Voor de buitenwereld lijkt het alsof Lester Burnham een perfect leventje leidt: een mooi huis, goede baan, mooie vrouw, en een leuke dochter. In werkelijkheid raakt Lester echter in een steeds diepere depressie.
Nee, helaas is American Beauty nog niet beschikbaar op Netflix in Nederland.
| Art | David Lazan | Art Direction |
| Production | Dan Jinks | Producer |
| Sound | Thomas Newman | Original Music Composer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Julie Weiss | Costume Design |
| Editing | Christopher Greenbury | Editor |
| Directing | Sam Mendes | Director |
| Production | Bruce Cohen | Producer |
| Camera | Conrad L. Hall | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Tariq Anwar | Editor |
| Production | Debra Zane | Casting |
| Art | Naomi Shohan | Production Design |
| Production | Stan Wlodkowski | Co-Producer |
| Production | Alan Ball | Co-Producer |
| Camera | Geoffrey Haley | Camera Operator |
| Directing | Ana Maria Quintana | Script Supervisor |
| Sound | Scott Martin Gershin | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Crew | Paula Abdul | Choreographer |
| Editing | Larry Madaras | First Assistant Editor |
| Editing | Tracey Wadmore-Smith | First Assistant Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Alix Hester | Set Costumer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Julie Hewett | Makeup Artist |
| Art | Molly Click | Art Department Coordinator |
| Camera | Aaron Pazanti | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Lorey Sebastian | Still Photographer |
| Sound | Chris Douridas | Music Supervisor |
| Sound | Bryan Bowen | Sound Effects Editor |
| Art | Jan K. Bergstrom | Set Decoration |
| Lighting | Huston Beaumont | Rigging Gaffer |
| Camera | Clyde E. Bryan | First Assistant Camera |
| Production | Deborah Ricketts | Researcher |
| Visual Effects | Jonathan F. Styrlund | Visual Effects Producer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Marcy Grace Froehlich | Assistant Costume Designer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Cydney Cornell | Hairstylist |
| Sound | Scott Millan | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Visual Effects | Rob Hodgson | Visual Effects Supervisor |
| Sound | Bill Bernstein | Music Editor |
| Sound | Thomas Pasatieri | Orchestrator |
| Sound | Alan Rankin | Sound Effects Editor |
| Sound | Bob Beemer | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Kanani Wolf | Set Costumer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Hope Slepak | Costume Supervisor |
| Sound | Joanie Diener | Music Editor |
| Sound | Jeffrey Wilhoit | Foley |
| Costume & Make-Up | Carol A. O'Connell | Key Hair Stylist |
| Art | Cat Smith | Assistant Art Director |
| Art | Joe Ondrejko | Construction Coordinator |
| Visual Effects | Janet Yale | Visual Effects Producer |
| Lighting | Gerald A. King | Rigging Grip |
| Visual Effects | David Goldberg | Visual Effects Supervisor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Patricia DeHaney | Key Hair Stylist |
| Crew | John Hartigan | Special Effects Coordinator |
| Costume & Make-Up | Tania McComas | Makeup Artist |
| Production | Cristen Carr Strubbe | Unit Production Manager |
| Sound | Jackie Gonneau | ADR & Dubbing |
| Crew | Phil Culotta | Utility Stunts |
| Crew | Nicole Kidman | Thanks |
| Crew | Pete Townshend | Thanks |
| Crew | Lisa Dennis | Post Production Supervisor |
| Directing | Tony Adler | Assistant Director |
| Crew | Ben Scott | Stunt Coordinator |
| Crew | David Linck | Unit Publicist |
| Lighting | Ross Dunkerley | Electrician |
| Directing | Rosemary C. Cremona | Assistant Director |
| Sound | Trevor Jolly | ADR Supervisor |
| Art | Chris Samp | Painter |
| Crew | Jim Turner | Production Controller |
| Crew | Rob Garlow | Propmaker |
| Crew | Mike Piccirillo | Set Production Assistant |
| Visual Effects | Olivier Sarda | Digital Compositors |
| Art | Christian Zimmermann | Standby Painter |
| Crew | Pia Mehr | Studio Teachers |
| Art | Lynda Reiss | Property Master |
| Art | Andrea Dopaso | Set Designer |
| Camera | Dana Kroeger | Additional Camera |
| Sound | Carl Fischer | Boom Operator |
| Crew | Krissy Korn | Craft Service |
| Crew | Jeff Couch | Driver |
| Crew | Holiday Freeman | Stand In |
| Costume & Make-Up | Ian Kay | Set Dressing Artist |
| Crew | René González | Projection |
| Production | Janet Lonsdale | Production Accountant |
| Sound | Dennis S. Sands | Scoring Mixer |
| Art | Richard W. Jones | Greensman |
| Production | Christine Bonnem | Location Manager |
| Editing | Jeffrey Skinner | Editorial Production Assistant |
| Sound | Thomas O'Neil Younkman | First Assistant Sound Editor |
| Visual Effects | Ralph Merzbach | 24 Frame Playback |
| Sound | Richard Van Dyke | Production Sound Mixer |
| Visual Effects | John Cassella | 3D Artist |
| Crew | A. Welch Lambeth | Transportation Coordinator |
| Crew | Matt Magnolia | Visual Effects Editor |
| Camera | Bill Young | Key Grip |
| Crew | Kevin Du Toit | Post Production Assistant |
| Crew | Randy Lovelady | Transportation Captain |
| Editing | Phil Hetos | Color Timer |
| Visual Effects | Paula Bonhomme | Visual Effects Coordinator |
| Production | Christa Vausbinder | Production Coordinator |
| Sound | Mark Gordon | Dialogue Editor |
| Camera | Conrad W. Hall | Second Unit Director of Photography |
| Sound | Simon Coke | Dialogue Editor |
| Camera | David Golia | Second Unit Director of Photography |
| Directing | Peter E. Hirsch | Second Assistant Director |
| Sound | Dean Drabin | ADR Mixer |
| Crew | Robert 'Bobby Z' Zajonc | Pilot |
| Costume & Make-Up | Sanford Slepak | Key Costumer |
| Production | Terri Taylor | Casting Assistant |
| Production | Matt Walker | Production Secretary |
| Sound | James Moriana | Foley Artist |
| Crew | Jerry Miscevich | Special Effects Technician |
| Visual Effects | Matt Dessero | Visual Effects Compositor |
| Production | Jeff Lovely | Location Coordinator |
| Camera | Paul Farley | Best Boy Grip |
| Lighting | John Carney | Assistant Chief Lighting Technician |
| Production | Shannon Speaker | Assistant Production Coordinator |
| Production | Steven R. Molen | Production Executive |
| Costume & Make-Up | Buffy Zerefski | Assistant Makeup Artist |
| Production | Raquel Osborne | Extras Casting |
| Art | Tony Chance | Storyboard Artist |
| Crew | Jason Hansen | Special Effects Assistant |
| Lighting | James M. Cox | Chief Lighting Technician |
| Directing | Stephanie Kime | Second Second Assistant Director |
| Art | Angela M. Whiting | Assistant Property Master |
| Sound | Greg Zimmerman | Foley Recordist |
| Visual Effects | Travis Baumann | Compositing Artist |
| Production | Chee Ho | Location Assistant |
| Art | Brook Bacon | Swing |
| Editing | Vince Filippone | Assistant Editor |
| Camera | Mike Gentile | Second Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Carlos M. Gallardo | Dolly Grip |
| Production | Steven Buhai | Production Assistant |
| Sound | Brian Basham | ADR Recordist |
| Sound | Nerses Gezalyan | Foley Mixer |
| Camera | Michael Thomas | Camera Loader |
| Camera | Kelly Diehl | Libra Head Technician |
| Production | Lisa Marie Serra | Post Production Coordinator |
| Production | Yoshi Enoki Jr. | Assistant Location Manager |
| Production | Victor A. Haddox | Assistant Accountant |
| Production | Debbie-Lynn Siegel | Payroll Accountant |
| Production | Maria DeVane | Post Production Accountant |
| Art | Suzan Wexler | Set Designer |
| Art | Robin Richesson | Storyboard Artist |
| Art | Mike Higelmire | Leadman |
| Directing | Chris Edmonds | Second Unit First Assistant Director |
| Crew | Dana Brunetti | Actor's Assistant |
| Crew | Kim Mozingo | Actor's Assistant |
| Art | Michael Casey | Leadman |
| Art | Lisa Penaranda | Set Decorating Coordinator |
| Writing | Alan Ball | Writer |
