The film 'American Beauty' won 5 Academy Awards. Now you can have this award-winning movie in your DVD collection. The story follows a man going through a midlife crisis and in a troubled marriage falls in lust with his daughter's beautiful friend. He then uses her as motivation to change his life. Meanwhile, his wife is unhappy and his daughter is depressed. Sam Mendes directed this dark drama that has comedic moments. 'American Beauty' runs 2 hours and 2 minutes and is rated R for sexual situations, nudity, profanity, violence, and drug content. The movie stars Kevin Spacey, Annette Bening, Mena Suvari, Wes Bently, and Thora Birch.