Movies and TV shows like The 'Burbs 2026
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The 'Burbs (2026)
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Genre: Comedy, Mystery
Country: USA
TV show
Story:
Set in present-day suburbia, a young couple returns to the husband's childhood home. Their world is upended when new neighbors move in next door, bringing old secrets of the cul-de-sac to light, and new deadly threats shatter the illusion of their quiet little neighborhood.
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, tension, psychological thriller, sinister, dark comedy, psychological horror
Plot:
suburbs, neighbor, secrets, young couple, paranoia, investigation, murder, claustrophobia, family history, homecoming, violence, stalking, conspiracy, surveillance, isolation, female protagonist, male protagonist, satire, whodunit, murder mystery
Time:
contemporary
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspense, tense, dark comedy and captivating films and TV series with plots about investigation, isolation, murder mystery, whodunit, moral ambiguity, murder and paranoia mostly in Mystery, Comedy and Thriller genres. Some movies like The 'Burbs: Millennial Mafia (2018), Fluorescent Beast (2023), Scream Queens (2015), Population: 11 (2024), The Chair Company (2025). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
TV show
Story:
A group of friends are forced to figure out how to maintain a sense of normalcy and financial stability after their mob-boss parents are arrested and their life of privilege is pulled out from under them.
Style:
dark comedy, psychological, satirical, captivating, crime drama ...
Plot:
mafia, friendship, satire, friends, mob hit, life is a bitch, female protagonist, mobster, girlfriend girlfriend relationship, intrigue, girlfriend, organized crime ...
Time:
2010s
Similarity:
95%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 59 min.
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Story:
Gen Z amateur sleuth and tech-savvy hacker Darby Hart and eight other guests are invited by a reclusive billionaire to participate in a retreat at a remote location. When one of the other guests is found dead, Darby must use her skills to prove it ...
Style:
detective, suspense, enigmatic, suspenseful, captivating ...
Plot:
amateur sleuth, murder mystery, murder, murder investigation, female protagonist, whodunit, female detective, private investigation, murderer, guest, crime investigation, investigation ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
iceland
Similarity:
95%
Genre: Comedy, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A man is sent on a clandestine business trip by a shadowy executive. The details of the journey withheld even from him, the man must follow a series of mysterious clues to uncover the true nature of his mission.
Style:
mysterious, suspense, neo noir, noir, psychological thriller ...
Plot:
secret mission, conspiracy, puzzle, identity, investigation, paranoia, moral ambiguity, slow burn, isolation, undercover, minimalism, claustrophobia ...
Similarity:
94%
Genre: Comedy, Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
The super-charged comedy-horror series is a modern take on the classic whodunit with a killer cast.
Style:
horror comedy, slasher, dark comedy, anthology, semi serious ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
serial killer, rich girl, college, sorority, murder, popular girl, killer, blood, mascot, investigation, satire, hospital ...
Time:
2010s, 90s, 21st century
Place:
usa, louisiana
Similarity:
92%
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Country: Australia
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Story:
When American Andy pulls into a tiny Australian outback town to visit his father, he’s alarmed to discover that Hugo has vanished. He soon finds himself in increasing danger in a town full of secrets, where everyone is a suspect.
Style:
suspense, tense, atmospheric, crime drama, twisted ...
Plot:
small town, mistrust, paranoia, missing person, outback, secrets, isolation, investigation, father son relationship, slow burn, investigator, conspiracy ...
Place:
australia
Similarity:
81%
Genre: Comedy, Thriller
Country: USA
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Story:
After an embarrassing incident at work, a man finds himself investigating a far-reaching conspiracy.
Style:
suspense, tense, twisted, noir, neo noir ...
Plot:
conspiracy, investigation, secrets, moral ambiguity, surveillance, paranoia, corruption, cat and mouse, isolation, media manipulation, urban, slow burn ...
Similarity:
78%
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
TV show
Story:
Kay, a questionable young psychic from Consett, County Durham, has the ability to see dead people. This not only earns her a few quid cash-in-hand down the local pub, but also lands her as the prime suspect in a murder enquiry.
Style:
sitcom, satirical, captivating, semi serious, crime drama ...
Plot:
investigation, murder investigation, ghost, murder mystery, supernatural, satire, murder, crime investigation, crime solving, seeing dead people, secret, uncover truth ...
Place:
northern england
Similarity:
76%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
A close-knit community is sent spinning on its axis following a series of strange and unnatural crimes.
Style:
mystic, thrilling, mystical, suspenseful, psychological ...
Plot:
small town, supernatural, problem, mysticism, secret, unsettling, mistrust, secrets, investigation, fear, paranoia, slow burn ...
Time:
2020s
Similarity:
73%
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 35 min.
TV show
Story:
When a high school reunion’s afterparty ends in a stunning death, everyone is a suspect. A detective grills the former classmates one by one, uncovering potential motives as each tells their version of the story—culminating in the shocking truth.
Style:
funny, captivating, suspense, disturbing, humorous ...
Plot:
murder mystery, suspect, classmate classmate relationship, ex classmate ex classmate relationship, uncover truth, investigation, murder, murder investigation, crime investigation, sleuth, classmate, suspicion of murder ...
Time:
future
Place:
san francisco
Similarity:
73%
Genre: Comedy, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A graduate student named Stan becomes the manager of an apartment complex which is quite uncommon. The tenants are all quite eccentric and uncommon characters, and the place is quite run down in certain spots. The previous manager had disappeared in ...
Style:
psychological thriller, atmospheric, tense, indie film, crime drama ...
Plot:
graduate student, murder mystery, psychology, paranoia, urban, dark humor, whodunit, friendship, mental health, slow burn, isolation, claustrophobia ...
Similarity:
72%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
Beth Burgess, a discredited journalist, is desperate to salvage her career by latching on to the story of a young mother sentenced to life in prison for maiming and murdering her husband, crimes she claims she didn't commit. In trying to ...
Style:
tense, suspense, dark comedy, disturbing, captivating ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
investigative journalism, investigative reporter, murder investigation, career, investigation, crime solving, uncover truth, journalism, framed for murder, murder mystery, wrongful conviction, tabloid journalism ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
colorado
Similarity:
71%
323
Genre: Comedy, Mystery
Country: Czech Republic
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
The Manor, a dark funny version of Akira Kurosawa's " Rashomon". Lost man searches for his truth and finds it, with the help of five Manor ladies. The rest of the who done whats serve only to help the lost soul find his truth..
Style:
detective, gothic, tense, atmospheric, suspense ...
Plot:
whodunit, murder, deception, lie, investigation, secrets, suspicion, flashback, interrogation, winter, family secret, snowstorm ...
Time:
1910s
Similarity:
71%
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, USA, Canada
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Story:
When a night watchman finishes his shift at work, he is terrified to discover that everyone in the world who went to sleep the previous night has died. Now he and a band of survivors must stay awake and uncover the secret of this global epidemic, ...
Style:
suspense, tension, dark, grim, bleak ...
Plot:
sleep deprivation, survival, investigation, isolation, post apocalyptic, epidemic, insomnia, pandemic, paranoia, claustrophobia, night watchman, conspiracy ...
Similarity:
69%
Genre: Action, Comedy, Mystery
Country: USA
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Story:
After Ryan escapes the hands of a serial killer, he must now help the Rooster Corps - an international spy agency - in finding a mole inside the corporation who is attempting to elimate all other parties.
Style:
suspense, enigmatic, psychological, semi serious, captivating ...
Plot:
investigation, espionage, mole, puzzle, satire, spy, spy thriller, problem, secret, crime investigation, murder investigation, spy mission ...
Similarity:
69%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
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Story:
After meeting randomly in a supermarket, Oliver and Ciara fall for each other fast, and dangerously hard. Fifty-six days later, homicide investigators arrive at Oliver's apartment to find an unidentified body—brutally murdered and ...
Style:
psychological thriller, dark, tense, suspense, detective ...
Plot:
murder, investigation, quarantine, toxic relationship, relationships, secrets, isolation, cohabitation, obsession, female protagonist, hidden identity, betrayal ...
Place:
dublin ireland
Similarity:
65%
184
Genre: Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 49 min.
TV show
Story:
Murder mystery series in which each season begins with the discovery of a dead body, jumps back 35 days (or hours) to introduce the situation and characters, then proceeds forward through time to arrive at the initial scene and reveal the killer.
Style:
suspenseful, tense, psychological, crime drama, thrilling ...
Plot:
murder mystery, investigation, death, secrets, secret, high society, crime solving, crime investigation, murderer, puzzle, murder investigation, uncover truth ...
Similarity:
65%
Genre: Comedy, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
A novelist realizes that her neighbors may be under the control of unknown forces. Little does she realize how close and sinister its influence has become. A harrowing, darkly humorous journey through the depths of the human psyche.
Style:
suspenseful, tense, psychological thriller, creepy, dark ...
Plot:
paranoia, mind control, manipulation, super powers, supernatural power, neighbor, supernatural, superhuman powers, writer's life, neighbor neighbor relationship, supernatural ability, writers ...
Similarity:
62%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Denmark
Duration: 35 min.
TV show
Story:
When a neighbor's au pair vanishes from her wealthy suburb, Cecilie seeks answers — and unravels secrets that shatter her seemingly perfect world.
Style:
psychological thriller, tense, crime drama, suspenseful, noir
Plot:
missing person, au pair, investigation, female protagonist, secrets, slow burn, class conflict, character study, identity, moral ambiguity, paranoia, betrayal ...
Place:
copenhagen
Similarity:
61%
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Genre: Comedy, Mystery
Country: South Korea
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Two ill-fated men become a comic duo to investigate criminal cases involving a rare brain disease together.
Style:
suspenseful, crime drama, detective, captivating, funny ...
Plot:
investigation, teamwork, psychology, neuroscience, relationships, criminal, brain, team, private detective, counselor, love affair, crime investigation ...
Place:
seoul
Similarity:
59%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Iran
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story:
Iraj and Hamid, old friends from their childhood, have a headache to pursue criminal cases, their foot is unintentionally opened to the case of serial murders... a case that they enter becomes pregnant with more dangerous events, but...
Style:
suspense, dark, tense, suspenseful, tension ...
Plot:
serial killer, investigation, iranian, cat and mouse, cold case, friendship, moral ambiguity, urban, violence, revenge, corruption
Similarity:
59%
Genre: Comedy, Mystery, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 142 min.
Story:
Manuel returns with his mother to their former home in a middle-class neighbourhood. Suspicious of his intentions, Priyadarshini and her friends begin gathering clues, convinced he may be hiding something sinister.
Style:
suspense, psychological thriller, twisted, atmospheric, dark comedy ...
Plot:
paranoia, family secret, intrigue, dark past, middle class, cat and mouse, investigation, homecoming, obsession, confrontation, slow burn, domestic drama ...
Similarity:
59%
Genre: Comedy, Mystery
Country: South Korea
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Yoo Seol-Ok liked mystery novels and wanted to become a detective, but she gave up her dream after marrying. Now, she is a housewife with a husband who works as a prosecutor. She meets Ha Wan-Seung. He is a passionate detective and they decide to ...
Style:
thought provoking, detective, clever, realistic, suspenseful ...
Plot:
police inspector, murder, assistant, investigation, riddles and clues, housewife, killing, intelligence, race against time, peril, danger, clue ...
Place:
korea
Similarity:
59%
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
Follow the tale of nine strangers who find themselves lost in a remote Mexican jungle after their small plane traveling from Guatemala to the U.S. crashes. One by one, the survivors are murdered, leaving the remaining passengers to solve the ...
Style:
suspense, tension, slasher, dark, twist ending ...
Plot:
jungle, plane crash, whodunit, murder mystery, survival, suspicion, fear, paranoia, stranded, cat and mouse, isolation, countdown ...
Place:
mexico
Similarity:
57%
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Genre: Comedy, Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 54 min.
TV show
Story:
Haruko Abe (Emi Takei) received her meteorologist license at the age of 11. She is a genius weatherwoman. Haruko now works as a meteorologist on a morning information program. Due to her incredibly blunt personality, a lot of people at her ...
Style:
semi serious, captivating, entertaining, satirical, detective ...
Plot:
investigation, female protagonist, crime solving, forensics, weather, weatherman, male female relationship, japanese woman, relationships, uncover truth, co worker co worker relationship, teamwork ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
japan, tokyo
Similarity:
56%
Genre: Comedy, Horror, Mystery
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
When 38 year-old Natasha is unexpectedly landed with a baby, her life of doing what she wants, when she wants, dramatically implodes. Controlling, manipulative and with violent powers, the baby twists Natasha's life into a horror show. Where ...
Style:
disturbing, psychological horror, semi serious, psychological, captivating ...
Plot:
baby, mother child relationship, supernatural horror, female protagonist, child custody, life is a bitch, child, problem, changing lives, motherhood, lifestyle change, psychological manipulation ...
Similarity:
56%
Genre: Action, Comedy, Romance
Country: Sweden
Duration: 40 min.
TV show
Story:
Technical news-producer Arthur goes on a first date with true-crime enthusiast Mille. They are involuntarily caught in the center of a chaos, involving murder and sabotage. To survive, they must take matters into their own hands.
Style:
suspenseful, tense, crime thriller, fast paced, detective ...
Plot:
murder, survival, investigation, sabotage, journalism, media industry, claustrophobia, moral ambiguity, violence, conspiracy, paranoia, cat and mouse ...
Place:
scandinavia, eastern europe
Similarity:
55%
Genre: Mystery
Country: South Korea
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Story:
Ms. Ma is sent to jail after being accused of killing her daughter. She escapes in order to find the real murderer and starts solving other cases.
Style:
psychological, suspenseful, suspense, tense, disturbing ...
Plot:
murder mystery, murder, murder investigation, death, investigation, female protagonist, whodunit, false accusation, police investigation, graphic violence, murderer, mother and daughter ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
south korea
Similarity:
53%
162
Genre: Comedy, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Russia
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
Dmitry is a psycho. This secret is safe with his therapist, and Dmitry has a high-paid white-collar job. His boss would be totally surprised to learn that Dmitry’s best financial forecast moves were guided by the voices in his head. Dmitry has ...
Style:
suspenseful, psychological thriller, funny, exciting, captivating ...
Plot:
mental illness, lovers, husband and wife, female nudity, psychosis, disturbed individual, wife, mental disorder, cheating wife, mentally unstable, psychotherapy, mental issues ...
Similarity:
52%
Genre: Comedy, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
Two city-boy brothers, one a charismatic optimist, the other a whining corporate sell-out, return to the countryside for their father's funeral. On checking out his decrepit estate the boys find one of their dad's ancient friends hiding in ...
Style:
dark comedy, black comedy, suspense, offbeat, atmospheric ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
cover up, countryside, greed, dark humor, moral ambiguity, moral dilemma, small village, family secret, inheritance, guilt, brothers, secrets ...
Similarity:
52%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 26 min.
TV show
Story:
For Anna, every day is the same. She sits with her wine, staring out the window, watching life go by without her. But when a handsome neighbor moves in across the street, Anna starts to see a light at the end of the tunnel. That is until she ...
Style:
parody, psychological, dark comedy, spoof, captivating ...
Plot:
murder, murder mystery, twists and turns, sex scene, female nudity, neighbor, murder witness, witnessing a crime, witness, broken heart, male female relationship, loneliness ...
Similarity:
50%
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