50 Movies Like The 'Burbs (1989) You Need to Watch Next
When secretive new neighbors move in next door, suburbanite Ray Peterson and his friends let their paranoia get the best of them as they start to suspect the newcomers of evildoings and commence an in
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If you loved The 'Burbs (1989) by Joe Dante, here are 50 movies that share its content DNA. iRankMovies measures real similarity using cosine similarity across eight weighted dimensions — genre (50%), tone (12%), pace (10%), structure (8%), era (7%), theme (6%), audience (4%) and narrative perspective (3%) — not just the rating. The closest matches according to our analysis are Curse of Chucky, Friday the 13th Part 2, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2. Every title is ranked by how closely it matches and backed by the iRank Score, a composite of IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes, Metacritic and TMDb across 12,000+ analysed titles.
50 Movies Similar to The 'Burbs
Curse of Chucky
2013 · Don Mancini
After her mother's mysterious death, Nica begins to suspect that the talking, red-haired doll her visiting niece has been playing with may be the key to the mounting bloodshed and chaos.
In common: Horror · Thriller
Friday the 13th Part 2
1981 · Steve Miner
Five years after the horrible bloodbath at Camp Crystal Lake, new counselors roam the area, not sensing the ominous lurking presence that proves that the grisly legend is real.
In common: Horror · Thriller
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2
1986 · Tobe Hooper
A radio host is victimised by the notorious cannibal family while a former Texas Marshal hunts them.
In common: Comedy · Horror
Wrong Turn 2: Dead End
2007 · Joe Lynch
Retired military commander Colonel Dale Murphy hosts the simulated post-apocalyptic reality show where participants are challenged to survive a remote West Virginia wasteland. But the show turns into
In common: Horror · Thriller
Wrong Turn 3: Left for Dead
2009 · Declan O'Brien
A group of people find themselves trapped in the backwoods of West Virginia, fighting for their lives against a group of vicious and horribly disfigured inbred cannibals.
In common: Horror · Thriller
Wrong Turn
2003 · Rob Schmidt
Chris crashes into a carload of other young people, and the group of stranded motorists is soon lost in the woods of West Virginia, where they're hunted by three cannibalistic mountain men who are gro
In common: Horror · Thriller
Wrong Turn 4: Bloody Beginnings
2011 · Declan O'Brien
A group of friends take refuge in a deserted sanatorium after they are left stranded in a snowstorm. Later, the place becomes a death trap when man-eating cannibals surround them.
In common: Horror · Thriller
The Hills Have Eyes
2006 · Alexandre Aja
Based on Wes Craven's 1977 suspenseful cult classic, The Hills Have Eyes is the story of a family road trip that goes terrifyingly awry when the travelers become stranded in a government atomic zone.
In common: Horror · Thriller
Wrong Turn
2021 · Mike P. Nelson
Jen and a group of friends set out to hike the Appalachian Trail. Despite warnings to stick to the trail, the hikers stray off course—and cross into land inhabited by The Foundation, a hidden communit
In common: Horror · Thriller
Wrong Turn 5: Bloodlines
2012 · Declan O'Brien
A small West Virginia town is hosting the legendary Mountain Man Festival on Halloween, where throngs of costumed party goers gather for a wild night of music and mischief. But an inbred family of hil
In common: Horror · Thriller
The Strangers: Chapter 1
2024 · Renny Harlin
After their car breaks down in an eerie small town, a young couple are forced to spend the night in a remote cabin. Panic ensues as they are terrorized by three masked strangers who strike with no mer
In common: Horror · Thriller
MaXXXine
2024 · Ti West
In 1980s Hollywood, adult film star and aspiring actress Maxine Minx finally gets her big break. But as a mysterious killer stalks the starlets of Hollywood, a trail of blood threatens to reveal her s
In common: Horror · Thriller
Friday the 13th
2009 · Marcus Nispel
A group of young adults visit a boarded up campsite named Crystal Lake where they soon encounter the mysterious Jason Voorhees and his deadly intentions.
In common: Horror · Thriller
Bride of Chucky
1998 · Ronny Yu
For ten years, the tortured soul of serial killer Charles Lee Ray has been imprisoned inside a child's doll. Chucky is reborn when his old flame, Tiffany, rescues his battered doll parts from a police
In common: Comedy · Horror
Seed of Chucky
2004 · Don Mancini
This time around, Chucky and his homicidal honey, Tiffany, are brought back to life by their orphan offspring, Glen. Then the horror goes Hollywood as Chucky unleashes his own brand of murderous mayhe
In common: Comedy · Horror
Halloween Ends
2022 · David Gordon Green
Four years after the events of Halloween in 2018, Laurie has decided to liberate herself from fear and rage and embrace life. But when a young man is accused of killing a boy he was babysitting, it ig
In common: Horror · Thriller
Child's Play 3
1991 · Jack Bender
Eight years after seemingly destroying the killer doll, teen Andy Barclay is placed in a military school, and the spirit of Chucky returns to renew his quest and seek vengeance after being recreated f
In common: Horror · Thriller
Halloween
2018 · David Gordon Green
Laurie Strode comes to her final confrontation with Michael Myers, the masked figure who has haunted her since she narrowly escaped his killing spree on Halloween night four decades ago.
In common: Horror · Thriller
Texas Chainsaw 3D
2013 · John Luessenhop
A young woman learns that she has inherited a Texas estate from her deceased grandmother. After embarking on a road trip with friends to uncover her roots, she finds she is the sole owner of a lavish,
In common: Horror · Thriller
Hush
2016 · Mike Flanagan
A deaf woman is stalked by a psychotic killer in her secluded home.
In common: Horror · Thriller
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning
2006 · Jonathan Liebesman
Chrissie and her friends set out on a road trip for a final fling before one is shipped off to Vietnam. Along the way, bikers harass the foursome and cause an accident that throws Chrissie from the ve
In common: Horror · Thriller
Halloween H20: 20 Years Later
1998 · Steve Miner
Two decades after surviving a massacre on October 31, 1978, former baby sitter Laurie Strode finds herself hunted by persistent knife-wielder Michael Myers. Laurie now lives in Northern California und
In common: Horror · Thriller
Ready or Not: Here I Come
2026 · Matt Bettinelli-Olpin
Moments after surviving an all-out attack from the Le Domas family, Grace discovers she’s reached the next level of the nightmarish game — and this time with her estranged sister Faith at her side. Gr
In common: Comedy · Horror · Thriller
As the Gods Will
2014 · Takashi Miike
High school student Shun Takahata is bored. Bored with the day-to-day monotony of school and life, he prays for change, for something exciting. Suddenly, he and his classmates are forced to play deadl
In common: Comedy · Horror · Thriller
Send Help
2026 · Sam Raimi
Two colleagues become stranded on a deserted island, the only survivors of a plane crash. On the island, they must overcome past grievances and work together to survive, but ultimately, it's a battle
In common: Comedy · Horror · Thriller
Clown in a Cornfield
2025 · Eli Craig
Quinn and her father have just moved to the quiet town of Kettle Springs hoping for a fresh start. Instead, she discovers a fractured community that has fallen on hard times after the treasured Baypen
In common: Horror · Thriller
Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan
1989 · Rob Hedden
Jason ships out aboard a teen-filled "love boat" bound for New York, which he soon transforms into the ultimate voyage of the damned.
In common: Comedy
Happy Death Day
2017 · Christopher Landon
Caught in a bizarre and terrifying time warp, college student Tree finds herself repeatedly reliving the day of her murder, ultimately realizing that she must identify the killer and the reason for he
In common: Comedy · Horror
Scream VI
2023 · Tyler Gillett
Following the latest Ghostface killings, the four survivors leave Woodsboro behind and start a fresh chapter.
In common: Horror · Thriller
Heart Eyes
2025 · Josh Ruben
When the "Heart Eyes Killer" strikes Seattle, a pair of co-workers pulling overtime on Valentine's Day are mistaken for a couple by the elusive couple-hunting killer. Now, they must spend the most rom
In common: Comedy · Horror
I Know What You Did Last Summer
2025 · Jennifer Kaytin Robinson
When five friends inadvertently cause a deadly car accident, they cover up their involvement and make a pact to keep it a secret rather than face the consequences. A year later, their past comes back
In common: Horror · Thriller
House of Wax
2005 · Jaume Collet-Serra
A group of unwitting teens are stranded near a strange wax museum and soon must fight to survive and keep from becoming the next exhibit.
In common: Horror · Thriller
Ma
2019 · Tate Taylor
Sue Ann is a loner who keeps to herself in her quiet Ohio town. One day, she is asked by Maggie, a new teenager in town, to buy some booze for her and her friends, and Sue Ann sees the chance to make
In common: Horror · Thriller
Friday the 13th Part VII - The New Blood
1988 · John Carl Buechler
Tina Shepard, a telekinetic teenage girl, accidentally unchains Jason from his watery grave, allowing him to go on another killing spree in the area.
In common: Horror · Thriller
Black Phone 2
2025 · Scott Derrickson
Four years after defeating The Grabber, Finney Blake is struggling with life after captivity. When his younger sister Gwen begins receiving calls in her dreams from the Black Phone and seeing disturbi
In common: Horror · Thriller
The Black Phone
2022 · Scott Derrickson
Finney Blake, a shy but clever 13-year-old boy, is abducted by a sadistic killer and trapped in a soundproof basement where screaming is of little use. When a disconnected phone on the wall begins to
In common: Horror · Thriller
Jason Lives - Friday the 13th Part VI
1986 · Tom McLoughlin
Tommy Jarvis, tormented by the fear that maybe Jason isn't really dead, unwittingly resurrects the mass murderer for another bloody rampage.
In common: Horror · Thriller
The Strangers
2008 · Bryan Bertino
After a 4 a.m. knock at the door and haunting voices, Kristen McKay and James Hoyt’s remote getaway becomes a psychological night of terror as three masked strangers invade. Now they must go far beyon
In common: Horror
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
2003 · Marcus Nispel
After picking up a traumatized young hitchhiker, five friends find themselves stalked and hunted by a chainsaw-wielding killer and his family of equally psychopathic killers.
In common: Horror
Terrifier
2018 · Damien Leone
A maniacal clown named Art terrorizes three young women on Halloween night and everyone else who stands in his way.
In common: Horror
X
2022 · Ti West
In 1979, a group of young filmmakers set out to make an adult film in rural Texas, but when their reclusive, elderly hosts catch them in the act, the cast find themselves fighting for their lives.
In common: Horror
Pearl
2022 · Ti West
Trapped on her family’s isolated farm, Pearl must tend to her ailing father under the bitter and overbearing watch of her devout mother. Lusting for a glamorous life like she’s seen in the movies, Pea
In common: Horror
Terrifier 2
2022 · Damien Leone
A year after the Miles County massacre, Art the Clown is resurrected by a sinister entity. Art returns home, where he must hunt down and destroy teenage Sienna and her younger brother Jonathan on Hall
In common: Horror
Friday the 13th
1980 · Sean S. Cunningham
Camp counselors are stalked and murdered by an unknown assailant while trying to reopen a summer camp that was the site of a child's drowning.
In common: Horror
Child's Play
1988 · Tom Holland
After being shot in a toy store, a serial killer transfers his soul into a Good Guy doll. A mother then gifts it to her 6-year old son Andy, which unleashes terror upon the city.
In common: Horror
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre
1974 · Tobe Hooper
Five friends head out to rural Texas to visit the grave of a grandfather. On the way, they stumble across what appears to be a deserted house, only to discover something sinister within. Something arm
In common: Horror
Hostel
2006 · Eli Roth
Three backpackers head to a Slovakian city that promises to meet their hedonistic expectations, with no idea of the hell that awaits them.
In common: Horror
Child's Play 2
1990 · John Lafia
Chucky is reconstructed by a toy factory to dispel the negative publicity surrounding the doll, and tracks young Andy Barclay to a foster home where the chase begins again.
In common: Horror
Wrong Turn 6: Last Resort
2014 · Valeri Milev
A sudden and mysterious inheritance brings Danny and his friends to Hobb Springs, a forgotten resort deep in the West Virginia hills. Hobb Springs is being looked after under the watchful care of Jack
In common: Horror
Halloween Kills
2021 · David Gordon Green
Michael manages to free himself from Laurie Strode's trap to resume his ritual bloodbath. As she fights for her life from injuries from their last encounter, she inspires her daughter Karen, her grand
In common: Horror