Movies like Ghostbusters
If Ghostbusters's mix of environmental protection agency, library and supernatural stayed with you, start here. Each film below was picked from what Ghostbusters's fans love most, with the reason it belongs on this list.
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Ghostbusters II
1989 · Directed by Ivan Reitman · 108 min6.6
Why you'll like itAlso directed by Ivan Reitman · With Bill Murray and Dan Aykroyd · Shares: supernatural, halloween, ghostbuster · Also comedy and fantasy · From the same decade (1980s)
The discovery of a massive river of ectoplasm and a resurgence of spectral activity allows the staff of Ghostbusters to revive the business.
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Ghostbusters: Afterlife
2021 · Directed by Jason Reitman · 124 min7.3
Why you'll like itWith Bill Murray and Dan Aykroyd · Shares: ghostbuster, ghost, nostalgic · Also fantasy and comedy
When single mom Callie and her two kids Trevor and Phoebe arrive in a small Oklahoma town, they begin to discover their connection to the original Ghostbusters and the secret legacy their grandfather left behind.
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Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire
2024 · Directed by Gil Kenan · 115 min6.4
Why you'll like itWith Dan Aykroyd · Shares: supernatural, halloween, ghostbuster · Also fantasy and comedy
The Spengler family returns to where it all started - the iconic New York City firehouse - to team up with the original Ghostbusters, who've developed a top-secret research lab to take busting ghosts to the next level.
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Beetlejuice
1988 · Directed by Tim Burton · 92 min7.4
Why you'll like itShares: supernatural, halloween, possession · Also fantasy and comedy · From the same decade (1980s)
A newly dead New England couple seeks help from a deranged demon exorcist to scare an affluent New York family out of their home.
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Casper
1995 · Directed by Brad Silberling · 100 min6.3
Why you'll like itShares: supernatural, halloween, super power · Also fantasy and comedy
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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Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
2024 · Directed by Tim Burton · 105 min6.9
Why you'll like itShares: halloween, ghost · Also comedy and fantasy
After a family tragedy, three generations of the Deetz family return home to Winter River. Still haunted by Betelgeuse, Lydia's life is turned upside down when her teenage daughter, Astrid, accidentally opens the…
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The Conjuring
2013 · Directed by James Wan · 112 min7.5
Why you'll like itShares: halloween, possession, paranormal investigation
Paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren work to help a family terrorized by a dark presence in their farmhouse. Forced to confront a powerful entity, the Warrens find themselves caught in the most terrifying…
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Shazam! Fury of the Gods
2023 · Directed by David F. Sandberg · 130 min6.4
Why you'll like itShares: super power, amused · Also comedy and fantasy
Billy Batson and his foster siblings, who transform into superheroes by saying "Shazam!", are forced to get back into action and fight the Daughters of Atlas, who they must stop from using a weapon that could destroy…
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Girl vs. Monster
2012 · Directed by Stuart Gillard · 88 min6.3
Why you'll like itShares: halloween, fighting supernatural
Skylar finds out that her parents are monster hunters after she accidentally releases some monsters from a secret containment chamber; so she and her techno friends must recapture all the monsters and also save her mom…
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Hocus Pocus 2
2022 · Directed by Anne Fletcher · 104 min7.1
Why you'll like itShares: halloween · Also fantasy and comedy
29 years since the Black Flame Candle was last lit, the 17th-century Sanderson sisters are resurrected, and they are looking for revenge.
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The Addams Family
1991 · Directed by Barry Sonnenfeld · 100 min7.1
Why you'll like itShares: halloween · Also comedy and fantasy
When a man claiming to be long-lost Uncle Fester reappears after 25 years lost, the family plans a celebration to wake the dead. But the kids barely have time to warm up the electric chair before Morticia begins to…
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Hotel Transylvania: Transformania
2022 · Directed by Derek Drymon · 92 min7.0
Why you'll like itShares: halloween · Also comedy and fantasy
When Van Helsing's mysterious invention, the "Monsterfication Ray," goes haywire, Drac and his monster pals are all transformed into humans, and Johnny becomes a monster.