# Joe's Apartment (1996)

> A cash-strapped Iowa transplant finds unlikely companionship when his bargain New York apartment comes with a singing, dancing cockroach community.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/movie/6857

## Facts

- Runtime: 81 min
- Genres: Comedy, Fantasy
- Director: John Payson
- Cast: Jerry O'Connell, Megan Ward, Billy West, Reginald Hudlin, Willi One Blood, Tracy Vilar, Sandra 'Pepa' Denton, Robert Vaughn
- TMDB rating: 5.8/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0116707/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: brisk
- Intensity: moderate
- Complexity: simple
- Violence: none
- Mood: irreverent, upbeat, cartoonish, cult movie night, 1990s nostalgia night

## Movies like Joe's Apartment

- [The 4th Floor (1999)](https://ember.film/movie/33498)
- [House Party (1990)](https://ember.film/movie/9700)
- [Mulberry Street (2006)](https://ember.film/movie/10391)
- [PCU (1994)](https://ember.film/movie/8522)
- [The Super (1991)](https://ember.film/movie/36252)
- [Critters 3 (1991)](https://ember.film/movie/7318)
- [The People Under the Stairs (1991)](https://ember.film/movie/7538)
- [Ticks (1993)](https://ember.film/movie/21333)
- [Infestation (2009)](https://ember.film/movie/13424)
- [Mimic: Sentinel (2003)](https://ember.film/movie/20664)

---

Site overview: https://ember.film/llms.txt