The 'Burbs

February. 17,1989      PG
Rating:
6.8
Trailer Synopsis Cast

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 investigation. But it's hardly how Ray, who much prefers drinking beer, reading his newspaper and watching a ball game on the tube expected to spend his vacation.

Tom Hanks as  Ray Peterson
Bruce Dern as  Lt. Mark Rumsfield
Carrie Fisher as  Carol Peterson
Rick Ducommun as  Art Weingartner
Wendy Schaal as  Bonnie Rumsfield
Corey Feldman as  Ricky Butler
Courtney Gains as  Hans Klopek
Henry Gibson as  Dr. Werner Klopek
Gale Gordon as  Walter Seznick
Dick Miller as  Vic, Garbageman #1

Similar titles

Herzensschrei
Herzensschrei
Herzensschrei 2010
The Private Lives of Pippa Lee
Prime Video
The Private Lives of Pippa Lee
After her much older husband forces a move to a suburban retirement community, Pippa Lee engages in a period of reflection and finds herself heading toward a quiet nervous breakdown.
The Private Lives of Pippa Lee 2009
Friday the 13th
Prime Video
Friday the 13th
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.
Friday the 13th 1980
Bitter Melon
Prime Video
Bitter Melon
Bitter Melon is a "home for the holidays" dark comedy where a Filipino-American family plots to kill an abusive member.
Bitter Melon 2018
Apartment Zero
Apartment Zero
In a rundown area of Buenos Aires, at the dawn of the 1980s, Adrian LeDuc owns both a struggling movie theater and a shabby apartment building filled with eccentric, squabbling tenants. To make ends meet, Adrian takes in a roommate, Jack Carney, but soon begins to suspect that the quiet American is responsible for a series of political assassinations that are rocking the city.
Apartment Zero 1989
The Ladykillers
Freevee
The Ladykillers
Five oddball criminals planning a bank robbery rent rooms on a cul-de-sac from an octogenarian widow under the pretext that they are classical musicians.
The Ladykillers 1956
The Ladykillers
Prime Video
The Ladykillers
An eccentric, if not charming Southern professor and his crew pose as a band in order to rob a casino, all under the nose of his unsuspecting landlord – a sharp old woman.
The Ladykillers 2004
Testosterone
Testosterone
Dean has been stumped for some time in his attempt to produce a follow-up to "I was a Teenage Speed Freak," his incredibly successful graphic novel. His fans expect great things from him and his editor, Louise, is hounding him. Instead of working, however, Dean spends his time searching for his Argentine lover Pablo, who went out one night for cigarettes and never came back.
Testosterone 2004
Up Against Amanda
Prime Video
Up Against Amanda
After childhood abuse by her step-father and eight years in a juvenile psychiatric lockup, Amanda Lear is released. Her shrink is also her lover, who surreptitiously pays her rent on a nice house for a year. She moves in, takes one look at her neighbor Richard, and dispatches her doctor. To cover her tracks and to begin her seduction, she gets Richard's help with a security system. Soon she's bugging his calls and spying on him with hidden cameras, taking advantage of a rift between Richard and his wife who's in Nashville cutting a record. Amanda will stop at nothing to get Richard's exclusive attention. Will this good neighbor wise up before the hot tub overheats?
Up Against Amanda 2000
Smash Cuts! Super Sci-Fi Shorts Fest
Smash Cuts! Super Sci-Fi Shorts Fest
Host Scott Forrest presents a curated compilation of eight independent short films in this rapid-fire science-fiction feature. Genres collide, narratives twist, aesthetics clash, and even humor, both campy and dystopian, showcase the vast creative possibilities of each story's individual world, offering the viewer a brief glimpse into the lives of every character's attempt to survive the otherworldly chaos around them. Released in 2001, the selected shorts span original creation dates of 1997 to 2001; most of the featured filmmakers also appear as themselves in short video interviews to talk about their inspirations, creative process and motivations while working on their individual shorts.
Smash Cuts! Super Sci-Fi Shorts Fest 2001

You May Also Like

Big
Starz
Big
When a young boy makes a wish at a carnival machine to be big—he wakes up the following morning to find that it has been granted and his body has grown older overnight. But he is still the same 13-year-old boy inside. Now he must learn how to cope with the unfamiliar world of grown-ups including getting a job and having his first romantic encounter with a woman.
Big 1988
A Perfect Getaway
Starz
A Perfect Getaway
For their honeymoon, newlyweds Cliff and Cydney head to the tropical islands of Hawaii. While journeying through the paradisaical countryside the couple encounters Kale and Cleo, two disgruntled hitchhikers and Nick and Gina, two wild but well-meaning spirits who help guide them through the lush jungles. The picturesque waterfalls and scenic mountainsides quickly give way to terror when Cliff and Cydney learn of a grisly murder that occurred nearby and realize that they're being followed by chance acquaintances that suspiciously fit the description of the killers.
A Perfect Getaway 2009
The Money Pit
Starz
The Money Pit
After being evicted from their Manhattan apartment, a couple buy what looks like the home of their dreams—only to find themselves saddled with a bank-account-draining nightmare. Struggling to keep their relationship together as their rambling mansion falls to pieces around them, the two watch in hilarious horror as everything—including the kitchen sink—disappears into the Money Pit.
The Money Pit 1986
Turner & Hooch
Disney+
Turner & Hooch
Scott Turner has 3 days left in the local police department before he moves to a bigger city to get some 'real' cases—not just misdemeanors. When Amos Reed is murdered, Scott sets himself on the case, but the closest thing to a witness to the murder is Reed's dog, Hooch, which Scott has to take care of—to avoid Hooch being 'put to sleep'.
Turner & Hooch 1989
The Sorcerer's Apprentice
The Sorcerer's Apprentice
Balthazar Blake is a master sorcerer in modern-day Manhattan trying to defend the city from his arch-nemesis, Maxim Horvath. Balthazar can't do it alone, so he recruits Dave Stutler, a seemingly average guy who demonstrates hidden potential, as his reluctant protégé. The sorcerer gives his unwilling accomplice a crash course in the art and science of magic, and together, these unlikely partners work to stop the forces of darkness.
The Sorcerer's Apprentice 2010
Forrest Gump
Prime Video
Forrest Gump
A man with a low IQ has accomplished great things in his life and been present during significant historic events—in each case, far exceeding what anyone imagined he could do. But despite all he has achieved, his one true love eludes him.
Forrest Gump 2014
Interstellar
Prime Video
Interstellar
The adventures of a group of explorers who make use of a newly discovered wormhole to surpass the limitations on human space travel and conquer the vast distances involved in an interstellar voyage.
Interstellar 2014
The Goonies
Prime Video
The Goonies
A young teenager named Mikey Walsh finds an old treasure map in his father's attic. Hoping to save their homes from demolition, Mikey and his friends Data Wang, Chunk Cohen, and Mouth Devereaux run off on a big quest to find the secret stash of Pirate One-Eyed Willie.
The Goonies 1985
Joe Versus the Volcano
Max
Joe Versus the Volcano
Hypochondriac Joe Banks finds out he has six months to live, quits his dead end job, musters the courage to ask his co-worker out on a date, and is then hired to jump into a volcano by a mysterious visitor.
Joe Versus the Volcano 1990
Sucker Punch
Prime Video
Sucker Punch
A young girl, institutionalised by her abusive stepfather, retreats to an alternative reality as a coping strategy and envisions a plan to help her escape.
Sucker Punch 2011

Reviews

Lawbolisted
1989/02/17

Powerful

... more
Acensbart
1989/02/18

Excellent but underrated film

... more
FirstWitch
1989/02/19

A movie that not only functions as a solid scarefest but a razor-sharp satire.

... more
Fatma Suarez
1989/02/20

The movie's neither hopeful in contrived ways, nor hopeless in different contrived ways. Somehow it manages to be wonderful

... more
lukem-52760
1989/02/21

Joe Dante is a BRILLIANT director i grew up on Gremlins 1&2,The Howling,Innerspace,Matinee,Small soldiers,Piranha,Twilight zone the movie & my all time best THE 'BURBS!!! so yeah i love Joe Dante & his movies & his fantastic mind.The 'burbs is a classic comedy mystery Thriller & it's got such a FEELGOOD summer vibe to it with BEAUTIFUL music by Jerry Goldsmith that is unforgettable, this comedy classic i had taped on video at my nans she introduced this movie to me & then i brought it on video & watched hundreds if times!!! This is one of my most watched films of all time.The whole cast is perfect & the characters are so memorable & the neighbourhood is beautiful & full of fun.Ray peterson (hanks) is hilarious as the stressed out neighbour with maybe murderers next door? Bruce Dern is Fantastic as the paranoid ex soldier Mark Rumsfield who is hilarious & we have the comic genius Rick Ducommun.R.I.P who plays Art wiengartner who is the nosey busy body & we have carrie fisher as carol Peterson & wendy schaal as bonnie Rumsfeld & Corey feel as ricky butler & some great little cameos from the likes of Joe Dante legend DICK MILLER (who i thank Joe dante's films for introducing me to this great man), The Kloepeks are HILARIOUS & May or my not be evil!!! so yeah this movie is BRILLIANT & pure FEELGOOD fun & endlessly watchable love it so much & holds a special place in my heart

... more
shadow_blade-89459
1989/02/22

"The 'Burbs" (1989) is a comedic mystery thriller about a typical suburban neighborhood where something is off about the new neighbors. The film is from the perspective of Ray Peterson, played by Tom Hanks, as he tries to enjoy his time off and deescalate the neighborhood snoops, Mark and Art played by Bruce Dern and Rick Ducommun respectively. I love Tom Hanks, but I am not a fan of this film. The film is put together well, but the character of Art was extremely annoying to me and really turned me off the film. The editing and pacing flowed well with the story. However, the film is solid for the late 80s.The director, Joe Dante, stayed true to his horror comedy style where most of the comedy isn't in your face like "Gremlins," which I loved. He effortlessly snuck in little bits of comedy without completely taking away from the mystery, thriller concept. I was initially unsure of the point of this film, but the reason is there are two. Don't be a nosy neighbor and revealing the second which equates to the payoff would spoil the film. Overall, this film is solid and if you can ignore Art, you may be able to enjoy it.

... more
Benedito Dias Rodrigues
1989/02/23

Superior black comedy with a power trio,Hanks,Dern and the amusing Rick Ducommum,they are remarkable funny,the picture mix a several success formula to get to reach the high pattern,firstly the odd neighborhood,second a bit sex appeal on Rumsfield's couple and finally a smooth and weird newcomers neighbors...so all this are enough to start a paranoia...more when the audience realize all this were a huge misunderstanding enter an unexpected epic final....a real gem underrated from the eights!! Resume:First watch: 1991 / How many: 2 / Source: TV-DVD / Rating: 8

... more
adonis98-743-186503
1989/02/24

An overstressed suburbanite and two of his neighbors struggle to prove their paranoid theory that the new family on the block are part of a murderous cult. I watched The 'Burbs a long time ago but i really had a great time Tom Hanks, Bruce Dern, Corey Feldman and the great and late Carrie Fisher did a great job. For a 1989 film this holds up really well and it was hilarious i mean everything seems ordinary the neighborhood the neighbors everything but some things are not as good as they seem and as the film continues you get into more of the horror element and it packs even more laughs. Overall this is a great film and a very underrated one upon Hanks amazing film career but i just wanna say that i'm gonna miss Princess Leia and May The Force Be With Her Always!!!

... more