Movies and TV shows like Ghostwriter 1992

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Ghostwriter (1992)
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Ghostwriter (1992)
Genre: Family, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Ghostwriter is an American television program created by Liz Nealon and produced by the Children's Television Workshop and BBC One. It began airing on PBS on October 4, 1992, and the final episode aired on February 13, 1995. The series revolves around a close knit circle of friends from Brooklyn who solve neighborhood crimes and mysteries as a team of young detectives with the help of an invisible ghost named Ghostwriter. Ghostwriter can communicate with the kids only by manipulating whatever text and letters he can find and using them to form words and sentences. The series was filmed on location in Fort Greene, Brooklyn.
Style: detective, educational, suspenseful
Audience: kids, family outing, teens, teen fantasy
Plot: supernatural, ghost, teenage detective, teenager, friendship, paranormal, multiculturalism, youth, friends, hip hop culture, danger, imaginary, partner, amateur detective, buddies, ethnic, mysterious character, uncover truth, riddles and clues, free spirited, spirit, teenage girl, african american, teamwork, young girl ...
Time: 90s, 1990s
Place: new york, usa, brooklyn new york city
Keyword: reading, oldies, partners

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out semi serious, humorous, captivating and spooky films and TV series with plots about youth, supernatural, teenager, friends, friendship, teenage life and magic mostly in Family, Fantasy and Mystery genres. Some movies like Ghostwriter: Just Add Magic (2015), Wizards of Waverly Place (2007), My Babysitter's a Vampire (2011), Scooby-Doo! The Mystery Begins (2009), Surfside Girls (2022). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Just Add Magic (2015)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 27 min.
TV show
Story: Kelly Quinn and her two BFF's, Darbie and Hannah, stumble upon her grandmother's mysterious cookbook in the attic and discover some far from ordinary recipes. When the Shut'em Up Shortcake silences Kelly's pesky little brother ...
Style: exciting, captivating, feel good, touching, semi serious ...
Audience: teens, family outing, pre-teens
Plot: youth, magic spell, friends, friendship, magic, supernatural, wizards and magicians, curses spells and rituals, disorder, imaginary, halloween, girl ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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Wizards of Waverly Place (2007)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min.
TV show
Story: Alex, Justin and Max Russo are not your ordinary kids - they're wizards in training! While their parents run the Waverly Sub Station, the siblings struggle to balance their ordinary lives while learning to master their extraordinary powers.
Style: feel good, humorous, stylized, not serious, sitcom ...
Audience: kids, teens, family friendly, pre-teens, teen fantasy
Plot: high school, teenage life, teenage girl, supernatural ability, teenager, witch, wizards and magicians, youth, supernatural, children, brother brother relationship, family relations ...
Time: 2010s, 2000s, 21st century
Place: new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Ghostwriter (2019)
Genre: Family, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 25 min.
TV show
Story: When a ghost haunts a neighborhood bookstore and starts releasing fictional characters into the real world, four kids must team up to solve an exciting mystery surrounding the ghost’s unfinished business.
Style: mysterious, captivating, entertaining, fairy tale, spooky
Audience: family outing
Plot: bookstore, boy, ghost, book, friends, magic, grandparent and grandchild, talking animal, high school life, paranormal phenomena, fantasy world, invisibility
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
My Babysitter's a Vampire (2011)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Horror
Country: Canada
Duration: 22 min.
TV show
Story: Ethan, Benny and fledgling vampire Sarah battle zombies, demons and the other supernatural beasties that regularly threaten their school.
Style: exciting, scary, semi serious, humorous, gothic ...
Audience: teens, kids, teen fantasy
Plot: vampire, supernatural, youth, nanny, friends, fish out of water, good versus evil, superhuman powers, teenage life, disorder, buddies, unlikely partners ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: canada
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Scooby-Doo! The Mystery Begins (2009)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 82 min.
Story: The story of how Mystery Inc. was formed.
Style: not serious, feel good, humorous, detective, exciting ...
Audience: kids, teens, family friendly, family outing, pre-teens ...
Plot: talking dog, scooby doo, dog, ghost, goofy hero, investigation, partner, disorder, friends, youth, amateur detective, prank ...
Time: 2000s, 21st century
Place: ohio
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
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Surfside Girls (2022)
Genre: Adventure, Family, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 25 min.
TV show
Story: Quick wits lead to daring discoveries for beachside besties Sam and Jade as they sleuth out supernatural mysteries in their sleepy hometown of Surfside. Based on the best-selling young adult graphic novels.
Style: mystical, captivating, semi serious, feel good, entertaining
Audience: teens, family outing
Plot: adventurer, paranormal investigator, teenage protagonist, paranormal activity, treasure, private investigation, supernatural, mysticism, sunken treasure, paranormal, amateur sleuth, investigation ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
House of Anubis (2011)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 15 min.
TV show
Story: House of Anubis is a jointly Nickelodeon British, American, and Belgian mystery television series based on the Dutch-Belgian television series Het Huis Anubis aired in the Netherlands and Belgium. The series was created by Hans Bourlon and Gert ...
Style: suspenseful, light, semi serious, humorous, captivating ...
Audience: teens, kids, teen fantasy, pre-teens, family outing
Plot: school, boarding school life, teenage life, boarding school, high school, investigation, young heroes, riddles and clues, friends, disappearance, youth, mysterious disappearance ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: england, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries (1977)
Genre: Crime, Family, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries is a television series which aired for three seasons on ABC. The series starred Parker Stevenson and Shaun Cassidy as amateur sleuth brothers Frank and Joe Hardy, respectively, and Pamela Sue Martin as girl ...
Style: detective, realistic, serious, suspenseful, feel good ...
Audience: kids
Plot: amateur detective, kickass women, supernatural, brothers, children, teenage detective, nancy drew, high school, asexual, teenager, righting the wronged, investigation ...
Time: 20th century, 70s
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
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Wolfblood (2012)
Genre: Family, Fantasy
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Being a teenager is hard enough. Being a Wolfblood teenager is ten times more complicated. 14 year old Maddy loves her abilities - heightened senses, being faster, stronger and more graceful - but hates the secrets that come with them.
Style: exciting, tense, serious, suspenseful, bleak
Audience: teens, kids
Plot: supernatural, werewolf, high school, supernatural ability, teenage love, friendship, teenage life, danger, youth, wolf, young heroes, classmate ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: england
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
House of Anubis (NL) (2006)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Netherlands, Belgium
Duration: 12 min.
TV show
Story: A group of boarding school students embark on the search for a treasure when one of them discovers a long hidden secret in the attic.
Style: exciting, serious, captivating
Audience: family outing, teens, kids
Plot: riddles and clues, save the day, young heroes, buddies, danger, youth, teenager, friendship, puzzle, friends, curses spells and rituals, imaginary ...
Place: egypt, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
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 ⇓
36%
That's So Raven (2003)
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Raven Baxter is a winsome teen whose ability to glimpse flashes of the future often gets her into hot water.
Style: sitcom, witty, humorous, not serious, captivating ...
Audience: kids, teens, family outing, pre-teens
Plot: african american, high school, disorder, supernatural ability, parents and children, teenage life, best friend, adolescence vs adulthood, siblings relations, teenage love, misadventure, teenage protagonist ...
Time: 2000s, 21st century
Place: usa, san francisco
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
Eerie, Indiana (1991)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Eerie, Indiana is an American television series that originally aired on NBC from 1991 to 1992. The series was created by José Rivera and Karl Schaefer, with Joe Dante serving as creative consultant. A total of nineteen episodes were produced. The ...
Style: spooky, scary, anthology, sitcom, detective ...
Audience: kids, horror for children
Plot: supernatural, suburbs, youth, paranormal, magic, halloween, town, teenager, small town, investigation, disorder, suburban life ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: indiana, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
Now You See It... (2005)
Genre: Drama, Family, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story: While producing a reality TV show, a teenager meets a magician whose powers are real but put him in danger.
Style: semi serious, suspenseful, captivating, teen
Audience: teens, kids, pre-teens
Plot: magic, teenager, wizards and magicians, friendship, contests and competitions, ambition, love and romance, youth, teenage life, secret, witchcraft, television ...
Place: new orleans, usa, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
Eerie, Indiana: The Other Dimension (1998)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: Canada
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Eerie, Indiana: The Other Dimension is a spin-off of Eerie, Indiana. This series aired on the Fox Kids Network in 1998.
Style: anthology, spooky, detective, scary, semi serious ...
Audience: kids
Plot: small town, paranormal, disorder, youth, investigation, imaginary, amateur detective, parallel world, teenage life, suburbs, brother sister relationship, best friend ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: indiana, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
Gortimer Gibbon's Life on Normal Street (2014)
Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 23 min.
TV show
Story: Life is anything but normal for Gortimer and his two best friends, Ranger and Mel, as they navigate Normal Street - an ordinary suburb that has a hint of something magical just beneath the surface.
Style: humorous, semi serious, entertaining, captivating, feel good ...
Audience: pre-teens, kids
Plot: youth, friendship, best friend, supernatural, coming of age, escapades, friends, friend, magic, group of friends, teenage life, teenager ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
The Three Investigators and the Secret of Terror Castle (2009)
Genre: Adventure, Family, Mystery
Country: Germany, South Africa
Duration: 97 min.
Story: A new case for the cult detectives! Not by coincidence, a mysterious videotape falls into the hands of Jupiter Jones (CHANCELLOR MILLER), Pete Crenshaw (NICK PRICE) and Bob Andrews (CAMERON MONAGHAN) during Jupiter's birthday party in Rocky ...
Style: exciting, semi serious, fast, detective, scary ...
Audience: kids, family outing
Plot: buddies, supernatural ability, amateur detective, youth, haunted house, escapades, danger, investigation, curses spells and rituals, young heroes, isolation, riddles and clues ...
Time: 21st century
Place: california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
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So Weird (1999)
Genre: Adventure, Family, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: So Weird is an American television series that aired on the Disney Channel as a midseason replacement from January 18, 1999 to September 28, 2001. The series was shot in Vancouver, British Columbia. In season one and season two, the series centered ...
Style: spooky, neo noir, adult cartoon, semi serious, offbeat ...
Audience: kids, teens, pre-teens, family outing
Plot: supernatural, teenager, paranormal, psychic, haunting, clairvoyant, super powers, middle school, magic, slice of life, halloween, missing person ...
Time: 90s, 20th century, 2000s, 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
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Are You Afraid of the Dark? (1990)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Are You Afraid of the Dark? is a joint Canadian-American horror/fantasy-themed anthology television series. The original series was a joint production between the Canadian company Cinar and the American company Nickelodeon. The show was filmed in ...
Style: scary, anthology, semi serious, suspenseful, spooky ...
Audience: teens, kids, family friendly, boys' night, pre-teens ...
Plot: halloween, supernatural, campfire story, paranormal, youth, surrealism, woods, danger, ghost, escapades, alien encounter, mischievous children ...
Time: 90s, 20th century, 2000s
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
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Dinosapien (2007)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: Canada, UK
Duration: 21 min.
TV show
Story: Dinosapien is a British/Canadian children's television program produced jointly by BBC Worldwide and Cambium Catalyst International with SEVEN24 Films. Overall 15 episodes were made, each 21 and half minutes long. The series is filmed in Bragg ...
Style: suspenseful, exciting, serious, captivating
Audience: kids, family outing
Plot: dinosaur, young heroes, parents and children, escapades, family relations, friendship, youth, danger, imaginary, dangerous animal, friends, animal life ...
Time: 21st century
Place: canada
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
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Boohbah (2003)
Genre: Family, Fantasy
Country: UK
Duration: 20 min.
TV show
Story: Boohbah was a children's television show. It premiered in 2003 on ITV in the United Kingdom, and on 19 January 2004 in the United States on PBS until 2 July 2006. It was created by Anne Wood with scripts by Alan Dapre and Robin Stevens. Anne ...
Style: educational, humorous, captivating, entertaining, feel good ...
Audience: kids, family outing, preschool
Plot: child, surrealism, magic, home schooling, friends, friendship, dog, child hero, alien, young boy, guilty pleasure, part animation
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
Roxy Hunter and the Secret of the Shaman (2008)
Genre: Family, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Serenity Fall's favorite super sleuth is on the case again! The town is alarmed when a priceless crystal turns up missing. The only suspect seems to be a strange man living in the woods known as Shaman. It's up to Roxy Hunter (Aria ...
Style: detective, captivating, entertaining, sincere, feel good ...
Audience: kids, family outing, teens
Plot: girl, youth, amateur detective, investigation, friendship, mischievous children, danger, woods, shaman, dog, escapades, disorder ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
Young Dracula (2006)
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: UK
Duration: 25 min.
TV show
Story: Young Dracula is a British teenage horror drama television series airing on CBBC, loosely based on Young Dracula AND Young Monsters, a children's book by Michael Lawrence. Directed by Joss Agnew, the first series was broadcast in 2006, and the ...
Style: humorous, semi serious, captivating, dark fantasy, gothic ...
Audience: family outing, kids, teens, teen fantasy
Plot: dracula, vampire, supernatural, school, family relations, youth, imaginary, social misfits, friendship, supernatural power, chosen one, father son relationship ...
Time: 2000s, 2010s, 21st century
Place: wales, england, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
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Phantom of the Megaplex (2000)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Family, Mystery
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 89 min.
Story: A young man working at a cinema on a special premiere night, finds that the films being shown are full of strange and eerie occurrences.
Style: semi serious, suspenseful, humorous, spooky, horror comedy ...
Audience: family outing, kids, teens, family friendly, pre-teens
Plot: ghost, youth, nothing goes right, young heroes, family relations, disorder, siblings relations, teenage life, danger, halloween, sabotage, supernatural ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
Sabrina, the Teenage Witch (1996)
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min.
TV show
Story: Sabrina, the Teenage Witch is an American sitcom based on the Archie comic book series of the same name. The show premiered on September 27, 1996 on ABC to over 17 million viewers in its "T.G.I.F." line-up. The show stars Melissa Joan ...
Style: feel good, not serious, sitcom, humorous, supernatural thriller ...
Audience: teens, kids, family friendly, girls' night, pre-teens ...
Plot: witch, high school, supernatural, magic, female protagonist, witchcraft, teenage girl, cat, hereditary gift of witchcraft, supernatural ability, wizards and magicians, teenage life ...
Time: 90s, 20th century, 2000s, 21st century
Place: massachusetts, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
The Adventures of Shirley Holmes (1997)
Genre: Family, Mystery
Country: Canada
Duration: 24 min.
TV show
Story: The Adventures of Shirley Holmes is a Canadian mystery TV series that originally aired from 1997 to 2000. The show was created by Ellis Iddon and Phil Meagher who had produced a successful series of books with Harper Collins, teaming up with Credo ...
Style: detective
Audience: kids
Plot: sherlock holmes, missing person, amateur detective, private school, female protagonist, teenager
Time: 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
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The Hoobs (2001)
Genre: Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Australia, UK, Canada, USA, British Virgin Islands
TV show
Story: The Hoobs is a BAFTA-winning television programme created and produced by The Jim Henson Company and Sesame Workshop.
Style: educational, humorous, feel good, semi serious
Audience: kids, preschool
Plot: puppet, friendship, youth, friends, imaginary, teaching the ways of the world, alien, sesame street, muppets
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
The Worst Witch (1998)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: UK, Canada
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Mildred Hubble is a young witch attending Cackles Academy. She's called the "Worst Witch" because she's always caught getting into trouble.
Style: semi serious, spooky, offbeat, humorous
Audience: kids, family friendly, family outing, toddlers
Plot: witch, witchcraft, supernatural, friendship, teenager, spell, boss, teachers and students, youth, curses spells and rituals, teenage life, friends ...
Time: 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
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Goosebumps (1995)
Genre: Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 22 min.
TV show
Story: Goosebumps is a Canadian-American children's horror anthology television series based on R. L. Stine's Goosebumps books. It was one of the two popular television horror anthology children's series in the 1990s.
Style: anthology, dark, sitcom, dark fairy tale, scary ...
Audience: family friendly, teens, family outing, pre-teens, kids ...
Plot: supernatural, children, psychic, haunting, clairvoyant, goose, middle school, insect, magic, generation y, lycanthropy, childhood love ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Unnatural History (2010)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, History, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Teenager Henry Griffin acquired many skills through years of travelling the world with his anthropologist parents. Sent to live with his uncle and cousin in Washington DC, and with the help of his cousin Jasper and friend Maggie, he must now use ...
Style: exciting, semi serious, humorous, feel good, realistic ...
Audience: family outing, kids
Plot: high school, teenage life, friendship, danger, social relations, escapades, teen superhero, supernatural, anthropologist, magic, high school life, artifact ...
Time: 21st century
Place: washington d.c., usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
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