Movies like The Canterville Ghost 1986

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The Canterville Ghost (1986)
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The Canterville Ghost (1986)
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: A young American couple inherits an English castle, only to find that it is haunted by the spirit of a disgraced ancestor, doomed to stay on the estate because of his cowardice. The only way he can escape is if one of his descendants performs an heroic act, something he intends to get the husband to do.
Style: creepy, humorous, semi serious, psychotronic
Audience: kids, family outing
Plot: ghost, castle, youth, halloween, old dark house, supernatural, haunted house, curse, stepmother stepdaughter relationship, heroes, love and romance, supernatural ability, escapades, danger, redemption, hopes, chaos and mayhem, curses spells and rituals, afterlife, school, chess, spider, train, escape, student ...
Place: england

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out semi serious, humorous, feel good and offbeat films with plots about youth, family relations, supernatural, disorder, danger, ghost and halloween mostly in Family, Fantasy and Comedy genres. Some movies like The Canterville Ghost: The Little Vampire (2000), Casper (1995), High Spirits (1988), Blackbeard's Ghost (1968), The Haunted Mansion (2003). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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The Little Vampire (2000)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: Germany, Netherlands, USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Based on the popular books, the story tells of Tony who wants a friend to add some adventure to his life. What he gets is Rudolph, a vampire kid with a good appetite. The two end up inseparable, but their fun is cut short when all the hopes of the ...
Style: feel good, entertaining, humorous, melancholic, gothic ...
Audience: family outing, kids, family friendly, teens, pre-teens ...
Plot: vampire, supernatural, child protagonist, transformation, boy, halloween, siblings relations, imaginary, school, heroes, friends, friendship ...
Time: year 2000, y2k
Place: scotland, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
The Canterville Ghost (1996)
Genre: Family, Drama, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: When a teenaged girl moves to England, with her brothers and parents into the ancient Canterville Hall, she's not at all happy. Especially as there's a ghost and a mysterious re-appearing bloodstain on the hearth. She campaigns to go back ...
Style: spooky, semi serious, captivating, baroque
Audience: family outing
Plot: curse, ghost, prank, literary, magical, meme, batman, paranormal, haunted house, friendship, redemption, family relations ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: england, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 6.2
 146K
Casper (1995)
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Furious that her late father only willed her his gloomy-looking mansion rather than his millions, Carrigan Crittenden is ready to burn the place to the ground when she discovers a map to a treasure hidden in the house. But when she enters the ...
Style: fairy tale, light, sweet, humorous, touching ...
Audience: kids, family outing, family friendly, girls' night, teens ...
Plot: friendship, ghost, halloween, haunted house, supernatural, single father, afterlife, father daughter relationship, childhood, mischievous children, life & death, family bonds ...
Time: 90s, year 1995, 20th century
Place: maine, new england, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 5.7
 11K
High Spirits (1988)
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy
Country: Ireland, UK, USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: When Peter Plunkett's Irish castle turned hotel is about to be repossesed, he decides to spice up the attraction a bit for the 'Yanks' by having his staff pretend to haunt the castle. The trouble begins when a busload of American ...
Style: humorous, light, entertaining, funny, semi serious ...
Audience: kids, adult
Plot: supernatural, ghost, haunting, castle, halloween, husband murders wife, fall in love, disorder, zombie, happy ending, paranormal, haunted house ...
Place: ireland, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Blackbeard's Ghost (1968)
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story: Peter Ustinov stars as the eponymous wraith, who returns to Earth to aid his descendant, elderly Elsa Lanchester (Stowecroft). The villains want to kick Lanchester and her friends out of their group home so that they can build a crooked casino. Good ...
Style: entertaining, light, feel good, humorous, semi serious ...
Audience: kids, family outing, pre-teens
Plot: pirate, ghost, gambling, witch, college, afterlife, magic, betrayal, superhero, male female relationship, fish out of water, supernatural ...
Place: new england
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
The Haunted Mansion (2003)
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: Workaholic Jim Evers and his wife/business partner, Sara get a call one night from mansion owner, Edward Gracey wants to sell his house. Once the Evers family arrive at the mansion a butler takes them to dine with Gracey. Gracey takes one look at ...
Style: humorous, entertaining, stylized, gothic, southern gothic ...
Audience: teens, family outing, family friendly, kids, pre-teens ...
Plot: haunted house, ghost, magic, secret passageway, family relations, supernatural, danger, haunted, curses spells and rituals, escapades, children, reincarnation ...
Time: year 2003, victorian era, 21st century
Place: new orleans, louisiana, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
When Good Ghouls Go Bad (2001)
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Family
Country: Australia, USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: In October of 1981, Curtis Danko, the creepy kid from the small town of Walker Falls, was killed in a mysterious accident. He left behind a warning to the town: "If you ever have another Halloween again, I will return and destroy you all!" ...
Style: feel good, humorous, light, captivating, spooky ...
Audience: family outing, kids, pre-teens, horror for children
Plot: halloween, ghost, afterlife, small town, mischievous children, supernatural, danger, disorder, curses spells and rituals, heroic mission, save the day, preteen ...
Place: minnesota, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
The Scream Team (2002)
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Eccentric Frank Carlyle ran a horror shop in small-town Steeple Falls, which takes pride in and profit from its Halloween traditions. Frank's widower grandson Richard grudgingly returns there from Boston with his own kids, bright Ian and bratty ...
Style: scary, semi serious, humorous, exciting, horror comedy ...
Audience: kids, pre-teens, family outing, horror for children
Plot: ghost, halloween, supernatural, youth, afterlife, father son relationship, single parent, rescue, imaginary, disgraced, curses spells and rituals, young heroes ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, new england
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
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My Brother the Pig (1999)
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: If you act like an animal, you just may become one!
Style: independent film, humorous, semi serious
Audience: pre-teens, family outing, kids
Plot: youth, family relations, nanny, animal life, disorder, prank, danger, mischievous children, ghost, family life, curses spells and rituals, teenage life ...
Place: latin america, france, europe, mexico
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
Charley and the Angel (1973)
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Charley is a workaholic family man that finds out from an angel that his "number's up" and he will be dying soon so he tries to change his ways and be a better husband and father with the time he has left.
Style: semi serious, feel good, humorous, sentimental, offbeat ...
Audience: family outing
Plot: afterlife, redemption, youth, family relations, guardian angel, couples, hopes, going straight, unfulfillment, supernatural, human spirit, love and romance ...
Time: 1930s
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
Halloweentown High (2004)
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story: Marnie Piper prepares to begin a new school year, she asks the Halloweentown Hot Witches' Council to work toward openness between Halloweentown and the mortal world. She proposes to bring a group of Halloweentown students to her own high school ...
Style: semi serious, stylized, humorous, feel good, teen ...
Audience: teens, kids, family outing, family friendly, pre-teens ...
Plot: halloween, witch, magic, supernatural, witchcraft, holiday, friends, hereditary gift of witchcraft, monster, friendship, vengeance, escapades ...
Time: 90s, 2000s
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
I Downloaded a Ghost (2002)
Genre: Comedy, Family, Horror
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A young Halloween buff accidentally downloads recently deceased stand-up comic, who ends up helping her foil two bumbling crooks, as well as finishing her haunted house.
Style: humorous, semi serious, captivating, funny, touching ...
Audience: family outing, kids
Plot: ghost, halloween, afterlife, supernatural, supernatural ability, computers and web, computer, haunted house, escapades, spirit, con artists, youth ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
A Halloween Puppy (2012)
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story: A boy accidentally turns his mom's boyfriend into a dog.
Style: feel good, humorous, light, captivating, semi serious ...
Audience: family outing, pre-teens, kids
Plot: human becomes animal, halloween, dog, magic, best friend, youth, curses spells and rituals, family relations, friendship, stupid kid, danger, disorder ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
 4.4
 8K
Ghost Dad (1990)
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story: Elliot Hopper is a widower with three children, he is currently working on a deal. It seems like his wife illness was very costly and this deal could put them out of the red. However he gets into a cab that is driven by a maniac, and Elliot crashes ...
Style: light, entertaining, semi serious, humorous, black comedy ...
Audience: kids, teen drama, adult
Plot: afterlife, ghost, single father, death, supernatural, happy ending, justice, laboratory, scientist, parents and children, father daughter relationship, parent child relationship ...
Place: london
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
The Little Ghost (2013)
Genre: Family, Fantasy
Country: Germany, Switzerland
Duration: 92 min.
Story: The Little Ghost lives in the castle over looking a small town and awakens for precisely one hour after the clock strikes midnight. Follow him on this adventure to see his first sunrise ever!
Style: humorous, feel good, entertaining, captivating, exciting ...
Audience: family outing, kids, pre-teens
Plot: ghost, youth, supernatural, coming of age, escapades, small town, small town life, life after death, young heroes, social relations, kids in trouble, danger ...
Time: 21st century
Place: germany
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
 3.4
 776
Elf-Man (2012)
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story: An Elf is left behind by Santa to help rescue the Harper family from a lousy Christmas. The Elf and the family get more than they bargained for, as the kids help the Elf discover his special powers and true identity as a budding superhero.
Style: humorous, feel good, captivating, light, semi serious ...
Audience: family outing, kids
Plot: christmas, save the day, supernatural ability, supernatural, imaginary, escapades, danger, wish come true, miraculous event, magic, xmas, superhero ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
 2.6
 574
Quigley (2003)
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: William Byron Hillman's family comedy Quigley stars Gary Busey as a cold-hearted billionaire. Early in the film he dies. After dying, he learns that he will only get into heaven if he learns lessons about compassion and selflessness. In order ...
Style: semi serious, humorous, offbeat
Audience: family outing, kids, pre-teens, preschool
Plot: dog, reincarnation, family life, disorder, redemption, hidden identity, family relations, partner, odd couple, getting home, supernatural romance, hopes ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
Little Monsters (1989)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: A young boy is scared of the monster under his bed. He asks his 6th grade brother to swap rooms for the night as a bet that the monster really exists. Soon the brother becomes friends with the monster and discovers a whole new world of fun and games ...
Style: light, melancholic, humorous, feel good, semi serious ...
Audience: kids, family outing, teens, family friendly, pre-teens ...
Plot: monster, brother brother relationship, friendship, coming of age, young heroes, halloween, mischievous children, curses spells and rituals, child as adult, fish out of water, wish come true, imaginary ...
Time: year 1989
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
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Spooky House (2001)
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story: A magician with a mysterious secret lives alone with his jaguar, Shadow, in the Spooky House, an old mansion rigged with magic tricks and hidden chambers.
Style: touching, semi serious, feel good, spooky, independent film
Audience: family outing, pre-teens, kids
Plot: halloween, youth, magician, orphan, mischievous children, friendship, young heroes, heroes, pets, haunted house, haunting, magic ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
 6.5
 21K
Halloweentown (1998)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story: On her 13th birthday, Marnie learns she's a witch, discovers a secret portal, and is transported to Halloweentown — a magical place where ghosts and ghouls, witches and werewolves live apart from the human world. But she soon finds herself ...
Style: semi serious, humorous, tense, captivating, melancholic ...
Audience: kids, teens, family friendly, pre-teens, family outing ...
Plot: halloween, witch, teenage girl, magic, youth, witchcraft, good versus evil, disorder, supernatural ability, save the day, rescue, curses spells and rituals ...
Time: 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
 5.4
 2K
Trading Mom (1994)
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: The Martin kids learn of a magic spell that will take them to the 'mommy market' so they can get a more user friendly model. After giving a few other moms a try, they want their own back. But that is not so easy.
Style: epic, mysterious, semi serious, feel good, humorous ...
Audience: kids, pre-teens, family outing, teen drama
Plot: family relations, youth, coming of age, single parent, nothing goes right, family life, child as adult, siblings relations, teenage girl, magical, magic, mother ...
Time: year 1994
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
 6.1
 2K
Little Ghost (1997)
Genre: Family, Fantasy
Country: Romania, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: While on location in a spooky Italian villa with his Hollywood big-shot mom and her dorky boyfriend, twelve-year-old Kevin befriends a Renaissance-era girl ghost who helps him cause unrest on the set.
Style: semi serious, humorous, feel good, sentimental, independent film
Audience: kids, pre-teens, family outing
Plot: ghost, youth, childhood love, children, batman, friendship, misfit, young heroes, hopes, mischievous children, supernatural, disorder ...
Place: italy, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
A Simple Wish (1997)
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: Murray is a male fairy godmother, and he is trying to help 8-year-old Anabel to fulfil her "simple wish" - that her father Oliver, who is a cab driver, would win the leading role in a Broadway musical. Unfortunately, Murray's magic ...
Style: feel good, fairy tale, funny, semi serious, humorous ...
Audience: kids, family outing, pre-teens
Plot: magic, good versus evil, fairy godmother, magic wand, witch, imaginary, rivalry, supernatural ability, down on your luck, mischievous children, supernatural, parents and children ...
Time: year 1997
Place: nebraska, new york, manhattan new york city, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
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Oh, God! You Devil (1984)
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: George Burns is back as God, but oops, here he is as Satan, too. A young rock star is ready to sell his soul to Satan, and Satan is all too happy to oblige. Oops! Seems the fellow was watched over by God as a baby, so now the almighty and his ...
Style: semi serious, feel good, humorous, black comedy, independent film ...
Plot: god, deal with the devil, devil, happy ending, religion, heaven, religious, legend, afterlife, rivalry, hopes, artists and showbiz ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: las vegas, usa, nevada
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
The Dirt Bike Kid (1985)
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: When his mother sends Jack off with money to buy groceries, he comes home with a magic supercharged dirt bike instead. His mother is furious, but when Jack uses the magic bike to save the local hot dog stand from the clutches of corrupt big ...
Style: epic, independent film, semi serious, humorous, feel good
Audience: family outing, kids, pre-teens, teen drama
Plot: biker, bike, motorcycle, youth, pluto, kids and family, save the day, heroes, rivalry, young heroes, escapades, supernatural ...
Time: year 1985
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
Magic Christmas Tree (1964)
Genre: Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
Story: A boy is given a ring by an old witch, he uses the ring to bring upon a magic Christmas that grants him 3 wishes.
Style: independent film, offbeat, humorous, psychotronic
Audience: kids, family outing
Plot: christmas, black cat, witch, giant, santa claus, youth, wish come true, supernatural, disorder, imaginary kingdom, escapades, wizards and magicians ...
Time: 60s, 20th century
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
The Shaggy D.A. (1976)
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Wilby Daniels, a successful lawyer running for District Attorney, suddenly finds himself being transformed into an English sheepdog. Somehow he has to keep his change a secret and find just what is causing it, all the while eluding the local dog ...
Style: slapstick, humorous, semi serious, feel good, slapstick comedy ...
Audience: kids, pre-teens, family outing
Plot: dog, animal, lawyer, animal life, transformation, law, district attorney, conspiracy, body swapping, curse, mischievous children, youth ...
Time: 70s
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
 4.9
 259
My Ghost Dog (1997)
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Dog's ghost returns to help boy win a custody battle, fight bullies and find his loving but shy step-dad a nice girlfriend.
Style: independent film, semi serious, exciting, sentimental, humorous ...
Audience: family outing, preschool
Plot: dog, youth, family relations, heroes, blind ambition, danger, ghost, supernatural ability, rescue, animal life, friends, wizards and magicians ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
The Haunted Hathaways (2013)
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: "The Haunted Hathaways" follows the adventures of a not-so-typical blended family. When Michelle Hathaway relocates to New Orleans, LA., to open a bakery with her daughters Taylor and Frankie, they quickly learn that life in the “Big ...
Style: humorous, sitcom, feel good, semi serious, funny ...
Audience: kids, family outing
Plot: ghost, supernatural, family life, eccentric family, youth, parents and children, haunted house, haunted, spirit, lifestyle, paranormal activity, kids and family ...
Time: 21st century
Place: new orleans, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
 6.2
 127
A Dog's Tale (2000)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Anything is possible when the Professor tells Tim about a supernova that grants wishes. Unfortunately, when Tim's wish doesn't go as planned, he finds himself in a dog's body!
Style: feel good, humorous, touching, semi serious, exciting
Audience: kids, family outing
Plot: youth, child as adult, mischievous children, wish come true, heroes, escapades, treasure hunt, daring rescue, hopes, danger, family life, disorder ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
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