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American Beauty

Movie1999121 minblack comedy filmcomedy dramadrama film

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Release date
8 September 1999
Format
Movie
Runtime
121 minutes
Genres
black comedy filmcomedy dramadrama filmflashback filmLGBTQ-related film
Credited creators
Sam Mendes

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Format
Movie
Release year
1999
Source release (day)
1999-09-08
Also listed as
アメリカン・ビューティー (ja) · 아메리칸 뷰티 (ko) · 美國心玫瑰情 (zh) · 美丽有罪 (zh) · 《美国丽人》 (zh) · 美国大美人 (zh) · 美国丽人 (zh)
Runtime
121 minutes
Credited creators
Sam Mendes
Country labels
United States
Genres
black comedy film, comedy drama, drama film, flashback film, LGBTQ-related film
Source language labels
English. These do not establish a streaming dub or subtitle offer.

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Poster source: TMDb · 14; retrieved 2026-10-14.

Cast source: Wikidata · Q25139 — CC0-1.0; retrieved 2026-10-03. Names are selected alphabetically, not by billing order.

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