History Film / Suburbicon

** [[spoiler: Gardner suffers a minor one at the very end of the film. When sitting at the kitchen table with his son, he seems to still be upholding the facade that he's completely innocent. Nicky has none of it and directly accuses him of murder, and only then does Gardner begin to break down, banging his fists on the table in anger.]]

* KillEmAll: [[spoiler: By the end of the film, every major character except Nicky, Hightower and the Mayers are dead.]]

The movie tells the story of an all-white neighborhood of Suburbicon in 1959. While the town is dealing with the racial tensions unleashed by the arrival of the Mayers, the first African American family to move into town, the drama of the Lodge family unfolds in the house around the block and opposite the Mayers’. Two robbers break into the Lodge home, tie the entire family up and kill the matriarch, Rose (Moore), with an overdose of chloroform.

* InstantSedation: Zigzagged during the home invasion. It's played straight when Margaret and Gardner are chloroform, with both passing out rather quickly. Downplayed when it comes to Nicky and Rose. The former is able to resist passing out for several moments before succumbing to the drug, while Rose is last seen by Nicky convulsing slightly as she's given a fatal chloroform overdose--implying the first dose only made her groggy.

* TokemGoodTeammate: The one member of the Suburbicon betterment committee who advocates for the racial integration of black families such as the Meyers into the previously all-white community. He's quickly shot down by the rest of the racist townsfolk, who continue ranting about how they don't want the Meyers in town and what action should be taken to stop it. By the end of the scene the poor guy is sitting in silence looking uncomfortable and defeated, while everyone applauds the segregationist suggestions of his fellow committee members.

* RealityEnsues: If you try to carry on an angry conversation with someone through the rolled down passenger window of a car while driving said car [[spoiler:there's a very good chance you ''will'' get into a nasty car accident.]]
** Driving at night with no lights on means other drivers can't see you.
** [[spoiler: Gardner and Margaret's scheme to kill Rose, collect the insurance money, send Nicky away and then elope together is so poorly planned and executed that Bud Cooper, a claims investigator, figures out exactly what they're up to much faster than the actual police do, as it's his job to look for any indiscrepancies in a claim and spot a potential scam. Unfortunately however, he's just as crooked as they are, and instead decides to blackmail them for the entire claim.]]

* GoryDiscretionShot: After claims agent Bud Cooper [[spoiler: is poisoned by Margaret with Lye,]] he runs out into the street calling for help.[[spoiler: Gardner follows him and Bud turns around just as he's struck in the head with a fire poker, obscuring most of his messy death from the audience. A wide shot of the street soon after reveals that the fire poker became lodged in Bud's skull, with the wound creating a large puddle of blood and leaving Gardner struggling to pull it out.]]

* GoryDiscretionShot: After claims agent Bud Cooper [[spoiler: is poisoned by Margaret with Lye,]] he runs out into the street calling for help.[[spoiler: Gardner follows him and Bud turns around just as he's struck in the head with a fire poker, obscuring most of his messy death from the audience. A wide shot of the street soon after reveals that the fire poker become lodged in Bud's skull, leaving a large puddle of blood and with Gardner struggling to pull it out.]]

* FlatCharacter: The Mayers family, the first African-Americans to move to Suburbicon. They seemingly exist only to show how not-so-perfect Suburbicon really is, as most of the residents are virulent racists who don't take kindly to black people moving into the all-white community. Mr. Mayers doesn't even get any lines.

** Earlier in the film, Margaret is shown using a carton of Lye to do housework before claims investigator Bud Cooper shows up. [[spoiler: She ends up impulsively poisoning his coffee with it because HeKnowsTooMuch.]]