90's Middle Class Movie

The picturesque suburban town of Oakdale, USA, 1995.

"Suburban Dreams"

Unlike the 80s, which fetishized the penthouse (American Psycho, Wall Street) or the working-class tenement (Dirty Dancing, Flashdance), the 90s middle-class movie was obsessed with the : the cul-de-sac, the shopping mall, the food court, the airport lounge. Think of the Garfields’ house in Home Alone (1990)—a sprawling, two-story Chicago suburban home that was both a fortress and a prison. Or the Burnhams’ home in American Beauty (1999), where the red rose petals fall not on a satin sheet but on a beige sofa from Pottery Barn. 90's middle class movie

Explores lower-middle-class dreams of making it big in the film industry. (1994) Dream-Big Escapism The picturesque suburban town of Oakdale, USA, 1995

Meet 15-year-old Jake Collins, a likable and laid-back high school student who's navigating the ups and downs of adolescence. Jake lives with his loving but quirky parents, Mark (38) and Karen (36), and his younger sister, Emily (10), in a cozy, beige-colored house on Elm Street. Or the Burnhams’ home in American Beauty (1999),