Pleasantville

At the beginning of the film, David is overwhelmed by the modern world, and escapes into the sitcom Pleasantville with a nostalgic sense that things were easier in the past. When he is transported into the show, however, he soon learns that the structures upholding the idyllic life in the town are not actually positive. He learns the difficult lesson that nostalgia isn't necessarily a good thing, and can obscure the more difficult elements of "the way things used to be." Pleasantville may seem perfect, but it is actually a place that suppresses independent thought and artistic expression and subordinates women.