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Movies Like The Love Between a Human and a Ghost

If you liked The Love Between a Human and a Ghost (1958), a horror and romance movie directed by Chen Yiqing, here are 20 movies with a similar feel, based on TMDB's recommendations. Each one links to its cast, trailer and where it's streaming.

  1. 1The Jester

    The Jester (2016)

    ★ 7.4/10Also horror

    The Jester is the titular main antagonist of the horror/thriller analogy short films of the same name. He is an enigmatic and malevolent being who enjoys inducing suffering to individuals he comes across who don't…

  2. 2Crimson Peak

    Crimson Peak (2015)

    ★ 6.7/10Also horror and romance

    In the aftermath of a family tragedy, an aspiring author is torn between love for her childhood friend and the temptation of a mysterious outsider. Trying to escape the ghosts of her past, she is swept away to a house…

  3. 3Leviticus

    Leviticus (2026)

    ★ 6.8/10Also horror and romance

    Two teenage boys must escape a violent entity that takes the form of the person they desire most: each other.

  4. 4The Unhealer

    The Unhealer (2021)

    ★ 5.8/10Also horror

    A botched faith healing bestows supernatural Shaman powers on a bullied teenager. When his lifelong tormentors pull a prank that kills someone he loves, he uses his powers for revenge and goes on a bloody rampage to…

  5. 5Dust Bunny

    Dust Bunny (2025)

    ★ 6.7/10Also horror

    Ten-year-old Aurora asks her hitman neighbor to kill the monster under her bed that she claims ate her family. To protect her, he must battle an onslaught of assassins while accepting that some monsters are real.

  6. 6Curve

    Curve (2016)

    ★ 6.9/10Also horror

    Clinging to a smooth, curved surface high above a sentient abyss, a woman tries to cover the few feet back to safety without losing purchase and falling to her death.

  7. 7Home Sweet Home: Rebirth

    Home Sweet Home: Rebirth (2025)

    ★ 5.9/10Also horror

    When a city is overrun with a demonically-possessed crowd, a cop must find the source of evil to save his family.

  8. 8The Entity

    The Entity (1982)

    ★ 6.9/10Also horror

    A single mom is raped by an invisible force. Her psychiatrist believes the experience stems from childhood trauma, while she knows something supernatural is at play.

  9. 9Together

    Together (2025)

    ★ 6.9/10Also horror and romance

    Years into their relationship, Tim and Millie find themselves at a crossroads as they move to the country, abandoning all that is familiar in their lives except each other. With tensions already flaring, a nightmarish…

  10. 10The Boogeyman

    The Boogeyman (2023)

    ★ 6.4/10Also horror

    Still reeling from the tragic death of their mother, a teenage girl and her younger sister find themselves plagued by a sadistic presence in their house and struggle to get their grieving father to pay attention before…

  11. 11Mandy

    Mandy (2018)

    ★ 6.2/10Also horror

    The Shadow Mountains, 1983. Red and Mandy lead a loving and peaceful existence; but when their pine-scented haven is savagely destroyed, Red is catapulted into a phantasmagoric journey filled with bloody vengeance and…

  12. 12Return of the Living Dead III

    Return of the Living Dead III (1993)

    ★ 6.6/10Also horror and romance

    Having recently witnessed the horrific results of a top secret project to bring the dead back to life, a distraught teenager performs the operation on his girlfriend after she's killed in a motorcycle accident.

  13. 13Whisper

    Whisper (2007)

    ★ 6.3/10Also horror

    Sinister things begin happening to kidnappers who are holding a young boy for ransom in a remote cabin.

  14. 14Never Let Go

    Never Let Go (2024)

    ★ 6.1/10Also horror

    As an evil takes over the world beyond their front doorstep, the only protection for a mother and her twin sons is their house and their family’s protective bond.

  15. 15Haunted

    Haunted (1995)

    ★ 6.1/10Also horror and romance

    Professor David Ash exposes false spiritulists and mediums. He is invited to Edbrook to resolve the fears and torments within its secretive family. Soon after arriving Ash begins to doubt his own senses, and watching…

  16. 16Thinner

    Thinner (1996)

    ★ 5.9/10Also horror

    An obese lawyer finds himself growing "Thinner" when an old Romani man places a hex on him. Now the lawyer must call upon his friends in organized crime to help him persuade the old man to lift the curse. Time is…

  17. 17Nightbreed

    Nightbreed (1990)

    ★ 6.4/10Also horror

    A troubled young man is drawn to a mythical place called Midian where a variety of friendly monsters are hiding from humanity. Meanwhile, a sadistic serial killer is looking for a patsy.

  18. 18Lady in White

    Lady in White (1988)

    ★ 6.1/10Also horror

    Locked in a school closet during Halloween 1962, young Frank witnesses the ghost of a young girl and the man who murdered her years ago.

  19. 19Eradication

    Eradication (2022)

    ★ 6.1/10Also horror

    When an unknown disease wipes out most of the world’s population, a man with unique blood is isolated for study. Fearing for his wife’s safety, he breaks his quarantine – into a world overrun by monstrous Infected and…

  20. 20Obsession

    Obsession (2026)

    ★ 8.2/10Also horror

    After breaking the mysterious "One Wish Willow" to win his crush's heart, a hopeless romantic finds himself getting exactly what he asked for but soon discovers that some desires come at a dark, sinister price.

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