List of ghost films

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Ghost movies and shows can fall into a wide range of genres, including romance, comedy, horror, juvenile interest, and drama. Depictions of ghosts are as diverse as Casper the Friendly Ghost, Beetlejuice, Hamlet's father, Jacob Marley, Freddy Krueger, and Moaning Myrtle, as well as the traditional spectral spirits and other bumps in the night.

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History

With the advent of motion pictures and television, screen depictions of ghosts became common and spanned a variety of genres; the works of Shakespeare, Charles Dickens and Oscar Wilde have all been made into cinematic versions. [1]

Children's benevolent ghost stories became popular, such as Casper the Friendly Ghost, created in the 1930s and appearing in comics, animated cartoons, and eventually the 1995 feature film Casper . Noël Coward's play Blithe Spirit , later made into a film, places a more humorous slant on the phenomenon of haunting of individuals and specific locations, and The Ghost Goes West , a comedy in which a Scottish castle and its ghost are moved to Florida, was voted the best British film of 1935.

Sentimental depictions were more popular in early cinema than horror, and include the 1947 film The Ghost and Mrs. Muir , which was later adapted to television with a successful 1968–70 TV series. [1] Genuine psychological horror films from this period include 1944's The Uninvited and 1945's Dead of Night .

The 1970s saw screen depictions of ghosts diverge into distinct genres of the romantic and horror. A common theme in the romantic genre from this period is the ghost as a benign guide or messenger, often with unfinished business, such as 1989's Field of Dreams , the 1990 film Ghost , and the 1993 comedy Heart and Souls . [2] In the horror genre, 1980's The Fog , and the A Nightmare on Elm Street series of films from the 1980s and 1990s are notable examples of the trend for the merging of ghost stories with scenes of physical violence. [1]

Popularised in such films as the 1984 comedy Ghostbusters , ghost hunting became a hobby for many who formed ghost hunting societies to explore reportedly haunted places. The ghost hunting theme has been featured in reality television series such as Ghost Adventures , Ghost Hunters , Ghost Hunters International , Most Haunted , and A Haunting . It is also represented in children's television by such programs as The Ghost Hunter and Ghost Trackers . Ghost hunting also gave rise to multiple guidebooks to haunted locations, and ghost hunting “how-to” manuals.

The 1990s saw a return to classic “gothic” ghosts, whose dangers were more psychological than physical. Examples of films from this period include 1999's The Sixth Sense and 2001's The Others .

Asian cinema has been adept at producing horror films about ghosts, such as the 1998 Japanese film Ring (remade in America as The Ring in 2002), and the Pang brothers' 2002 film The Eye . [3]

Films

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NameYearCountry, notes
100 Feet 2008 United States
13 B 2009 India
303 Fear Faith Revenge 1998 Thailand [4]
13 Ghosts 1960United States
1408 2007United States
2001 Maniacs 2005United States
2001 Maniacs: Field of Screams 2010United States
3 A.M. 2012Thailand
4bia 2008Thailand
A Christmas Carol 1938United States
A Christmas Carol 1984United States, United Kingdom
A Christmas Carol 1999United States, United Kingdom
A Christmas Carol 2009United States
A Ghost Story 2017United States
A Guy Named Joe 1943United States
An Inspector Calls 1954United Kingdom
And Now the Screaming Starts! 1973 United Kingdom [5]
After Death 1915 Russia
Alias Nick Beal 1949United States
Aloha, Scooby-Doo! 2005United States
Alone 2007Thailand
Always 1989United States
Anandabhadram 2005India
Aakasha Ganga 1999 India
The Ancestress 1919 Austria
Ang Darling Kong Aswang 2009Philippines
Ang Pagsanib kay Leah Dela Cruz 2017Philippines
Annabelle 2014United States
Annabelle Comes Home 2019United States
Annabelle: Creation 2017United States
Apartment 1303 2007 Japan
Apartment 1303 3D 2012United States, Canada
Apartment 143 2012 Spain [6]
Ape Yalu Punchi Boothaya 2010 Sri Lanka
Apthamitra 2004India
Aranmanai 2014India
Aranmanai 2 2016India
Aranmanai 3 2021India
Art of the Devil 2004Thailand
Asso 1981 Italy
Baby 2015India
Babang Luksa 2011 Philippines
Bahubuthayo 2001Sri Lanka
Bandhanaya 2017Sri Lanka
Bangkok Haunted 2001Thailand
Beetlejuice 1988United States
Before Dawn 1933United States
The Beyond 1981 Italy [7]
Beyond Tomorrow 1940United States
Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2007India
Bhoot 2003India
Bhoothnath 2008India
Blackbeard's Ghost 1968United States
Blacker Than The Night 1975Mexico
Bloody Crayons 2017Philippines
Blithe Spirit 1945United Kingdom
Blithe Spirit 2020United States
Book of Blood 2009United Kingdom
Bride of Boogedy 1987United States
Bulong 2011Philippines
Bunshinsaba 2004 South Korea
Burnt Offerings 1976United States
Buy Now, Die Later 2015Philippines
Candyman 1992United States
Carnival of Souls 1962United States
Case 39 2009United States
Crazy with the Heat 1947United States
Casper 1995For other Casper films, see the templates at the bottom of this page, the Casper the Friendly Ghost filmography and Casper the Friendly Ghost in film.
Castle of Blood 1964Italian-French; released in France as Danse Macabre and on American TV as Castle of Terror
Central Park 2017United States
Chain Mail 2015Philippines
Chamatkar 1992India, uncredited remake of Blackbeard's Ghost
Chandramukhi 2005India
The Changeling 1980Canada
Chanthaly 2012Laos
Chermin 2007Malaysia
Child of Glass 1978Disney made-for-television film
A Chinese Ghost Story 1987Hong Kong
Choose 2011United States
A Christmas Carol 1908See 'A Christmas Carol' template below for many other adaptations, or this list.
Cinco 2010Philippines - Star Cinema Film
Coco 2017United States
Congkak2008Malaysia
Conjurer 2008United States
Constantine 2005United States
Coraline 2009United States
Corazon: Ang Unang Aswang 2012Philippines
Count Dracula 1970Spain
Crimson Peak 2015United States, Mexico, Canada
The Crow 1994United States
Curse, Death & Spirit 1992Japan
D' Anothers 2005Philippines
Da One That Ghost Away 2018Philippines
Da Possessed 2014Philippines
Dalaw 2010Philippines
The Dark 2005UK, Germany [8]
Darkroom2017Philippines
Dark Night of the Scarecrow 1981United States
Dark Water 2002Japan
Dark Water 2005United States, Japan
Darkness 2002United States, Spain
Darkness Falls 2003United States, Australia
Darling 2015India
Das kleine Gespenst1992Germany
Das Kleine Gespenst 2013Germany
Dead Dudes in the House 1991
Dead of Night 1945United Kingdom
Dead Silence 2007
Dearest Sister 2016Laos
Death of a Ghost Hunter 2007
Death on Demand 2008
Death Ship 1980Canada, United Kingdom
Der Kaiser von Kalifornien 1936Germany
Dek hor 2006Thailand
Dementia 2014Philippines
Demonic Beauty 2002Thailand
Demonte Colony 2015India
Destiny 1921Germany
Dilim 2014Philippines
Doctor Sleep 2019United States
Don't Look Up 1996Japan
Dybbuk 2021India, remake of Ezra (2017) based on the Jewish dybbuk
Earthbound 1940
Eeram 2009India
Epitaph 2007South Korean
Esprit d'amour 1983Hong Kong
Ezra 2017India
FeardotCom 2002United States, United Kingdom, Germany, Luxembourg
Feng Shui 2004Philippines
Feng Shui 2 2014Philippines
Field of Dreams 1989
Fragile 2005Spain
Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare 1991United States
Full Circle 1977Canada/United Kingdom
Geethaanjali 2013India
Ghost 1990United States
Ghost 2012India
Ghost Banana Tree 2005Cambodia
Ghost Child 2013Singapore
Ghost Dad 1990
The Ghost Dance 1982
Ghost Fever 1986
Ghost in the Machine 1993
Ghost is all Around2016Thailand
Ghost Rider 2007
Ghost Ship 2002United States
Ghost Story 1981
Ghost Town 2008
Ghost Town Anthology 2019Canada: Répertoire des villes disparues
Ghost Train 1927UK/Germany: Der Geisterzug
Ghostbusters 1984United States
Ghostbusters: Afterlife 2021United States
A sequel to the first two Ghostbusters films.
Ghostbusters: Answer the Call 2016United States
A reboot of the Ghostbusters franchise from the 1980s.
Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire 2024United States
A sequel to Ghostbusters: Afterlife. [9]
Ghostbusters II 1989United States
A sequel to the Ghostbusters movie from 1984.
Ghosts Can't Do It 1989
Ghosts of Girlfriends Past 2009
Ghosts of Mars 2001
Ghostwatch 1992United Kingdom
Gildersleeve's Ghost 1944
Gindari 2015Sri Lanka
The Gingerdead Man 2006
Golpo Holeo Shotti 2014India, Bengali remake of Tamil film Pizza
Gothika 2003
Grave Encounters 2011Canada, United States
Grave of the Fireflies 1988Japan
Grave Secrets: The Legacy of Hilltop Drive 1992
Grave Tales 2011United Kingdom
The Great Ghost Rescue 2011United Kingdom
Gunga Din 1939
Guni-Guni 2012Philippines
Halik sa Hangin 2015Philippines
Hallowed Ground 2007
Hamlet 1948British. For many other film versions see the 'Hamlet' template at the bottom of the page.
Happy Ever After 1954United Kingdom
Happy Land 1943
Hasta el viento tiene miedo 1968Mexico
Haunted 1995United Kingdom
Haunted Forest 2017Philippines
The Haunted House: The Secret of the Cave 2018South Korea
The Haunted House: The Sky Goblin VS Jormungandr 2019South Korea
Haunted Lighthouse 2003
Haunted Mansion 2015Philippines
Haunted Mansion 2023
A Haunting in Georgia 2002
A-Haunting We Will Go 1942
Heart and Souls 1993
Heavenly Daze 1948
Here Comes Mr. Jordan 1941United States
Hide and Seek 2007Philippines
High Spirits 1988United States, United Kingdom
Hold That Ghost 1941
House 1977Japan [10]
House 1986
House II: The Second Story 1987
The House of Ghosts 1908France (La maison ensorcelée)
House on Haunted Hill 1959
House on Haunted Hill 1999
Housebound 2014New Zealand
How High 2001
Hum Kaun Hai? 2004India
I Am the Pretty Thing That Lives in the House 2016 United States, Canada [11]
I Love You to Death 2016Philippines
Ilawod 2017Philippines
Insidious 2011
Insidious: Chapter 2 2013
Insidious: Chapter 3 2015
Insidious: The Last Key 2018
Into the Mirror 2003South Korea
It Happened Tomorrow 1944
Jack Brooks: Monster Slayer 2007Canada
Jack-O 1995
Jangan Pandang Belakang 2007Malaysia
Jekhane Bhooter Bhoy 2012India
Jessabelle 2014
Jolly Roger: Massacre at Cutter's Cove 2005 United States [12]
Jug Face 2013
Ju-on: The Grudge 2003Japan
Jwanita 2015Malaysia, abbreviation for "Jiwa Wanita"; English: Women Heart
Kairo 2001Japan
Kalpana 2012India
Khurafat: Perjanjian Syaitan2011Malaysia
Kilometer 31 2006Mexico
Kimmy Dora and the Temple of Kiyeme 2012Philippines
Krasue Valentine 2006Thailand
Kung Fu Ghost 2022United States
Kuroneko 1968Japan
Kutob 2005Philippines
Kwaidan 1964Japan
La Llorona 1960Mexico
Lady in White 1988
Lake Mungo 2008Australia
Lani Loa - The Passage 1998
Laurin 1989Germany Hungary
Laxmii 2020India
Lego Scooby-Doo! Haunted Hollywood 2016
Little Murder 2011
Lonesome Ghosts 1937
Mag-ingat Ka Sa... Kulam 2008Philippines
Mama 2013
Madhumati 1958India
Mang Kepweng: Ang Lihim ng Bandanang Itim 2020Philippines
Mang Kepweng Returns 2017Philippines
Manichitrathazhu 1993India
Maria Leonora Teresa 2014Philippines - Star Cinema Film
Maxie 1985
Maya 2016Sri Lanka
May 2002
Midnight University2016Thailand
Mirrors 2008
Mirrors 2 2010
Mostly Ghostly 2008
Mostly Ghostly: Have You Met My Ghoulfriend? 2014
Mostly Ghostly: One Night in Doom House 2016
Mr. Boogedy 1986United States
Mulberry Street 2006United States
Munafik 2016Malaysia
Muni 2007India
Muni 2: Kanchana 2011India
Muni 3 2015India
Nang Nak 1999Thailand
Neel Kamal 1968India
Night Of Dark Shadows 1971United States
Night of the Scarecrow 1995
Night on the Galactic Railroad 1985Japan
A Nightmare on Elm Street 1984United States
A Nightmare on Elm Street 2010United States
A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge 1985United States
A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors 1987United States
A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master 1988United States
A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child 1989United States
Nomads 1986
Oculus 2013
Old Mother Riley's Ghosts 1941United Kingdom
Ouija 2007Philippines
Ouija 2014United States
Ouija: Origin of Evil 2016United States
Over Her Dead Body 2008
Paranormal Activity 2007
Paranormal Activity 2 2010
Paranormal Activity 3 2011
Paranormal Activity 4 2012
Paranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimension 2015
Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones 2014
Paranormal Activity: Next of Kin 2021
ParaNorman 2012
Patient X 2009Philippines
Patayin sa Sindak si Barbara 1995Philippines
Pee Mak 2013Thailand
Phobia 2 2009Thailand
Photographing a Ghost 1898United Kingdom
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl 2003 United States [13]
Pisaj 2004Thailand
Pizza 2012India
Poltergeist 1982
Poltergeist 2015
Poltergeist II 1986
Poltergeist III 1988
Pontianak Harum Sundal Malam 2004Malaysia
Pontianak Harum Sundal Malam 2 2005Malaysia
Practical Magic 1998
Prema Katha Chitram 2013India
Presence of Mind 1999Spain, United States
Pridyider 2012Philippines
Pulse 2001Japan
Pulse 2006
Pulse 2: Afterlife 2008
Pulse 3 2008
Pwera Usog 2017Philippines
R-Point 2004South Korea
R.I.P.D. 2013
Raiders of the Lost Ark 1981
Rajmohol 2005India
Ran Kevita 2007Sri Lanka
Ran Kevita 2 2013Sri Lanka
Retribution 2006Japan
Return to House on Haunted Hill 2007
Riding the Bullet 2004United States, Germany, Canada
Ring 1998Japan
Ring 2 1999Japan
Rinne 2006Japan
Rouge 1988Hong Kong
Route 666 2001Canada, United States
Romancham 2023India
Safe Haven 2013
Saint Ange 2004France
Scalps 1983
Scarecrow 2002
Scared Stiff 1953
Scary Movie 2000
Scary Movie 2 2001
Scary Movie 3 2003
Scary Movie 4 2006
Scary Movie 5 2013
Schalcken the Painter 1979United Kingdom
School Spirit 1985
Scooby-Doo 2002
Scooby-Doo! and the Goblin King 2008
Scooby-Doo! and the Legend of the Vampire 2003
Scooby-Doo! and the Loch Ness Monster 2004
Scooby-Doo! and the Witch's Ghost 1999
Scooby-Doo! Camp Scare 2010
Scooby-Doo! Curse of the Lake Monster 2010
Scooby-Doo! Frankencreepy 2014
Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed 2004United States, Canada
Scooby-Doo! Music of the Vampire 2012
Scooby-Doo! The Mystery Begins 2009
Scooby-Doo! Stage Fright 2013
Scrooge 1935United Kingdom
Scrooge 1951United Kingdom
Scrooge 1970United Kingdom
Scrooged 1988
Segunda Mano 2011Philippines
Seklusyon 2016Philippines
The Sentinel 1977
Shake, Rattle & Roll 1984Philippines
Shake, Rattle & Roll II 1990Philippines
Shake, Rattle & Roll III 1991Philippines
Shake, Rattle & Roll IV 1992Philippines
Shake, Rattle & Roll V 1994Philippines
Shake, Rattle & Roll VI 1997Philippines
Shake, Rattle & Roll 2k5 2005Philippines
Shake, Rattle and Roll 8 2006Philippines
Shake, Rattle and Roll 9 2007Philippines
Shake, Rattle & Roll X 2008Philippines
Shake, Rattle & Roll XI 2009Philippines
Shake, Rattle and Roll 12 2010Philippines
Shake, Rattle & Roll 13 2011Philippines
Shake, Rattle and Roll Fourteen: The Invasion 2012Philippines
Shake, Rattle & Roll XV 2014Philippines
Shake, Rattle & Roll Extreme 2023Philippines
Shock 2004India
Shutter 2004Thailand
Shutter 2008
Sigaw 2005Philippines
Silent Tongue 1993United States, United Kingdom, France, Netherlands
Sinister 2012
Sinister 2 2015
Sledgehammer 1983
Sleepy Hollow 1999
Smilin' Through 1932
Smilin' Through 1941
Spirit Warriors 2000Philippines
Spirit Warriors: The Shortcut 2002Philippines
Someone Behind You 2007South Korea
Soul 2020
Somewhere, Tomorrow1983
Stardust 2007
Stay Alive 2006
Stir of Echoes 1999
Stir of Echoes: The Homecoming 2007
Stitches 2012Ireland [14]
Sukob 2006Philippines
Sundo 2009Philippines
Supernatural 1933
Susie Q 1996
Susuk 2008Malaysia
Tales of Halloween 2015United States [15]
Tales of Terror 1962
The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad 1949
The Adventures of Mark Twain 1944
The Amityville Horror 1979U.S. For the entire 18 movie series see the template below.
The Babadook 2014Australia
The Blair Witch Project 1999
The Book of Life 2014
The Canterville Ghost 1944
The Canterville Ghost 1985
The Canterville Ghost 1986
The Canterville Ghost 1996
The Cat and the Canary 1927
The Cat and the Canary 1939
The Cockeyed Miracle 1946
The Conjuring 2013
The Conjuring 2 2016
The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It 2021
The Curse of El Charro 2005 United States [16]
The Curse of the Cat People 1944
The Curse of the Crying Woman 1961Mexico
The Devil's Backbone 2001Spain
The Devil and Daniel Webster 1941
The Echo 2008
The Entity 1982
The Evil 1978
The Eye 2002Hong Kong
The Eye 2 2004Hong Kong
The Eye 10 2005Hong Kong
The Flaming Crisis 1924One of the earliest surviving Black-cast film posters depicting a ghost [17]
The Fog 1980
The Fog 2005
The Frighteners 1996United States, New Zealand
The Gallows 2015
The Ghost Breakers 1940
The Ghost Bride 2017Philippines
The Ghost and Mr. Chicken 1966
The Ghost and Mrs. Muir 1947
The Ghost of St. Michael's 1941United Kingdom
The Ghost Goes West 1935United Kingdom
The Ghost Goes Wild 1947
The Ghost of Frankenstein 1942
The Ghost Talks 1949
The Ghosts of Berkeley Square 1947United Kingdom
The Ghosts of Edendale 2004
The Ghost Train 1941United Kingdom
The Gift 2000
The Gravedancers 2006
The Grudge 2004United States, Japan, Germany
The Grudge 2020
The Grudge 2 2006United States, Japan, Germany
The Grudge 3 2009United States, Japan
The Halloween Tree 1993
The Halfway House 1944United Kingdom
The Haunted Castle 1896France
The Haunted Castle 1897France
The Haunted Castle 1960Germany
The Haunted Curiosity Shop 1901United Kingdom
The Haunted House: The Secret of the Cave 2018South Korea
The Haunted House: The Sky Goblin VS Jormungandr 2019South Korea
The Haunted House: The Dimensional Goblin and the Seven Worlds 2022South Korea
The Haunted Mansion 2003
The Haunted Palace 1963United Kingdom
The Haunting 1963United States, United Kingdom
The Haunting 1999
The Haunting in Connecticut 2009
The Healing 2012Philippines
The Headless Horseman 1922
The House Where Evil Dwells 1982
The House That Would Not Die 1970
The Innkeepers 2011
The Innocents 1961United Kingdom
The Iron Mask 1929
Kamara Kattu 2015India
Kanchana 2 2015India
The Lazarus Effect 2015United States
The Legend of Hell House 1973United Kingdom
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow 1980
The Live Ghost 1934
The Long Walk2019Laos
The Lovely Bones 2009
The Maid 2005Singapore
The Man in the Iron Mask 1939
Mangaa2015India
Massu Engira Masilamani 2015India
Maya 2015India
The Messengers 2007
The Miser's Doom 1899United Kingdom
The Mommy Returns 2012Philippines
The Moth Diaries 2011Canada, Ireland
The Muppet Christmas Carol 1992
The New Daughter 2009
The Nightmare Before Christmas 1993
Om Shanti Om 2007India
The Orphanage 2007Spain
The Other 1972
The Other Side of the Tracks 2008
The Others 2001United States, Spain, France, Italy
The Phantom Carriage 1921Sweden
The Phantom President 1932
The Pumpkin Karver 2006
The Red Shoes 2005South Korea
The Remarkable Andrew 1942
The Ring 2002
The Ring Two 2005
Rings 2017
The Rite 2011
The Screaming Skull 1958
The Scream Team 2002
The Second Sight2013Thailand
The Shining 1980United Kingdom, United States
The Sixth Man 1997
The Sixth Sense 1999
The Smiling Ghost 1941
The St. Francisville Experiment 2000United States
Strawberry 2015India
T2 2009Philippines
The Terror 1963
That Lady in Ermine 1948
That's the Spirit 1945
Third Eye 2014Philippines
Thirteen Ghosts 2001
Three 2002Hong Kong
Tigers Are Not Afraid 2017Mexico [18]
The Time of Their Lives 1946
Tiyanaks 2007Philippines
The Tomb of Ligeia 1964United Kingdom
The Tooth Fairy 2006
Topper 1937
Topper Returns 1941
Topper Takes a Trip 1938
Tormented 1960
Tormented 2009United Kingdom
Tower of Terror 1997
Tragic Theater 2015Philippines
Trick or Treat 1986
Trilogy of Terror 1975
Truly, Madly, Deeply 1990United Kingdom
Tumbok 2011Philippines
Two Thousand Maniacs! 1964
Ugetsu 1953Japan
Uncle Boonmee who can recall his past lives 2010Thailand
The Unearthing 2015
Undead 2003
Unfriended 2014
The Uninvited 1944
Villa Estrella 2009Philippines
Wag Kang Lilingon 2006Philippines
We Are Still Here 2015
Web of the Spider 1970Italy; remake of Castle of Blood
Wes Craven's New Nightmare 1994United States
What Lies Beneath 2000
Where Got Ghost? 2009Singapore
White House 2010Philippines
White Lady 2006Philippines
White Noise 2005Canada, United Kingdom, United States
White Noise: The Light 2007United States, Canada
Wind Chill 2007United Kingdom, United States
Witchboard 1986
Witchboard 2: The Devil's Doorway 1993
Witchouse 1999 United States [19]
Wonder Man 1945
The Woman in Black 1989United Kingdom
The Woman in Black 2012United Kingdom
The Woman in Black: Angel of Death 2014United Kingdom
The Wraith 1986
Yaamirukka Bayamey 2014India
Zombi Kampung Pisang 2008Malaysia, horror comedy
Zoom 2016Sri Lanka
Vazhiye 2021India
The Clock: Spirits Awakening 2019Cambodia

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