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Plot Summary:
Samantha and Jay throw caution to the wind when they convert their recently inherited country estate into a bed-and-breakfast. Call it mislaid plans. Not only is the place falling apart, but it’s also inhabited by spirits of previous residents -- whom only Samantha can see and hear.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 26000
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy
Country: UK, USA
Duration:
Plot tags: sitcom, psychological, humorous, captivating, entertaining, semi serious, funny
Best tv shows and movies like Ghosts (2021):
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Lord, All Men Can't Be Dogs (2011)
Plot Summary:
Lord, All Men Can't Be Dogs is a riveting story of the lives of two people, Lisa and Tim Johnson, whose struggles are closely tied with the four spirits that reside in their home. It's a story of temptation, greed and finally, deliverance, mixed with just the right amount of humor! This show will keep you on the edge of your seat, saying, "Lord, All Men Can't be Dogs!".
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 84
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, light, feel good
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Show Me the Ghost (2021)
Plot Summary:
Best friends ‘Hodu’ and ‘Yeji’ are job seekers whose dreams and hopes have been ruined. One day, ‘Hodu’ luckily gets a decent cheap fully loaded rent house. ‘Yeji’, who has been kicked out of her parents’ house, also stays there with him. They gradually feel a strange energy in the house that seemed perfect. They encounter ominous ghost and freaked out. With no place to go and no money, they try to defeat the ghost to protect their house….
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 307
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: South Korea
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: scary, tense, humorous, captivating, psychotronic, semi serious, slasher
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The Night Shift (2011)
Plot Summary:
What if you could live forever? What if you had to spend that eternity stuck in a cemetery with only a limbless corpse for a friend, and cantankerous "residents" that were anything but resting in peace? That's the situation for Rue Morgan, night watchman extraordinaire, in this rollicking supernatural adventure-comedy. Rue, along with his buddy Herb, spends his nights watching out for zombies, and his days dreaming of a date with hard-nosed day-shifter, Claire. It's an okay eternity--until a scourge of paranormal occurrences leaves Rue not only watching the cemetery, but also watching his back! Based on the hit short film that critics have called "delightful", "charming", and "unapologetically goofy", "The Night Shift" is guaranteed to be the most fun you've ever had in a cemetery!.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 79
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Horror, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 123 min
Plot tags: rough, humorous, suspense, bleak, captivating, suspenseful, stylized, independent film, cult film
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They Live Among Us (2011)
Plot Summary:
Episode 1 - Pull My Strings: Craig has had a really bad day; his girlfriend has kicked him out of their house. He heads off to find solace at the Paradise Bar, and believes his luck to change when he meets Lillith, a lovely stranger from a strange land... but instead, Craig discovers that love hurts.
IMDB Rating: 8.7
IMDB Votes: 24
Genere: Crime, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration:
Plot tags: gothic, serious, suspenseful, scary, sexy
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The Ghost Busters (1975)
Plot Summary:
The Ghost Busters was a live-action children's television series that ran in 1975, about a team of bumbling detectives who would investigate ghostly occurrences. Only 15 episodes were created. This series reunited Forrest Tucker and Larry Storch in roles similar to their characters in F Troop. Tucker played Jake Kong, and Storch played zoot suit-wearing Eddie Spencer. The third member of the trio was Tracy the Gorilla, played by actor Bob Burns. The series was unrelated to the 1984 film Ghostbusters.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 437
Genere: Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: sitcom, detective, offbeat, humorous, not serious, slapstick, slapstick comedy
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Devi(L) (2016)
Plot Summary:
A man who wants a modern girl for a wife unwillingly marries a village girl. What happens when the girl is possessed by the ghost of an aspiring actress?.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: India
Duration: 126 min
Plot tags: scary, psychological, humorous, suspenseful
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RiffTrax Live: House on Haunted Hill (2010)
Plot Summary:
Is there any possible downside to accepting an invitation from Vincent Price to spend an evening in a creepy mansion that was built on something called “Haunted Hill?” If so, Mike, Kevin and Bill couldn’t find it! In fact they were so eager to join Mr. Price and his terrifying moustache that they riffed the film live, on-stage, and now you can reap the rewards from the safety of home with this live show DVD! Yes, horror classic House on Haunted Hill provides a mesmerizing walk down “people actually used to find this SCARY?!?” lane. Join the RiffTrax guys as they bring their special brand of rapid-fire comedic commentary to every skeleton-hanging-from-visible-wires, clumsy sexual overtone, and a stunningly inept test pilot whose “heroics” typically lead him to bloody his own nose after locking himself in a broom closet!.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 326
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min
Plot tags: scary, feel good, humorous, suspense, entertaining, suspenseful, psychotronic, horror spoof
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Grandma (2016)
Plot Summary:
A family come together for the testament after the grandmother dies.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 46
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: Thailand
Duration:
Plot tags: scary, bleak, humorous, suspense, suspenseful, psychotronic
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Bhooter Bhabishyat (2012)
Plot Summary:
A young director listens to a hilariously scary story narrated by a stranger, where a group of ghosts try to save the only place they can haunt in peace.
IMDB Rating: 8.1
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Country: India
Duration: 123 min
Plot tags: psychological thriller, scary, bleak, humorous, suspense, disturbing, psychotronic, dark
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Annabelle Sethupathi (2021)
Plot Summary:
A scary journey begins when a small-time thief, Rudra, enters a haunted castle and gets pulled into the mystery of its mistress — Annabelle Sethupathi.
IMDB Rating: 3.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Country: India
Duration: 135 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, scary, humorous, suspense, suspenseful, semi serious
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Marley's Ghosts (2015)
Plot Summary:
Marley has a rare gift that comes with mixed blessings - she can talk to the dead, who sadly now include both her husband Adam, her lover Michael and her vicar… Awkward.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 387
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy
Country: UK
Duration: 40 min
Plot tags: humorous, light, feel good, unusual plot structure, contemplative, sitcom
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Youkai Sharehouse (2020)
Plot Summary:
Mio Meguro is a timid person. She is afraid of being hated by others, and this causes her to refrain from saying what she really wants to say. She doesn't have any specific things she wants to do. She got a job and eventually dated a man from her workplace. Mio Meguro wanted to marry the man, but he turns out to be a bad guy. Because of him, she becomes penniless and unemployed. Her life descends into a bottomless pit. Mio Meguro then happens to get a sharehouse, where the mysterious creatures known as yōkai live. The yōkai try to solve her problems in radical ways.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 49
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Country: Japan
Duration: 50 min
Plot tags: scary, unusual plot structure, humorous, captivating, suspense, suspenseful
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Exorcism at 60,000 Feet (2019)
Plot Summary:
A priest, a rabbi and a flight crew team up to save their flight from a pandemic of demonic possessions.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 689
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: scary, bleak, humorous, suspense, suspenseful, psychotronic, slasher, horror comedy
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High Priestess (2019)
Plot Summary:
High Priestess is a 2019 thriller ZEE5 Original starring Amala Akkineni, Kishore Kumar, Varalakshmi and others. The story revolves around Swathi Reddy, a tarot card reader and psychic, who deals with peculiar cases and clients that make her experience supernatural powers around her. A suspense thriller Telugu Original, High Priestess, is on ZEE5!.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 37
Genere: Fantasy, Mystery, Thriller
Country: India
Duration:
Plot tags: psychological, tense, unusual plot structure, captivating, contemplative
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The School Nurse Files (2020)
Plot Summary:
Wielding a light-up sword through the dark corners of a high school, a nurse with an unusual gift protects students from monsters only she can see.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Country: South Korea
Duration: 51 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, unusual plot structure, humorous, captivating, contemplative, horror comedy
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The Ghosts of Adly Allam (2017)
Plot Summary:
The series revolves around Adly Allam, an employee in the National Library, he loves reading and culture, and lives with his grumpy wife Hayat, and her brother Araby under one roof. A demon called Sala appears to him , asking him to be in his life in exchange of changing his life for the better.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 120
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Egypt
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags: scary, humorous, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, psychotronic
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The Gauntlet (2013)
Plot Summary:
Three teenage girls, Madison, Chloe and Stella are forced to permanently silence their best friend in order to keep their ancestor's century old supernatural secret. This unravels a series of strange events that will eventually lead to their exposure within the boarding school in which they reside. Furthermore, a strange and suspicious new girl, Alice, has arrived to the school and is determined to uncover their secrets, their very own headmaster is blackmailing them and their dead best friend's boyfriend is trying to discover the truth about his girlfriend's untimely death - but above all - a demonic power lurks in the background waiting for the perfect moment to strike.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 41
Genere: Fantasy
Country: Australia
Duration: 6 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, unusual plot structure, suspense, suspenseful
Similar in 77%
xxxHOLiC (2013)
Plot Summary:
Yuko Ichihara (Anne Watanabe) is the sexy owner of a strange store which offers to make any wishes come true for a price. Kimihiro Watanuki (Shota Sometani) has a special type of blood that attracts spirits and ghosts. He goes into the shop owned by Yuko Ichihara and asks her to get rid of the spirits. Yuko offers to do so if he works part-time at the store.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 158
Genere: Fantasy, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, unusual plot structure, captivating, suspenseful, contemplative, manga, anime
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Guardians (2017)
Plot Summary:
Two men are thrown together as live-in guardians of a 200 year-old house in the East End of London. But they are not alone. And so instead of learning to live together they have to fight to live through the night.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 56
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: tense, unusual plot structure, humorous, suspense, suspenseful, contemplative
Similar in 84%
Sell Your Haunted House (2021)
Plot Summary:
The story of a real estate agent who performs exorcism on real estates where ghosts appear or people die in and makes them clean items.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Country: South Korea
Duration: 65 min
Plot tags: tense, unusual plot structure, humorous, captivating, suspense, contemplative, spooky
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Let's Fight Ghost (2021)
Plot Summary:
A cohabitation comedy about a ghost of a high school girl who has been dead for 5 years and an exorcist college boy with the ability to see and hear ghosts. What he’s discovered over the years is that he can touch them and fight them off, so when he’s in need of a part-time job and can’t find one that pays well enough, he starts putting ads online as an exorcist for hire. His ad: “Will face off with your ghosts. Chances of winning: virgin ghosts 80%, bachelor ghosts 40%, child ghosts 97%, the rest 50%.” One night he goes out on the job and faces off with a schoolgirl ghost, and during the fight, they accidentally kiss and sparks fly.".
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 143
Genere: Fantasy, Horror, Romance
Country: Thailand
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: scary, tense, bleak, suspense, suspenseful, psychotronic
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Wellington Paranormal (2018)
Plot Summary:
New Zealand's capital is a hotbed of supernatural activity... so Officers Minogue and O'Leary, who featured in the vampire documentary What We Do In The Shadows, take to the streets to investigate all manner of paranormal phenomena.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
Country: New Zealand
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: mockumentary, funny, humorous, captivating, detective, suspense, entertaining, suspenseful, exciting, sitcom
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Deadbeat (2014)
Plot Summary:
Kevin Pacalioglu may have no money and no clue, but he can see dead people, so that’s pretty cool. Faced with a constant stream of stubborn spirits, Pac goes to whatever lengths require the least amount of effort to help New York City’s most frivolous ghosts finish their unfinished business, occasionally with the help of his best friend and drug dealer, Roofie.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min
Plot tags: humorous, feel good, light, captivating, funny, dark comedy, not serious
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The League of S.T.E.A.M. (2010)
Plot Summary:
The League of S.T.E.A.M. (Supernatural and Troublesome Ectoplasmic Apparition Management) is an organization comprised of Inventors, Scientists, Adventurers, Craftsmen, Monster and Creature Hunters, and Paranormal Researchers.
IMDB Rating: 8.0
IMDB Votes: 324
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration:
Plot tags: exciting, unusual plot structure, humorous, captivating, suspenseful, contemplative
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Ghosts (2019)
Plot Summary:
A cash-strapped young couple inherit a grand country house, only to find it is both falling apart and teeming with the ghosts of former inhabitants.
IMDB Rating: 8.4
IMDB Votes: 24000
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: surreal, sitcom, funny, light, captivating, dark comedy, cult film
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The Haunted Hathaways (2013)
Plot Summary:
"The Haunted Hathaways" follows the adventures of a not-so-typical blended family. When Michelle Hathaway relocates to New Orleans, LA., to open a bakery with her daughters Taylor and Frankie, they quickly learn that life in the “Big Easy” is very different. Unbeknownst to them, their new home is already occupied by a ghost family comprised of jazz musician father Ray Preston and his sons Miles and Louie. After agreeing to live under one roof, they come to care about and rely on one another while driving each other crazy – just like any normal family would. Though leery at first, the Hathaways soon discover how much fun life can be when living with ghosts.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: humorous, sitcom, feel good, semi serious, funny, spooky, captivating
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Reaper (2007)
Plot Summary:
21 year-old slacker Sam Oliver learns that his parents sold his soul to the devil before he was born, and now Sam has to repay the debt by becoming the Devil's bounty hunter, retrieving souls that have somehow escaped from Hell.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 25000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, semi serious, light, entertaining, funny, bad ending, costume drama, black comedy, dark comedy
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Spectros (2020)
Plot Summary:
A group of teenagers gets unintentionally involved in a conflict between Japanese Shinto ghosts and Brazilian witchcraft.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 467
Genere: Fantasy, Thriller
Country: Brazil
Duration:
Plot tags: tense, unusual plot structure, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, contemplative, psychotronic
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Good Omens (2019)
Plot Summary:
In 2019 the world is on the brink of an apocalypse as humanity prepares for a final judgment. But follies ensue — Aziraphale, a somewhat fussy angel, and Crowley, a demon aren’t enthusiastic about the end of the world, and can’t seem to find the Antichrist.
IMDB Rating: 8.0
IMDB Votes: 109000
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 55 min
Plot tags: exciting, witty, atmospheric, captivating, apocalyptic, emotional, supernatural thriller, offbeat, satanic, sitcom
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High Spirits (1988)
Plot Summary:
When Peter Plunkett's Irish castle turned hotel is about to be repossesed, he decides to spice up the attraction a bit for the 'Yanks' by having his staff pretend to haunt the castle. The trouble begins when a busload of American tourists arrive - along with some real ghosts.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy
Country: Ireland, UK, USA
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: humorous, light, entertaining, funny, semi serious, offbeat, cult classic, slapstick, gothic, horror comedy