How do ordinary people live in the USA, how was their life organized 100-150 years ago and now? You can learn a lot of interesting things from American movies and get an idea of life in the states.
The movies tell about love and friendship, grief and hatred, class differences and racial intolerance. Here are the best movies about the United States, revealing the history, culture and society of the country from the 19th century to the present day.
Servant
It's the 1960s, decent girls should not entertain themselves with illusions of success, they become good wives and housewives, and nearby the movement for the rights of black people is actively developing, because in almost every house there is a dark-skinned maid, who survives the humiliation of employers.
Mean girls
Quiet Cady finds herself in high school for the first time, because before that she traveled with her parents to Africa and was homeschooled. The world of colorful clothes and parties captivates the girl, but how to stay herself?
12 years of slavery
Northup had a wife, education and life in New York, until one day he is kidnapped and handed over to slavery by his masters. The story of slavery in the United States will not leave anyone indifferent.
Mile 8.
The life story of a young American rapper, while the conflict between "whites" and "coloreds" rages in the background, and the politics of industrial development fail.
Gone with the wind
Love against the backdrop of the American Civil War North and South, 8 Oscars and the famous "I'll think about it tomorrow."
The Devil Wears Prada
Ambitious Andi finds herself in a fashion magazine, even though she dreams of a career as a serious journalist. Her boss is a true devil, but if she lasts a year as her assistant, she'll be taken on by any magazine.
Time
Time is literally the most valuable and vital resource in this movie. People physically stop aging at 25 and live until they run out of time. Time is paid for at work, time can be used to buy a cup of coffee or even to win at gambling.
Matrix
Some more science fiction from Wachowski, where humans are just energy batteries and their lives are an illusion in the world of The Matrix.
Clueless
Another movie about high school students in the United States. Rich teenagers, their poor teachers and everything they can teach each other.
Avengers
The quintessential superhero movies where brave men in capes and iron suits fight evil and save the world.
Forrest Gump
The story of 70's, 80's and 90's America with key events through which a man named Forrest threads his way.
Psycho
A bit of a Hitchcock thriller. A young girl steals money from her employer and escapes from the city, checks into a small motel, meets the young owner, but strange things start to happen.
Apollo 13
A screen adaptation of the true story from takeoff to landing of the Apollo 13 spacecraft.
West Side Story
An American Romeo and Juliet, only instead of two opposing families, it's two New York City gangs.
Godfather
The Italian Mafia is conquering America.
Back to the Future
A scientist creates a time machine and sends his assistant into the past, where he meets his parents in his youth and changes his future.
The Wolf of Wall Street
The phrase "Sell me that pen" is actively on the list of interview questions, and the key message of the movie is the pursuit of the American dream.
Steel magnolias
Six women in a small, quiet American town live their lives, share each other's joys and hardships, and carry their friendships through the years.
Pulp Fiction
Philosophical conversations, crime stories, and a bit of action in several seemingly unrelated plots.
Pocahontas
The building of Jamestown in present-day Virginia, the settling of America by colonists, and the true-life based story of Native American princess Pocahontas.
The Breakfast Club
A movie about high school students in the USA in the 80's. They study, fall in love, quarrel with the teacher and stay after school because they are punished.
Once upon a time in America
A movie about the history of the United States in the early 20th century: the 20s, jazz, gangs that divided territories and among all this four teenagers with no money and no connections, but with a real desire to become rich. Where will it lead?
When Harry met Sally
The two met while they were still young, but they didn't give it much thought. Each went his own way in search of a dream, and life kept pushing them together.
The Florida Project
The movie "The Florida Project" shows the lives of people on the edge of poverty. For the story of Mooney and her friends having fun in the backstreets of Disneyland, the filmmakers won Oscars, Golden Globes, Bafta, etc.
The relegation game
The story of the 2008 global economic crisis and the several American economists who were able to predict it independently of each other.
Bummer
An American girl is sent to a closed English school as punishment for misbehavior, but even there she causes mayhem and makes friends.
American graffiti
Youth comedy drama about teenagers of the 70s, vivid characters and light humor reflect the picture of life in America of that period.
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