Movies like Beetlejuice 1988
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Beetlejuice (1988)
312K
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 undead newlyweds turn to an expert frightmeister, but he's got a diabolical agenda of his own.
Style:
gothic, surreal, witty, dark fantasy, funny, scary, humorous, dark, sweet, psychedelic ...
Audience:
kids, teens, family outing, chick flick
Plot:
ghost, afterlife, supernatural, haunted house, dark humor, surrealism, goth, dysfunctional family, possession, teenage girl, seance, attic, able to see the dead, monster, heaven and hell, portal, life after death, cult, goth girl, halloween, psychic, suspense, newlyweds, prank, eccentric family ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
usa, new england, connecticut
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Most similar movies to Beetlejuice
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out humorous, scary, weird and offbeat films with plots about supernatural, halloween, fantasy world, transformation, dialogue, catastrophe and storytelling mostly in Comedy, Fantasy and Horror genres. Some movies like Beetlejuice: The Addams Family (1991), Addams Family Values (1993), Ghostbusters (1984), Death Becomes Her (1992), The Frighteners (1996). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Comedy, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Uncle Fester has been missing for 25 years. An evil doctor finds out and introduces a fake Fester in an attempt to get the Addams Family's money. The youngest daughter has some doubts about the new uncle Fester, but the fake uncle adapts very ...
Style:
gothic, humorous, funny, not serious, stylized ...
Audience:
kids, family outing
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goth, halloween, dark humor, supernatural, eccentric family, supernatural ability, childhood, fantasy world, family relations, parents and children, husband wife relationship, witch ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
⇓ similarity ⇓
95%
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Siblings Wednesday and Pugsley Addams will stop at nothing to get rid of Pubert, the new baby boy adored by parents Gomez and Morticia. Things go from bad to worse when the new "black widow" nanny, Debbie Jellinsky, launches her plan to ...
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gothic, humorous, funny, parody, visually appealing ...
Audience:
kids, family outing
Plot:
goth, eccentric family, halloween, nanny, dysfunctional family, farce, camp, husband wife relationship, thanksgiving, youth, power relations, parenthood ...
Time:
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Place:
hawaii
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100%
422K
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, parody, humorous, entertaining, light ...
Audience:
kids, teens, family outing, girls' night, date night
Plot:
ghost, supernatural, monster, friendship, chase, imagination, nerd, paranormal investigation, scientist, possession, hotel, librarian ...
Time:
80s, year 1984, future, 20th century
Place:
new york, manhattan new york city, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
94%
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Madeline is married to Ernest, who was once arch-rival Helen's fiance. After recovering from a mental breakdown, Helen vows to kill Madeline and steal back Ernest. Unfortunately for everyone, the introduction of a magic potion causes things to ...
Style:
satirical, gothic, humorous, funny, clever ...
Audience:
chick flick, kids
Plot:
dark humor, immortality, love triangle, magic, rivalry, obsession, supernatural, zombie, afterlife, death, fountain of youth, body horror ...
Time:
future, 90s, 80s, 70s, 2020s
Place:
california, los angeles, beverly hills, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
94%
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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, humorous, dark, suspenseful, light ...
Plot:
ghost, supernatural, haunted house, serial killer, dark humor, funeral, life & death, supernatural ability, poltergeist, fbi, seeing dead people, mentor ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
The Addams Family goes on a search for their relatives. Gomez and Morticia are horrified to discover that Grandpa and Grandma Addams have a disease that is slowly turning them "normal". The only chance they have of a cure is to find a ...
Style:
gothic, humorous, stylized, scary, not serious ...
Audience:
family outing, kids
Plot:
halloween, family relations, dark humor, dysfunctional family, eccentric family, macabre, butler, interracial romance, mistaken identity, family problems, disorder, family life ...
Time:
90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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 ...
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humorous, light, entertaining, funny, semi serious ...
Audience:
kids, adult
Plot:
supernatural, ghost, haunted house, castle, hotel, halloween, disorder, fall in love, zombie, happy ending, paranormal, transformation ...
Time:
80s, 1930s, 18th century
Place:
ireland, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
271K
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA, Australia, UK
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Vampire Barnabas Collins is inadvertently freed from his tomb and emerges into the very changed world of 1972. He returns to Collinwood Manor to find that his once-grand estate and family have fallen into ruin.
Style:
gothic, dark fantasy, humorous, parody, scary ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, date night
Plot:
vampire, witch, eccentric family, immortality, dark humor, magic, ghost, curse, curses spells and rituals, old mansion, estate, werewolf ...
Time:
20th century, 70s, year 1972, 1770s, 19th century ...
Place:
maine, new england, usa, liverpool, england
⇓ similarity ⇓
85%
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Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 88 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:
entertaining, scary, gothic, humorous, stylized ...
Audience:
teens, kids, family outing, pre-teens, horror for children
Plot:
haunted house, ghost, magic, children, disney, supernatural, reincarnation, family relations, halloween, family vacation, secret passageway, workaholic ...
Time:
victorian era, 21st century
Place:
louisiana, new orleans, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
80%
Genre: Animation, Short, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Horror
Country: Canada, USA, China, Taiwan
Duration: 22 min.
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Beetlejuice is an American-Canadian animated television series which ran from September 9, 1989 to October 26, 1991 on ABC and, on Fox from September 9, 1991 to December 6, 1991. Loosely based on the 1988 film of the same name, it was developed and ...
Style:
gothic, not serious, feel good, humorous, spooky ...
Audience:
pre-teens, kids
Plot:
ghost, supernatural ability, parallel world, friendship, odd couple, best friends, friends, escapades, fish out of water, youth, silly humor, supernatural ...
Time:
80s, 90s, 20th century
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Movies like Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
281K
Genre: Animation, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Musical, Romance
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 77 min.
Story:
Set in a 19th-century european village, this stop-motion animation feature follows the story of Victor, a young man whisked away to the underworld and wed to a mysterious corpse bride, while his real bride Victoria waits bereft in the land of the ...
Style:
gothic, dark fantasy, gothic horror, melancholic, captivating ...
Audience:
kids, date night, family outing, preschoolers, horror for children
Plot:
afterlife, corpse, supernatural, goth, marriage, death, wedding, disagreement, fear, loneliness, fall in love, escape attempt ...
Time:
19th century, edwardian era, victorian era
Place:
europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
92%
108K
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
After the lord of darkness decides he will not cede his thrown to any of his three sons, the two most powerful of them escape to Earth to create a kingdom for themselves. This action closes the portal filtering sinful souls to Hell and causes Satan ...
Style:
funny, humorous, parody, not serious, absurd ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, date night
Plot:
devil, fish out of water, dark humor, stupidity, father son relationship, god, hell, love affair, escapades, brothers, demon, family relations ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
new york, manhattan new york city, grand central station manhattan new york city, usa, empire state building manhattan new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
28K
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Roger Cobb is a author who has just separated from his wife. He moves into a new house and tries to work on a novel based on his experiences in the Vietnam War. Strange things start happening around him; little things at first, but as they become ...
Style:
scary, slasher, psychological, splatter, humorous ...
Plot:
haunted house, ghost, zombie, vietnam war, monster, supernatural, missing person, house, happy ending, writers, cult, paranormal ...
Time:
80s
Place:
vietnam, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A small suburban town receives a visit from a castaway unfinished science experiment named Edward.
Style:
gothic, surreal, fairy tale, touching, sentimental ...
Audience:
teens, kids, date night, chick flick, family outing
Plot:
loneliness, goth, love, surrealism, freak, social misfits, christmas, love and romance, inventor, fall in love, love story, castle ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, 90s, 50s
Place:
usa, florida
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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 ...
Audience:
kids, teens, family outing
Plot:
ghost, supernatural, monster, painting, ghost hunter, reincarnation, single mother, chase, superhero, rescue, heroes, old love ...
Time:
80s, future, 20th century, year 1989
Place:
new york, usa, manhattan new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Movies similar to Corpse Bride
138K
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:
sweet, light, fairy tale, humorous, touching ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, girls' night, teens, chick flick ...
Plot:
ghost, friendship, halloween, supernatural, haunted house, single father, father daughter relationship, afterlife, childhood, mischievous children, family bonds, friends ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, 80s
Place:
maine, new england, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
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, scary ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, pre-teens, horror for children
Plot:
halloween, ghost, afterlife, small town, mischievous children, supernatural, disorder, curses spells and rituals, heroic mission, save the day, childhood, youth ...
Place:
minnesota, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
50K
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Inspired by the E.C. comics of the 1950s, George A. Romero and Stephen King bring five tales of terror to the screen.
Style:
suspenseful, scary, bloody, splatter, campy ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
monster, zombie, cult, death, murder, halloween, torture, dark humor, transformation, brutality, multiple storylines, voodoo ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, future, 19th century, 1830s
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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19K
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min.
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Story:
A cash-strapped young couple inherit a grand country house, only to find it is both falling apart and teeming with the ghosts of former inhabitants.
Style:
sitcom, funny, surreal, captivating, light ...
Plot:
supernatural, neanderthal, haunted house, ghost, eternity, dead, trapped, couples, estate, surrealism, husband wife relationship, able to see the dead ...
Time:
future, 2020s, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
england
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
Larry Abbot, speaker in the radio horror shows of Manhattan Mystery Theater wants to marry. For the marriage he takes his fiancée home to the castle where he grew up among his eccentric relatives. His uncle decides that he needs to be cured from a ...
Style:
parody, humorous, funny, melancholic, absurd ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
haunted house, ghost, farce, dysfunctional family, radio, couples, family relations, love and romance, nothing goes right, family problems, disorder, supernatural ...
Time:
80s, 1930s
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Films like Jumanji
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, suspenseful ...
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, 21st century
Place:
usa, oklahoma, chicago illinois, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
After his fiancée, Kate, dies in an accident on their wedding day, veterinarian Henry grows depressed. To help him move on, his sister has him visit psychic Ashley and gives her Kate's diary. Ashley uses the journal's details to ...
Style:
feel good, humorous, romantic, melancholic, light ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, teens, date night
Plot:
afterlife, ghost, love story, wedding, love triangle, psychic, haunted by the past, impossible love, angel, looking for love, fall in love, girl ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
california, los angeles, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
232K
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:
feel good, suspenseful, humorous, funny, light ...
Audience:
kids, teens, girls' night, family outing, pre-teens ...
Plot:
monster, christmas, supernatural, small town, transformation, creature, holiday, creature feature, deadly creature, gremlin, father son relationship, winter ...
Time:
80s, year 1984, future, 20th century
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
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Genre: Comedy, Family, Horror
Country: Canada
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
The New Addams Family is an American-Canadian sitcom that aired from October 1998 to August 1999 and aired on YTV in Canada and Fox Family in the United States. It was produced by Shavick Entertainment and Saban Entertainment as a new version of the ...
Style:
gothic, humorous, not serious, dark, scary ...
Audience:
kids, teens, horror for children
Plot:
supernatural, eccentric family, family relations, dark humor, dysfunctional family, parents and children, youth, supernatural ability, butler, vampire, satire, occult ...
Time:
90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
6K
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Two fraternity pledges go to a sleazy bar looking for strippers to entertain their college friends.
Style:
scary, slasher, humorous, atmospheric, stylized ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
vampire, supernatural, college, dark humor, stripper, chase, violence, justice, supernatural ability, dangerous attraction, female vampire, misfit ...
Time:
80s
Place:
los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
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Bruce Almighty related movies
11K
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy
Country: UK
Duration: 189 min.
Story:
It's the night before Hogswatch, usually a time of joy on Discworld, but there are suspicious going-on and the criminal underworld is abuzz. The beloved Hogfather - the jolly bearer of glee and pork-related gifts for children everywhere - has ...
Style:
dark fantasy, humorous, dark, semi serious, enigmatic ...
Audience:
pre-teens, family outing, kids
Plot:
christmas, fantasy world, death, children, magic, holiday, heroic mission, disguise, escapades, boar, disappearance, supernatural ...
Time:
future, 19th century
Place:
california
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Young urban professionals Jesse (Arye Gross) and his girlfriend Kate (Lar Park Lincoln), move into an old mansion that has been in Jesse's family for generations. They are soon joined by Jesse's goofy friend Charlie (Jonathan Stark), who ...
Style:
scary, humorous, absurd, campy, unusual plot structure ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
halloween, haunted house, supernatural, zombie, monster, ghost, chase, mad scientist, house, vampire, stop motion, demon ...
Time:
80s, year 1986
Place:
arizona
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Three wealthy children's parents are killed in a fire. When they are sent to a distant relative, they find out that he is plotting to kill them and seize their fortune. This movie is extremely alarming, an expression which here means "a ...
Style:
atmospheric, gothic, fairy tale, dark, enigmatic ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, teens, pre-teens
Plot:
orphan, children, death in the family, steampunk, child in peril, happy ending, young heroes, child, siblings relations, dishonesty, destiny, loss of mother ...
Time:
1940s, victorian era
Place:
peru
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
7K
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Recently orphaned, a young boy is taken in by his godmother who is shocked to realize that she can see the boy's imaginary friend: a flamboyant, French magician named Bogus.
Style:
sentimental, humorous, touching, feel good, inspirational ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, girls' night, teens, pre-teens
Plot:
imaginary friend, childhood, magic, friendship, youth, bittersweet, imagination, circus, lone hero, life philosophy, vengeance, life & death ...
Place:
new jersey, las vegas, atlantic city new jersey
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
A publishing executive is visited and bitten by a vampire and starts exhibiting erratic behavior. He pushes his secretary to extremes as he tries to come to terms with his affliction. The vampire continues to visit and drink his blood, and as his ...
Style:
surreal, psychological, funny, atmospheric, suspenseful ...
Plot:
vampire, mental illness, insanity, supernatural, psychiatrist, nightclub, hallucination, cockroach, secretary, character study, psychology, macabre ...
Time:
80s
Place:
usa, new york, new jersey
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
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