Lester and Carolyn Burnham are, on the outside, a perfect husband and wife in a perfect house in a perfect neighborhood. But inside, Lester is slipping deeper and deeper into a hopeless depression. He finally snaps when he becomes infatuated with one of his daughter’s friends. Meanwhile, his daughter Jane is developing a happy friendship with a shy boy-next-door named Ricky, who lives with an abusive father.

• American Beauty
• Kevin Spacey
• Annette Bening
• Thora Birch
• Allison Janney
• Peter Gallagher
• Mena Suvari
• Wes Bentley
• Chris Cooper
• Sam Mendes