American Beauty

Year: 1999

Actors: Thora Birch, Annette Bening, Mena Suvari, Wes Bentley

Duration: 122 min

Lester and Carolyn Burnham are, on the outside, a perfect husband and wife in a perfect house in a perfect neighborhood. But inside, Lester is slipping deeper and deeper into a hopeless depression. He finally snaps when he becomes infatuated with one of his daughter's friends. Meanwhile, his daughter Jane is developing a happy friendship with a shy boy-next-door named Ricky, who lives with an abusive father.—Jessie Skinner

Genre: Action   Drama   Romance