The genre of ‘Dark Suburbia’

Submitted by LultimaNotte t3_11bbgs3 in movies

I’m looking for film recommendations (also open for book recs too)

I’m looking for some good dark suburbia/suburban dysfunction films and books - I’m talking drama, affairs, rumors/gossip, family dysfunction, gritty sex, implications and innuendos (Example - I love the nuances of the scene in Todd Field’s ‘Little Children’ where the women in the book group are discussing how Madame Bovary’s lover turned her into something ‘compliant and corrupt’ (implying anal sex) as it cuts to a semi-closeup Sarah in bed with Brad, presumably taking it anally - an on-screen example of Madame Bovary’s ‘corruption’ in Sarah’s own affair)

Another example of what I’m thinking of would be Adrian Lyne’s ‘Unfaithful’ - erotic, dramatic, raw, and dysfunctional.

So, getting a general idea of what I’m after, lemme hear those recommendations!

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monodopple t1_j9x13sw wrote

The Ice storm, the virgin suicides

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ZorroMeansFox t1_j9xs9gd wrote

I'll plug the original The Stepford Wives, Blue Velvet, Poltergeist, All That Heaven Allows, A Serious Man, Far From Heaven, The Swimmer, Parents, and the bizarre, little-seen film Neighbors, starring John Belushi, Dan Aykroyd, and Cathy Moriarty --which plays like a loony, sexual Twilight Zone episode.

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skewlsux85 t1_j9x2hsg wrote

family/dysfunction maybe little different than you are asking but recommend welcome to the doll house and kids

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monodopple t1_j9x3zbe wrote

Probably more welcome to the dollhouse than kids. Even storytelling or happiness.

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AllenWoody34 t1_j9x5nnt wrote

Carrie by Brian De Palma, We Need To Talk About Kevin By Lynne Ramsay, It Follows by David Robert Mitchell

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truffle_shuffle_5000 t1_j9xezop wrote

Disturbia fits this to some degree, and I second Blue Velvet as a great example of this genre.

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lucia-pacciola t1_j9yf4vi wrote

Under the Silver Lake

Disturbia

American Beauty

Legend of Billie Jean

Last House on the Left

Stand By Me

The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane

The Big Hit

Fright Night (both versions)

Pump Up The Volume

Heathers

Disturbing Behavior

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DapperSignificance68 t1_j9yt26l wrote

Vivarium? maybe. it’s more of a horror film where the suburb itself becomes the captor and destroyer

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robotmask67 t1_ja159kc wrote

All that Heaven Allows (1955) Over the Edge (1979) Lovely & Amazing (2001) The Virgin Suicides (1999) Revolutionary Road (2008) Serial Mom (1994) The Ice Storm (1997) Gone Girl (2014) It Follows (2014) Heathers (1989)

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