Taste of Cinema's 20 Best Movies That Explore the Dark Side of the American Dream
"Since the nation's independence, the American Dream has represented the hopes & aspirations of millions of people. Some immigrants came looking for fame & fortune, hoping to achieve success in business, entertainment, politics or innovation, others simply wanted a home to raise their family & live their lives in comfort & style and some hoped to escapes lives of violence, poverty, famine & persecution. To them, America represented the new world, a world free of the social limitations, religious persecution & class disparity that defined the old world. However, apart from the growing perception that it is out of reach for the lower & slowly shrinking middle class, the American Dream has also inspired behaviour & actions that, to most, are reprehensible. Murder, kidnapping, theft & fraud – all in the pursuit of happiness in the land of opportunity, destroying themselves physically and emotionally, repressing hidden desires & rebelling against the status quo." - tasteofcinema.com
avg. score: 10 of 20 (48%)
required scores: 1, 5, 8, 11, 14
