Movies like that are often only canonized as "good" in retrospect, after there's been time for them to marinate in the wider culture and have some consensus for

Movies like that are often only canonized as "good" in retrospect, after there's been time for them to marinate in the wider culture and have some consensus form around their significance and general quality. Around the time of American History X, your local theater probably would have been showing Antz, Rush Hour, The Rugrats Movie, and There's Something About Mary.