Movies like The 'Burbs
24 films close to The 'Burbs (1989) on how it feels, not just what shelf it sits on — with what each one shares with it underneath.
Also Joe Dante · chainsaw, absurd · Horror, Comedy · with Dick Miller and Corey Feldman
slasher, neighbor, serial killer · Horror, Comedy
Also Joe Dante · Comedy · with Wendy Schaal · Universal Pictures
chainsaw · Horror, Comedy
chainsaw, slasher, serial killer · Horror, Comedy · Universal Pictures
slasher, serial killer · Horror, Comedy
Horror, Comedy · Universal Pictures
neighborhood, new neighbor · Comedy
suburbia · Horror, Comedy
absurd, serial killer · Horror, Thriller
slasher, axe murder, psychopath · Horror, Comedy
serial killer · Horror, Comedy · with Dick Miller
Thriller, Comedy · Universal Pictures
dark comedy, suburbia, serial killer · Comedy
Horror, Thriller, Comedy · with Corey Feldman
slasher, serial killer · Horror, Comedy
slasher, serial killer · Horror, Comedy
Horror, Comedy · Universal Pictures
slasher, psycho, psychopath · Horror, Thriller
garbage · Thriller, Comedy · with Tom Hanks
chainsaw, dark comedy, slasher · Horror, Comedy
suburbia · Horror, Comedy
Horror, Comedy · Universal Pictures
dark comedy · Thriller, Comedy
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Matches are drawn from Cinnamon DB’s emotional fingerprint — a reading of how a film actually plays rather than how it is catalogued — then weighted by shared subject, cast, studio and era. That is why a documentary can sit beside a space epic, and why the same director appears at most twice.