Movies like Chasing Ghosts
If Chasing Ghosts's mix of friendship, life and death and loss of loved one stayed with you, start here. Each film below was picked from what Chasing Ghosts's fans love most, with the reason it belongs on this list.
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Casper
1995 · Directed by Brad Silberling · 100 min6.3
Why you'll like itShares: friendship, supernatural, ghost hunting · Also comedy and family
Casper is a kind young ghost who peacefully haunts a mansion in Maine. When specialist James Harvey arrives to communicate with Casper and his fellow spirits, he brings along his teenage daughter, Kat.
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The Fisher King
1991 · Directed by Terry Gilliam · 138 min7.3
Why you'll like itShares: loss of loved one, self-discovery · Also comedy and drama
Two troubled men face their terrible destinies and events of their past as they join together on a mission to find the Holy Grail and thus to save themselves.
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Scooby-Doo! and the Curse of the 13th Ghost
2019 · Directed by Cecilia Aranovich · 82 min7.8
Why you'll like itShares: friendship · Also comedy and family · From the same decade (2010s)
Mystery Inc. withdraws from solving crimes after botching a case. When Vincent Van Ghoul contacts the gang about an unfinished investigation from Daphne, Shaggy and Scooby's past, the gang springs into action to finish…
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The Shack
2017 · Directed by Stuart Hazeldine · 132 min7.5
Why you'll like itShares: loss of loved one · Also drama and family · From the same decade (2010s)
A grieving man receives a mysterious, personal invitation to meet with God at a place called 'The Shack'.
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August Rush
2007 · Directed by Kirsten Sheridan · 114 min7.4
Why you'll like itShares: loss of loved one · Also family and drama
Evan, a musically gifted orphan, runs away from his orphanage and searches New York City for his birth parents. On his journey, he's taken under the wing of the Wizard, a homeless man who lives in an abandoned theater.
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My Girl
1991 · Directed by Howard Zieff · 103 min7.4
Why you'll like itShares: friendship · Also comedy and drama
Vada Sultenfuss is obsessed with death. Her mother is dead, and her father runs a funeral parlor. She is also in love with her English teacher, and joins a poetry class over the summer just to impress him.
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Ice Age
2002 · Directed by Chris Wedge · 81 min7.4
Why you'll like itShares: loss of loved one · Also comedy and family
Manny the mammoth, Sid the loquacious sloth, and Diego the sabre-toothed tiger go on a comical quest to return a human baby back to his father, across a world on the brink of an ice age.
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Leo
2023 · Directed by Robert Marianetti · 102 min7.3
Why you'll like itShares: heartfelt · Also comedy and family
Jaded 74-year-old reptile Leo has been stuck in the same Florida classroom for decades with his terrarium-mate turtle. When he learns he only has one year left to live, he plans to escape to experience life on the…
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Beaches
1988 · Directed by Garry Marshall · 123 min6.7
Why you'll like itShares: loss of loved one · Also comedy and drama
A privileged rich debutante and a cynical struggling entertainer share a turbulent, but strong childhood friendship over the years.
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Haunted Mansion
2023 · Directed by Justin Simien · 123 min6.4
Why you'll like itShares: grief · Also comedy and drama
A woman and her son enlist a motley crew of so-called spiritual experts to help rid their home of supernatural squatters.
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Speed Racer
2008 · Directed by Lana Wachowski · 135 min6.4
Why you'll like itShares: loss of loved one · Also family and comedy
Speed Racer is a young and brilliant racing driver. When corruption in the racing leagues costs his brother his life, Speed must team up with the police and the mysterious Racer X to bring an end to the corruption and…
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Memoir of a Snail
2024 · Directed by Adam Elliot · 94 min8.1
Why you'll like itAlso comedy and drama
Forcibly separated from her twin brother when they are orphaned, a melancholic misfit learns how to find confidence within herself amid the clutter of misfortunes and everyday life.