Background In the 1990s, there was an upsurge of anti-intellectual sentiment in the U.S. society. Then Hollywood introduced a number of films, which aim at belittling modern civilization, advocating low IQ and returning to the origin. The U.S. media called them as “anti-intellectual movie”. “Forrest Gump” is an anti-intellectual film masterpiece of this period, which was adapted from American writer Winston •Gloom’s best-selling novel with the same name. By describing an intellectual disability with IQ of 75, this movie reflects all the aspects of American life, and shows many important events about American social and political life for decades in a unique perspective. It enables the Americans to reexamine the State and individuals in the past, meditate on the nature of Americans. Through this film, we understand the generations’ ideas and values of the United States, including the American Dream and American optimism, aware of people's lifestyles in different countries and their attitudes toward life. “Forrest Gump” is the most representative movie of this period on the “American dream”. It was an anti-intellectual film directed by Robert Zemeckis, and acted by TomHanks. The film acquired great success. The 67th Annual Academy Awards competition in1995, “Forrest Gump” got 13 nominations, obtained six awards, and also won the nation's top 10 box office films in that year. Four years later, the film entered the row of the greatest 100 movies in American history. Consequently, “Forrest Gump” can be treated as a myth of fool's movie in American movie history. Theme Family, friendship and love has always been the eternal topic of human history. This film narrates Forrest’s family, friendship and love stories around the fool cultural. Forrest’sleg was disabled in his childhood, and his IQ was low. People in the small town looked at Forrest with strange eyes, with only two women caring about and loving him: his mother gave him a great maternal love. Jenny then warmed his heart by her feelings of the innocent. In Mother’s mind, Forrest was not a burden, but God's gift to her. She worked ceaselessly to support Forrest, and she could always find the most user-friendly language to let him understand the truth in life. “Life was like a box of chocolates, you never know what you’re gonna get”. “Stupid is as stupid does”. Life is like that air of white feathers, or fighting the wind, or drifting with the wind, or hovering the blue sky, or falling into the abyss, or something else. "Forrest Gump" expressed a lot of different themes, which is repeatedly emphasized by the director is never give up on life. The film not only gives us an emotional education, but also concentrates a social history of American from 1950s to 1982. In the 60's, the young generations choose an escape from reality, pursuit of pleasure, negative rational, emphasizing the instinct of disillusionment road, in order to expressthe darkness of American society, and their discontent and rebellion of the Vietnam War, as well as the confusion and perplexity to the reality and the future. Sexual liberation, drugs bring the magic of stray far from the reality of society, and social life is the lifestyle of their choice. Well Forrest has been being full of a kind of American special optimism upward, actively enterprising spirit. Although Forrest’s IQ is low, but his kindness, firm conviction makes him achieve great successes in sports, battlefield, shopping malls that normal people could not do. He believed that Stupid is as stupid does. Whether you are black or white, smart or stupid, you just do the best, and then success. Forrest’s story like a prism reflects all aspects of life. It causes the audience to ponder their own lives, and gives them a hope. Forrest was a hero in their heart. “Forrest Gump” teach people the key to success is : as long as you make decisions, and have your own goal, all can be achieved.