Movies about ghosts and spirits

Movies about ghosts and spirits
List of the best movies about ghosts and spirits, haunted houses, scary horror movies with evil spirits: Insidious, The Eye, 1408, Crimson Peak, Ghost Stories, The Dark and the Wicked, The Other Side of the Door, Oculus, 7500, The Banishing.

In the top there are new films of 2022, a plot description and trailers for films that have already been released.

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Markimdb: 6.8
Genrehorror, thriller
CountryUSA, Canada
Duration01:43
CharactersClairvoyants
PlotMystery, Supernatural, Life after death, Ghosts, Fear
PlaceParallel worlds
StyleDisturbing

A family discovers that dark spirits have invaded their home after their son inexplicably falls into an endless sleep. When they reach out to a professional for help, they learn things are a lot more personal than they thought.

Markimdb: 5.4
Genrehorror, thriller, drama, detective
CountryUSA, Canada
Duration01:32
CharactersWitch, Demons, Blind
PlotSuperpowers, Death, Supernatural, Life after death, Chase
PlaceVillage
StyleUnexpected ending, Action, Atmospheric, Tense, Serious

Violinist Sydney Wells was accidentally blinded by her sister Helen when she was five years old. She submits to a cornea transplantation, and while recovering from the operation, she realizes that she is seeing dead people.

Markimdb: 6.8
Genrehorror, thriller
CountryUSA
Duration01:44
CharactersWriters
PlotGhosts, Fear
StyleNumbers in the title, Disturbing

A man who specializes in debunking paranormal occurrences checks into the fabled room 1408 in the Dolphin Hotel. Soon after settling in, he confronts genuine terror.

Markimdb: 6.5
Genrehorror, thriller, fantasy, melodrama, drama, detective
CountryUSA, Canada
Duration02:31
CharactersSerial killers, Strong women
PlotLove, Superpowers, Supernatural, Ghosts, Cheating
PlaceEngland, Estate
TimeWinter
StyleAction, Beautiful, Atmospheric, Creepy, Gothic

In the aftermath of a family tragedy, an aspiring author is torn between love for her childhood friend and the temptation of a mysterious outsider. Trying to escape the ghosts of her past, she is swept away to a house that breathes, bleeds… and remembers.

Markimdb: 6.4
Genrehorror, drama
CountryUnited Kingdom
Duration01:56
CharactersJournalists
PlotReligious, Ghosts
PlaceEngland
TimeDark ones
StyleTwisted plot, Tense, Disturbing

Professor Phillip Goodman devotes his life to exposing phony psychics and fraudulent supernatural shenanigans. His skepticism soon gets put to the test when he receives news of three chilling and inexplicable cases -- disturbing visions in an abandoned asylum, a car accident deep in the woods and the spirit of an unborn child. Even scarier -- each of the macabre stories seems to have a sinister connection to the professor's own life.

Markimdb: 6.1
Genrehorror
CountryUSA
CharactersDemons, Brother and sister, Parents
PlotSupernatural, Pursuit, Ghosts
TimeDark ones
StyleAction, Tense, Creepy, Depressive, Disturbing

On a secluded farm in a nondescript rural town, a man is slowly dying. His family gathers to mourn, and soon a darkness grows, marked by waking nightmares and a growing sense that something evil is taking over the family.

Markimdb: 5.3
Genrehorror
CountryUnited Kingdom, USA, India
Duration02:31
CharactersFamily, Shamans, Mothers
PlotDeath, Life after death, Ghosts, Self-sacrifice, Rites of passage
PlaceParallel worlds, India
StyleHeavy, Depressive, Disturbing

Grieving over the loss of her son, a mother struggles with her feelings for her daughter and her husband. She seeks out a ritual that allows her say goodbye to her dead child, opening the veil between the world of the dead and the living. Her daughter becomes the focus of terror. She must now protect against the evil that was once her beloved son.

Markimdb: 6.5
Genrehorror, thriller
CountryUSA
Duration01:45
CharactersDemons
PlotSupernatural, Ghosts, False accusations
StyleUnexpected ending, Action, Atmospheric, Tense, Serious

A woman tries to exonerate her brother's murder conviction by proving that the crime was committed by a supernatural phenomenon.

Markimdb: 6.3
Genreaction, thriller, drama
CountryGermany, Austria, USA
CharactersFriends, Stewardesses, Pilots
PlotSurvival, Aviation, Supernatural, Dolls, Life after death
PlaceAircraft
StyleSerious, For men, Disturbing

When terrorists try to seize control of a Berlin-Paris flight, a soft-spoken young American co-pilot struggles to save the lives of the passengers and crew while forging a surprising connection with one of the hijackers.

Markimdb: 4.4
Genrehorror
CountryUnited Kingdom
CharactersInvestigators

In the 1930s, a young reverend and his family are forced to confront their worst fears when they discover their new home holds a horrifying secret.

Markimdb: 7.5
Genrehorror, fantasy, comedy
CountryUSA
Duration01:32
PlotMystery, Ghosts

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.

Markimdb: 5.6
Genrehorror, fantasy
CountryUSA, Australia, Mexico
Duration01:39
CharactersMonsters, Maids
PlotSupernatural
PlaceParty, Estate
StyleAtmospheric, Tense, Gothic, Serious, Disturbing

A young girl sent to live with her father and his new girlfriend discovers creatures in her new home who want to claim her as one of their own.

Markimdb: 6.4
Genrehorror, thriller, drama
CountryUnited Kingdom, Canada
Duration01:35
CharactersLawyers
PlotRevenge, Supernatural, Life after death, Curses, Mystery
PlaceVillage, England, London, Estate
StyleAtmospheric, Tense, Gothic, Disturbing

The story follows a young lawyer, Arthur Kipps, who is ordered to travel to a remote village and sort out a recently deceased client’s papers. As he works alone in the client’s isolated house, Kipps begins to uncover tragic secrets, his unease growing when he glimpses a mysterious woman dressed only in black. Receiving only silence from the locals, Kipps is forced to uncover the true identity of the Woman in Black on his own, leading to a desperate race against time when he discovers her true identity.

Markimdb: 5
Genrehorror, comedy
CountryUSA
Duration01:20
PlotSupernatural, Ghosts

A spoof of all the "found-footage/documentary style" films released in recent years.

Markimdb: 6.2
Genrehorror, thriller
CountryUSA, Canada, Mexico
Duration01:36
CharactersZombie, Maniacs, Teens, Monsters, Spiders
PlotPrison Break, Investigation, Friendship, Death, Supernatural
PlaceSchool, Psychiatric hospitals, Small cities
TimeHalloween
StyleBy books, Tense, Depressive, For a group of friends, Disturbing

Mill Valley, Pennsylvania, Halloween night, 1968. After playing a joke on a school bully, Sarah and her friends decide to sneak into a supposedly haunted house that once belonged to the powerful Bellows family, unleashing dark forces that they will be unable to control.

Markimdb: 6.2
Genrehorror, drama
CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
Duration01:48
CharactersFamily
PlotInvestigation, Supernatural, Mystery, Ghosts
PlaceEngland
StyleUnexpected ending, Atmospheric, Gothic, Serious, Disturbing

Professor David Ash exposes false spiritulists and mediums. He is invited to Edbrook to resolve the fears and torments within its secretive family. Soon after arriving Ash begins to doubt his own senses, and watching the strange behaviour of its residents does not make his task any easier. In time, he finds there's more to Edbrook than even he can debunk.

Markimdb: 8.4
Genrehorror, thriller, drama, detective
CountryUSA, United Kingdom
Duration02:24
CharactersFamily, Psychics, Writers, Clairvoyants
PlotLoneliness, Supernatural, Mental disorders, Snow, Ghosts
PlaceLabyrinths, Hotels, USA
TimeWinter
StylePsychological problems, Action, By books, Atmospheric, Tense

Jack Torrance accepts a caretaker job at the Overlook Hotel, where he, along with his wife Wendy and their son Danny, must live isolated from the rest of the world for the winter. But they aren't prepared for the madness that lurks within.

Markimdb: 7.6
Genrefantasy, comedy, melodrama
CountrySouth Korea
Duration00:30
CharactersTeens
PlotLove, Passion, Ghosts, Cheating
PlaceKorea
TimeDark ones
StyleRomantic, Disturbing

Hyun-Ji studied for her 19 years before she died in an accident. She is now a ghost and has wandered around the world for several years. Hyun-Ji then meets exorcist Park Bong-Pal. Hyun-Ji and Bong-Pal listens to various stories from ghosts and sends them to the otherworld.

Markimdb: 4.5
Genrehorror, fantasy, detective
CountryFrance
Duration01:26
CharactersDemons
PlotObsession, Mystery, Death

A collection of artifacts from an archeological dig in Egypt are brought to the famous Louvre museum in Paris, and while experts are using a laser scanning device to determine the age of a sarcophagus, a ghostly spirit escapes and makes its way into the museum's electrical system.

Markimdb: 5.1
Genrehorror
CountryMexico

Sofia, an insecure young woman, begins babysitting two troublesome siblings that turn her job into a complete living hell. That is until a devilish presence starts messing with the trio and they must band together to fight the demon away.

Genrefantastic, melodrama, drama
PlotLife after death

After surviving a car accident that took the life of her boyfriend, a teenage girl believes he's attempting to reconnect with her from the after world.

Markimdb: 5.5
Genrehorror
CountrySpain, France
PlotSupernatural, Moving
PlaceSpain

Inspired by real events, the story centers around a family in the 70s who settles in the Madrid neighborhood of Malasaña where their new house will become the worst of their nightmares.

Markimdb: 5.5
Genrehorror, fantasy, detective
CountryAustralia, USA
Duration01:46
CharactersSerial killers, Widows
PlotOn real events, Money, Earthquake, Death, Curses
PlaceMansions, California
StyleExciting, Philosophical, Gothic

San Jose, California, 1906. Isolated in her labyrinthine mansion, eccentric firearm heiress Sarah Winchester believes that she is being haunted by the souls of those killed by the guns manufactured by her company.

Markimdb: 5.8
Genrehorror, drama
CountryUSA
Duration01:17
CharactersFamily
PlotDeath, Supernatural, Curses, Ghosts, Fear
PlaceUSA
TimeDark ones
StylePsychological problems, Atmospheric, Serious, Disturbing

When Simon brings his twelve year-old son, Finn, to rural Vermont to help flip an old farmhouse, they encounter the malicious spirit of Lydia, a previous owner. And now with every repair they make - she's getting stronger.

Markimdb: 5.4
Genrehorror, thriller
CountryUSA
Duration01:30
CharactersZombie, Disabled people
PlotSupernatural, Mystery, Ghosts, Voodoo
PlaceParallel worlds, Estate
StylePsychological problems, Creepy, Serious, Disturbing

A young woman recuperating at her father's run-down home after a tragic accident soon encounters a terrifying presence with a connection to her long-deceased mother.

Markimdb: 7.6
Genrehorror, thriller, detective
CountrySpain, USA, France, Italy
Duration01:44
CharactersClairvoyants
PlotSuperpowers, Supernatural, Life after death, Ghosts
PlaceParallel worlds
StyleUnexpected ending, Atmospheric, Smart, Tense, Gloomy

Grace is a religious woman who lives in an old house kept dark because her two children, Anne and Nicholas, have a rare sensitivity to light. When the family begins to suspect the house is haunted, Grace fights to protect her children at any cost in the face of strange events and disturbing visions.

Markimdb: 8.2
Genrefantastic, thriller, fantasy, drama, detective
CountryUSA
Duration01:47
CharactersChildrens, Doctors, Psychologists, Clairvoyants, Psychiatrists
PlotLove, Superpowers, Mystery, Death, Supernatural
PlaceUSA
StyleInteresting, Unexpected ending, Psychological problems, Action, Twisted plot

A psychological thriller about an eight year old boy named Cole Sear who believes he can see into the world of the dead. A child psychologist named Malcolm Crowe comes to Cole to help him deal with his problem, learning that he really can see ghosts of dead people.

Markimdb: 6.9
Genrefantasy, melodrama, drama
CountryUSA
Duration02:17
CharactersPianists, Single mothers, Widows, Singers
PlotDancing, Money, Loneliness, Death, Computers
PlaceParty, Kitchen, Hospitals
TimeFuture
StylePsychological problems, Philosophical, Touching

Recently deceased, a white-sheeted ghost returns to his suburban home to console his bereft wife, only to find that in his spectral state he has become unstuck in time, forced to watch passively as the life he knew and the woman he loves slowly slip away.

Markimdb: 8.1
Genrefantasy, adventure, family, detective
CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
Duration02:10
CharactersTeens, Teachers, Harry Potter, Pupils, Friends
PlotMagic, Fighting Evil, Mystery, Ghosts, Damn things
PlaceSchool, Forest, England

Harry, Ron and Hermione continue their quest to vanquish the evil Voldemort once and for all. Just as things begin to look hopeless for the young wizards, Harry discovers a trio of magical objects that endow him with powers to rival Voldemort's formidable skills.

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Genrehorror, thriller, drama
CountryFrance, Belgium
CharactersDemons, Disabled people
PlotSupernatural, Death, Damn things, Ghosts, Voodoo
TimeNew Year
StyleTense, Serious, Disturbing

Eva, an ex-dancer, is now living in a wheelchair, unable to walk. When her friend Sophie gives her an old wooden antique advent calendar before Christmas, she realizes each window contains a surprise that triggers repercussions in real life: some of them good, but most of them bad... Now Eva will have to choose between getting rid of the calendar or walking again… even if it causes death around her.





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