20 best movies like Ghostbusters (1984)


List of the best movies like Ghostbusters (1984): Ghostbusters, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows, R.I.P.D., Girl vs. Monster, Behemoth, Underdog, *batteries not included, Big Trouble in Little China, A Knight in Camelot, Last Action Hero.

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Markimdb: 6.7
Genrefantastic, action, fantasy, comedy
CountryUSA, Australia
Duration01:52

    Following a ghost invasion of Manhattan, paranormal enthusiasts Erin Gilbert and Abby Yates, nuclear engineer Jillian Holtzmann, and subway worker Patty Tolan band together to stop the otherworldly threat.

    Markimdb: 5.9
    Genrefantastic, action, comedy, adventure, crime
    CountryUSA, Hong Kong, China, Canada, Denmark, Germany, United Kingdom
    Duration02:29

    After supervillain Shredder escapes custody, he joins forces with mad scientist Baxter Stockman and two dimwitted henchmen, Bebop and Rocksteady, to unleash a diabolical plan to take over the world. As the Turtles prepare to take on Shredder and his new crew, they find themselves facing an even greater evil with similar intentions: the notorious Krang.

    Markimdb: 5.6
    Genrefantastic, action, fantasy, comedy, adventure
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:36

      A recently slain cop joins a team of undead police officers working for the Rest in Peace Department and tries to find the man who murdered him. Based on the comic by Peter M. Lenkov.

      Markimdb: 5.3
      Genrefantastic, action, fantasy, comedy, adventure, family
      CountryUSA, Canada
      Duration01:29

      Skylar finds out that her parents are monster hunters after she accidentally releases some monsters from a secret containment chamber; so she and her techno friends must recapture all the monsters and also save her mom and dad from these monsters who are out for revenge.

      Markimdb: 3.6
      Genrehorror, fantastic, action, thriller, fantasy, comedy, adventure
      CountryUSA, Canada
      Duration01:30

      Scientists discover a giant creature under the Earth that is wrapped around the entire planet. When the creature wakes all grumpy, it causes worldwide destruction.

      Markimdb: 4.7
      Genrefantastic, action, fantasy, comedy, adventure, family
      CountryUSA

      A lab accident gives a hound named Shoeshine some serious superpowers -- a secret that the dog eventually shares with the young boy who becomes his owner and friend.

      Markimdb: 6.6
      Genrefantastic, fantasy, comedy, family
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:46

      In a soon to be demolished block of apartments, the residents resist the criminal methods used to force them to leave so a greedy tycoon can build his new skyscraper. When tiny mechanical aliens land for a recharge, they decide to stay and help out.

      Markimdb: 7.3
      Genreaction, fantasy, comedy, adventure
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:40

      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 perfect target for immortal sorcerer Lo Pan and his three invincible cronies. Lo Pan must marry a girl with green eyes so he can regain his physical form.

      Markimdb: 4.7
      Genrefantastic, fantasy, comedy, adventure, family
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:30

      Yet another variation on Mark Twain's "A Connecticut Yankee At King Arthur's Court." Here, a computer malfunction causes a science researcher to be sent back in time with her laptop, which she uses to amaze the court.

      Markimdb: 6.4
      Genreaction, fantasy, comedy, adventure
      CountryUSA
      Duration02:10

      Danny is obsessed with a fictional movie character action hero Jack Slater. When a magical ticket transports him into Jack's latest adventure, Danny finds himself in a world where movie magic and reality collide. Now it's up to Danny to save the life of his hero and new friend.

      Markimdb: 7.1
      Genrefantastic, action, adventure
      CountryUSA, Canada
      Duration02:11

      When Tony Stark's world is torn apart by a formidable terrorist called the Mandarin, he starts an odyssey of rebuilding and retribution.

      Markimdb: 5.1
      Genrehorror, fantastic, action, thriller, fantasy, comedy, crime, detective
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:48

      Supernatural private eye, Dylan Dog, seeks out the monsters of the Louisiana bayou in his signature red shirt, black jacket and blue jeans.

      Markimdb: 5.5
      Genrefantastic, action, comedy
      CountryUSA, China, Canada
      Duration02:02

      Video game experts are recruited by the military to fight 1980s-era video game characters who've attacked New York.

      Markimdb: 4.8
      Genrehorror, fantastic, action, thriller, fantasy, comedy
      CountryUSA

      Seven female directors present seven short films.

      Markimdb: 6.4
      Genrehorror, fantastic, fantasy, comedy
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:46

      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 devilish green creatures invade a top-secret laboratory and develop genetically altered powers, making them even harder to destroy!

      Markimdb: 6.5
      Genrefantastic, action, fantasy, comedy, drama, adventure, music
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:31

      In a post-apocalyptic world where the Russians have taken over a nuked USA and Elvis is king of Lost Vegas, Buddy is a '50s rocker and wandering warrior rolled into one, too-cool package. Armed with his six-string in one hand and his sword in the other, Buddy is on his way to Vegas to succeed Elvis as King. Along the way, he saves an orphan who decides to tag along.

      Markimdb: 7.4
      Genrehorror, fantastic, action, thriller, fantasy, drama, adventure, family
      CountryUSA, United Kingdom
      Duration01:45

      A man-cub named Mowgli fostered by wolves. After a threat from the tiger Shere Khan, Mowgli is forced to flee the jungle, by which he embarks on a journey of self discovery with the help of the panther, Bagheera and the free-spirited bear, Baloo.

      Markimdb: 5.7
      Genrefantastic, action, fantasy, comedy
      CountryUSA
      Duration02:37

      America's 7th Best Superhero Team, the Specials, are a group of geeks and oddballs. We get to see one day in their lives as fan and new member Nightbird joins the group, just in time for the group to get a new line of action figures. But the members' extreme personalities and personal issues threaten to rip the group apart.

      Markimdb: 4.7
      Genrefantastic, fantasy, comedy, family
      CountryUSA, United Arab Emirates
      Duration01:29

      A young boy's discovery of a colorful, wish-granting rock causes chaos in the suburban town of Black Falls when jealous kids and scheming adults alike set out to get their hands on it.

      Markimdb: 4.4
      Genrefantastic, action, comedy
      CountryUSA

      In a world where supervillains are commonplace, two estranged childhood best friends reunite after one devises a treatment that gives them powers to protect their city.

      Markimdb: 3
      Genrehorror, fantastic, action, thriller, fantasy, comedy, adventure
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:21

      A scientist enlists the help of the US army to investigate the mysterious disappearance of her father, deep in the Belizean jungle. Caught in the crossfire between a brutal guerrilla army controlled by a mystical warlord, they are also confronted by an even bigger terror giant mutated wasps that are, for some reason, thirsty for blood.

      Markimdb: 6.7
      Genreaction, fantasy, comedy, drama, adventure, family
      CountryUSA, New Zealand
      Duration02:18

      For years, old wood carver Mr. Meacham has delighted local children with his tales of the fierce dragon that resides deep in the woods of the Pacific Northwest. To his daughter, Grace, who works as a forest ranger, these stories are little more than tall tales... until she meets Pete, a mysterious 10-year-old with no family and no home who claims to live in the woods with a giant, green dragon named Elliott. And from Pete's descriptions, Elliott seems remarkably similar to the dragon from Mr. Meacham's stories. With the help of Natalie, an 11-year-old girl whose father Jack owns the local lumber mill, Grace sets out to determine where Pete came from, where he belongs, and the truth about this dragon.

      Markimdb: 6.1
      Genrefantastic, action, fantasy, comedy, adventure, family, cartoon, crime, detective
      CountryUSA

      Former Gotham City District Attorney Harvey Dent, one side of his face scarred by acid, goes on a crime spree based on the number '2'. All of his actions are decided by the flip of a defaced, two-headed silver dollar.

      Markimdb: 3.3
      Genrefantastic, comedy
      CountryUSA
      Duration02:32

      Hot Bot is the hilarious journey of two sexually repressed and unpopular teenage geeks who accidentally discover a life-like super-model sex bot (Bardot).

      Markimdb: 7.2
      Genrefantastic, action, fantasy, comedy
      CountryUSA, Canada, United Kingdom

      Supervillains Harley Quinn, Bloodsport, Peacemaker and a collection of nutty cons at Belle Reve prison join the super-secret, super-shady Task Force X as they are dropped off at the remote, enemy-infused island of Corto Maltese.

      Markimdb: 6
      Genreaction, thriller, fantasy, comedy, drama, adventure
      CountryChina
      Duration02:01

      At the beginning of the 1990s, famous tomb explorer Hu Bayi decided to retire and move to the United States with his girlfriend Shirley. But before his wedding, Bayi discovers his first love Ding Shitian, who supposedly had died in the "One Hundred Cave" 20 years ago, is actually still alive. Together with Shirley and his old exploration partner, Bayi unravels a terrible millennium-old secret...

      Markimdb: 7.1
      Genrefantastic, fantasy, comedy, melodrama
      CountryUSA

      Charles Whitley travels from 1903 to 2020 where he meets Megan Turner, a tour guide at his historic mansion, and experiences a 21st Century Christmas.

      Markimdb: 6.4
      Genrefantastic, action, fantasy
      CountryJapan
      Duration01:39

      High school student Ichigo Kurosaki lives an ordinary life, besides being able to see ghosts and the blurry memories of his mother death under strange circumstances when he was a kid. His peaceful world suddenly breaks as he meets Rukia Kuchiki, a God of Death.

      Markimdb: 6.2
      Genrefantastic, action, thriller, comedy
      CountryCanada, USA, Spain, South Korea
      Duration01:58

      A woman discovers that severe catastrophic events are somehow connected to the mental breakdown from which she's suffering.

      Markimdb: 6.7
      Genrefantasy, comedy, drama
      CountryUnited Kingdom
      Duration01:34

      In writer-director Nick Whitfield's black indie comedy, a pair of "exorcists" (Ed Gaughan and Andrew Buckley) with the power to rid people of their secrets agree to help a woman (Paprika Steen) whose daughter (Tuppence Middleton) is mute -- and whose husband is missing. Jason Isaacs co-stars as the mysterious Colonel, who seems to be calling the shots from the sidelines of the duo's shadowy enterprise.

      Markimdb: 3.8
      Genrefantastic, action, fantasy, comedy, adventure
      CountryUSA, France, Denmark
      Duration01:36

      Two brothers have half of a powerful ancient Chinese talisman. An evil gang leader has the other half, and determines to get the brothers' half and have a complete medallion so he can gain absolute power.

      Markimdb: 5.4
      Genrefantastic, fantasy, comedy, adventure, family
      CountryUSA, Canada
      Duration01:26

      A group of kids must protect their vacation home from invading aliens.

      Markimdb: 6.3
      Genrefantastic, action, fantasy, comedy
      CountryItaly, Spain, USA
      Duration01:37

      While delivering a parking ticket to a small village in the Florida everglades, Officer Dave Speed finds himself in the middle of a radiation experiment conducted by the American government and NASA, where a detonated nuclear missile gives him a multitude of superpowers.

      Markimdb: 4.5
      Genrefantastic, action, comedy
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:30

      Shep Ramsey is an interstellar hero, righting wrongs, etc. His ship is damaged after a fight with an interstellar nasty and he must hide out on Earth until it can recharge. He leaves his power suit at home, but still finds himself unable to allow wrongs to go unrighted and so mixes it up with bad drivers, offensive paperboys, muggers and the like.

      Markimdb: 6
      Genrefantastic, action, comedy
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:25

      Jim Belushi plays a super-competent secret agent on the trail of Russian thugs. John Ritter plays a milquetoast dad who gets mixed up in the caper. The story follows their adventures over the course of a week, in which Ritter develops some guts and Belushi gets in touch with his sensitive side.

      Markimdb: 4.9
      Genrefantastic, action, fantasy, comedy, melodrama, drama
      CountryHong Kong, China
      Duration01:42

      The young monk Taka and his three disciples are captured by a demonic tree. Taka manages to escape thanks to the magic stick of Monkey King and decided to go free his companions. En route, he encounters a strange ally called Meiyan, a girl who is half-human and half monster. As Taka and his new friend set off on a fantastic adventure they will face many hardships and battles and may very well decide the fate of humanity and the entire universe...

      Markimdb: 3.7
      Genrehorror, action, fantasy, comedy
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:18

      Faced with extinction, two park rangers are forced to defend the national park against hordes of rampaging orcs. Ancient and long forgotten, these orcs are unleashed from the depths of the mountains, and they won't stop until we're all dead.

      Markimdb: 6.1
      Genrefantastic, action, thriller, adventure
      CountryUSA, Canada
      Duration01:28

      David Rice is a man who knows no boundaries, a Jumper, born with the uncanny ability to teleport instantly to anywhere on Earth. When he discovers others like himself, David is thrust into a dangerous and bloodthirsty war while being hunted by a sinister and determined group of zealots who have sworn to destroy all Jumpers. Now, David’s extraordinary gift may be his only hope for survival!

      Markimdb: 7.5
      Genrehorror, fantastic, action, thriller, comedy, adventure, crime
      CountryUSA, Canada
      Duration03:11

        Two full-length feature horror movies written by Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez put together as a two-film feature. Including fake movie trailers in between both movies.

        Markimdb: 4.1
        Genrehorror, fantastic, action, fantasy
        CountryUnited Kingdom, USA, Romania
        Duration01:35

        Beowulf is a wanderer who learns about a man-eating creature called Grendel, which comes in the night to devour warriors trapped at the Outpost. The Outpost is ruled by Hrothgar. He has a daughter, whose husband may have been murdered by the Outpost's master of arms.

        Markimdb: 6
        Genrefantastic, action, fantasy, comedy, musical, adventure
        CountryJapan

        Gan and his girlfriend Ai are mild-mannered toy shop owners by day but, when evil lurks, they transform into superheroes Yatterman 1 & 2. With the help of a dog-shaped robot, Yatterwoof, they take on the Doronbow gang, lead by the sexy Lady Doronjo. Together, they must stop the evil gang from finding the four magical skull pieces that will allow them to control the world!

        Markimdb: 4.4
        Genrehorror, fantastic, action, fantasy, comedy
        CountryJapan
        Duration01:21

        A band of ninja warriors, led by an Iga Ninja named Yamata, witness a giant ball of fire drop from the sky and crash into the forest. When the warriors find and attempt to identify the object, they discover aliens that attack and feast on them. Yamata and the survivors swear vengeance, but in challenging the aliens, they learn that their weapons have no effect.

        Markimdb: 6
        Genrefantasy, comedy, adventure, family
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:40

        A young boy is scared of the monster under his bed. He asks his 6th grade brother to swap rooms for the night as a bet that the monster really exists. Soon the brother becomes friends with the monster and discovers a whole new world of fun and games under his bed where pulling pranks on kids and other monsters is the main attraction.

        Markimdb: 4
        Genrefantastic, action, thriller, fantasy, adventure
        CountryUSA

        During their search for a habitable planet the last living humans crash-land on a barren world, inhabited by bloodthirsty aliens and mysterious post-apocalyptic warriors.

        Markimdb: 5.4
        Genrehorror, action, thriller, fantasy, adventure
        CountryUSA, China, Japan, United Kingdom
        Duration02:28

        Though safely entombed in a crypt deep beneath the unforgiving desert, an ancient queen whose destiny was unjustly taken from her is awakened in our current day, bringing with her malevolence grown over millennia, and terrors that defy human comprehension.

        Markimdb: 3.4
        Genreaction, fantasy, comedy, family
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:27

        When a family visits Grandma's house on Christmas Eve, they leave their dog at home alone. And when burglars try to take the presents from under the tree, the dog must use every trick it knows to stop them.

        Markimdb: 3.6
        Genrefantastic, action, thriller, fantasy, comedy, adventure
        CountryUSA

        Six children genetically cross-bred with avian DNA, complete with wings, take flight around the country to discover their origins.

        Markimdb: 6.1
        Genrefantastic, action, thriller, fantasy, adventure
        CountryUSA, New Zealand, Japan
        Duration02:25

        Many thousands of years in the future, Earth’s cities roam the globe on huge wheels, devouring each other in a struggle for ever diminishing resources. On one of these massive traction cities, the old London, Tom Natsworthy has an unexpected encounter with a mysterious young woman from the wastelands who will change the course of his life forever.

        Markimdb: 4.6
        Genrefantastic, action, fantasy, adventure
        CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
        Duration02:37

        The adventures of teenager Max McGrath and alien companion Steel, who must harness and combine their tremendous new powers to evolve into the turbo-charged superhero Max Steel.

        Markimdb: 5.1
        Genrefantastic, action, fantasy, drama
        CountryJapan
        Duration01:53

        By the year 2050 AD, a mysterious organization called Galactor has occupied half of the Earth and threatens to exterminate the human race. Around the same time, the International Science Organization had uncovered mysterious stones that bear unusual powers. It is said that one person out of approximately eight million is able to harness the power of the stones; they are known as a "Receptor". Dr. Kozaburo Nambu gathers a team of these five lucky Receptors together. Known as the "Gatchaman" team, it is their mission to defeat Galactor.




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