Sometimes there's so much beauty in the world I feel like I can't take it, and my heart is going to cave in.

Two scenes from one movie: American Beauty; and both scenes belong to my top movie scenes list.

Watch them - they are both so sad and beautiful. A perfect script by Alan Ball, with the most piercing soundtrack by Thomas Newman.

And if you haven't watched the movie yet, I highly recommend you to watch it as well. The story involves an upper middle-class American man, who hits a midlife crisis, and starts lusting after his daughter's arrogant best friend.

Oh god, I know that the way I wrote the synopsis makes it sound like some cheesy flick, but that is my bad synopsis-writing-skills. The movie is incredible, and really explores the trappings of a middle-class life (or rather, life itself) from a hauntingly sarcastic perspective.