American Dream Movies

As the United States celebrates its 250th anniversary on July 4, 2026, AMERIGO: THE SEARCH FOR THE AMERICAN DREAM asks one urgent, unifying question...

All Denny wants to do is get by like everybody else, but there always seems to be something in the way.

Hoping to convince his wife that a promotion across the country could change their lives, Brian takes her on a trip to a faded resort town where they...

The film is a controversy on democracy. Is our society really democratic? Can everyone be part of it? Or is the act of being part in democracy...

The Brooklyn Bridge spans the East River and connects Manhattan and Brooklyn, the two centers of the port city of New York. Its architect Johann...

After preventing a middle school student from carrying out a shooting, Principal McMack meets with the student's parents to discuss what to do next.

A kaleidoscopic road trip through modern mystical Americana, revealing the hidden magic that’s happening all around us. A living tribute to the...

A journey into time, landscape and consciousness: The Southwestern United States in the black-and-white moving images and unsettling instrumental...

Two friends fall in love with the same girl and end up in a situation that can only make everyone unhappy. In Forget America, it is also reinforced...

In order to pass a history class and save his student visa, Caleb Shatar must earn extra credit by starring in his eccentric history...

The Croatian coast, 1914. Europe is in shambles and fear of the brewing military conflict of The Great War is slowly eating away at all facets of...

In Texas, construction workers face the deadliest conditions in the country. This documentary follows three immigrant families who are rising up to...

It’s been widely reported that Detroit is making a comeback, but long-term residents of Detroit’s mostly black neighborhoods aren’t...

In a rapidly changing America where mass inequality and dwindling opportunity have devastated the black working class, three Detroit men must fight...

Two countries, two restaurants, one vision. At Gabriela Cámara's acclaimed Contramar in Mexico City, the welcoming, uniformed waiters are as...

Why don't we do something to ease the suffering of the poor, the excluded? Because we live in fear of "the other," the stranger. Filmed a few months...

On a Summer afternoon, Pedro packs the last few boxes before having to leave his apartment in New York. 12 years ago, Pedro and Ana had arrived in...

What chance does a young hustler from Anchorage, Alaska have after a long prison sentence that feeds him back to the same violent street life?