Divan (2003), The Italian (2005), The Godfather: Part II (1974), The Pope of Greenwich Village (1984), In America (2002), Wilson (1944), The Brothers McMullen (1995), Forrest Gump (1994) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best American Dream movies.
Storyline: In this film, documentarian Pearl Gluck chronicles her Hasidic Jewish upbringing and her subsequent, more secular life as a Manhattanite. Gluck then documents her return trip to her old neighborhood, where she tries to reconcile with her devout father, who hopes that she will move back to Brooklyn. Gluck strikes an on-camera compromise with her dad, and agrees to trek to Hungary in order to find a long-lost family heirloom -- a couch that many notable rabbis have crashed on.
Plot Keywords: documentary, jewish culture, family, tradition, immigration, identity, poland ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Abandoned by his mother, 6-year-old Vanya (Kolya Spiridonov) lives in an orphanage run by a greedy woman (Mariya Kuznetsova) and her cruel lover (Nikolai Reutov). Vanya decides to run away and find his mother after a wealthy Italian couple offer to buy him and after observing that the older children in the home survive by stealing or prostitution. He faces many dangers on his journey, including the pair at the orphanage who tried to sell him.
Plot Keywords: drama, crime, romance, gangster, violence, new york, underworld ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: The continuing saga of the Corleone crime family tells the story of a young Vito Corleone growing up in Sicily and in 1910s New York; and follows Michael Corleone in the 1950s as he attempts to expand the family business into Las Vegas, Hollywood and Cuba.
Plot Keywords: mafia, crime family, power struggle, revenge, betrayal, loyalty, american dream ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Cousins Paulie (Eric Roberts) and Charlie (Mickey Rourke) plan to rob a merchant in the New York City neighborhood that's home to the restaurant where they work. When their scheme results in the death of a police officer and draws the ire of the Mafia-linked businessman who was ripped off, Charlie's girlfriend (Daryl Hannah) bolts, and mob henchmen exact a brutal price from Paulie. With the mob threatening to kill them, the thieves must think fast if they intend to survive.
Plot Keywords: crime, drama, gangster, new york, brotherhood, betrayal, street life ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: A handsome actor (Paddy Considine), his wife (Samantha Morton) and their two daughters emigrate from Ireland and search for success in New York.
Plot Keywords: drama, family, immigration, new york, ireland, grief, hope ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Woodrow Wilson (Alexander Knox) goes from Princeton to the White House and promotes the League of Nations.
Plot Keywords: war, history, biography, politics, world war i, international relations, white house ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Three Irish-American brothers (Jack Mulcahy, Mike McGlone, Edward Burns) ponder women and one another while living together on Long Island.
Plot Keywords: independent film, family, romance, brotherhood, new york, debut film, 1990s ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Forrest Gump is a simple man with a low I.Q. but good intentions. He is running through childhood with his best and only friend Jenny. His 'mama' teaches him the ways of life and leaves him to choose his destiny. Forrest joins the army for service in Vietnam, finding new friends called Dan and Bubba, he wins medals, creates a famous shrimp fishing fleet, inspires people to jog, starts a ping-pong craze, creates the smiley, writes bumper stickers and songs, donates to people and meets the president several times. However, this is all irrelevant to Forrest who can only think of his childhood sweetheart Jenny Curran, who has messed up her life. Although in the end all he wants to prove is that anyone can love anyone.
Plot Keywords: drama, romance, historical, inspirational, american, classic, coming of age ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: An image maker (Peter Boyle) grooms the son (Robert Redford) of a political boss (Melvyn Douglas) for a token bid in a U.S. Senate race.
Plot Keywords: political, satire, election, american politics, media, democracy, corruption ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: A reformed gang leader returns to Harlem and takes a job delivering meals. When he meets and bonds with an older woman, the two of them discover there is hope and joy in their surroundings.
Plot Keywords: drama, social, new york, african american, community, redemption, urban life ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Filmmaker Taggart Siegel captures two turbulent decades in the life of John Peterson, an Illinois farmer who not only tends the land but also delves into writing and performance art. A man who would as soon work the fields in a feather boa as in a pair of jeans, Peterson rises out of the bankruptcy and depression plaguing Midwest farm communities in the 1980s and saves his livelihood through organic agriculture.
Plot Keywords: documentary, biography, agriculture, rural life, independent film, community, tradition ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Filmmaker James D. Scurlock examines the outrageous practices that consumer-lending and credit-card companies use to rack up huge profits while bleeding customers dry. Interviews include a woman declared dead by the credit bureaus and two Minneapolis entrepreneurs who use debtors' personal information to humiliate them into paying up.
Plot Keywords: documentary, finance, consumerism, financial crisis, capitalism, american dream, money ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: A widow (Phylicia Rashad), her son (Sean Combs) and other members of a black family have differing ideas on how to spend a $10,000 life-insurance check.
Plot Keywords: family, race, dreams, poverty, discrimination, american dream, african american ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Cliff (Andre Noble) receives an unusual 18th birthday gift from his younger sister -- marijuana, alcohol, a subway token and the mission to lose his virginity. This results in Cliff meeting a young street hustler named Butch (Brendan Fehr). At first, as Butch introduces Cliff to gay street life in Toronto, Cliff is excited by his new relationship. But as the two grow closer, he finds that Butch has problems, including drug addiction, that are cause for serious concern.
Plot Keywords: drama, sports, independent film, american film, coming of age, immigration, cultural conflict ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: A German mail-order bride in 1920s Minnesota encounters suspicion and scorn when she arrives to marry a member of a Norwegian farming community.
Plot Keywords: romance, history, drama, american, immigration, farm, 1920s ...
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