The concept of “suburban” has given way to extensive cultural analysis. From serious academic discourse to flashy romantic comedies, the suburban lifestyle has become a whole new paradigm and a relatively new movement pervading the cultural consciousness.
One of the most influential cinematic portraits of the suburbs is the critically acclaimed Sam Mendes film, american beauty, as deep and devastating as this movie, Hollywood has given audiences countless antics to repeat over and over. Here are 10 of the least known suburban satire films – films that look at suburban life and make some artistic statement.
Zoo (2019)
The latest addition to the micro genre, Zoo Much of its run straddles the line between horror, comedy, and political allegory. It’s a complicated balancing act and indie films are largely known for their style and composure.
Much of the film’s success comes from Imogen Poots and Jesse Eisenberg’s underrated brilliant performance as a troubled young couple. blur area– cookie cutter suburban maze. The movie is weird and only gets darker as it progresses, but it’s incredibly engaging and has a thing or two about American life.
Hillbilly (1989)
Joe Dante’s 1989 hit classic is not a cinematic masterpiece. Still, it’s a surprisingly dark and hilarious mainstream comedy that showcases some of the most cliché aspects of suburban life.
Tom Hanks does a great job leading a man who suspects his suburban neighbor is an evil cult and murders community members. The film’s unique blend of horror and near-funny humor is amusing in a way that leads to a particularly weird ending.
Neighbors (2014)
like a movie Neighbor It shouldn’t be this funny, but every now and then there’s a comedy with an indescribable charm that pops up.
A goofy but lovable comedy blockbuster featuring the idea of moving to the suburbs to get married quietly, Neighbor Both Rose Byrne and Zac Efron have a secret weapon in their comedy, and both have been compared to lead star Seth Rogen. Ironically the lovely and foolish wind, Neighbor One of the best comedies of the year.
Cut off (2012)
Where to start with this movie? A truly unique experience, not everyone knows cut is a dark comedy about a young woman coming of age in a modern suburb. Hilarious and sickly in turn, Richard Bates Jr.’s debut novel. powerfully distorts the symbolic expectations of a child born into privilege.
AnnaLynne McCord is a real reveal in the lead and is a weirdo who aspires to be a surgeon as much as she wants to have sex for the first time. This is an incredibly strange and objective genius.
happiness (1998)
Todd Solondz has made his career making subversive films about the upper middle class in America. His 1998 film happiness Definitely one of his more incredible and well-crafted pieces. It’s an eerie collage of people’s lives in a suburban world as they descend into a bizarre fall.
Perhaps the film’s most infamous plot revolves around a suburban father who is also a pedophile, played by Dylan Baker in a climacticly creepy role. It’s bold writing and masterful filmmaking, and uses a magnifying glass to see what’s sometimes going on under one’s seemingly “normal” appearance.
Reference (1994)
Ted Demme’s 1994 story focuses not on all the Christmas traditions that are supposed to hold nuclear families together, but on quarrels, prejudice, resentment, and poison Generally speaking.
Dennis Leary plays a loud-mouthed criminal who breaks into his suburban home on Christmas Eve. The script is very clever and does not apologize for the emptiness and aggression of the “American Dream”. This is the perfect throwback Christmas movie for the next time your aunt is talking about some stupid crap.
Happy Valley (1998)
Writer/director Gary Ross made one of the most underrated movies of the ’90s with a satire about 1950s suburbs. When two ’90s siblings were drawn to a series sitcoms of the previous year, they began to challenge the status quo, thereby starting to change their new world physically.
It’s a brilliantly written and conceived project that uses comedy and flair to poke fun at the conventions of nostalgia. Particularly brilliant is Jeff Daniels as a lonely bachelor discovering his inner passion.
Green Velvet (1986)
Less outspoken satire of 1980s suburbs than a strange twist on the whole concept, David Lynch’s celebrated masterpiece is part of a cinematic singularity that is both iconic and bewildering. .
When a severed human ear is found on a manicured lawn, a young man is sent down a rabbit hole to the world of dangerous crime and the Pabst Blue Ribbon. Lynch can simultaneously bake modern environments while making them unrecognizably remote. This is a one-of-a-kind film from a one-of-a-kind filmmaker.
Going Out (2017)
Much has been said and written about Jordan Peele’s instant classic, and few of the best. Nothing in the movie doesn’t work, and it has the glow of a perfectly executed vision, with every social commentary falling like a pile of bricks.
Peele uses an isolated suburban landscape to paint a picture of the greater horror unfolding in our world, a damning mirror of the society that created it.
The Truman Program (1998)
Jim Carrey’s Drive hits theaters at just the right time, proving to the world that idiots have serious show skills, while also delivering a superb snippet of the public’s obsession with TV shows. reality. The program advocates for people to live a perfect normal life.
The rise of reality TV will go on to inspire countless parodies and satires, but this movie itself seems to fall squarely on some unwritten truths about suburban life and depression. The label is deeply ingrained in the human condition.