American Beauty is a 1999 American drama film directed by Sam Mendes and written by Alan Ball. Kevin Spacey stars as Lester Burnham, a middle-aged office worker who has a midlife crisis when he becomes infatuated with his teenage daughter's best friend, Angela (Mena Suvari). Annette Bening co-stars as Lester's materialistic wife, Carolyn, and Thora Birch plays their insecure daughter, Jane; Wes Bentley, Chris Cooper and Allison Janney also...
Buddy and Carolyn have sex in a motel room after their "business meeting".
Lester narrates how he felt the second before he died, and he talks about how...
Lester narrates how he felt in the instant before he died.
Jane comes downstairs when she hears the gunshot, and finds Lester dead on th...
Lester is holding a framed picture of his family and a gun appears behind his...
Lester asks Angela about how Jane is doing, and then Angela asks how Lester i...
Lester decides not to have sex with Angela after finding out that she is a vi...
When Angela is in Lester's bed with her shirt unbuttoned, she tells Lester th...
Angela is in Lester's bed, and after he unbuttons her shirt she tells him tha...
Jane and Ricky are lying in a bed together and Jane asks Ricky if he is scare...
When Angela tells Lester that she thinks he is sexy, he tells her that he wan...
Lester walks into his house and sees Angela sitting on the couch. Angela tel...
Carolyn is listening to inspirational tapes in the car after the Real Estate ...
Lester is working out in the garage, and Frank comes in asking where Carolyn ...
Angela is upset that Jane agrees to move to New York with Ricky, and at the e...
Angela and Jane argue when Ricky comes over and asks Jane to move to New York...
When Ricky tells Angela that Jane isn't really her friend, she yells back at ...
Angela gets angry when Jane says she'll move to New York with Ricky. Angela ...
Ricky knocks on Jane's door and asks her to move to New York with him.
Jane and Angela are arguing in her room about Lester's infatuation with Angel...
Frank kicks Ricky out of the house because he thinks Ricky is gay. When Rick...
Frank thinks Ricky is gay and tells him to get out and never come back if he ...
Ricky comes home with $2000 from Lester's house, where he was dealing weed, a...
Jane and Angela are in the car together and Angela asks about Jane's new rela...
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