20 best movies like The Canterville Ghost (1944)


List of the best movies like The Canterville Ghost (1944): The Hallow, Don't Kill It, Race to Witch Mountain, Dark Shadows, The Crow: Wicked Prayer, Dead Like Me: Life After Death, The Boy Who Cried Werewolf, The White Haired Witch of Lunar Kingdom, The Phantom, The Devil and Max Devlin.

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Markimdb: 5.7
Genrehorror, fantasy
CountryRepublic of Ireland, United Kingdom, USA
Duration01:45

    A family who moved into a remote mill house in Ireland finds themselves in a fight for survival with demonic creatures living in the woods.

    Markimdb: 5.2
    Genrehorror, action, fantasy, comedy
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:56

    Demon hunter, Jebediah Huntley teams up with an FBI agent to battle a supernatural force in the southern state of Mississippi.

    Markimdb: 5.7
    Genrefantastic, thriller, comedy, adventure, family
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:38

      A taxi driver gets more than he bargained for when he picks up two teen runaways. Not only does the pair possess supernatural powers, but they're also trying desperately to escape people who have made them their targets.

      Markimdb: 6.2
      Genrefantasy, comedy, melodrama
      CountryUSA, Australia, United Kingdom
      Duration01:53

      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.

      Markimdb: 3
      Genrehorror, action, thriller, fantasy, comedy, drama, adventure
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:39

      Jimmy Cuervo is a down-on-his-luck ex-con living in a polluted mining town on a reservation that would run him out of town if not for the remainder of his probation. With his time nearly finished, he plans to start a new life with his girlfriend Lily , and leave the town for good. But Luc Crash and Lola Byrne head up a local gang of local Satanists who murder Jimmy and Lily in a brutal ritual.

      Markimdb: 6
      Genrefantasy, comedy, drama
      CountryCanada, USA

      When George and her colleagues get a new boss whose focus is on moving souls quickly and enjoying life without consequences, the team begins to break the strict reaper rules. While her friends fall victim to their desires for money, success, and fame, George breaks another rule by revealing her true identity to her living family.

      Markimdb: 5.9
      Genrehorror, fantasy, comedy, family
      CountryUSA, Canada
      Duration01:23

      A Californian family inherits a castle in Romania. This is especially exciting to the son, who is obsessed with monsters. And he is not disappointed.

      Markimdb: 5.3
      Genrefantasy
      CountryChina
      Duration01:44

      In the twilight of the Ming Dynasty, the Imperial court is plagued by corruption as tyrants rule over the land. With the Manchurians preying on a weakened empire, war is imminent. To save the victims from their suffering, sorceress Jade Raksha fights the soldiers that oppress people for their own gain. As payback, local government officials decide to pin the murder of Governor Zhuo Zhonglian on Jade, turning her and the members of her cult into wanted fugitives for a crime they didn't commit.

      Markimdb: 5
      Genreaction, fantasy, comedy, adventure
      CountryAustralia, USA
      Duration01:40

      The 21st successor to the role of Bengalla's resident superhero must travel to New York to prevent a rich madman from obtaining three magic skulls that would give him the secret to ultimate power.

      Markimdb: 5
      Genrefantasy, comedy, family
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:36

      When Max dies in an accident, he goes straight to hell. But the devil Barney makes him an offer: if he manages to get three innocent youths to sell him their souls in the next two months, he may stay on earth. Max accepts, and returns to earth, equipped with special powers. However, his task is harder than expected, especially when 7 years old Tobi demands that he marry his mother.

      Markimdb: 5.3
      Genrefantasy, adventure
      CountryChina, Hong Kong, USA
      Duration01:59

      The story of Chinese legendary anti-hero Zhong Kui, a young man endowed with mysterious powers who is forced into a battle among the realms of Heaven, Earth and Hell in the course of his attempt to save his countrymen and the woman he loves.

      Markimdb: 4.8
      Genrefantasy, comedy, adventure, family
      CountryGermany

      Vlad has just moved and joined one of the most famous magical schools in the world, where he meets fairies, witches, trolls and dwarfs. Him and his father are the first vampires in town, but he soon meets other special kids.

      Markimdb: 3.3
      Genreaction, fantasy, adventure
      CountryUSA, Malaysia
      Duration01:54

      A warrior fleeing the violence of his past must take up the sword and risk everything to face a god of incalculable power.

      Markimdb: 5
      Genrehorror
      CountryMexico, USA

      Satanists in the middle west terrorize and sometimes melt the terrified locals.

      Markimdb: 6.8
      Genrehorror, fantasy, comedy, melodrama
      CountryUnited Kingdom
      Duration01:35

      An American businessman's family convinces him to buy a Scottish castle and disassemble it to ship it to America brick by brick, where it will be put it back together. The castle though is not the only part of the deal, with it goes the several-hundred year old ghost who haunts it.

      Markimdb: 4.9
      Genrehorror, fantasy, drama
      CountryUSA

      Catherine Bomarzini returns to the family castle in Italy after her father's death and gets caught in the web of a mysterious love triangle: a man who is at times repulsive, at others enchanting; and a creature of the night whose gentle eyes and touch reveal his infinitive love and devotion. With the help of Martha, her faithful childhood nanny, and the ghost of a slain young girl, Catherine discovers the medieval curse that threatens their lives and only she can dispel.

      Markimdb: 4.5
      Genrethriller
      CountryNorway
      Duration01:15

      Two German soldiers has taken a Norwegian soldier as prisoner, during one of the cold Scandianvian winter nights during WW2. They are thankful that they find a lonely house out in the wilderness, but the houses aren't that cozy after all.

      Markimdb: 5
      Genrehorror, thriller, fantasy, detective
      CountryUSA, United Kingdom
      Duration01:53

      Dr. David Marrow invites Nell Vance, and Theo and Luke Sanderson to the eerie and isolated Hill House to be subjects for a sleep disorder study. The unfortunate guests discover that Marrow is far more interested in the sinister mansion itself – and they soon see the true nature of its horror.

      Markimdb: 5
      Genreaction, comedy, adventure, family
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:25

      A lonely cat living in a mall pet shop has a sour outlook on life until, in the midst of the holiday rush, she’s swept up into a robbery and a friendship with a human girl.

      Markimdb: 5.7
      Genrehorror, thriller, fantasy, comedy
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:28

      After moving into a new neighbourhood, brothers Dane & Lucas and their neighbour Julie discover a bottomless hole in the basement of their home. They find that once the hole is exposed, evil is unleashed. With strange shadows lurking around every corner and nightmares coming to life, they are forced to come face to face with their darkest fears to put an end to the mystery of THE HOLE.

      Markimdb: 7.1
      Genrehorror, fantasy, comedy
      CountryNew Zealand, USA
      Duration02:03

      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 people dying in the small town where he lives. As he tries to piece together the supernatural mystery of these killings, he falls in love with the wife of one of the victims and deals with a crazy FBI agent.

      Markimdb: 5.9
      Genrefantasy, comedy, drama, musical, adventure
      CountryUSA
      Duration02:05

        In a woods filled with magic and fairy tale characters, a baker and his wife set out to end the curse put on them by their neighbor, a spiteful witch.

        Markimdb: 6
        Genrefantasy, comedy
        CountryUSA

        Y2K is approaching fast, but Abbie can’t get off the couch until he beats an unbeatable level on Pac-Man.

        Markimdb: 4.9
        Genrehorror, fantastic, thriller, fantasy
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:31

        A group of college friends discover a 15th century coffin that allows them to experience the world as ghosts. While their first adventures in the spirit world are playful and innocent, the "Box of Shadows" soon brings out the group's most dangerous impulses and desires. The friends find themselves pulled into a world of evil where they learn the line between life and death is there for a reason.

        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
        Genrefantasy, comedy, family, military
        CountryUSA, United Kingdom, France
        Duration01:49

        Nanny McPhee appears at the door of a harried young mother, Mrs. Isabel Green, who is trying to run the family farm while her husband is away at war. But once she’s arrived, Nanny McPhee discovers that the children are fighting a war of their own against two spoiled city cousins who have just moved in. Relying on everything from a flying motorcycle and a statue that comes to life to a tree-climbing piglet and a baby elephant, Nanny uses her magic to teach her mischievous charges five new lessons.

        Markimdb: 5.4
        Genrehorror, action, thriller, fantasy, adventure
        CountryUSA, United Kingdom, Spain
        Duration01:40

        Though no one can see him, Hollow Face lurks in the corners, desperately desiring love but only knowing how to spread fear and hate. He creeps into the life of John Farrow after Farrow’s beloved 13-year-old daughter Mia is assaulted in their home. The line between the real and the imaginary blurs as fissures start to open within the family unit. It seems that no security measure can keep Hollow Face out.

        Markimdb: 5.8
        Genrehorror, action, fantasy, comedy, melodrama
        CountryUSA, United Kingdom
        Duration02:30

        A zombie outbreak has fallen upon the land in this reimagining of Jane Austen’s classic tale of the tangled relationships between lovers from different social classes in 19th century England. Feisty heroine Elizabeth Bennet (Lily James) is a master of martial arts and weaponry and the handsome Mr. Darcy (Sam Riley) is a fierce zombie killer, yet the epitome of upper class prejudice. As the zombie outbreak intensifies, they must swallow their pride and join forces on the blood-soaked battlefield in order to conquer the undead once and for all.

        Markimdb: 6.7
        Genrefantasy, comedy, melodrama, drama
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:42

        Dentist, Bertram Pincus is a man whose people skills leave much to be desired. When Pincus dies unexpectedly, but is miraculously revived after seven minutes, he wakes up to discover that he now has the annoying ability to see ghosts.

        Markimdb: 5.9
        Genrehorror, fantasy, comedy
        CountryUSA

        Two fraternity pledges go to a sleazy bar looking for strippers to entertain their college friends.

        Markimdb: 5.7
        Genrefantasy, comedy
        CountryRepublic of Ireland, United Kingdom, USA
        Duration01:39

        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 tourists arrive - along with some real ghosts.

        Markimdb: 5.1
        Genrehorror, fantasy, comedy, family, detective
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:28

        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 Sara and he thinks she's his lost lover.

        Markimdb: 6.9
        Genrefantasy, melodrama, drama, military
        CountryUSA
        Duration02:02

        Pete Sandidge, a daredevil bomber pilot, dies when he crashes his plane into a German aircraft carrier, leaving his devoted girlfriend, Dorinda, who is also a pilot, heartbroken. In heaven, Pete receives a new assignment: He is to become the guardian angel for Ted Randall, a young Army flyer. Invisibly, Pete guides Ted through flight school and into combat, but the ghostly mentor’s tolerance is tested when Ted falls for Dorinda. Ultimately however, Pete not only comes to terms with their relationship, but also acts as Dorinda’s copilot when she undertakes a dangerous bombing raid so that Ted won’t have to.

        Markimdb: 7.1
        Genrefantasy, comedy, melodrama
        CountryUSA

        Rocksford, New England, 1672. Puritan witch hunter Jonathan Wooley is cursed after burning a witch at the stake: his descendants will never find happiness in their marriages. At present, politician Wallace Wooley, who is running for state governor, is about to marry his sponsor's daughter.

        Markimdb: 8
        Genrefantasy, comedy, melodrama, drama, military
        CountryUnited Kingdom
        Duration01:44

        When a young airman miraculously survives bailing out of his aeroplane without a parachute, he falls in love with an American radio operator. But the officials in the other world realise their mistake, and dispatch an angel to collect him.

        Markimdb: 6.1
        Genreaction, comedy, melodrama, drama, military
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:43

        During the Battle of the Bulge, an anachronistic count shelters a ragtag squad of Americans in his isolated castle hoping they will defend it against the advancing Germans.

        Markimdb: 5
        Genrehorror, fantasy, comedy
        CountryUSA

        A group of college students break into an abandoned convent and become possessed by demonic spirits.

        Markimdb: 4.8
        Genrehorror, thriller, fantasy, drama
        CountryUnited Kingdom, Canada, USA, Sweden
        Duration01:34

        40 years after the first haunting at Eel Marsh House, a group of children evacuated from WWII London arrive, awakening the house's darkest inhabitant.

        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: 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.

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