Suburban Movies
Kinora's catalogue lists 117 films set in suburban environments, spanning 1940–2023. 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.
- 1983
A Christmas Story
Suburbandir. Bob Clark - 1998
A Civil Action
Urban · Suburbandir. Steven Zaillian - 2022
A Man Called Otto
Suburbandir. Marc Forster - 2015
A Man Called Ove
Suburbandir. Hannes Holm - 1984
A Nightmare on Elm Street
Suburbandir. Wes Craven - 2001
A.I. Artificial Intelligence
Urban · Suburbandir. Steven Spielberg - 2002
About Schmidt
Suburban · Ruraldir. Alexander Payne - 1999
American Beauty
Suburbandir. Sam Mendes - 2016
American Honey
Rural · Suburbandir. Andrea Arnold - 1985
Back to the Future
Suburbandir. Robert Zemeckis - 1989
Back to the Future Part II
Suburbandir. Robert Zemeckis - 1988
Big
Urban · Suburbandir. Penny Marshall - 1989
Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure
Suburbandir. Stephen Herek - 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 - 1991
Cape Fear
Suburbandir. Martin Scorsese - 1976
Carrie
Suburbandir. Brian De Palma - 1985
Cat's Eye
Urban · Suburbandir. Lewis Teague - 2012
Chronicle
Urban · Suburbandir. Josh Trank - 1994
Clerks
Suburbandir. Kevin Smith - 2019
Crawl
Suburbandir. Alexandre Aja - 1982
Creepshow
Rural · Suburbandir. George A. Romero - 2000
Dancer in the Dark
Rural · Suburbandir. Lars von Trier - 1978
Dawn of the Dead
Urban · Suburbandir. George A. Romero - 2004
Dawn of the Dead
Suburban · Urbandir. Zack Snyder - 1993
Dazed and Confused
Suburbandir. Richard Linklater - 2001
Donnie Darko
Suburbandir. Richard Kelly - 1982
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
Suburbandir. Steven Spielberg - 1990
Edward Scissorhands
Suburbandir. Tim Burton - 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 - 1986
Ferris Bueller's Day Off
Urban · Suburbandir. John Hughes - 2018
First Man
Suburban · Off Worlddir. Damien Chazelle - 1985
Fright Night
Suburbandir. Tom Holland - 2004
Garden State
Suburbandir. Zach Braff - 2017
Get Out
Suburban · Ruraldir. Jordan Peele - 2014
Gone Girl
Suburbandir. David Fincher - 1984
Gremlins
Suburbandir. Joe Dante - 1978
Halloween
Suburbandir. John Carpenter - 1971
Harold and Maude
Suburbandir. Hal Ashby - 1989
Heathers
Suburbandir. Michael Lehmann - 2018
Hereditary
Suburbandir. Ari Aster - 1990
Home Alone
Suburbandir. Chris Columbus - 2011
Insidious
Suburbandir. James Wan - 2016
It's Only the End of the World
Suburbandir. Xavier Dolan - 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 - 2022
M3GAN
Suburban · Urbandir. Gerard Johnstone - 2016
Manchester by the Sea
Coastal Sea · Suburbandir. Kenneth Lonergan - 1986
Manhunter
Urban · Suburbandir. Michael Mann - 2023
Missing
Urban · Suburbandir. Will Merrick - 2014
Mommy
Suburbandir. Xavier Dolan - 2006
Monster House
Suburbandir. Gil Kenan - 2001
Monster's Ball
Rural · Suburbandir. Marc Forster - 2021
Nobody
Suburban · Urbandir. Ilya Naishuller - 1999
Office Space
Suburbandir. Mike Judge - 1980
Ordinary People
Suburbandir. Robert Redford - 2007
Paranormal Activity
Suburbandir. Oren Peli - 1982
Poltergeist
Suburbandir. Tobe Hooper - 2004
Primer
Suburbandir. Shane Carruth - 2013
Prisoners
Suburbandir. Denis Villeneuve - 2020
Promising Young Woman
Suburbandir. Emerald Fennell - 2011
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
Urban · Suburban · Wildernessdir. Rupert Wyatt - 2015
Room
Suburbandir. Lenny Abrahamson - 1996
Scream
Suburbandir. Wes Craven - 2018
Searching
Suburbandir. Aneesh Chaganty - 1996
Shine
Suburban · Urbandir. Scott Hicks - 1993
Short Cuts
Urban · Suburbandir. Robert Altman - 2012
Sinister
Suburbandir. Scott Derrickson - 2011
Snowtown
Suburban · Ruraldir. Justin Kurzel - 2011
Super 8
Suburban · Undergrounddir. J.J. Abrams - 1983
Terms of Endearment
Suburbandir. James L. Brooks - 1979
The Amityville Horror
Suburbandir. Stuart Rosenberg - 2014
The Babadook
Urban · Suburbandir. Jennifer Kent - 2009
The Blind Side
Suburban · Urbandir. John Lee Hancock - 1985
The Breakfast Club
Suburbandir. John Hughes - 2004
The Butterfly Effect
Urban · Suburbandir. Eric Bress - 2022
The Fabelmans
Suburban · Urbandir. Steven Spielberg - 2017
The Florida Project
Suburbandir. Sean Baker - 2016
The Founder
Suburbandir. John Lee Hancock - 1985
The Goonies
Coastal Sea · Underground · Suburbandir. Richard Donner - 1967
The Graduate
Suburbandir. Mike Nichols - 2018
The Hate U Give
Urban · Suburbandir. George Tillman Jr. - 2011
The Help
Suburban · Urbandir. Tate Taylor - 2004
The Incredibles
Suburban · Islanddir. Brad Bird - 1984
The Karate Kid
Suburbandir. John G. Avildsen - 2001
The Man Who Wasn't There
Suburbandir. Joel Coen - 1979
The Marriage of Maria Braun
Urban · Suburbandir. Rainer Werner Fassbinder - 2021
The Mitchells vs. the Machines
Suburban · Urbandir. Mike Rianda - 1940
The Philadelphia Story
Suburbandir. George Cukor - 1975
The Stepford Wives
Suburbandir. Bryan Forbes - 2011
The Tree of Life
Suburban · Off Worlddir. Terrence Malick - 2000
The Virgin Suicides
Suburbandir. Sofia Coppola - 2022
The Whale
Suburbandir. Darren Aronofsky - 2007
This Is England
Suburban · Coastal Seadir. Shane Meadows - 1995
Toy Story
Suburbandir. John Lasseter - 2010
Toy Story 3
Suburbandir. Lee Unkrich - 2000
Traffic
Urban · Suburbandir. Steven Soderbergh - 2007
Trick 'r Treat
Suburban · Ruraldir. Michael Dougherty - 2014
Unfriended
Suburbandir. Levan Gabriadze - 2019
Us
Coastal Sea · Suburban · Undergrounddir. Jordan Peele - 2005
War of the Worlds
Urban · Suburbandir. Steven Spielberg - 2011
We Need to Talk About Kevin
Suburbandir. Lynne Ramsay - 2014
What We Do in the Shadows
Suburban · Urbandir. Jemaine Clement - 1995
Whisper of the Heart
Urban · Suburbandir. Yoshifumi Kondo - 2018
Wildlife
Suburbandir. Paul Dano
Frequently asked
How many movies are set in suburban environments?
Kinora's catalogue lists 117 films set in suburban environments, spanning 1940–2023.
What are some movies set in suburban environments?
Films set in suburban environments in our catalogue include A Christmas Story (1983), A Civil Action (1998), A Man Called Otto (2022), A Man Called Ove (2015), and A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984).
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 Missing (2023).