Cast: Fairuza Balk

Top movies, series, and documentaries starring Fairuza Balk. Uncover the most acclaimed works, loved by fans and praised by critics.


American History X

1998 · Movie · 119 min. · United States

Direction Tony Kaye

Cast Edward Norton · Edward Furlong · Fairuza Balk · Stacy Keach

Synopsis American History X (1998) follows the story of Derek Vinyard, a former neo-Nazi leader, who is released from prison after serving time for a violent hate crime. Determined to prevent his younger brother, Danny, from following the same destructive path,...

8.3

149K votes

8.3

149K votes

Direction David Gregory

Cast Richard Stanley · Fairuza Balk · Rob Morrow · Tim Sullivan

Synopsis Richard Stanley had a dream of making a screen adaptation of the H.G. Wells classic The Island of Dr. Moreau. In the mid nineties, he finally managed to get the project up and running, but its shooting turned into a...

7.1

400 votes

7.1

400 votes

Almost Famous

2000 · Movie · 122 min. · United States

Direction Cameron Crowe

Cast Billy Crudup · Frances McDormand · Patrick Fugit · Kate Hudson

Synopsis Almost Famous (2000) follows 15-year-old William Miller, an aspiring rock journalist, as he lands a dream assignment from Rolling Stone magazine to tour with the up-and-coming band Stillwater. Guided by his mentor Lester Bangs, William immerses himself in the chaotic...

6.8

24K votes

6.8

24K votes

Direction Gary Fleder

Cast Andy García · Christopher Walken · Christopher Lloyd · Gabrielle Anwar

Synopsis Retired gangster Jimmy the Saint has been living the quiet life in Denver until, out of the blue, he is summoned to visit his ex-boss, The Man With The Plan. As Jimmy learns, The Man has both a plan and...

6.7

10K votes

6.7

10K votes

Valmont

1989 · Movie · 137 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Milos Forman

Cast Colin Firth · Annette Bening · Meg Tilly · Fairuza Balk

Synopsis 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,...

6.6

4K votes

6.6

4K votes

Return to Oz

1985 · Movie · 113 min. · United States

Direction Walter Murch

Cast Fairuza Balk · Nicol Williamson · Jean Marsh · Piper Laurie

Synopsis Dorothy, back in Kansas, can't stop thinking about Oz, and even believes that her friends have sent her a key. Auntie Em, worried for Dorothy's health, takes her to a famous doctor who works miracles with electricity. When Dorothy escapes...

6.5

1K votes

6.5

1K votes

Don't Come Knocking

2005 · Movie · 122 min. · United States

Direction Wim Wenders

Cast Sam Shepard · Jessica Lange · Tim Roth · Sarah Polley

Synopsis Howard Spence (Sam Shepard) has seen better days. When he was younger he was a movie star, mostly in Westerns. At the age of sixty, Howard uses drugs, alcohol and young girls to avoid the painful truth that there are...

6.4

2K votes

6.4

2K votes

Beyond Clueless

2014 · Documentary · 89 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Charlie Lyne

Cast Fairuza Balk

Synopsis Narrated by cult teen star Fairuza Balk, Beyond Clueless is a dizzying journey into the mind, body and soul of the teen movie, as seen through the eyes of over 200 modern coming-of-age classics.

6.1

121 votes

6.1

121 votes

Direction Rebecca Miller

Cast Kyra Sedgwick · Parker Posey · Fairuza Balk · Wallace Shawn

Synopsis A tale of three women who have reached a turning point in their lives. Delia is a spirited, working-class woman from a small town in New York who leaves her abusive husband and sets out on a journey to reclaim...

6.1

139 votes

6.1

139 votes

Masters of Horror (TV Series)

2005 · Series · 58 min. · United States

Direction Mick Garris · Stuart Gordon · Dario Argento · John Carpenter

Cast Karen Austin · J. Winston Carroll · Robert Englund · Derek Cecil

Synopsis Anchor Bay has amassed some of the greatest horror film writers and directors to bring to you the anthology series, "Masters of Horror". For the first time the foremost names in the horror film genre have joined forces for the...

6.0

904 votes

6.0

904 votes

Wild Tigers I Have Known

2006 · Movie · 98 min. · United States

Direction Cam Archer

Cast Malcolm Stumpf · Patrick White · Max Paradise · Fairuza Balk

Synopsis A lyrical telling of the coming of age of a 13-year-old boy who learns to cope with his newfound sexuality and his unrequited love for the cool kid in school.

5.9

103 votes

5.9

103 votes

Gas, Food Lodging

1992 · Movie · 100 min. · United States

Direction Allison Anders

Cast Brooke Adams · Ione Skye · Fairuza Balk · James Brolin

Synopsis Based on a novel by Richard Peck called Don't Look and It Won't Hurt, Allison Anders' melodramatic coming-of-age tale Gas Food Lodging takes place in Laramie, NM, a small town right off the highway. Nora (Brooke Adams) is a truck-stop...

5.9

208 votes

5.9

208 votes

Direction Charles Jarrott

Cast Farrah Fawcett · David Ackroyd · Stéphane Audran · Amadeus August

Synopsis The true story of one of the richest women in America - heiress to the Woolworth fortune. She had vast wealth and seven husbands, but never found lasting love.

5.7

40 votes

5.7

40 votes

Direction Werner Herzog

Cast Nicolas Cage · Eva Mendes · Val Kilmer · Xzibit

Synopsis In this remake from Abel Ferrara's film from 1992, Nicolas Cage plays a rogue detective who is as devoted to his job as he is at scoring drugs — while playing fast and loose with the law. He wields his...

5.4

10K votes

5.4

10K votes

Deuces Wild

2002 · Movie · 97 min. · United States

Direction Scott Kalvert

Cast Stephen Dorff · Fairuza Balk · Matt Dillon · Brad Renfro

Synopsis Leon and Bobby are brothers who, with their friends, are determined to maintain the way of life in their neighborhood. They are "The Deuces," trying to keep things the way they are. Loyalty means everything to them, and protecting friends...

5.4

1K votes

5.4

1K votes

Imaginary Crimes

1994 · Movie · 106 min. · United States

Direction Anthony Drazan

Cast Harvey Keitel · Fairuza Balk · Kelly Lynch · Elisabeth Moss

Synopsis Children are so ill prepared to deal with the shortcomings of their parents that, when they inevitably discover that mom and dad have feet of clay, they tend to overreact. That's part of the lesson in this film, based on...

5.4

147 votes

5.4

147 votes

Humboldt County

2008 · Movie · 97 min. · United States

Direction Darren Grodsky · Danny Jacobs

Cast Fairuza Balk · Peter Bogdanovich · Frances Conroy · Madison Davenport

Synopsis A disillusioned medical student is stranded for a summer in a remote community of counterculture pot farmers, the last place in the world he imagined he would discover himself. Peter Hadley, an uptight and disillusioned medical student is failed by...

5.0

48 votes

5.0

48 votes

Direction Larry Cohen

Cast Fairuza Balk · Michael Moriarty · Warren Kole · Laurene Landon

Synopsis In the middle of nowhere, with only a two-lane highway to connect it to anywhere--probably upstate New York--a recently divorced female traveler, who is a passenger on a bus that has broken down, gets caught in a bizarre and violent...

4.9

988 votes

4.9

988 votes

The Craft

1996 · Movie · 101 min. · United States

Direction Andrew Fleming

Cast Robin Tunney · Fairuza Balk · Neve Campbell · Rachel True

Synopsis The Craft (1996) follows four high school girls who form a coven to explore witchcraft. Seeking power and control over their lives, they delve into spells and rituals, initially bonding over their shared outsider status. As their abilities grow, so...

4.9

12K votes

4.9

12K votes

American Perfekt

1997 · Movie · 100 min. · United States

Direction Paul Chart

Cast Amanda Plummer · Robert Forster · David Thewlis · Fairuza Balk

Synopsis Criminal psychiatrist, Jake Nyman is taking a much needed vacation from responsibility. An experimental road trip during which ever decision will be made on a flip of a coin. Meanwhile, Sandra Thomas, disenchanted professional, is en route to pick up...

4.7

50 votes

4.7

50 votes