Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "suburban-life"

1. Stranger Things (2016–2025)

TV-14 | 60 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

When a young boy vanishes, a small town uncovers a mystery involving secret experiments, terrifying supernatural forces and one strange little girl.

Stars: Millie Bobby Brown, Finn Wolfhard, Winona Ryder, David Harbour

Votes: 1,333,345

2. The Simpsons (1989– )

TV-14 | 22 min | Animation, Comedy

The satiric adventures of a working-class family in the misfit city of Springfield.

Stars: Dan Castellaneta, Nancy Cartwright, Harry Shearer, Julie Kavner

Votes: 435,383

3. Nobody (I) (2021)

R | 92 min | Action, Crime, Drama

A docile family man slowly reveals his true character after his house gets burgled by two petty thieves, which, coincidentally, leads him into a bloody war with a Russian crime boss.

Director: Ilya Naishuller | Stars: Bob Odenkirk, Aleksey Serebryakov, Connie Nielsen, Christopher Lloyd

Votes: 323,729 | Gross: $27.27M

4. Little Shop of Horrors (1986)

PG-13 | 94 min | Comedy, Horror, Musical

A nerdy florist finds his chance for success and romance with the help of a giant man-eating plant who demands to be fed.

Director: Frank Oz | Stars: Rick Moranis, Ellen Greene, Vincent Gardenia, Levi Stubbs

Votes: 86,253 | Gross: $38.75M

5. Servant (2019–2023)

TV-MA | 30 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery

A Philadelphia couple are in mourning after an unspeakable tragedy creates a rift in their marriage and opens a door for a mysterious force to enter their home.

Stars: Lauren Ambrose, Toby Kebbell, Nell Tiger Free, Rupert Grint

Votes: 47,220

6. The Incredibles (2004)

PG | 115 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

While trying to lead a quiet suburban life, a family of undercover superheroes are forced into action to save the world.

Director: Brad Bird | Stars: Craig T. Nelson, Samuel L. Jackson, Holly Hunter, Jason Lee

Votes: 807,589 | Gross: $261.44M

7. Sex/Life (2021–2023)

TV-MA | 45 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

A suburban mother of two takes a fantasy-charged trip down memory lane that sets her very married present on a collision course with her wild child past.

Stars: Sarah Shahi, Mike Vogel, Adam Demos, Margaret Odette

Votes: 30,948

8. The War of the Roses (1989)

R | 116 min | Comedy, Romance

A married couple tries everything to drive each other out of the house in a vicious divorce battle.

Director: Danny DeVito | Stars: Michael Douglas, Kathleen Turner, Danny DeVito, Marianne Sägebrecht

Votes: 57,297 | Gross: $86.89M

9. WandaVision (2021)

TV-PG | 39 min | Action, Comedy, Drama

Blends the style of classic sitcoms with the MCU, in which Wanda Maximoff and Vision - two super-powered beings living their ideal suburban lives - begin to suspect that everything is not as it seems.

Stars: Elizabeth Olsen, Paul Bettany, Kathryn Hahn, Teyonah Parris

Votes: 369,486

10. Planes, Trains & Automobiles (1987)

R | 93 min | Comedy, Drama

A Chicago advertising man must struggle to travel home from New York for Thanksgiving, with a lovable oaf of a shower-curtain-ring salesman as his only companion.

Director: John Hughes | Stars: Steve Martin, John Candy, Laila Robins, Michael McKean

Votes: 160,077 | Gross: $49.53M

11. Monster House (2006)

PG | 91 min | Animation, Comedy, Family

Three teens discover that their neighbor's house is really a living, breathing, scary monster.

Director: Gil Kenan | Stars: Mitchel Musso, Sam Lerner, Spencer Locke, Ryan Whitney

Votes: 137,998 | Gross: $73.66M

12. The Flintstones (1960–1966)

TV-G | 26 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy

The misadventures of two modern-day Stone Age families, the Flintstones and the Rubbles.

Stars: Alan Reed, Mel Blanc, Jean Vander Pyl, Bea Benaderet

Votes: 40,956

13. Gypsy (2017)

TV-MA | 51 min | Drama, Thriller

Therapist Jean Holloway becomes too immersed in the lives of her patients.

Stars: Naomi Watts, Billy Crudup, Sophie Cookson, Karl Glusman

Votes: 18,717

14. Neighbors (1981)

R | 94 min | Comedy

A quiet man's peaceful suburban lifestyle is threatened by the new, obnoxious couple that moves in next door.

Director: John G. Avildsen | Stars: John Belushi, Dan Aykroyd, Kathryn Walker, Cathy Moriarty

Votes: 8,583 | Gross: $29.92M

15. The Looney Tunes Show (2011–2015)

TV-PG | 23 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy

An updated iteration of the classic Looney Tunes characters focusing on their satirical misadventures living in suburbia.

Stars: Jeff Bergman, Bob Bergen, Fred Armisen, Kristen Wiig

Votes: 15,466

16. Over the Edge (1979)

PG | 95 min | Crime, Drama

A group of bored teenagers rebel against authority in the community of New Granada after the death of one of their own.

Director: Jonathan Kaplan | Stars: Matt Dillon, Michael Eric Kramer, Pamela Ludwig, Vincent Spano

Votes: 8,117

17. Husbands (1970)

PG-13 | 154 min | Comedy, Drama

After the death of a common friend, three married men leave their lives together, seeking pleasure and freedom and ultimately leaving for London.

Director: John Cassavetes | Stars: Ben Gazzara, Peter Falk, John Cassavetes, Jenny Runacre

Votes: 7,324 | Gross: $0.78M

18. Divorce American Style (1967)

Approved | 109 min | Comedy

Dick Van Dyke and Debbie Reynolds star as a suburban couple who learn that not even divorce can solve all their problems.

Director: Bud Yorkin | Stars: Dick Van Dyke, Debbie Reynolds, Jason Robards, Jean Simmons

Votes: 1,874 | Gross: $12.00M

19. Absolute Beginners (1986)

PG-13 | 108 min | Drama, Musical, Romance

In London in 1958, a young photographer seeks media stardom to keep the love of a beautiful, aspiring fashion designer.

Director: Julien Temple | Stars: Patsy Kensit, Eddie O'Connell, David Bowie, James Fox

Votes: 3,722 | Gross: $0.93M

20. Good Morning (1959)

Not Rated | 94 min | Comedy, Drama, Family

Two boys begin a silence strike to press their parents into buying them a television set.

Director: Yasujirô Ozu | Stars: Keiji Sada, Yoshiko Kuga, Chishû Ryû, Kuniko Miyake

Votes: 11,002

21. Sally4Ever (2018)

TV-MA | 30 min | Comedy, Romance

For 10 years Sally has lived a dull suburban life with David. But on the night he asks her to marry him, Sally has a crisis and embarks on a wild affair with Emma, a seductive, charismatic, boho actress, singer, musician, poet and author.

Stars: Felicity Montagu, Julia Davis, Julian Barratt, Catherine Shepherd

Votes: 2,013

22. The Efficiency Expert (1991)

PG | 85 min | Comedy, Drama

An expert on productivity shows wacky workers in 1966 Australia how to run their moccasin factory like clockwork, despite laying off more than half the workforce.

Director: Mark Joffe | Stars: Anthony Hopkins, Ben Mendelsohn, Alwyn Kurts, Bruno Lawrence

Votes: 2,196 | Gross: $0.10M

23. Metroland (1997)

R | 101 min | Comedy, Drama

The sudden reappearance of his best friend Toni, after a ten year absence, causes Chris to remember his past, to question some of his lifestyle decisions and to re-evaluate his life and marriage to Marion.

Director: Philip Saville | Stars: Christian Bale, Lee Ross, Emily Watson, Elsa Zylberstein

Votes: 3,631 | Gross: $0.30M

24. Swinging Safari (2018)

R | 97 min | Comedy, Drama

A teenager comes of age in a small Australian town during the 1970s when a 200-ton blue whale gets washed up on a local beach.

Director: Stephan Elliott | Stars: Guy Pearce, Kylie Minogue, Jesse Denyer, Kotan Jacob

Votes: 2,693

25. The in Crowd (1988)

PG | 95 min | Comedy, Drama, History

In the mid-60s, a teenage 4.0 high-school student is drawn out of his element on a dare by his peers, to become a dancer on popular TV music show.

Director: Mark Rosenthal | Stars: Jennifer Runyon, Donovan Leitch Jr., Joe Pantoliano, Bruce Kirby

Votes: 988 | Gross: $0.12M

26. Crime of Passion (1956)

Approved | 86 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

Kathy leaves the newspaper business to marry homicide detective Bill but is frustrated by his lack of ambition and the banality of life in the suburbs. Her drive to advance Bill's career soon takes her down a dangerous path.

Director: Gerd Oswald | Stars: Barbara Stanwyck, Sterling Hayden, Raymond Burr, Fay Wray

Votes: 2,849

27. Neighbors with Benefits (2015)

Reality-TV

Reality show about swinger couples in a suburban community. Nine, one-hour episodes were filmed; however, AETV canceled the show after only two episodes aired.

Stars: Lori, Brittany, Eric, Diana

Votes: 35

28. O.C. and Stiggs (1985)

R | 109 min | Comedy, Romance

O.C. and Stiggs aren't your average unhappy teenagers. They not only despise their suburban surroundings, they plot against them. They seek revenge against the middle-class Schwab family, who embody all they detest: the middle class.

Director: Robert Altman | Stars: Daniel Jenkins, Neill Barry, Jane Curtin, Paul Dooley

Votes: 1,464 | Gross: $0.03M

29. I Was Born, But... (1932)

Not Rated | 90 min | Comedy, Drama

Two young brothers throw a tantrum when they discover that their father isn't the most important man in his workplace.

Director: Yasujirô Ozu | Stars: Tatsuo Saitô, Tomio Aoki, Mitsuko Yoshikawa, Hideo Sugawara

Votes: 6,202

30. Terror Tract (2000)

R | 96 min | Comedy, Horror, Romance

A real estate agent terrifies a couple with the grim fates of the previous owners of a house they're looking at.

Directors: Lance W. Dreesen, Clint Hutchison | Stars: John Ritter, David DeLuise, Allison Smith, Kim Correll

Votes: 1,906

31. My Son John (1952)

Approved | 122 min | Drama

The Jeffersons are the ideal picture-perfect all-American family in a small town, but their eldest son John returns home after a long absence spouting views that cause them to worry he may be a Communist.

Director: Leo McCarey | Stars: Robert Walker, Helen Hayes, Van Heflin, Dean Jagger

Votes: 705

32. The Affairs of Martha (1942)

Approved | 66 min | Comedy, Romance

Members of a well-to-do small community become worried when it is revealed that one of their maids is writing a telling exposé.

Director: Jules Dassin | Stars: Marsha Hunt, Richard Carlson, Marjorie Main, Virginia Weidler

Votes: 506

33. The Next Voice You Hear... (1950)

83 min | Drama, Fantasy

Over a period of a week the voice of God is heard on radios all over the world.

Director: William A. Wellman | Stars: James Whitmore, Nancy Reagan, Gary Gray, Lillian Bronson

Votes: 930

34. Hotel Sorrento (1995)

R | 112 min | Drama

Meg (Caroline Goodall), Pippa (Tara Morice), and Hilary (Caroline Gillmer) are sisters who grew up in Sorrento, Australia. Meg, who has lived in England for ten years, has just written a ... See full summary »

Director: Richard Franklin | Stars: Caroline Goodall, Caroline Gillmer, Tara Morice, Joan Plowright

Votes: 344 | Gross: $0.09M

35. The Man on Her Mind (2014)

97 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Romance

Girl meets boy - or has she? For her, the image taps into her dreams. For him, it's an equally enchanting but otherworldly experience. Then reality intervenes. For both - or is it the four of them?

Directors: Bruce Guthrie, Alan Hruska | Stars: Shane Attwooll, Bronwen Hruska, Martin Hyde, Samuel James

Votes: 39

36. Collateral Damage: A Covid 19 Lockdown Story (2020)

8 min | Short, Drama

A teenage girl experiences the highs and lows of the 2020 Covid 19 Lockdown.

Director: Adrian Roman | Star: Anna Stadler

37. Going Attractions: The Definitive Story of the American Drive-in Movie (2013)

Not Rated | 85 min | Documentary, Family, History

Once a vibrant part of American culture, drive-ins reached their peak in the late 50s with almost 5,000 dotting the nation. Although drive-ins are experiencing a resurgence, today less than... See full summary »

Director: April Wright | Stars: Charles Bruss, Riley Cooke, Roger Corman, Dennis Cozzalio

Votes: 192

38. Who Killed Jenny Langby? (1974 TV Movie)

55 min | Documentary, Drama

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Director: Donald Crombie | Stars: Julie Dawson, Peter Cummins, Mark Lawrence, Jane Kilgariff

39. Lunatic Clown in Colors... (2018– )

Short, Comedy, Drama

Mysterious, eccentric, dramatic, with moments of folly, that's Lunatic Clown's everyday life, in the sunny vibrant city of Marseille, where he strives to live an ordinary life in an extraordinary unusual world.

Stars: Ludovic Coutaud, Jérémy Dastru, Casa des Anges Kids, Nixon

40. Screen Two (1985–1998)
Episode: Persuasion (1995)

PG | 103 min | Drama

Theatrical film of Persuasion with Ciaran Hinds & Amanda Root. Directed by Roger Michell.

Director: Roger Michell | Stars: Amanda Root, Ciarán Hinds, Susan Fleetwood, Corin Redgrave

Votes: 11,396 | Gross: $5.46M