Movies like Beetlejuice

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Beetlejuice (1988)
 7.4
 415K
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 undead newlyweds turn to an expert frightmeister, but he's got a diabolical agenda of his own.
Style: gothic, black comedy, surreal, witty, dark comedy, horror comedy, cult classic, creepy, frightening, funny ...
Audience: kids, teens, family outing, chick flick, family friendly, horror for children, teen drama ...
Plot: haunted house, afterlife, ghost, supernatural, surrealism, dark humor, goth, dysfunctional family, teenage girl, seance, able to see the dead, haunted, heaven and hell, dead, life after death, wedding, halloween, evil spirit, goth girl, macabre, insect, villain, possession, attic, haunting ...
Time: 80s, 20th century, year 1988
Place: america, 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, dark comedy, spooky and cult classic films with plots about supernatural, catastrophe, transformation, storytelling, chase, dialogue and mentor mostly in Comedy, Fantasy and Horror genres. Some movies like Beetlejuice: The Addams Family (1991), Death Becomes Her (1992), Addams Family Values (1993), Ghostbusters (1984), The Frighteners (1996). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
The Addams Family (1991)
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, black comedy, dark comedy, cult classic, humorous ...
Audience: kids, family outing, family friendly, horror for children, teen drama ...
Plot: goth, halloween, dark humor, childhood, eccentric family, supernatural ability, fantasy world, husband wife relationship, family relations, uncle, supernatural, witch ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Similarity:
97%
Death Becomes Her (1992)
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: dark comedy, satirical, gothic, clever, black comedy ...
Audience: chick flick, kids
Plot: dark humor, immortality, love triangle, obsession, magic, death, fountain of youth, afterlife, satire, rejuvenation, zombie, potion ...
Time: 90s, 20th century, year 1992, year 1978, year 1985 ...
Place: california, persia, beverly hills, usa, new york ...
Similarity:
95%
Addams Family Values (1993)
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 ...
Style: gothic, humorous, dark comedy, black comedy, funny ...
Audience: kids, family outing, date night, family friendly, horror for children ...
Plot: goth, eccentric family, halloween, nanny, farce, satire, dark humor, summer camp, dysfunctional family, childhood, thanksgiving, parenthood ...
Time: 90s, year 1993, 20th century
Place: hawaii
Similarity:
100%
 7.8
 484K
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, cult classic, horror comedy ...
Audience: kids, family outing, teens, girls' night, family friendly ...
Plot: supernatural, ghost, monster, nerd, transformation, accountant, imagination, giant monster, chase, friendship, librarian, haunting ...
Time: 80s, year 2016, 20th century, year 1989, year 1984 ...
Place: new york, manhattan new york city, nova scotia, usa, new york state ...
Similarity:
94%
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The Frighteners (1996)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Romance
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, dark comedy, horror comedy, humorous ...
Audience: date night, horror for children, adult
Plot: ghost, supernatural, serial killer, haunted house, dark humor, funeral, psychic, supernatural ability, violence, architect, car accident, death of wife ...
Time: 90s, 20th century, 1800s, 1950s, 70s
Place: oklahoma city, oceania, usa, california
Similarity:
100%
 5.8
 12K
High Spirits (1988)
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
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, entertaining, light, funny, semi serious ...
Audience: kids, adult
Plot: supernatural, haunting, castle, husband murders wife, haunted house, banshee, ghost, halloween, disorder, fall in love, paranormal, zombie ...
Time: 80s, 1930s, 18th century
Place: ireland, europe
Similarity:
100%
 6.1
 118K
Bedazzled (2000)
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Elliot Richardson, suicidal techno geek, is given seven wishes to turn his life around when he meets up with a very seductive Satan. The catch: his soul. Some of his wishes include a 7 foot basketball star, a rock star, and a hamburger. But, as ...
Style: funny, light, sexy, feel good, surprise ending ...
Audience: chick flick, teens, date night, girls' night
Plot: devil, pact with the devil, wish come true, deal with the devil, femme fatale, fish out of water, nothing goes right, destiny, wish fulfillment, unrequited love, time machine, heaven and hell ...
Time: year 2000, 90s, 2000s
Place: san francisco, usa
Similarity:
100%
The Haunted Mansion (2003)
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: humorous, entertaining, gothic, stylized, rom com ...
Audience: teens, family outing, family friendly, kids, pre-teens ...
Plot: haunted house, ghost, magic, family relations, secret passageway, danger, supernatural, curses spells and rituals, escapades, reincarnation, children, halloween ...
Time: year 2003, victorian era, 21st century
Place: new orleans, louisiana, usa, north america
Similarity:
80%
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Addams Family Reunion (1998)
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, family friendly, kids
Plot: halloween, dark humor, dysfunctional family, interracial romance, butler, mistaken identity, family problems, disorder, danger, family life, transformation, eccentricity ...
Time: 90s
Similarity:
100%
 6.1
 33K
House (1985)
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: horror comedy, creepy, scary, black comedy, slasher ...
Plot: ghost, haunted house, haunted, vietnam war, zombie, husband murders wife, monster, supernatural, novelist, happy ending, missing person, corpse ...
Time: 80s
Place: vietnam, asia
Similarity:
100%
 7.3
 9K
Beetlejuice (1989)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Horror
Country: Canada, USA, South Korea, Taiwan
Duration: 22 min.
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Story: 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, offbeat, humorous, feel good ...
Audience: pre-teens, kids, family friendly, horror for children
Plot: parallel world, imaginary, supernatural ability, odd couple, friendship, ghost, friends, escapades, fish out of water, best friend, silly humor, youth ...
Time: 80s, 90s, 20th century
Place: usa
Similarity:
100%
 7.1
 409K
Jumanji (1995)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: When siblings Judy and Peter discover an enchanted board game that opens the door to a magical world, they unwittingly invite Alan -- an adult who's been trapped inside the game for 26 years -- into their living room. Alan's only hope for ...
Style: exciting, entertaining, offbeat, light, cult classic ...
Audience: kids, family outing, teens, pre-teens, family friendly ...
Plot: jungle, fantasy world, childhood, magic, board game, time travel, getting home, children, parallel world, danger, friendship, supernatural ...
Time: 20th century, 19th century, 90s, year 1969, 1860s ...
Place: new hampshire, usa, north america, canada
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, spooky, contemplative ...
Audience: kids, date night
Plot: ghost, supernatural power, single parent, farmhouse, supernatural, teenager, monster, resurrection, good versus evil, halloween, small town, child protagonist ...
Time: 2020s, 90s, 21st century
Place: usa, oklahoma, new york, chicago
Similarity:
100%
 6.2
 293K
Dark Shadows (2012)
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, black comedy, gothic horror ...
Audience: teens, date night, girls' night, family friendly
Plot: vampire, witch, eccentric family, immortality, dark humor, witchcraft, curse, vengeance, lost love, old mansion, supernatural, werewolf ...
Time: year 2012, year 2000, 20th century, 70s, 19th century ...
Place: new england, usa, liverpool, england, maine ...
Similarity:
71%
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: spooky, feel good, humorous, light, captivating ...
Audience: kids, pre-teens, family outing, horror for children
Plot: halloween, ghost, afterlife, small town, mischievous children, supernatural, danger, disorder, curses spells and rituals, heroic mission, save the day, pumpkin ...
Place: minnesota, usa
Similarity:
100%
 6.3
 102K
Goosebumps (2015)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, Australia
Duration: 103 min.
Story: After moving to a small town, Zach Cooper finds a silver lining when he meets next door neighbor Hannah, the daughter of bestselling Goosebumps series author R.L. Stine. When Zach unintentionally unleashes real monsters from their manuscripts and ...
Style: humorous, entertaining, funny, scary, semi serious ...
Audience: teens, kids, family friendly, pre-teens, teen fantasy ...
Plot: monster, werewolf, good versus evil, magic, teenager, imaginary, youth, ventriloquist dummy, high school, book, ghost, praying mantis ...
Time: 2010s, year 2015, 80s, 21st century
Place: connecticut, usa, maryland
Similarity:
100%
Young Frankenstein (1974)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story: A young neurosurgeon inherits the castle of his grandfather, the famous Dr. Victor von Frankenstein. In the castle he finds a funny hunchback, a pretty lab assistant and the elderly housekeeper. Young Frankenstein believes that the work of his ...
Style: parody, spoof, funny, horror comedy, gothic ...
Audience: teens, horror for children
Plot: mad scientist, castle, frankenstein, monster, experiment, satire, frankenstein's monster, farce, laboratory, hunchback, sex scene, blindness ...
Time: 1930s, 1940s, 20th century, year 1974, near future ...
Place: transylvania, arizona, europe, usa, seattle
Similarity:
100%
 6.2
 159K
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: sweet, fairy tale, light, humorous, touching ...
Audience: kids, family outing, family friendly, teens, teen fantasy ...
Plot: friendship, halloween, ghost, haunted house, single father, supernatural, afterlife, father daughter relationship, childhood, teenage girl, mischievous children, daughter ...
Time: 90s, 20th century, year 1995, 80s
Place: maine, new england, usa, new mexico, santa fe new mexico
Similarity:
63%
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The Mask (1994)
Genre: 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, humorous, light, hilarious, entertaining ...
Audience: family outing, kids, teens, girls' night, family friendly ...
Plot: superhero, villain, alter ego, gangster, superhuman powers, transformation, double life, magic, split personality, dog, supernatural power, nightclub ...
Time: 90s, 20th century, year 1994
Place: new york, usa
Similarity:
100%
 6.0
 34K
Drop Dead Fred (1991)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Country: UK, USA, Germany
Duration: 103 min.
Story: When Elizabeth returns to her mother's home after her marriage breaks up, she recreates her imaginary childhood friend, Fred, to escape from the trauma of losing her husband and her job. In between the chaos and mayhem that Fred creates, ...
Style: surreal, dark comedy, humorous, absurd, light ...
Audience: teens, kids, adult, teen drama
Plot: imaginary friend, childhood memory, mental illness, emotional manipulation, friendship, vengeance, personal growth, emotional abuse, absent father, self discovery, mother daughter relationship, adult humor ...
Time: 80s
Place: minnesota, usa
Similarity:
100%
 7.4
 326K
Corpse Bride (2005)
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Musical, Romance
Country: UK, USA
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, romantic, melancholic, gothic horror ...
Audience: kids, family friendly, family outing, date night, horror for children ...
Plot: stop motion, afterlife, corpse, goth, supernatural, wedding, marriage, love, death, disagreement, fear, loneliness ...
Time: 19th century, year 2005, 1800s, edwardian era, victorian era
Place: europe, england
Similarity:
90%
 4.8
 20K
Monkeybone (2001)
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: After a car crash sends repressed cartoonist Stu Miley (Fraser) into a coma, he and the mischievous Monkeybone, his hilariously horny alter-ego, wake up in a wacked-out waystation for lost souls. When Monkeybone takes over Stu's body and ...
Style: black comedy, humorous, cult classic, absurd, not serious ...
Audience: date night, family outing, teens, adult
Plot: coma, parallel world, surrealism, carnival, drawing, cyclops, monkey, dream, alternate reality, imaginary, goofy hero, stop motion ...
Time: 20th century, year 2001
Similarity:
100%
Night of the Demons (1988)
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: While conducting a seance during a Halloween party, high-school seniors unlock the demon that remains locked in the crematorium.
Style: scary, gothic, demonic, sexy, suspenseful ...
Audience: teens, adult
Plot: haunted house, demon, halloween, gory, demonic possession, killed during sex, dark humor, teenager, voyeur, supernatural, old dark house, halloween party ...
Time: 80s
Similarity:
67%
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 6.6
 238K
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: parody, horror comedy, funny, scary, humorous ...
Audience: kids, teens, family outing, family friendly, teen drama
Plot: ghost, supernatural, painting, ghost hunter, single mother, reincarnation, monster, chase, mind control, baby, single parent, rescue ...
Time: 80s, 20th century, year 1989, year 1990, future
Place: new york, usa, manhattan new york city
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, gothic ...
Audience: kids, family friendly, family outing, horror for children, adult
Plot: halloween, magic, haunted house, witch, witchcraft, spell, magician, child, illusionist, medieval, paranormal, book of magic ...
Time: 1950s, year 1955, 50s
Place: michigan, germany
Similarity:
100%
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice (2024)
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA, France
Duration: 105 min.
Story: This is a follow-up to the comedy Beetlejuice (1988), about a ghost who's recruited to help haunt a house.
Style: dark comedy, black comedy, dark fantasy, gothic, surprise ending ...
Plot: halloween, ghost, surrealism, mother daughter relationship, haunted house, female protagonist, artist, train, mansion, priest, funeral, frenchman ...
Time: 2020s, middle ages, 21st century
Place: connecticut, new england, new york
Similarity:
100%
 6.8
 466K
Bruce Almighty (2003)
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: Bruce Nolan toils as a "human interest" television reporter in Buffalo, N.Y. Despite his high ratings and the love of his beautiful girlfriend, Grace, Bruce remains unfulfilled. At the end of the worst day in his life, he angrily ridicules ...
Style: funny, humorous, feel good, light, inspirational ...
Audience: family outing, kids, chick flick, girls' night, date night ...
Plot: god, religion, wish come true, chosen one, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, supernatural power, divine intervention, selfishness, deal, niagara falls, reporter, job promotion ...
Time: year 2003, 2000s, 21st century
Place: north america, mount everest
Similarity:
100%
 7.3
 272K
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, frightening, funny, horror comedy, dark comedy ...
Audience: kids, teens, family friendly, family outing, girls' night ...
Plot: christmas, monster, small town, supernatural, transformation, creature, holiday, gremlin, father son relationship, winter, swimming pool, bank ...
Time: 80s, 20th century, year 1984, 90s, future
Place: usa
Similarity:
100%
 6.8
 57K
Creepshow (1982)
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: anthology, bloody, grindhouse, frightening, cult horror ...
Audience: teens
Plot: death, torture, revenge, stephen king, murder, monster, halloween, dark humor, transformation, gory, violent, zombie ...
Time: 80s, 20th century, 1830s, 19th century, future
Place: pittsburgh
Similarity:
100%
 6.6
 453K
This Is the End (2013)
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story: While attending a party at James Franco's house, Seth Rogen, Jay Baruchel and many other celebrities are faced with the apocalypse.
Style: horror comedy, hilarious, entertaining, dark comedy, not serious ...
Audience: teens, boys' night, adult
Plot: apocalypse, celebrity, post apocalypse, end of the world, creature, satire, heaven and hell, trapped, absurd humor, actress playing herself, stoner, party ...
Time: year 2013, 2010s, 21st century
Place: los angeles, usa, california
Similarity:
100%