Highest-Rated Movies about 'Suburban Life', Sort by Popularity

The Secret Lives of Dentists (2002), The Swimmer (1968), National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (1989), Welcome to the Dollhouse (1995), The Virgin Suicides (1999), Strangers When We Meet (1960), No Down Payment (1957), Big Time Adolescence (2019) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Suburban Life movies.

#16. The Amityville Horror (1979)

Storyline: Based on a true story that was claimed by writer Jay Anson, The Amityville Horror is about a large house on the coast of Long Island where newlyweds George and Kathy Lutz and their three children move into the house that they hope will be their dream house which ends up in terror. Despite full disclosure by the real estate agent of the house's history, George and Kathy buy the house. George says, "Houses don't have memories," but they turn to their family priest Father Delaney who believes the house is haunted and performs an exorcism on the house. But satanic forces in the house causes him to become blind and makes him very sick. With the help of another priest Father Bolen and a police detective, George and Kathy face the fears of the house, but not knowing the forces are planning to possess George and then the children.

Plot Keywords: husband, wife, child, police officer, priest, spirit, melodramatic ...

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#18. Please Not Now! (1961)

Storyline: Sophie, a flighty young model, learns that her boyfriend is planning to leave her for another woman. Sophie resolves to either win him back or assassinate her rival. A handsome doctor (who happens to be falling for Sophie himself) assists her with the former plan so that she won't have to resort to the latter.—Erich Mees

Plot Keywords: neighbor, teenager, daughter, suburban girl, suburbanite, amusing, hilarious ...

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#19. Downsizing (2017)

Storyline: A new world of possibilities awaits, thanks to a revolutionary medical procedure known as Downsizing. Billed as environmentally-friendly, many people choose to downsize for economic benefits. When the kindly occupational therapist, Paul, undergoes the new procedure, finding himself in this brand-new existence, he must choose between a sheltered life or making an impact in his own small way. Can he help save the planet and afford a nice lifestyle at the same time?

Plot Keywords: therapist, husband, wife, scientist, neighbor, amusing, lighthearted ...

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#20. The Watch (2012)

Storyline: In Glenview, Ohio, Evan is the manager of the Costco department store and married to Abby. When the Costco night watchman, Antonio Guzman, is mysteriously murdered, Evan organizes The Neighborhood Watch, a watch team with his suburban neighbors Bob, Franklin and Jamarcus to protect the neighborhood and find the killer of Antonio. Soon they discover that the murderer is an alien that is preparing to invade Earth, and they become the last hope of mankind on Earth.

Plot Keywords: store manager, suburbanite, father, neighbor, wife, daughter, amusing ...

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#22. Neighbors (1981)

Storyline: One man's quiet suburban life takes a sickening lurch for the worse when a young couple move into the deserted house next door. From the word go it is obvious these are not the quiet professional types who *should* be living in such a nice street. As more and more unbelievable events unfold, our hero starts to question his own sanity... and those of his family.—Brad Jackson

Plot Keywords: teen girl, wife, neighbor, daughter, father, police officer, hilarious ...

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#23. The Stepford Wives (2004)

Storyline: Joanna Eberhart, a wildly successful president of a TV Network, after a series of shocking events, suffers a nervous breakdown and is moved by her milquetoast of a husband, Walter, from Manhattan to the chic, upper-class, and very modern planned community of Stepford, Connecticut. Once there, she makes good friends with the acerbic Bobbie Markowitz, a Jewish writer who's also a recovering alcoholic. Together they find out, much to their growing stupor and-then horror, that all the housewives in town are strangely blissful and, somehow... doomed. What is going on behind the closed doors of the Stepford Men's Association and the Stepford Day Spa? Why is everything perfect here? Will it be too late for Joanna and Bobbie when they finally find out?

Plot Keywords: husband, wife, friend, neighbor, housewife, uneasy, quirky ...

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#24. Confined (2010)

Storyline: Victoria and Michael Peyton move from the big city to the suburbs after Victoria's job loss and possible mental breakdown. When she starts to suspect that her next-door neighbor is keeping a young woman locked in his basement, her husband thinks she may be losing touch with reality. But the neighbor's evil starts to become all too real.—Anonymous

Plot Keywords: husband, daughter, wife, neighbor, detective, captive, thrilling ...

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#25. Suburban Commando (1991)

Storyline: Shep Ramsey is an interstellar hero, righting wrongs, et cetera. His ship is damaged after a fight with an interstellar nasty, and he must hide out on Earth until it can recharge. He leaves his power suit at home, but still finds himself unable to allow wrongs to go unrighted, and so mixes it up with bad drivers, offensive paperboys, muggers and the like. Then the family, with which he's staying, finds his power suit, and the father tries it on.—John Vogel <jlvogel@comcast.net>

Plot Keywords: space traveler, father, wife, suburbanite, son, tenant, amusing ...

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