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American Beauty

American Beauty

Drama • R • 1999 • 2 hr 2 min
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7.7
IMDb
8.3

Lester Burnham, a depressed suburban father in a mid-life crisis, decides to turn his hectic life around after developing an infatuation with his daughter's attractive friend.

Starring

Kevin Spacey, Annette Bening, Thora Birch, Wes Bentley, Mena Suvari

Directed By

Sam Mendes

Written By

Alan Ball

Attributes

DarkWatch By Myself

Genre

Drama

Release Date

October 1, 1999

User Reviews

Zehra
Zehra
One of my favourites. Not just a movie to watch this is a movie to think about it.
Eyleen Bailar
Eyleen Bailar
One of my top 3 movies of all time... The storytelling, acting, cinematography... It's a phenomenal drama that just leaves u speechless...
Kristofer
Kristofer
A beautiful display of motif use, character development, acting, score AND darkly funny; it’s so original you won’t find anything like it.
Nik
Nik
Magnificent work to watch if you want to remember how beautiful your life is. And of course, how simple and complex we are at the same time.
Noah Whitfill
Noah Whitfill
Probably wouldn't be made today due to some controversial subject matter but nonetheless it's not a bad film.
James Barbarotto
James Barbarotto
Ethically complex. Basically every character can be found on villains wiki. But it has a lot to say about human nature.
Paul Anderson
Paul Anderson
The mid life crisis to end them all. A remarkable watch.
Francis
Francis
Excellent and up there with some of my best films of all time as Spacey pulls off his best ever part as Lester suffering a mid life crisis
Castor_Archer
Castor_Archer
Superb look inside the mind of a narcissistic middle-age crisis. Unfortunately, Spacey's real life made this ultra creepy. Still worth it.
Luke YaBoi
Luke YaBoi
Not sure how well this has aged considering a large portion of the plot involves Kevin spacey lusting after a minor

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2,682 (3%)
9,557 (11%)
39,342 (45%)
36,001 (41%)
7.7 – Based on 87.6k ratings
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Cast & Crew

Sam Mendes
Sam
Mendes
Kevin Spacey
Kevin
Spacey
Annette Bening
Annette
Bening
Thora Birch
Thora
Birch
Wes Bentley
Wes
Bentley
Mena Suvari
Mena
Suvari
Peter Gallagher
Peter
Gallagher
Allison Janney
Allison
Janney
Chris Cooper
Chris
Cooper
Scott Bakula
Scott
Bakula
Sam Robards
Sam
Robards
Alan Ball
Alan
Ball

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