Back in 1999, the acclaimed film American Beauty was first released in movie theaters, going on to garner major praise and multiple Academy Award wins. Paramount+ subscribers can currently revisit the ...

Wes Bentley and Chris Cooper in 1999's 'American Beauty' "Well, when we shot it, we said people are either gonna love this film or hate it," Cooper tells PEOPLE of American Beauty at the New York City ...

American Beauty was the first film directed by Sam Mendes, released in 1999 to huge critical and commercial acclaim; 25 years ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Yet maybe it was also supposed to inspire, since Kevin Spacey's depressed suburban dad Lester Burnham does find a new lease on ...

Set in an unnamed middle-class suburb, American Beauty follows Lester Burnham (Spacey), a middle-aged husband and father suffocating under quiet dissatisfaction. He despises his advertising job, feels ...

Oscar-winning actor Chris Cooper tells PEOPLE at the Tuesday, Sept. 2, second premiere of his new movie The History of Sound that everyone who made 1999's American Beauty was aware it would prove ...