American Beauty (1999) represents an excellent illustration of the real reality, self-honesty, and freedom of the soul/spirit.

Rating: 10/10 (24 November 2001)

WARNING - POSSIBLE SPOILER!
This movie is a Godsend. It deals with one man's search for and location of himself, that having a paradoxically positive effect on others thereby nudging them along to enter the same pathway, if they choose.
It likewise reveals the overwhelming states of denial, obsession with materialism, control-freak individuals, tyrants and abusive-type individuals that exist in our current world.
Overall, it is a 110% positive movie, illustrating honesty, nobility, respect, and freedom of the mind, soul, and body.
Physical death is just a change in dimension for consciousness, as was illustrated by Kevin Spacey's character's comments at the end of the movie. This is a "Know Thyself" movie. It is "fiction with a purpose" - it teaches freedom and the real reality.