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10 Best Movies Like The 'Burbs

If you loved The 'Burbs, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

#1
Mad Detective

Mad Detective

2007★ 7.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The 'Burbs for fans of Thriller. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

Bun, a schizophrenic, former police inspector comes out of retirement to help a rookie detective solve a complex murder case involving a missing colleague and a suspected policeman...

#2
A Perfect Getaway

A Perfect Getaway

2009★ 6.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The 'Burbs for fans of Thriller. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

For their honeymoon, newlyweds Cliff and Cydney head to the tropical islands of Hawaii. While journeying through the paradisaical countryside the couple encounters Kale and Cleo, t...

#3
Matinee

Matinee

1993★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The 'Burbs for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

A showman introduces a small coastal town to a unique movie experience and capitalizes on the Cuban Missile crisis hysteria with a kitschy horror extravaganza combining film effect...

#4
The Money Pit

The Money Pit

1986★ 6.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The 'Burbs for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

After being evicted from their Manhattan apartment, a couple buy what looks like the home of their dreams—only to find themselves saddled with a bank-account-draining nightmare. St...

#5
Joe Versus the Volcano

Joe Versus the Volcano

1990★ 5.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The 'Burbs for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Hypochondriac Joe Banks finds out he has six months to live, quits his dead end job, musters the courage to ask his co-worker out on a date, and is then hired to jump into a volcan...

#6
Big

Big

1988★ 7.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The 'Burbs for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

When a young boy makes a wish at a carnival machine to be big—he wakes up the following morning to find that it has been granted and his body has grown older overnight. But he is s...