Movies Like A Family of Ghosts
If you liked A Family of Ghosts (2016), a comedy and horror movie directed by Shannon Kohli, 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.
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High Spirits (1988)
★ 5.8/10Also comedy and horrorWhen a hotelier attempts to fill the chronic vacancies at his castle by launching an advertising campaign that falsely portrays the property as haunted, two actual ghosts show up and end up falling for two guests.
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Kiss Me Goodbye (1982)
★ 5.9/10Also comedy and romanceNot until three years after the death of her husband Jolly, Kay dares to move back into their former home, persuaded by her new fiancée Rupert. But soon her worst expectations come true, when not only her old memories…
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Girl Haunts Boy (2024)
★ 6.8/10Also romance and comedyCole, a teen grieving the loss of his dad, forms an unlikely bond with Bea, a ghost. As they navigate life and death, they must break an ancient curse.
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Once Bitten (1985)
★ 5.8/10Also comedy and horrorMark wants to lose his virginity, but his girlfriend wants to wait. Unfortunately for both of them, a 400-year-old vampire Countess needs to turn a virgin into a vampire before Halloween in order to preserve her own…
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The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (1947)
★ 6.8/10Also comedy and romanceWalter Mitty, a daydreaming writer with an overprotective mother, likes to imagine that he is a hero who experiences fantastic adventures. His dream becomes reality when he accidentally meets a mysterious woman who…
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Mostly Ghostly (2008)
★ 6.1/10Also horror and comedyBased on the successful book series by R.L. Stine, this spooky tale finds 11-year-old Max making a deal with the ghosts who haunt his home. If Max helps them find what was responsible for their parents' disappearance…
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Mr. Right (2016)
★ 6.4/10Also comedy and romanceA girl falls for the "perfect" guy, who happens to have a very fatal flaw: he's a hitman on the run from the crime cartels who employ him.
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Mater and the Ghostlight (2006)
★ 6.3/10Also comedy and horrorMater, the rusty but trusty tow truck from Cars, spends a day in Radiator Springs playing scary pranks on his fellow townsfolk. That night at Flo's V8 Café, the Sheriff tells the story of the legend of the Ghostlight…
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Crimson Peak (2015)
★ 6.7/10Also horror and romanceIn 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…
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Spring (2014)
★ 6.6/10Also horror and romanceA young man in a personal tailspin flees the US to Italy, where he sparks up a romance with a woman harboring a dark, primordial secret.
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Topper (1937)
★ 6.7/10Also comedy and romanceMadcap couple George and Marion Kerby are killed in an automobile accident. They return as ghosts to try and liven up the regimented lifestyle of their friend and bank president, Cosmo Topper. When Topper starts to…
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April Apocalypse (2013)
★ 6/10Also romance and comedyArtie is pure bred trailer trash. He has zero ambition, is everyone's favorite punching back at school and bears the burden of his virginity in silence. And then April moves out of the state. She's his best friend and…
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Just Like Heaven (2005)
★ 7/10Also comedy and romanceShortly after David Abbott moves into his new San Francisco digs, he has an unwelcome visitor on his hands: winsome Elizabeth Masterson, who asserts that the apartment is hers -- and promptly vanishes. When she starts…
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Bell, Book and Candle (1958)
★ 6.6/10Also comedy and romanceGillian Holroyd, a modern-day witch, becomes smitten with her handsome upstairs neighbor, Shep Henderson. Using her magical powers, she casts a love spell on him, only to face unexpected complications when genuine…
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Love Is in the Air (2023)
★ 6.2/10Also romance and comedyA fiercely independent pilot fighting to keep her family business afloat starts to fall for the man sent by corporate to ground her operation forever.
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You Cast A Spell On Me (2015)
★ 6.8/10Also comedy and romanceDespite agreeing to an arranged marriage to a childhood friend, a successful businessman tries to track down a beautiful woman that he met at a Halloween party.
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Meet Cute (2022)
★ 5.8/10Also comedy and romanceA wildly inventive deconstruction of the romantic comedy built around the question: What would you do if you could travel to your loved ones’ past, heal their traumas, fix their problems, and change them into the…
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¿Quieres ser mi hijo? (2023)
★ 8.4/10Also comedy and romanceLu, a conformist woman in her forties, learns that her 15-year partner has been having extramarital affairs. Starting from scratch, she gets involved in an unexpected relationship with a young womanizer.
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Hold the Fort (2025)
★ 6.2/10Also horror and comedyA HOA turns out to be more troublesome than usual in this wildly amusing, FX-heavy freak-out about newly minted suburbanites unexpectedly forced to take part in a struggle against monstrous forces.
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R.L. Stine's Monsterville: The Cabinet of Souls (2015)
★ 6.6/10Also comedy and horrorTeenage friends must resist the spell of an evil showman staging a house of horrors show in their small town.