Movies like The Stepford Wives
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The Stepford Wives (2004)
73K
Genre: Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
What does it take to become a Stepford wife, a woman perfect beyond belief? Ask the Stepford husbands, who've created this high-tech, terrifying little town.
Style:
satirical, semi serious, black comedy, satanic, suspense, rom com, dark comedy, clever, offbeat, twisted ...
Audience:
girls' night, chick flick
Plot:
housewife, gender, women, battle of the sexes, robot, twists and turns, suburban life, transformation, couple relations, cyborgs, androids, dark humor, revenge, brainwashing, husband wife relationship, small town, friendship, suburbs, stereotypes, uncover truth, secrets, writers, lifestyle, machine, conspiracy ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
connecticut, usa, new york
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Most similar movies to The Stepford Wives
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspense, weird, independent film and scary films with plots about murder, catastrophe, dialogue, storytelling, satire, brutality and transformation mostly in Comedy, Horror and Sci-Fi genres. Some movies like The Stepford Wives: Death Becomes Her (1992), Night of the Comet (1984), The Joneses (2009), Desperate Housewives (2004), Assassination Nation (2018). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Madeline is married to Ernest, who was once arch-rival Helen's fiance. After recovering from a mental breakdown, Helen vows to kill Madeline and steal back Ernest. Unfortunately for everyone, the introduction of a magic potion causes things to ...
Style:
dark comedy, satirical, gothic, clever, black comedy ...
Audience:
chick flick, kids
Plot:
dark humor, immortality, love triangle, obsession, magic, death, fountain of youth, afterlife, satire, rejuvenation, zombie, potion ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, year 1992, year 1978, year 1985 ...
Place:
california, persia, beverly hills, usa, new york ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
The urban aspirant photographer Joanna Eberhart moves from Manhattan to Stepford, Connecticut with her family. Her husband Walter Eberhart decided to live in a calm suburb, but Joanna did not like the neighborhood with beautiful and perfect ...
Style:
clever, psychological, disturbing, creepy, suspenseful ...
Plot:
robot, feminism, small town, women's liberation, housewife, suburbs, utopia, conspiracy, paranoia, social commentary, missing person, couple relations ...
Time:
20th century, 70s
Place:
usa, connecticut, manhattan new york city, new england, new york
Similarity:
64%
Genre: Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Two girls from the Valley wake up to find that a passing comet has eradicated their world and left behind a mysterious red-dust and a pack of cannibal mutants. With the help of a friendly truck driver, the girls save the earth from a villainous ...
Style:
scary, black comedy, parody, cult classic, christmas horror ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
post apocalypse, disaster, zombie, mad scientist, end of the world, survival, radio station, nightmare, teenage girl, sister sister relationship, teenager, dystopia ...
Time:
80s
Place:
california, los angeles, usa, san diego california
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A seemingly perfect family moves into a suburban neighborhood, but when it comes to the truth as to why they're living there, they don't exactly come clean with their neighbors.
Style:
satirical, teen, romantic, melancholic, cynical ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, adult
Plot:
advertising, materialism, envy, marketing, closeted homosexual, suburban life, dysfunctional family, destiny, satire, stereotypes, manipulation, unhappy marriage ...
Time:
year 2009, 21st century
Place:
georgia, usa
Similarity:
67%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Mystery, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min.
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Story:
Desperate Housewives is an American television comedy-drama-mystery series created by Marc Cherry and produced by ABC Studios and Cherry Productions. It aired Sundays at 9 P.M. Eastern/8 P.M. Central, on ABC from October 3, 2004, until May 13, 2012. ...
Style:
witty, humorous, sexy, soap opera, sexual ...
Audience:
girls' night, teens
Plot:
housewife, female friendship, suburban life, neighbor, family life, social relations, friends, investigation, lifestyle, couple relations, family relations, infidelity ...
Time:
2010s, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
14%
Genre: Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A TV reporter arrives in the quiet town of Stepford to launch an investigation into why the town has the lowest divorce and crime rates in America. However, she begins to notice some bizarre behavior in the women of the town, discovering that ...
Style:
psychotronic, suspense, tech noir
Plot:
housewife, woman in jeopardy, secret, sabotage, revenge, conspiracy, angry mob, dysfunctional marriage, female protagonist, villain, pharmacy, brainwashing ...
Place:
new england
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Comedy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
High school senior Lily and her group of friends live in a haze of texts, posts, selfies and chats just like the rest of the world. So, when an anonymous hacker starts posting details from the private lives of everyone in their small town, the ...
Style:
suspense, exciting, emotional, brutal, black comedy ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, adult
Plot:
murder, hacker, social satire, high school, female protagonist, violence, friends, school, vengeance, gang, friendship, revenge ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
salem massachusetts, usa
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, Canada, USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Suzanne Stone (Maretto) wants to be a world-famous news anchor and she is willing to do anything to get what she wants. What she lacks in intelligence, she makes up for in cold determination and diabolical wiles. As she pursues her goal with ...
Style:
sexy, black comedy, satirical, dark comedy, cynical ...
Audience:
boys' night, chick flick, teens, adult
Plot:
journalism, femme fatale, satire, female protagonist, erotic fantasy, teenage girl, oral sex, murder, television, cheating wife, adultery, erotic scene ...
Time:
90s, year 1995
Place:
new hampshire, usa, california, minnesota, canada
Similarity:
36%
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Genre: Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
So-hee enjoys her seemingly perfect life as a newlywed with her seemingly perfect husband. For being so perfect, she begins to suspect that her husband isn’t as he seems. Wanting some answers, she hires a private detective agency to trail him ...
Style:
tense, tension, suspense, suspenseful, captivating ...
Plot:
hidden identity, murder mystery, serial killer, killing, family relations, male female relationship, undercover, secret, satire, suspicion, suspicion of murder, threat ...
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
A suburban family drives their new gadget, The Alpha Home Assistant, to a killing rampage after mistreating and abusing it, leading to a full A.I. uprising…
Style:
stylized, suspense, serious, futuristic, suspenseful ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
artificial intelligence, robot, human versus robot, science runs amok, murder, killer robot, revenge, robot as menace, dystopian future, technology gone awry, twists and turns, fight ...
Time:
future, near future
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Comedy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A group of trannies are violently bashed and left for dead. The surviving ladies regain consciousness, confidence, and courage ready to seek out revenge on the ones who attacked them.
Style:
semi serious, humorous, rough, grindhouse, psychological ...
Plot:
rape and revenge, vigilantism, vengeance, strong violent content, rivalry, small town, transsexual, left for dead, dark humor, gay, lgbtq, drag queen ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
texas, usa
Similarity:
35%
78K
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Thinking he can overshadow an unknown actress in the part, an egocentric actor unknowingly gets a witch cast in an upcoming television remake of the classic show "Bewitched".
Style:
romantic, feel good, witty, humorous, rom com ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, date night
Plot:
witch, magic, wizards and magicians, curses spells and rituals, supernatural, spell, couple relations, supernatural romance, disorder, witchcraft, hidden identity, misfit ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
california, usa, los angeles
Similarity:
35%
21K
Genre: Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Weird yummy goo erupts from the earth and is discovered by a couple of miners. They taste it and decide to market it because it tastes so good. The American public literally eats up the new dessert sensation now known as the Stuff but, ...
Style:
black comedy, satirical, cult horror, slasher, absurd ...
Plot:
addiction, conspiracy, zombie, satire, small town, consumerism, ghost town, body horror, ice cream, boy, infiltration, supermarket ...
Time:
80s
Place:
new york, manhattan new york city
Similarity:
35%
29K
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
A family takes refuge in a fallout shelter to avoid a dangerous outbreak.
Style:
suspense, scary, suspenseful, psychological, dark ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
virus, post apocalypse, twists and turns, survival, father daughter relationship, murder, quarantine, epidemic, nightmare, infected, plot twist, isolation ...
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Comedy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A pair of friends from Boston kick off their New Year by making a pact to murder the people who have mistreated them in this darkly comic thriller. When the slaughter starts, their ex-boyfriends will wish they'd been faithful.
Style:
semi serious, humorous, dark comedy, disturbing, suspense ...
Plot:
femme fatale, revenge, serial killer, vigilantism, murder, friendship, rivalry, infidelity, female friendship, adulterous husband, travel, girlfriend girlfriend relationship ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
boston
Similarity:
35%
371K
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
After a violent storm, a dense cloud of mist envelops a small Maine town, trapping artist David Drayton and his five-year-old son in a local grocery store with other people. They soon discover that the mist conceals deadly horrors that threaten ...
Style:
twist ending, psychological, bad ending, atmospheric, scary ...
Audience:
boys' night, adult
Plot:
survival, monster, apocalypse, stephen king, creature, fear, trapped, twists and turns, survival horror, cosmic horror, chaos and mayhem, death ...
Time:
year 2007, 2000s, distant future, year 2000, 21st century
Place:
usa, maine
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA, Australia
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
Three single women in a picturesque village have their wishes granted - at a cost - when a mysterious and flamboyant man arrives in their lives.
Style:
sexy, dark comedy, gothic, horror comedy, black comedy ...
Audience:
girls' night, chick flick, teens
Plot:
witch, small town, magic, witchcraft, black magic, devil, supernatural, dark humor, supernatural ability, twists and turns, fantasy world, deal with the devil ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
usa, new england, rhode island, england
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
After being exposed to a bizarre mixture of household chemicals, Pat Kramer begins to shrink. This baffles scientists, makes parenting difficult, warms the hearts of Americans, and captures the attention of a group of people who want to take over ...
Style:
parody, not serious, offbeat, humorous, crying ...
Audience:
family outing, teens
Plot:
satire, shrinking, coming of age, gay, talk show host, humour, family relations, conspiracy, genetic engineering, kidnapping, materialism, disorder ...
Time:
80s, year 1981
Place:
california
Similarity:
35%
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: UK, Japan, USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Five friends who reunite in an attempt to top their epic pub crawl from 20 years earlier unwittingly become humankind's only hope for survival.
Style:
witty, humorous, funny, spoof, horror comedy ...
Audience:
family friendly, boys' night, teens, adult
Plot:
apocalypse, violence, plot twist, satire, alien invasion, dark humor, fight scenes, twists and turns, pub, profanity, friends, obsessive quest ...
Time:
2010s, year 2013, year 1990, 21st century
Place:
england, britain, london, europe
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A socially distanced comedic satire that spotlights five characters breaking down and breaking through as they grapple with politics, culture, and the pandemic.
Style:
entertaining, captivating, feel good, semi serious, humorous ...
Plot:
satire, quarantine, social commentary, epidemic, society, lifestyle, humour, politics, multiple storylines, social problems, character study, introspection ...
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
In this sequel to The Stepford Wives, Steven and Laura Harding (along with their kids David and Mary) have moved to the quiet community of Stepford, CT. Steven joins the men's club, which is still assimilating their wives into robots. This ...
Style:
corny, microfilm
Plot:
cheerleader, motorcycle, rock music, fishing, housewife, high school, cemetery, past, brainwashing, kidnapping, secret society, robot ...
Similarity:
34%
254K
Genre: Action, Comedy, Horror, Romance, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
After a zombie becomes involved with the girlfriend of one of his victims, their romance sets in motion a sequence of events that might transform the entire lifeless world.
Style:
romantic, rom com, humorous, teen, offbeat ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, date night, girls' night
Plot:
zombie, supernatural, post apocalypse, zombie apocalypse, love and romance, young woman, supernatural romance, love story, interspecies romance, fall in love, young man, survival ...
Time:
year 2013, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa, seattle
Similarity:
34%
12K
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
What happens when a screenwriter (Brooks) loses his edge, he turns to anyone he can for help... even if it's the mythical "Zeus's Daughter" (Stone). And he's willing to pay, albeit reluctantly, whatever price it takes to ...
Style:
satirical, clever, light, funny, feel good ...
Plot:
hollywood, muse, screenwriter, writers, satire, manipulation, husband wife relationship, writer's life, alter ego, workplace, mentor, runaway ...
Time:
year 1999, 90s
Place:
california, usa
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 50 min.
Story:
After a catastrophic war, an eccentric general guides a filmmaker through a ravaged bunker.
Style:
suspense, black and white, postmodern, art film, independent film ...
Plot:
body horror, parasite, military, surrealism, absurdism, acid trip, good versus evil, survival horror, satire, fight, murder, violence ...
Time:
2020s, future, near future, 21st century
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada, Australia, USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Steve Clark is a newcomer in the town of Cradle Bay, and he quickly realizes that there's something odd about his high school classmates. The clique known as the "Blue Ribbons" are the eerie embodiment of academic excellence and clean ...
Style:
suspense, sexy, teen, disturbing, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, family friendly
Plot:
high school, violence, teenager, brainwashing, paranoia, insanity, twists and turns, bullying, small town, mind control, mind game, making love ...
Time:
90s, 80s
Place:
chicago, usa
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Sam has a problem with his roommates: they are disgusting, and don't seem to share his views on responsibility, privacy, and basic hygine. Such is his discomfort with his living arrangements that he agrees to share the occupancy of another ...
Style:
offbeat, realistic, semi serious, witty, humorous ...
Audience:
girls' night, date night
Plot:
love, boarding house, mistaken identity, partner, nosy, couples, disorder, friends, buddies, fall in love, opposites attract, gender ...
Time:
year 1993, 90s
Place:
new york, usa
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
The first remake of the paranoid infiltration classic moves the setting for the invasion, from a small town to the city of San Francisco and starts as Matthew Bennell notices that several of his friends are complaining that their close relatives are ...
Style:
cult classic, disturbing, frightening, scary, suspenseful ...
Plot:
alien invasion, alien, dystopia, doppelganger, extraterrestrial, alien parasite, supernatural, parasite, evil wins, monster, alien possession, body horror ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, year 1978, 1950s, 50s
Place:
san francisco, usa, california
Similarity:
50%
18K
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Mark 13 is a government-built killing machine programmed with artificial intelligence, able to repair and recharge itself from any energy source. Through a series of coincidences, the cyborg's head ends up in the home of a sculptress as a ...
Style:
bleak, apocalyptic, suspenseful, rough, cult classic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
cyberpunk, apocalypse, post apocalypse, cyborgs, killer robot, robot, androids, dystopia, man versus machine, desert, artificial intelligence, wasteland ...
Time:
future, year 2016, 90s
Place:
new york
Similarity:
34%
32K
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada, Japan
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
(SIRIUS 6B, Year 2078) On a distant mining planet ravaged by a decade of war, scientists have created the perfect weapon: a blade-wielding, self-replicating race of killing devices known as Screamers designed for one purpose only -- to hunt down and ...
Style:
futuristic, cult classic, scary, sexy, suspense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
cyborgs, cyberpunk, androids and robots, killer robot, apocalypse, struggle for survival, dystopia, alien planet, robot, desert, chaos, alien ...
Time:
future, 90s, 21st century
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Two years after the Westworld tragedy in the Delos amusement park, the corporate owners have reopened the park following over $1 billion in safety and other improvements. For publicity purposes, reporters Chuck Browning and Tracy Ballard are invited ...
Style:
suspenseful, futuristic, serious, grindhouse, tense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
conspiracy, androids and robots, robot, robot as menace, reporter, cloning, investigation, man versus machine, society, chaos, technology gone awry, leadership ...
Time:
future, 20th century, year 1976, near future, 70s ...
Similarity:
34%
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