Cooper costarred with Kevin Spacey, Annette Bening, Thora Birch, Mena Suvari, Allison Janney and Wes Bentley in the best picture-winning film Chris Cooper is reflecting on American Beauty's legacy ...

American Beauty was the first film directed by Sam Mendes, released in 1999 to huge critical and commercial acclaim; 25 years ...

Annette Bening says she was once invited to a real estate conference following the success of her 1999 film, American Beauty. Bening, 67, played Carolyn Burnham – the neurotic wife of Lester Burnham ...

Set in an unnamed middle-class suburb, American Beauty follows Lester Burnham (Spacey), a middle-aged husband and father suffocating under quiet dissatisfaction. He despises his advertising job, feels ...

Oscar-winning actor Chris Cooper tells PEOPLE at the Tuesday, Sept. 2, second premiere of his new movie The History of Sound that everyone who made 1999's American Beauty was aware it would prove ...

André Joseph is a movie features writer at Collider. Born and raised in New York City, he graduated from Emerson College with a Bachelor's Degree in Film. He freelances as an independent filmmaker, ...