Suburban Movies
Kinora's catalogue lists 49 films set in suburban environments, spanning 1940–2022. Each is tagged by where and when it takes place — filter by real-world setting, era, and environment, or open any film for its full tagged world.
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About Schmidt
Suburban · Ruraldir. Alexander Payne - 1999
American Beauty
Suburbandir. Sam Mendes - 2016
American Honey
Rural · Suburbandir. Andrea Arnold - 2014
Blue Ruin
Rural · Suburbandir. Jeremy Saulnier - 1986
Blue Velvet
Suburbandir. David Lynch - 1981
Body Heat
Coastal Sea · Suburbandir. Lawrence Kasdan - 1997
Boogie Nights
Urban · Suburbandir. Paul Thomas Anderson - 2014
Boyhood
Suburban · Urbandir. Richard Linklater - 1945
Brief Encounter
Suburbandir. David Lean - 1994
Clerks
Suburbandir. Kevin Smith - 2000
Dancer in the Dark
Rural · Suburbandir. Lars von Trier - 1993
Dazed and Confused
Suburbandir. Richard Linklater - 1982
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
Suburbandir. Steven Spielberg - 1999
Election
Urban · Suburbandir. Alexander Payne - 2000
Erin Brockovich
Urban · Suburbandir. Steven Soderbergh - 2004
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Urban · Suburbandir. Michel Gondry - 2002
Far from Heaven
Suburbandir. Todd Haynes - 2004
Garden State
Suburbandir. Zach Braff - 2017
Get Out
Suburban · Ruraldir. Jordan Peele - 2014
Gone Girl
Suburbandir. David Fincher - 1978
Halloween
Suburbandir. John Carpenter - 2018
Hereditary
Suburbandir. Ari Aster - 2007
Juno
Suburbandir. Jason Reitman - 1995
La Haine
Urban · Suburbandir. Mathieu Kassovitz - 2017
Lady Bird
Suburbandir. Greta Gerwig - 2008
Let the Right One In
Suburbandir. Tomas Alfredson - 2021
Licorice Pizza
Suburbandir. Paul Thomas Anderson - 2006
Little Miss Sunshine
Suburban · Desertdir. Jonathan Dayton - 2017
Logan Lucky
Suburbandir. Steven Soderbergh - 2016
Manchester by the Sea
Coastal Sea · Suburbandir. Kenneth Lonergan - 2001
Monster's Ball
Rural · Suburbandir. Marc Forster - 1980
Ordinary People
Suburbandir. Robert Redford - 2004
Primer
Suburbandir. Shane Carruth - 2013
Prisoners
Suburbandir. Denis Villeneuve - 2020
Promising Young Woman
Suburbandir. Emerald Fennell - 1993
Short Cuts
Urban · Suburbandir. Robert Altman - 2014
The Babadook
Urban · Suburbandir. Jennifer Kent - 2009
The Blind Side
Suburban · Urbandir. John Lee Hancock - 2017
The Florida Project
Suburbandir. Sean Baker - 1967
The Graduate
Suburbandir. Mike Nichols - 1979
The Marriage of Maria Braun
Urban · Suburbandir. Rainer Werner Fassbinder - 1940
The Philadelphia Story
Suburbandir. George Cukor - 1975
The Stepford Wives
Suburbandir. Bryan Forbes - 2011
The Tree of Life
Suburban · Off Worlddir. Terrence Malick - 2022
The Whale
Suburbandir. Darren Aronofsky - 2007
This Is England
Suburban · Coastal Seadir. Shane Meadows - 2005
War of the Worlds
Urban · Suburbandir. Steven Spielberg - 2011
We Need to Talk About Kevin
Suburbandir. Lynne Ramsay - 2018
Wildlife
Suburbandir. Paul Dano
Frequently asked
How many movies are set in suburban environments?
Kinora's catalogue lists 49 films set in suburban environments, spanning 1940–2022.
What are some movies set in suburban environments?
Films set in suburban environments in our catalogue include About Schmidt (2002), American Beauty (1999), American Honey (2016), Blue Ruin (2014), and Blue Velvet (1986).
What is the oldest movie set in suburban environments?
The Philadelphia Story (1940) is the earliest film set in suburban environments in our catalogue; the most recent is The Whale (2022).