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Fairuza Balk has 13 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1980s through the 2020s. 1 sits in the Top 1% of all titles we track — including American History X.
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Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
2007
Drama · Horror

Willard
2003
Horror · Drama

School Ties
1992
Drama

Permanent Midnight
1998
Drama

Boyz n the Hood
1991
Crime · Drama

The General
1998
Crime · Drama

Factory Girl
2006
Drama · History

Beowulf & Grendel
2005
Action · Adventure

American History X
1998 · Movie · Actor
Top 1%Tubi · Free w/ ads

Almost Famous
2000 · Movie · Actor
Top 10%Paramount+ · Included

Return to Oz
1985 · Movie · Actor
Top 36%Disney+ · Included

Paradise City
2021 · Series · Actor
Top 39%Peacock · Included

Valmont
1989 · Movie · Actor
Top 53%Pluto TV · Free w/ ads

Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead
1995 · Movie · Actor
Top 70%Paramount+ · Included

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.
Dir. Tony Kaye · With Edward Norton, Edward Furlong, Beverly D'Angelo
A Catholic school newcomer falls in with a clique of teen witches who wield their powers against all who dare to cross them -- be they teachers, rivals or meddlesome parents.
Dir. Andrew Fleming · With Robin Tunney, Fairuza Balk, Neve Campbell

In 1973, a precocious 15-year-old aspiring rock journalist lands a dream assignment from Rolling Stone to tour with a rising rock band, embarking on a coming-of-age journey as he discovers the exhilarating and heartbreaking realities behind rock stardom.
Dir. Cameron Crowe · With Billy Crudup, Frances McDormand, Kate Hudson

Dorothy, saved from a psychiatric experiment by a mysterious girl, finds herself back in the land of her dreams, and makes delightful new friends, and dangerous new enemies.
Dir. Walter Murch · With Fairuza Balk, Nicol Williamson, Jean Marsh

A controversial rock band with ties to the occult and the maestros who work with them try to keep their west coast family dynamic together amidst the chaos of the industry as a haunting secret of the singer and a young groupie arrives on his doorstep. Their path intertwines with an east coast rookie kid who idolizes them and tries to make his way in the music business as the ultimate underdog.
Dir. Ash Avildsen · With Andy Biersack, Drea de Matteo, Booboo Stewart

Set in Baroque France, a scheming widow and her lover make a bet regarding the corruption of a recently married woman. The lover, Valmont, bets that he can seduce her, even though she is an honorable woman. If he wins, he can have his lover to do as he will. However, in the process of seducing the married woman, Valmont falls in love.
Dir. Miloš Forman · With Colin Firth, Annette Bening, Meg Tilly

Five different criminals face imminent death after botching a job quite badly.
Dir. Gary Fleder · With Andy Garcia, Christopher Lloyd, William Forsythe

Bobby Boucher is a water boy for a struggling college football team. The coach discovers Boucher's hidden rage makes him a tackling machine whose bone-crushing power might vault his team into the playoffs.
Dir. Frank Coraci · With Adam Sandler, Kathy Bates, Henry Winkler

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The story of the insane scandals related to the remake of “Island of Dr. Moreau” —originally a novel by H. G. Wells—, which was brought to the big screen in 1996. How director Richard Stanley spent four years developing the project just to find an abrupt end to his work while leading actor Marlon Brando pulled the strings in the shadows. Now for the first time, the living key players recount what really happened and why it all went so spectacularly wrong.
Dir. David Gregory · With Richard Stanley, Kier-La Janisse, Michael Gingold

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 somewhere out there...
Dir. Wim Wenders · With Sam Shepard, Jessica Lange, Tim Roth

In 1950s New York City, a bad and bloody gang war is about to erupt on the dysfunctional streets of Brooklyn between the Deuces and the vicious Vipers.
Dir. Scott Kalvert · With Stephen Dorff, Brad Renfro, Fairuza Balk

Terrence McDonagh is a New Orleans Police sergeant, who receives a medal and a promotion to lieutenant for heroism during Hurricane Katrina. Due to his heroic act, McDonagh injures his back and becomes addicted to prescription pain medication. He then finds himself involved with a drug dealer who is suspected of murdering a family of African immigrants.
Dir. Werner Herzog · With Nicolas Cage, Eva Mendes, Val Kilmer
A plane crash surviving attorney stumbles upon a mysterious island and is shocked to discover that a brilliant scientist and his lab assistant have found a way to combine human and animal DNA—with horrific results.
Dir. John Frankenheimer · With Marlon Brando, Val Kilmer, David Thewlis