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American Beauty

1999 US film directed by Sam Mendes
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Summary

American Beauty is a film[1]. It ranks in the top 0.46% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (39,535 views/month, #428 of 94,065).[2]

Key Facts

  • Award received: Academy Award for Best Picture[3], Amanda Award for Best Foreign Feature Film[4], Academy Award for Best Actor[5], Academy Award for Best Director[6], Academy Award for Best Cinematography[7], Academy Award for Best Writing, Original Screenplay[8], National Board of Review: Top Ten Films[9], National Board of Review Award for Best Film[10], BAFTA Award for Best Film[11], Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award for Best Film[12]
  • Director: Sam Mendes[13]
  • Screenwriter: Alan Ball[14]
  • Composer: Thomas Newman[15]
  • Genre: black comedy film[16], comedy drama[17], drama film[18], flashback film[19], LGBTQ-related film[20]
  • Cast member: Kevin Spacey[21], Annette Bening[22], Thora Birch[23], Wes Bentley[24], Mena Suvari[25], Chris Cooper[26], Peter Gallagher[27], Allison Janney[28], Scott Bakula[29], Sam Robards[30], John Cho[31], Amber Smith[32], Joel McCrary[33], Bruce Cohen[34]
  • Producer: Bruce Cohen[35], Dan Jinks[36]
  • Production company: DreamWorks[37]
  • Director of photography: Conrad Hall[38]
  • Original language of film or TV show: English[39]
  • Commons category: American Beauty (1999 film)[40]
  • Soundtrack release: American Beauty – Original Motion Picture Score[41], American Beauty – Music from the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack[42]
  • Distribution format: video on demand[43]
  • Review score: 8.2/10[44], 87%[45], 84/100[46]
  • Color: color[47]
  • Country of origin: United States[48]
  • Publication date: September 8, 1999[49], October 1, 1999[50], January 20, 2000[51]
  • Distributed by: UIP-Dunafilm[52]
  • Narrative location: California[53]
  • Topic's main category: Category:American Beauty (1999 film)[54]
  • Filming location: Long Beach[55]
  • Main subject: virginity[56], dysfunctional family[57], social convention[58], role[59], culture of the United States[60], midlife crisis[61]
  • Film editor: Tariq Anwar[62], Christopher Greenbury[63]

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Release type: Soundtrack[64]

  • Community tags: film soundtrack[65]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 360f72f3-6482-4731-9dad-fc04639f2403[66]

Why It Matters

American Beauty has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[67] It is known by 21 alternative names across languages and contexts.[68]

FAQs

What awards did American Beauty receive?

Honors received include Academy Award for Best Picture[3], Amanda Award for Best Foreign Feature Film[4], Academy Award for Best Actor[5], and Academy Award for Best Director[6].

Related Entities

Alan Ball Allison Janney Annette Bening California Chris Cooper film John Cho Kevin Spacey Mena Suvari Peter Gallagher Sam Mendes Scott Bakula Thomas Newman Thora Birch United States Wes Bentley

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  46. [48] ↑ . europeanfilmawards.eu. Retrieved . europeanfilmawards.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  47. [49] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
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Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [64] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [65] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [66] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [67] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [68] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 6d ago · Kwayst · 2026-10-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sitelink count → 79
    Wikipedia languages → ['af', 'ar', 'arz', 'ast', 'az', 'azb', 'be', 'bg', 'bn', 'bs', 'ca', 'ckb', 'cs
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  2. 6w ago · MsMorale · 2026-08-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14821 → 169547
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  3. 7w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-08-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Filmová databáze film id → 23760
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  4. 11w ago · Yirba · 2026-07-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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  5. 13w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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  6. 13w ago · ならちゃん · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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  7. 14w ago · ならちゃん · 2026-07-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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  8. 14w ago · Rémi sim · 2026-07-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    César award film id → 32691
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  9. 15w ago · Yirba · 2026-06-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14449 → 2858
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  10. 23w ago · Mcampany · 2026-04-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Jmk film rating → free from 14 years
    Composer → Thomas Newman
    Film editor → Tariq Anwar, Christopher Greenbury
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