.
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Is there hate speech?
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KEdRuss
Neo-Nazi and white supremacist rhetoric is invoked by many of the characters throughout in the film, and many hate crimes are committed on screen. The film deliberately frames all these, however, in a critical light.
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Religious
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kabigon
God is mentioned a couple times
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Sex
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Are there incestuous relationships?
National Sexual Assault Hotline 800.656.4673
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Is there sexual content?
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NC98
At the beginning of the movie Derek & his girlfriend are having sex. In the +16 version there isn't too much nudity shown, in the +18 version there is more shown.
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Does it have a sad ending?
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SPOILER: The main character's little brother dies in the school toilets before he gets his shot at redemption. The main character cries into his bloody corpse.
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Is there gun violence?
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MiretteDanielle
Several people use and are killed/harmed by gun violence throughout the movie.
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