Highest-Rated Movies about 'Ghosts'

The Innocents (1961), Supernatural (2005), Graves End (2005), The Shining (1980), Bed of the Dead (2016), Fanny and Alexander (1982), Southbound (2015), Orpheus (1950) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Ghosts movies.

#16. The Haunting (1963)

Storyline: Dr. Markway, doing research to prove the existence of ghosts, investigates Hill House, a large, eerie mansion with a lurid history of violent death and insanity. With him are the skeptical young Luke, who stands to inherit the house, the mysterious and clairvoyant Theodora and the insecure Eleanor, whose psychic abilities make her feel somehow attuned to whatever spirits inhabit the old mansion. As time goes by it becomes obvious that they have gotten more than they bargained for as the ghostly presence in the house manifests itself in horrific and deadly ways.

Plot Keywords: horror, psychological thriller, supernatural, haunted house, black and white, classic, gothic ...

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#17. The Orphanage (2007)

Storyline: Laura, a former orphan, raises her adopted son Simón together with her husband Carlos in an old house and former orphanage where she was raised. While at the orphanage Simón tells Laura that he has five invisible friends which she believes are a product of his active imagination. Laura decides to reopen the orphanage to cater for disabled children and throws a party. During the party Simón tries to persuade Laura to go and take a look at his friends cabin but she's too busy. Later on she sees a mysterious masked boy and realizes that Simón has also disappeared. Laura feels the presence of other people in the house and months later Laura invites a team of parapsychologists to try to unravel the mystery.

Plot Keywords: horror, mystery, thriller, supernatural, haunted house, paranormal, psychological horror ...

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#19. The Ghost Breakers (1940)

Storyline: Mary Carter inherits her family's ancestral home, located on a small island off Cuba, and, despite warnings and death threats, decides to take possession of the reputedly haunted castle. She is joined by radio broadcaster Larry Lawrence who, believing he has killed a mob gunman, flees New York with his butler, Alex. Once on the island the threesome enter the eerie castle and after viewing the ghost of one of Mary's ancestors and fighting off a menacing zombie, they find the key to the castle's treasure but are interrupted by an all-too-human foe.—Doug Sederberg <vornoff@sonic.net>

Plot Keywords: comedy, horror, mystery, dark comedy, supernatural, haunted house, ghosts ...

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#20. Daffy Duck's Quackbusters (1988)

Storyline: join Daffy Duck, the co-hero and main deuteragonist of Looney Toons, who's now on an adventure of the last Looney Toons package compilation movie and Daffy Duck's second movie as the spotlight shines onto Daffy once again as the hero. in this movie, Daffy is hired to become the owner of a company after winning a prize reward. Daffy opens it as a super secret pest-control detective spy exterminator agency with all his Looney Toons pals, they must go on a spooky mysterious fantasy adventure for the supernatural to stop the monsters that haunt, attack and invade their home city neighbourhood of Toon-Town.

Plot Keywords: animation, comedy, horror, warner bros, humor, parody, anthology ...

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#22. The Frighteners (1996)

Storyline: After a car accident in which his wife, Debra, was killed and he was injured, Frank Bannister develops psychic abilities allowing him to see, hear, and communicate with ghosts. After losing his wife, he then gave up his job as an architect, letting his unfinished "dream house" sit incomplete for years, and put these skills to use by befriending a few ghosts and getting them to haunt houses in the area to drum up work for his ghostbusting business; Then Frank proceeds to "exorcise" the houses for a fee. But when he discovers that an entity resembling the Grim Reaper is killing people, marking numbers on their forehead beforehand, Frank tries to help the people whom the Reaper is after!

Plot Keywords: horror, comedy, supernatural, thriller, dark comedy, ghosts, paranormal ...

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#23. Scrooged (1988)

Storyline: Francis Xavier Cross is a cynical, mean spirited television executive, he treats his loyal assistant with contempt. He just sacked a member of staff on Christmas Eve for simply disagreeing with him, and he's alienated himself from his brother who still insists on inviting Frank to Christmas dinner despite him refusing to go every year. However, Frank is forced to learn the true meaning of Christmas when he's visited by three ghosts.

Plot Keywords: comedy, christmas, fantasy, adaptation, classic, satire, modern adaptation ...

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#24. ParaNorman (2012)

Storyline: In the town of Blithe Hollow, Norman Babcock is a boy who can speak to the dead, but no one besides his eccentric new friend, Neil, believes his ability is real. One day, Norman's estranged eccentric uncle tells him of an important annual ritual he must take up to protect the town from a curse cast by a witch it condemned centuries ago. Eventually, Norman decides to cooperate, but things don't go according to plan. Now, a magic storm of the witch threatens Blithe Hollow as the accursed dead rise. Together with unexpected new companions, Norman struggles to save his town, only to discover the horrific truth of the curse. With that insight, Norman must resolve the crisis for good as only he can.

Plot Keywords: animation, comedy, horror, family, fantasy, adventure, zombie ...

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#25. The Amazing Mr. Blunden (1972)

Storyline: A mysterious, very old solicitor Mr. Blunden visits Mrs. Allen and her young children in her squalid, tiny Camden Town flat and makes her an offer she cannot refuse. The family become the housekeepers to a derelict country mansion in the charge of the solicitors. One day the children meet the spirits of two other children who died in the mansion nearly a hundred years previously. The children prepare a magic potion that allows them to travel backwards in time to the era of the ghost children. Will the children be able to help their new friends and what will happen to them if they do??—Mark Smith <msmith@osi.co.uk>

Plot Keywords: fantasy, family, adventure, supernatural, time travel, ghosts, victorian era ...

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#26. Tales of Terror (1962)

Storyline: Three stories adapted from the work of Edgar Allen Poe. A man and his daughter are reunited, but the blame for the death of his wife hangs over them, unresolved. A derelict challenges the local wine-tasting champion to a competition, but finds the man's attention to his wife worthy of more dramatic action. A man dying and in great pain agrees to be hypnotized at the moment of death, with unexpected consequences.—David Carroll <davidc@atom.ansto.gov.au>

Plot Keywords: horror, thriller, gothic, anthology, black and white, classic, supernatural ...

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#27. The Halfway House (1944)

Storyline: A group of travellers, each with a personal problem that they want to hide, arrives at a mysterious Welsh country inn. There is a certain strangeness in the air as they are greeted by the innkeeper and his daughter (Mervyn Johns and his real life daughter Glynis Johns). Why are all the newspapers a year old ? And why doesn't Gwyneth seem to cast a shadow ?—Steve Crook <steve@brainstorm.co.uk>

Plot Keywords: horror, mystery, supernatural, psychological thriller, ghosts, british film, black and white ...

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#28. ...E tu vivrai nel terrore! L'aldilà (1981)

Storyline: The cellar of an old hotel is built on top of the door to the beyond. Bloody zombies roam there. A young woman who is heir of the hotel wants to restaurate it. She is confronted with strange events. A painter has a lethal fall, the plumber vanishes and her friend breaks his neck. When she escapes to the hospital of a friendly doctor she doesn't know what a nightmare is waiting there...

Plot Keywords: horror, supernatural, haunted house, hell, curse, gore, cult ...

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#29. The Fog (1980)

Storyline: The town of Antonio Bay, California is about to celebrate their centennial celebration. Unbeknownst all of them 100yrs ago a terrible crime was committed by six of the town"s elders involving a ship of lepers. Now the lepers are back for revenge in an ominous glowing fog that is covering the town.

Plot Keywords: horror, suspense, supernatural, ghosts, revenge, curse, small town ...

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#30. Odd Thomas (2013)

Storyline: Small-town fry cook Odd Thomas (Anton Yelchin) is an ordinary guy with a paranormal secret: he sees dead people, everywhere. When a creepy stranger shows-up with an entourage of ghostly bodachs - predators who feed on pain and portend mass destruction - Odd knows that his town is in serious trouble. Teaming up with his sweetheart Stormy (Addison Timlin) and the local sheriff (Willem Dafoe), Odd plunges into an epic battle of good vs evil to try to stop a disaster of apocalyptic proportions. Based on the best-selling thriller by Dean Koontz.

Plot Keywords: supernatural, mystery, thriller, crime, paranormal, action, fantasy ...

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