Movies Like Ghost Story
If you liked Ghost Story (2022), a drama and fantasy movie directed by Yin Bo, 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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The Sun Also Rises (2007)
★ 7.5/10Also fantasy and dramaA polyptych of interconnected stories in different time-zones, shifting between a Yunnan village, a campus, and the Gobi Desert.
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Painted Skin (2008)
★ 6/10Also fantasy and dramaPainted Skin is based on one of Pu Songling's classic short stories in Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio. Zhou Xun stars as Xiao Wei, a fox spirit that feasts on human hearts in order to maintain her lovely…
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Painted Skin: The Resurrection (2012)
★ 5.9/10Also drama and fantasyAccording to demon lore, it takes hundreds of years to attain human form. Even then, lacking a human heart, a demon cannot experience the true pains and passions of existence. However, there is a legend that if a pure…
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Nine Days (2021)
★ 6.8/10Also drama and fantasyA bureaucrat interviews five souls to decide which of them will be given a life on Earth. But he soon faces an existential challenge of his own.
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Resurrection (2025)
★ 7.1/10Also fantasy and dramaIn a world where humanity has lost the ability to dream in exchange for eternal life, one creature remains entranced by the fading illusions of the dreamworld. This monster, adrift in reverie, clings to visions no one…
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The Shepherd (2023)
★ 7/10Also drama and fantasyOn Christmas Eve, a fighter pilot on his way home becomes lost while flying over water and needs a miracle to land safely.
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The Sorcerer and the White Snake (2011)
★ 6.5/10Also fantasyThe Sorcerer and the White Snake is an ancient Chinese fable about a woman demon who falls in love with a mortal is brought to life through the latest advances in CGI and action techniques.
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The Secret of the Magic Gourd (2007)
★ 7.3/10Also drama and fantasyWhen schoolboy Wang Bao discovers a magical gourd that can instantly grant his every wish, the awkward child suddenly becomes a hero amongst his curious classmates. When the gourd proves more of a burden than a…
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A Writer's Odyssey (2021)
★ 7.1/10Also fantasy and dramaLu Kongwen is the author of a fantasy novel series following a heroic teenager, also named Kongwen, on a quest to end the tyrannical rule of Lord Redmane, under the guidance of a Black Armor. But through a strange…
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All That Money Can Buy (1941)
★ 7/10Also drama and fantasyFarmer Jabez Stone, about to lose his land, agrees to sell his soul to the devil, known as Mr. Scratch, who gives Jabez seven years to enjoy the fruits of his sale before he collects. Over that time, Jabez pays off his…
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Mythica: A Quest for Heroes (2014)
★ 5.8/10Also fantasyStuck in a life of indentured servitude, Marek dreams of becoming a wizard. When she meets the beautiful priestess Teela in need of help, she offers her assistance and provides a motley troupe. Together they go in…
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The Good Witch (2008)
★ 7.1/10Also fantasy and dramaA mysterious woman comes in to town and inhabits the local haunted mansion, making everyone wonder if she's a witch or "The Grey Lady".
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Super Me (2021)
★ 7.4/10Also drama and fantasySang Yu is so exhausted from trying to stay awake. Every time he closes his eyes, a demon chases and kills him in his dreams. One night Sang realizes he has a special power: he can bring treasures from his dreams into…
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Northfork (2003)
★ 6/10Also fantasy and dramaThe year is 1955, and a great flood is coming to Northfork, Montana. A new hydroelectric dam is about to be installed in the mountains above the town, ready to submerge the valley in the name of progress. It is the…
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Eye for an Eye 2 (2024)
★ 6.4/10Also dramaThe blind swordsman, skilled in martial arts, named Cheng Xiazi (Xie Miao), accidentally saves Zhang Xiaoyu (Yang Enyou), who has suffered from the destruction of his family. Under the persuasion of the orphan Xiaoyu…
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Secrets of the Heavenly Book (1983)
★ 7.8/10Also fantasyYuangong, the deacon, opened the shrine and exposed the holy book to the human world. He is now punished to guard the book for life by the jade emperor for breaking heaven’s law. In order to pass this holy book to…
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The Yin-Yang Master: Dream of Eternity (2020)
★ 7.2/10Also drama and fantasyEvery few hundred years, the most powerful demon on earth—a snake demon—awakens, and the Yin-Yang Masters are summoned to the capital. Meanwhile, the Princess of the realm has her own plans, as she conspires to claim…
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Snow White and the Huntsman (2012)
★ 6/10Also fantasy and dramaAfter the Evil Queen marries the King, she performs a violent coup in which the King is murdered and his daughter, Snow White, is taken captive. Almost a decade later, a grown Snow White is still in the clutches of the…
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A Legend (2024)
★ 6.8/10Also fantasyAn archeologist noticed that the texture of the relics discovered during the excavation of a glacier closely resembled a jade pendant seen in one of his dreams. He and his team then embark on an expedition into the…
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The Truth About Emanuel (2013)
★ 6/10Also dramaA troubled young woman becomes obsessed with her mysterious new neighbor, who bears a striking resemblance to the girl's dead mother.