American Beauty (1999)
Directed by Sam Mendes · 122 min · Drama
83.9 TOPICAL score · #245 of 6,776 films
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American Beauty (1999, directed by Sam Mendes) has a TOPICAL score of 83.9 - ranked 245 of the 6,776 films TOPICAL scores. It scores highest on awards and audience, and lowest on legacy & cult status. It won 10 awards from 14 nominations, including the Academy Award for Best Picture. Critics: 87% on Rotten Tomatoes · 8.2/10 critics' average · Metacritic 84. Audiences: TMDB 8/10 (13,450 ratings). Wikipedia covers it in 79 languages.
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- Critics87% on Rotten Tomatoes · 8.2/10 critics' average · Metacritic 84
- AudienceTMDB 8/10 (13,450 ratings)
- Awards10 wins, 14 nominations - incl. Academy Award for Best Picture; Academy Award for Best Director; Academy Award for Best Actor
- ImpactWikipedia articles in 79 languages
- Still read169,400 Wikipedia readers in the last 60 days
Starring: Kevin Spacey (actor #46), Annette Bening (actor #268), Thora Birch (actor #908), Wes Bentley
“In 2019, beating up on Sam Mendes' multi-Oscar-winning American Beauty [...] is so painfully easy that it seems unfair. The Best Picture winner has fallen largely out of fashion; it rarely appears on critics' lists of favorite movies, and its memory seems to have faded for most moviegoers, too.”
Wikipedia · read the article - AI legacy read: 4/10