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  • American History X
  • American History X review by Sneakytryx from
    Rated - 5.0 stars The most important film of it's time! 4 July 2011
    ... given alot to this role as the ex best friend of Nortons character. Along with Fairuza Balk this is a more than competent cast that makes for a harrowing, tear jerking, up...   Read customer review
  • Personal Velocity
  • Personal Velocity review by from Berkshire
    Rated - 5.0 stars A triptych treat 10 October 2003
    ...e become. Her movie is about how these people reclaim themselves. Parker Posey, Fairuza Balk & Kyra Sedgwick give brilliant performances....   Read customer review
  • Grindstone Road
  • Grindstone Road review by DramaQueen11 from
    Rated - 4.0 stars Two thumbs up!!!!! 31 May 2011
    ...ood story line, slightly slow to start but was really good once it got into it. Fairuza Balks (The Craft, American History X) was very believable in the part of Dannys moth...   Read customer review

Fairuza Balk - filmography


  • Grindstone Road on DVD (2008)
    Starring: Fairuza Balk,  Greg Bryk,  Joan Gregson
    Director: Melanie Orr
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    Young Daniel Sloan has been in an extended coma following a terrible car accident. His mother Hannah (Fairuza Balk) was driving at the time and is now suffering from massive guilt and extreme depression. In trying to put their recent tragedy behind them, Hannah and her husband Graham (Greg Bryk) ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 56% from 1,805 member
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  • Don't Come Knocking on DVD (2005)
    Starring: Jessica Lange,  Tim Roth,  Gabriel Mann
    Director: Wim Wenders
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Howard Spence has seen better days. Once a big Western movie star, he now drowns his disgust for his selfish and failed life with alcohol, drugs and young women. If he were to die now, nobody would shed a tear over him, that's the sad truth. Until one day Howard learns that he might have a child ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 53% from 1,381 member
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  • Personal Velocity on DVD (2001)
    Starring: David Warshofsky,  Fairuza Balk,  Kyra Sedgwick
    Director: Rebecca Miller
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Rebecca Miller writer/director brings her collection of short stories to the screen. Three women independently find themselves having to make tough decisions that will change their lives forever: Delia (Kyra Sedgwick) finally decides to leave her abusive husband to create a safe environment for her ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 55% from 565 members
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  • Almost Famous on DVD (2000)
    Starring: Billy Crudup,  Kate Hudson,  Frances McDormand
    Director: Cameron Crowe
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    15-year-old high school student William Miller (Patrick Fugit) has just won the chance to write a story about Stillwater, an up-and-coming rock band, for Rolling Stone magazine. So he joins the band on tour, makes friends with lead guitarist Russell Hammond (Billy Crudup) and groupie Penny Lane (..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 70% from 12,380 members
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  • Almost Famous - Blu-ray (2000)
    Starring: Billy Crudup,  Kate Hudson,  Frances McDormand
    Director: Cameron Crowe
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    15-year-old high school student William Miller (Patrick Fugit) has just won the chance to write a story about Stillwater, an up-and-coming rock band, for Rolling Stone magazine. So he joins the band on tour, makes friends with lead guitarist Russell Hammond (Billy Crudup) and groupie Penny Lane (..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 73% from 1,539 member
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  • Red Letters on DVD (2000)
    Starring: Nastassja Kinski,  Ernie Hudson,  Jeremy Piven
    Director: Bradley Battersby
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    Dennis Burke [Jeremy Pixen] is a brilliant college professor with a weakness for unobtainable women and enjoys the thrill of illicit affairs. This dangerous combination leads him to become involved with a convicted murderer [Natassja Kinski] who draws him into deceit and crime. Burke will stop at ..read more »
    2 stars out of 5 38% from 87 members
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  • American History X on DVD (1998)
    Starring: W,  Edward Norton,  Edward Furlong
    Director: Tony Kaye
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
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    This controversial film stars Edward Norton as Derek Vinyard, an angry young man seeking retribution for the murder of his father. Derek becomes the leader of a skinhead white-power movement, espousing racist views to his peers and using his intelligence to stir up as much race-hate as possible. ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 79% from 52,267 members
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  • The Waterboy on DVD (1998)
    Starring: Rob Schneider,  Henry Winkler,  Blake Clark
    Director: Frank Coraci
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
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    Bobby Boucher (Adam Sandler) is just a mild-mannered country boy whose lifelong dream extends no further than serving water to the football team during breaks in play. The team don't always appreciate Bobby's value and treat him little better than a slave, but things change when coach Klein (Henry ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 69% from 20,110 members
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  • American History X - Blu-ray (1998)
    Starring: Edward Norton,  Edward Furlong,  Beverly D'Angelo
    Director: Tony Kaye
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
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    This controversial film stars Edward Norton as Derek Vinyard, an angry young man seeking retribution for the murder of his father. Derek becomes the leader of a skinhead white-power movement, espousing racist views to his peers and using his intelligence to stir up as much race-hate as possible. ..read more »
    4.5 stars out of 5 85% from 1,742 member
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  • The Maker on DVD (1997)
    Starring: Michael Madsen,  Kate McGregor-Stewart,  Fairuza Balk
    Director: Tim Hunter
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    When his elder brother Walter returns home on his 18th birthday, Josh is shocked to find that he is still involved in highly dangerous robberies and con-tricks. Josh is unexpectedly dragged into Walter's life of crime when his brother sets up a meeting with local mobster Skarney - which sets off a ..read more »
    2 stars out of 5 41% from 110 members
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  • The Craft - Blu-ray (1996)
    Starring: Assumpta Serna,  Fairuza Balk,  Rachel True
    Director: Andrew Fleming
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    Sarah (Robin Tunney) has just moved to L.A. and started a new school. Feeling alienated by her new surroundings she takes up with Nancy, Bonnie and Rochelle, who have distinctive black lipstick and nails. It transpires that they have recently been dabbling in the occult, and with Sarah their union ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 67% from 340 members
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  • Things to do in Denver When You're Dead on DVD (1996)
    Starring: Treat Williams,  Steve Buscemi,  Jack Warden
    Director: Gary Fleder
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
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    Andy Garcia stars as ex-gangster Jimmy the Saint who is offered one last job by mob boss Christopher Walken. When it goes wrong, however, Jimmy and his chums are marked for death and Jimmy only has 48 hours to try to put things to rights and save their lives. Gabrielle Anwar stars as Garcia's love ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 62% from 5,113 members
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  • The Island Of Dr Moreau (1996)
    Starring: Mark Dacascos,  Val Kilmer,  Fairuza Balk
    Director: John Frankenheimer
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    On a remote tropical island, Dr. Moreau has appointed himself ruler over a menagerie of genetic mutants fashioned in his gene-splicing chamber of horrors. The products of his misguided attempt to create a more pure human species, the man-beasts worship Moreau as their god and father and live by his ..read more »
    2 stars out of 5 43% from 1,557 member
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  • The Craft on DVD (1996)
    Starring: Assumpta Serna,  Fairuza Balk,  Rachel True
    Director: Andrew Fleming
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    After killing her mother in childbirth, growing up in San Francisco with her father and stepmother, attempting suicide, and moving to Los Angeles, Sarah (Robin Tunney) makes a brief stab at popularity at her new Catholic high school. Ostracized due to the untrue kiss-and-tell tales of football ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 66% from 9,264 members
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  • Gas Food Lodging (1992)
    Starring: Ione Skye,  Brooke Adams,  Fairuza Balk
    Director: Allison Anders
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    In the boring desert of New Mexico, a single mother raises her two teenage daughters, Shade and Trudi, whose deepest desire is to leave the dead calm town. Shade is the type to escape in her extravagant fantasies while Trudi is so rebelious it could drive her away.
    3.5 stars out of 5 73% from 33 members
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Fairuza Balk facts

5 most recent films

Blood Into Wine - 4.0 stars
Grindstone Road - 3.0 stars
Don't Come Knocking - 2.5 stars
Deuces Wild - 3.0 stars
Personal Velocity - 3.0 stars

5 highest-rated films

American History X - Blu-ray - 4.5 stars
American History X - 4.0 stars
Almost Famous - Blu-ray - 3.5 stars
Almost Famous - 3.5 stars
The Waterboy - 3.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Toll Booth - 2.0 stars
Humboldt County - 2.5 stars
Deuces Wild - 3.0 stars
Gas Food Lodging - 3.5 stars
Blood Into Wine - 4.0 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Noah Taylor - 4 times - show films
Assumpta Serna - 3 times - show films
Stacy Keach - 3 times - show films
Breckin Meyer - 3 times - show films
Kate Hudson - 3 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Andrew Fleming - 3 times - show films
Tony Kaye - 3 times - show films
Cameron Crowe - 3 times - show films
Walter Murch - 2 times - show films
Bradley Battersby - 2 times - show films