Frank Capra’s timeless masterpiece follows George Bailey, a selfless man who sacrifices his dreams for the citizens of Bedford Falls. On Christmas Eve, facing financial ruin and despair, George contemplates suicide. An angel named Clarence intervenes, revealing a bleak alternate reality where George never existed. Seeing the lives he has saved and enriched, George rediscovers his self-worth and returns to his family, realizing that his life truly matters and that "no man is a failure who has friends."