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Movies like American Beauty (1999) Finished American Beauty and want that feeling again? These are ranked by what it is actually about — its themes, its pacing, the kind of person at the centre of it — rather than the genre it was filed under. Every match says what it shares with American Beauty, and what it does not.
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Suburban alienation Mid life crisis Rebellion against societal norms Social conformity Black comedy Satire Drama Unreliable narrator Your best matches Ranked against what American Beauty is actually about, not its genre labels.
62% Reverina match Top pick 2019 · Series · Drama · Comedy
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Why it matches Also black comedy and drama at heart Watched for the same thing: dark comedy Built around the same moral ambiguity More matches Each with the traits it shares with your pick.
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Centres on the same antihero figure What's different Not built around self-discovery or social conformity Not really satire A series rather than a single film Where it streams Netflix Netflix Standard with Ads Why this ranked above the others
The least obvious pick of the set when ranked against American Beauty.
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1999 · Film · Drama · Thriller
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Why it matches Watched for the same thing: social satire and dark comedy Told the same way, unreliable narrator and nonlinear Centres on the same antihero figure Shares its unsettling and cathartic register What's different Not built around self-discovery or moral ambiguity Not really satire or drama More violent Why this ranked above the others
The best-reviewed of the set when ranked against American Beauty.
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2019 · Film · Drama · Thriller
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Why it matches Told the same way, unreliable narrator and nonlinear Built around the same moral ambiguity Centres on the same antihero figure Shares its unsettling and bleak register What's different Not built around self-discovery or social conformity Not really satire or drama More violent Why this ranked above the others
The closest in pace and structure when ranked against American Beauty.
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Centres on the same antihero figure Shares its unsettling and cathartic register Lolita 1997
Told the same way, unreliable narrator and nonlinear Centres on the same antihero figure Suburbicon 2017
Watched for the same thing: social satire and dark comedy Told the same way, unreliable narrator and nonlinear Daria 1997 · 5 seasons
Watched for the same thing: social satire and dark comedy Also satire at heart Insatiable 2018
Watched for the same thing: social satire and dark comedy Built around the same self-discovery Parasite 2019 · 2h 13m
Watched for the same thing: social satire and dark comedy Built around the same moral ambiguity
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