Movie · 122 min · D · drm
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.
Where to watch American Beauty
- Apple TV Store
- Paramount Plus
- Amazon Video
- Rakuten TV
- Paramount+ Amazon Channel
- Claro video
- Paramount Plus Premium
- Sky Store
- Sooner
- Amazon Prime Video
- HBO Max
- LaCinetek
- VIVA by videofutur
- Videobuster
- UPC TV
- U-NEXT
- Timvision
- blue TV
- pva
- Pathé Home
- Prima Plus
- Premiere Max
- Paramount Plus Basic with Ads
- Netflix
Available on 24 platforms across 20 countries.
Chart positions today
Currently charting in 19 countries, best placed at #120 in Singapore.
- Singapore #120
- United Kingdom #138
- Guatemala #146
- Brazil #173
- Bolivia #180
- Thailand #181
- Ecuador #216
- Argentina #220
- Belgium #244
- Colombia #254
- Japan #258
- Netherlands #262
- Peru #276
- Venezuela #499
- France #632
- Switzerland #658
- Italy #663
- Czech Republic #681
- Mexico #704
Available languages
Audio: Czech, English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Turkish
Subtitles: Arabic, Bulgarian, Chinese, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Hebrew, Hindi, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Malay, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, Tamil, Telugu, Thai, Turkish, Vietnamese
Chart history
American Beauty has spent 3 days in a top 3, 5 days in a top 10 and 90 days in a top 100 across the markets we track. Its best position anywhere is #1.
Cast
Kevin Spacey, Annette Bening, Thora Birch, Wes Bentley, Mena Suvari, Peter Gallagher, Allison Janney, Chris Cooper, Scott Bakula, Sam Robards, Barry Del Sherman, Ara Celi, John Cho, Hal Fort Atkinson, Sue Casey, Kent Faulcon, Brenda Wehle, Lisa Cloud
Crew
Dan Jinks (producer), Bruce Cohen (producer), Sam Mendes (director), Alan Ball (writer)
Awards
12 wins from 20 nominations.
- Amanda Award for Best Foreign Feature Film 2000 — won
- Academy Award for Best Writing, Original Screenplay 2000 — won
- BAFTA Award for Best Film 2000 — won
- Academy Award for Best Picture 2000 — won
- Academy Award for Best Actor 2000 — won
- Academy Award for Best Director 2000 — won
- Academy Award for Best Cinematography 2000 — won
- Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award for Best Film 1999 — won
- National Board of Review: Top Ten Films — won
- National Board of Review Award for Best Film — won
- National Board of Review: Top Ten Films — won
- National Board of Review Award for Best Film — won
- Academy Award for Best Film Editing 2000 — nominated
- Academy Award for Best Director 2000 — nominated
- Academy Award for Best Original Score 2000 — nominated
- Academy Award for Best Actress 2000 — nominated
- Academy Award for Best Cinematography 2000 — nominated
- Academy Award for Best Picture 2000 — nominated
- Academy Award for Best Writing, Original Screenplay 2000 — nominated
- Academy Award for Best Actor 2000 — nominated