Parents Guide for
American History X (1998) More at IMDb Pro »

The movie opens with a couple having sex, and there is a glimpse of the girl's breast.

A man gets brutally raped in a prison bathroom.

Derek kills a car thief by kicking his head against a curb so the thief's face gets crushed completely.

A male character gets raped in the prison shower.

A guy gets shot, and there is much blood in this scene.

205 uses of the F-word and other R-Rated phrases.

Racial slang (a theme of the movie is White Supremacy) is very common.

Several scenes containing people smoking cigarettes.

A guy smokes weed, but then puts it out when the main character makes a racial slur about it.

The film is based on neo-nazis and therefore contains some long radical speeches and racially motivated violence which some viewers might find disturbing.

There is a curb stomp in this film. It is a very intense and violent scene, in which we see the man's head crushed against the curb then collapse for a split second before the camera cuts.

Derek is brutally raped (man on man) in a prison. Blood goes everywhere as he is beaten during this scene.