Movies like Ghostbusters II

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Ghostbusters II (1989)
 6.6
 221K
Ghostbusters II (1989)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story: Five years after they defeated Gozer, the Ghostbusters are out of business. When Dana begins to have ghost problems again, the boys come out of retirement to aid her and hopefully save New York City from a new paranormal threat.
Style: scary, humorous, funny, entertaining, not serious, psychotronic, parody, epic, saga, christmas horror ...
Audience: kids, teens, family outing, family friendly, teen drama
Plot: ghost, supernatural, painting, ghost hunter, new year's eve, reincarnation, single mother, monster, superhero, chase, bookstore, heroes, rescue, old love, urban setting, museum, danger, psychic, occult, chaos, chaos and mayhem, baby, single parent, silly humor, underdog ...
Time: 80s, 20th century, year 1989, future
Place: new york, usa, manhattan new york city, united states of america
Keyword: oldies, reboot, retrospective, superior, movie theatre

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Most similar movies to Ghostbusters II

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out psychotronic, cult classic, humorous and surprise ending films with plots about monster, danger, heroes, supernatural, creature, teenager and surrealism mostly in Comedy, Fantasy and Sci-Fi genres. Some movies like Ghostbusters II: Ghostbusters (1984), Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990), Ghostbusters: Afterlife (2021), Beetlejuice (1988), The Mask (1994). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Ghostbusters (1984)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: After losing their academic posts at a prestigious university, a team of parapsychologists goes into business as proton-pack-toting "ghostbusters" who exterminate ghouls, hobgoblins and supernatural pests of all stripes. An ad campaign ...
Style: funny, humorous, entertaining, light, cult classic ...
Audience: kids, teens, family outing, family friendly, girls' night ...
Plot: supernatural, ghost, monster, nerd, transformation, paranormal investigation, giant monster, chase, imagination, accountant, friendship, librarian ...
Time: 80s, year 1984, year 2016, 20th century
Place: new york, manhattan new york city, nova scotia, usa
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100%
Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990)
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story: Young sweethearts Billy and Kate move to the Big Apple, land jobs in a high-tech office park and soon reunite with the friendly and lovable Gizmo. But a series of accidents creates a whole new generation of Gremlins. The situation worsens when the ...
Style: scary, parody, horror comedy, surprise ending, slapstick comedy ...
Audience: teens, kids, family outing, family friendly, adult ...
Plot: monster, creature, mad scientist, skyscraper, gremlin, science runs amok, creature feature, electrocution, giant spider, satire, laboratory, scientist ...
Time: 80s, 90s, 20th century
Place: new york, usa, manhattan new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Ghostbusters: Afterlife (2021)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 124 min.
Story: When a single mom and her two kids arrive in a small town, they begin to discover their connection to the original Ghostbusters and the secret legacy their grandfather left behind.
Style: humorous, entertaining, funny, captivating, contemplative ...
Audience: kids, date night
Plot: ghost, teenager, supernatural, single parent, monster, good versus evil, farmhouse, child protagonist, small town, rescue, paranormal phenomena, friendship ...
Time: 2020s, 90s, 21st century
Place: usa, oklahoma, new york, chicago
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 7.5
 335K
Beetlejuice (1988)
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Thanks to an untimely demise via drowning, a young couple end up as poltergeists in their New England farmhouse, where they fail to meet the challenge of scaring away the insufferable new owners, who want to make drastic changes. In desperation, the ...
Style: gothic, black comedy, surreal, witty, dark comedy ...
Audience: kids, teens, family outing, family friendly, chick flick ...
Plot: afterlife, haunted house, ghost, supernatural, surrealism, dark humor, goth, dysfunctional family, teenage girl, monster, seance, attic ...
Time: 80s, year 1988, 20th century
Place: america, usa, new england, connecticut
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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 6.9
 417K
The Mask (1994)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: When timid bank clerk Stanley Ipkiss discovers a magical mask containing the spirit of the Norse god Loki, his entire life changes. While wearing the mask, Ipkiss becomes a supernatural playboy exuding charm and confidence which allows him to catch ...
Style: funny, light, humorous, hilarious, slapstick comedy ...
Audience: kids, family outing, teens, girls' night, chick flick ...
Plot: superhero, gangster, alter ego, villain, dual identity, transformation, superhuman powers, magic, supernatural power, double life, dog, split personality ...
Time: 90s, 20th century, year 1994
Place: new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
 7.3
 609K
Men in Black (1997)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: After a police chase with an otherworldly being, a New York City cop is recruited as an agent in a top-secret organization established to monitor and police alien activity on Earth: the Men in Black. Agent Kay and new recruit Agent Jay find ...
Style: entertaining, exciting, humorous, not serious, funny ...
Audience: boys' night, kids, family friendly, teens, adult
Plot: alien, ufo, government agency, space and aliens, buddy cop, alien encounter, creature, buddy, save the world, intergalactic, invasion, flying saucer ...
Time: jurassic, year 1997, 20th century, 90s
Place: new york, new jersey, persia, usa, north america ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
 7.3
 246K
Gremlins (1984)
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story: When Billy Peltzer is given a strange but adorable pet named Gizmo for Christmas, he inadvertently breaks the three important rules of caring for a Mogwai, and unleashes a horde of mischievous gremlins on a small town.
Style: black comedy, dark comedy, christmas horror, humorous, suspenseful ...
Audience: kids, teens, family friendly, family outing, girls' night ...
Plot: christmas, monster, supernatural, small town, transformation, creature, holiday, winter, deadly creature, gremlin, father son relationship, snow ...
Time: 80s, 20th century, year 1984, 90s
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Hellboy II: The Golden Army (2008)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Germany, Hungary
Duration: 120 min.
Story: In this continuation to the adventure of the demon superhero, an evil elf breaks an ancient pact between humans and creatures, as he declares war against humanity. He is on a mission to release The Golden Army, a deadly group of fighting machines ...
Style: dark fantasy, scary, stylized, exciting, visual ...
Audience: kids, boys' night, teens, adult
Plot: superhero, monster, creature, supernatural, supernatural ability, comic book, good versus evil, heroic mission, villain, dark hero, army, magic ...
Time: year 2008, 2000s, 1950s, 21st century
Place: northern ireland, ireland, manhattan new york city, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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The Monster Squad (1987)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story: Count Dracula adjourns to Earth, accompanied by Frankenstein's Monster, the Wolfman, the Mummy, and the Gillman. The uglies are in search of a powerful amulet that will grant them power to rule the world. Our heroes - the Monster Squad are the ...
Style: scary, horror comedy, semi serious, exciting, humorous ...
Audience: teens, kids, family outing, family friendly, pre-teens ...
Plot: werewolf, vampire, mummy, dracula, frankenstein's monster, supernatural, monster, small town, frankenstein, childhood, friendship, good versus evil ...
Time: 80s, 20th century, 19th century, 1880s
Place: transylvania, usa, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Saturday the 14th (1981)
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 75 min.
Story: After his family moves to a new house, a young boy discovers a mysterious book that details a curse hanging over the date of Saturday the 14th. Opening the book releases a band of monsters into the house and the family must join together to save ...
Style: parody, spoof, scary, humorous, satirical ...
Audience: teens
Plot: vampire, supernatural, monster, book, transformation, satire, nothing goes right, danger, eccentric family, escapades, farce, curse ...
Time: 80s, year 1981
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer (2007)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: UK, Germany, USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: The Fantastic Four return to the big screen as a new and all powerful enemy threatens the Earth. The seemingly unstoppable 'Silver Surfer', but all is not what it seems and there are old and new enemies that pose a greater threat than the ...
Style: serious, action packed, exciting, suspenseful, stylized ...
Audience: chick flick, girls' night, kids, boys' night, family outing ...
Plot: superhero, alien invasion, heroic mission, save the world, superhuman powers, heroes, superheroine, apocalypse, alien, scientist, wedding, humanity in peril ...
Time: 20th century, future, 2000s, year 2007, 21st century
Place: usa, shanghai, greenland, london, los angeles ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 6.1
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Evolution (2001)
Genre: Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: A comedy that follows the chaos that ensues when a meteor hits the Earth carrying alien life forms that give new meaning to the term "survival of the fittest." David Duchovny, Orlando Jones, Seann William Scott, and Julianne Moore are the ...
Style: funny, humorous, entertaining, absurd, light ...
Audience: teens, boys' night
Plot: alien invasion, alien, evolution, heroic mission, save the world, giant monster, monster, space and aliens, disaster, disorder, alien contact, evil alien ...
Time: future, 2000s, year 2001, post world war two, 21st century
Place: arizona, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 8.0
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Groundhog Day (1993)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: A narcissistic TV weatherman, along with his attractive-but-distant producer and mawkish cameraman, is sent to report on Groundhog Day in the small town of Punxsutawney, where he finds himself repeating the same day over and over.
Style: feel good, philosophical, romantic, humorous, sentimental ...
Audience: date night, kids, chick flick, teens, family outing ...
Plot: time loop, existentialism, small town, groundhog day, winter, time travel, time warp, time, life philosophy, redemption, fall in love, repeated event ...
Time: 20th century, year 1993, 90s
Place: pennsylvania, usa, persia, america, pittsburgh
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
 5.4
 58K
Coneheads (1993)
Genre: Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: With enormous cone-shaped heads, robotlike walks and an appetite for toilet paper, aliens Beldar and Prymatt don't exactly blend in with the population of Paramus, N.J. But for some reason, everyone believes them when they say they're from ...
Style: funny, humorous, light, absurd, not serious ...
Audience: kids, teens, family outing, adult
Plot: fish out of water, alien, space, humanity, satire, benign alien, space and aliens, parents and children, family life, dysfunctional family, transformation, childhood ...
Time: 90s, 20th century, future, year 1993
Place: new jersey, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
Guardians of the Galaxy (2014)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story: Light years from Earth, 26 years after being abducted, Peter Quill finds himself the prime target of a manhunt after discovering an orb wanted by Ronan the Accuser.
Style: futuristic, exciting, humorous, suspenseful, captivating ...
Audience: teens, kids, girls' night, chick flick, family friendly ...
Plot: superhero, space opera, heroes, outer space, space travel, intergalactic, escapades, space and aliens, good versus evil, talking animal, raccoon, creature ...
Time: future, year 2014, year 2016, 80s, 2010s ...
Place: space western, london, usa, missouri
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
My Stepmother Is an Alien (1988)
Genre: Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Trying to rescue her home planet from destruction, a gorgeous extraterrestrial named Celeste arrives on Earth and begins her scientific research. She woos quirky scientist Dr. Steve Mills, a widower with a young daughter. Before long, Celeste finds ...
Style: feel good, light, humorous, parody, funny ...
Audience: family outing, kids, date night
Plot: alien, fish out of water, space and aliens, female alien, benign alien, alien disguised as human, transformation, friendship, porn actress, scientist, sexual humor, eccentricity ...
Time: 20th century, 80s
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
Big Trouble in Little China (1986)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: When trucker, Jack Burton agreed to take his friend, Wang Chi to pick up his fiancee at the airport, he never expected to get involved in a supernatural battle between good and evil. Wang's fiancee has emerald green eyes, which make her a ...
Style: humorous, exciting, stylized, cult classic, entertaining ...
Audience: teens, kids, boys' night, manly, date night
Plot: martial arts, monster, supernatural, truck driver, kung fu, good versus evil, magic, truck, kidnapping, friendship, mythology, wizard ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: san francisco, california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
 7.4
 177K
Galaxy Quest (1999)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: The stars of a 1970s sci-fi show - now scraping a living through re-runs and sci-fi conventions - are beamed aboard an alien spacecraft. Believing the cast's heroic on-screen dramas are historical documents of real-life adventures, the band of ...
Style: parody, spoof, funny, laugh out loud, cult classic ...
Audience: kids, teens
Plot: alien, mistaken identity, actor, space, time travel, space exploration, space opera, alien invasion, monster, space travel, benign alien, spaceship ...
Time: 90s, year 1999, 20th century
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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The Frighteners (1996)
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Country: New Zealand, USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story: Once an architect, Frank Bannister now passes himself off as an exorcist of evil spirits. To bolster his facade, he claims his "special" gift is the result of a car accident that killed his wife. But what he does not count on is more ...
Style: scary, black comedy, humorous, dark, dark comedy ...
Audience: date night, adult
Plot: ghost, supernatural, haunted house, serial killer, dark humor, psychic, funeral, life & death, cemetery, architect, haunted, grim reaper ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: oceania, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 4.2
 10K
Ghoulies (1984)
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story: A young man and his girlfriend move into the man's old mansion home, where he becomes possessed by a need to control ancient demons.
Style: scary, humorous, sexy, light, splatter ...
Audience: teens, adult
Plot: supernatural, witch, demon, zombie, creature, little creatures, justice, storytelling, adaptation, ghost, danger, battles ...
Time: 80s
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 4.4
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Supergirl (1984)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story: After losing a powerful orb, Kara, Superman's cousin, comes to Earth to retrieve it and instead finds herself up against a wicked witch
Style: serious, stylized, suspenseful, tense, epic ...
Audience: kids, family friendly, teens, pre-teens, boys' night ...
Plot: superhero, teenage girl, superheroine, megalomaniac, female protagonist, good versus evil, female superhero, witch, magic, comic book, tough girl, teenage superheroine ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: illinois, new york, chicago
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
The House with a Clock in Its Walls (2018)
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Canada, India
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Ten-year-old Lewis goes to live with his uncle in a creaky old house that contains a mysterious ticktock noise. When Lewis accidentally awakens the dead, the town's sleepy facade magically springs to life with a secret world of witches and ...
Style: spooky, entertaining, humorous, fairy tale, mysterious ...
Audience: kids, family friendly, family outing, horror for children, adult
Plot: haunted house, halloween, magician, spell, child, medieval, paranormal, book of magic, magic, wizard, youth, sword and sorcery ...
Time: 1950s, year 1955
Place: michigan, germany
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 6.8
 348K
Hellboy (2004)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story: In the final days of World War II, the Nazis attempt to use black magic to aid their dying cause. The Allies raid the camp where the ceremony is taking place, but not before a demon - Hellboy - has already been conjured. Joining the Allied forces, ...
Style: stylized, exciting, action packed, mystical, semi serious ...
Audience: boys' night, teens, kids, date night, adult
Plot: supernatural, superhero, monster, good versus evil, supernatural ability, demon, occult, undercover, danger, comic hero, goth, steampunk ...
Time: year 2004, 1940s, y2k, 20th century, post world war two ...
Place: new york, new jersey, america, moscow russia, scotland ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
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 7.9
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Thor: Ragnarok (2017)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 130 min.
Story: Thor is on the other side of the universe and finds himself in a race against time to get back to Asgard to stop Ragnarok, the prophecy of destruction to his homeworld and the end of Asgardian civilization, at the hands of an all-powerful new ...
Style: entertaining, action comedy, funny, action adventure, saga ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, kids, family friendly
Plot: superhero, female villain, monster, alien planet, supernatural power, deity, rebellion, goddess, warrior, norse mythology, superpower, norse god ...
Time: year 2017, 2010s, 21st century
Place: new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 148 min.
Story: Sony Pictures Entertainment and The Walt Disney Company jointly announced that Marvel Studios and its President Kevin Feige will produce the third film in the "Spider-Man: Homecoming" series, starring Tom Holland. The film is scheduled to ...
Style: exciting, disturbing, psychotronic, sad, saga ...
Audience: teens, kids, family outing, chick flick, adult
Plot: superhero, multiverse, peter parker character, double life, teenager, teenage boy, supernatural power, villain turns good, villain, teenage superhero, costumed hero, superhuman powers ...
Time: 2020s
Place: new york, america, manhattan new york city, mexico
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
Spider-Man: Far from Home (2019)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Australia, Czech Republic, Canada, Italy
Duration: 129 min.
Story: Peter Parker and his friends go on a summer trip to Europe. However, they will hardly be able to rest - Peter will have to agree to help Nick Fury uncover the mystery of creatures that cause natural disasters and destruction throughout the continent.
Style: entertaining, psychotronic, saga, action adventure, slasher ...
Audience: teens, kids, chick flick, family outing, adult
Plot: superhero, heroes, high school, school trip, peter parker character, teenage boy, bully, mutant, teenage life, secret identity, travel, teenager ...
Time: 2010s, year 2019, 2020s, 21st century
Place: new york, europe, prague, venice, america ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
 7.0
 382K
Shazam! (2019)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 132 min.
Story: A boy is given the ability to become an adult superhero in times of need with a single magic word.
Style: action adventure, exciting, hilarious, epic, tense ...
Audience: kids, family friendly, chick flick, family outing, teens
Plot: superhero, chosen one, costumed hero, super powers, flying superhero, magic, childhood, superhero team, magical power, teenage boy, secret identity, teenager ...
Time: 2010s, year 2019, 70s, year 1974, 21st century
Place: philadelphia, america, pennsylvania, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed (2004)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: When Mystery, Inc. are guests of honor at the grand opening of the Coolsville Museum of Criminology, a masked villain shows up and creates havoc before stealing the costumes of the gang's most notorious villains...Could it be that their ...
Style: humorous, entertaining, not serious, parody, detective ...
Audience: kids, family outing, family friendly, chick flick, girls' night ...
Plot: monster, dog, scooby doo, ghost, silly humor, investigation, heroic mission, pets, vengeance, buddies, rescue, goofy hero ...
Time: year 2004, year 2016, 2000s
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
 7.5
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Doctor Strange (2016)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story: After his career is destroyed, a brilliant but arrogant surgeon gets a new lease on life when a sorcerer takes him under her wing and trains him to defend the world against evil.
Style: entertaining, breathtaking, witty, suspense, humorous ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, adult
Plot: superhero, magic, wizard, sorcerer, fantasy world, parallel universe, time, time loop, good versus evil, mentor, multiverse, training ...
Time: year 2016, 2010s, future, year 2017, 21st century
Place: new york, london, hong kong, nepal, mount everest
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
Shazam! Fury of the Gods (2023)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 130 min.
Story: 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 the world.
Style: humorous, exciting, tense, captivating, entertaining ...
Audience: kids, date night
Plot: dragon, teenager, cyclops, superhero, heroes, supernatural power, secret identity, fantasy world, escapades, friends, youth, comic book ...
Time: 2020s
Place: philadelphia, athens greece, paris france, north america
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
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