Films propagating the American Dream

Here are a few films that deal with the American Dream to varying degrees of grittiness that come to mind:

Glengarry Glen Ross

Midnight Cowboy

Big Night

Born On The 4th of July

Scarface

Any more suggestions?

Originally posted by FMF
Here are a few films that deal with the American Dream to varying degrees of grittiness that come to mind:

Glengarry Glen Ross

Midnight Cowboy

Big Night

Born On The 4th of July

Scarface

Any more suggestions?

Wall Street?

Adam Sandler's The Waterboy

As good as it gets

Deep Throat

Originally posted by FMF
Here are a few films that deal with the American Dream to varying degrees of grittiness that come to mind:

Glengarry Glen Ross

Midnight Cowboy

Big Night

Born On The 4th of July

Scarface

Any more suggestions?

What do you actually mean, "deals with the american dream"? In Midnight Cowboy a naive cowboy goes to the big city dreaming of being a hustler, he meets and hangs out with mangy low-life bum, has his illusions shattered, gets ripped-off, is introduced to drugs and perverts, loses everything and runs away on a greyhound bus on which his friend pisses himself and dies. Its a great movie, it also beats the crap out of the american dream in my opinion.
How about The Stepford Wives????

Originally posted by eamon o
Sorry to dissent already, I disagree totally that Midnight Cowboy celebrates the american dream. The plot: a naive cowboy goes to the big city dreaming of being a hustler, he meets and hangs out with mangy low-life bum, has his illusions shattered, gets ripped-off, is introduced to drugs and perverts, loses everything and runs away on a greyhound bus on whi ...[text shortened]... ies. Its a great movie, but it actually beats the hell out of the american dream in my opinion.

to be fair, he did say 'deal with', and not 'celebrate' the American dream.

ha ha got you before you edited😛

Originally posted by Iron Monkey
to be fair, he did say 'deal with', and not 'celebrate' the American dream.

ha ha got you before you edited😛

you came too soon : ) i was editing while you jumped in. you see
but i noticed that the title of his thread is "propagating the american dream" whereas he gave it a different spin within the text of his statement, tricky huh ?

Originally posted by eamon o
you came too soon

that's what she said.

Originally posted by eamon o
What do you actually mean, "deals with the american dream"? In Midnight Cowboy a naive cowboy goes to the big city dreaming of being a hustler, he meets and hangs out with mangy low-life bum, has his illusions shattered, gets ripped-off, is introduced to drugs and perverts, loses everything and runs away on a greyhound bus on which his friend pisses himself ...[text shortened]... also beats the crap out of the american dream in my opinion.
How about The Stepford Wives????

Thanks for the spoiler alert.

D

Originally posted by Iron Monkey
that's what she said.

you would'nt want to make a habit of it, as the actress said to the monk 😉

Originally posted by FMF
Here are a few films that deal with the American Dream to varying degrees of grittiness that come to mind:

Glengarry Glen Ross

Midnight Cowboy

Big Night

Born On The 4th of July

Scarface

Any more suggestions?

dr strangelove

Boogie Nights

The Indian Runner

Forest Gump

Easy Rider

The Godfather - the classic American immigrant-makes-good story.

Originally posted by Iron Monkey
The Godfather - the classic American immigrant-makes-good story.

immigrant makes not-so-good me thinks unless you think the mafia is a benevolent institution 😕