Films featuring ghosts and spirits — from terrifying hauntings to emotional ghost stories.
Ghost Movies — 46 entries in the movies category, sortable by Title, Year, Director. Every row is ranked by community votes, giving you a crowd-sourced perspective you won't find on Wikipedia or IMDb.
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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.
The Sixth Sense
1999
M. Night Shyamalan
7.9
Mystery, Thriller, Drama
United States of America
107
Following an unexpected tragedy, child psychologist Malcolm Crowe meets a nine year old boy named Cole Sear, who is hiding a dark secret.
The Conjuring
2013
James Wan
7.5
Horror, Thriller
United States of America
112
Paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren work to help a family terrorized by a dark presence in their farmhouse. Forced to confront a powerful entity, the Warrens find themselves caught in the most terrifying case of their lives.
The Wailing
2016
Na Hong-jin
7.4
Horror, Mystery
South Korea
156
A stranger arrives in a little village and soon after a mysterious sickness starts spreading. A policeman is drawn into the incident and is forced to solve the mystery in order to save his daughter.
The Conjuring 2
2016
James Wan
7.3
Horror
United States of America
134
Lorraine and Ed Warren travel to north London to help a single mother raising four children alone in a house plagued by malicious spirits.
Shutter
2004
Parkpoom Wongpoom
7.3
Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Thailand
96
When Jane and Tun run over a girl in a car accident, they speed away immediately from the crime scene. However, Tun, a photographer, soon discovers strange shadows in his photos, which unsettles them.
The Devil's Backbone
2001
Guillermo del Toro
7.3
Fantasy, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Spain
108
Spain, 1939. In the last days of the Spanish Civil War, the young Carlos arrives at the Santa Lucía orphanage, where he will make friends and enemies as he follows the quiet footsteps of a mysterious presence eager for revenge.
Ghost
1990
Jerry Zucker
7.2
Fantasy, Thriller, Romance
United States of America
127
After a young man is murdered, his spirit stays behind to warn his lover of impending danger, with the help of a reluctant psychic.
Poltergeist
1982
Tobe Hooper
7.2
Horror
United States of America
114
The Freelings' suburban home becomes the center of paranormal activity that opens a portal to the 'other side'. With help, they must cross over to get their daughter back.
A Tale of Two Sisters
2003
Kim Jee-woon
7.1
Drama, Horror, Mystery
South Korea
115
Two sisters return home after a stay in a mental institution, only to face disturbing events and a strained relationship with their stepmother. As eerie occurrences unfold, dark family secrets begin to surface, blurring the line between reality and nightmare.
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
2024
Tim Burton
6.9
Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
United States of America
105
After a family tragedy, three generations of the Deetz family return home to Winter River. Still haunted by Betelgeuse, Lydia's life is turned upside down when her teenage daughter, Astrid, accidentally opens the portal to the Afterlife.
The Frighteners
1996
Peter Jackson
6.9
Horror, Comedy
New Zealand
110
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 p...
The Conjuring: Last Rites
2025
Michael Chaves
6.9
Horror
United States of America
136
Paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren take on one last terrifying case involving mysterious entities they must confront.
The Ring
2002
Gore Verbinski
6.7
Horror, Mystery
United States of America
115
Rachel Keller is a journalist investigating a videotape that may have killed four teenagers. There is an urban legend about this tape: the viewer will die seven days after watching it. Rachel tracks down the video... and watches it. Now she has just seven days to unravel the mystery of the Ring s...
Crimson Peak
2015
Guillermo del Toro
6.7
Horror, Mystery, Romance
United States of America
119
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.
1408
2007
Mikael Håfström
6.7
Horror, Mystery
United States of America
104
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.
Insidious: Chapter 2
2013
James Wan
6.7
Horror, Thriller
United States of America
106
The haunted Lambert family seeks to uncover the mysterious childhood secret that has left them dangerously connected to the spirit world.
Stir of Echoes
1999
David Koepp
6.7
Horror, Mystery, Thriller
United States of America
99
After being hypnotized by his sister-in-law, Tom Witzky begins seeing haunting visions of a girl's ghost and a mystery begins to unfold around her.
Annabelle: Creation
2017
David F. Sandberg
6.6
Horror
United States of America
110
Several years after the tragic death of their little girl, a doll maker and his wife welcome a nun and several girls from a shuttered orphanage into their home, soon becoming the target of the doll maker's possessed creation—Annabelle.
Silent Hill
2006
Christophe Gans
6.6
Horror, Mystery
Canada
125
Rose, a desperate mother, takes her adopted daughter, Sharon, to the town of Silent Hill in an attempt to cure her of her ailment. After a violent car crash, Sharon disappears, and Rose embarks on a horrific journey to get her back and begins to uncover the truth behind the apocalyptic disaster t...
A Haunting in Venice
2023
Kenneth Branagh
6.6
Mystery, Thriller, Crime
United Kingdom
104
Celebrated sleuth Hercule Poirot, now retired and living in self-imposed exile in Venice, reluctantly attends a Halloween séance at a decaying, haunted palazzo. When one of the guests is murdered, the detective is thrust into a sinister world of shadows and secrets.
The Skeleton Key
2005
Iain Softley
6.6
Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Germany
104
A hospice nurse working at a spooky New Orleans plantation home finds herself entangled in a mystery involving the house's dark past.
Lights Out
2016
David F. Sandberg
6.4
Horror
United States of America
81
Rebecca must unlock the terror behind her little brother's experiences that once tested her sanity, bringing her face to face with a supernatural spirit attached to their mother.
Dead Silence
2007
James Wan
6.4
Horror
United States of America
89
Jamie returns to his hometown in search of answers to his wife's murder, which occurred after receiving a weird package containing a ventriloquist dummy named Billy, which may be linked to the legend of ventriloquist Mary Shaw. Destined to find out the truth, Jamie goes to the town of Raven's Fai...
What Lies Beneath
2000
Robert Zemeckis
6.4
Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
United States of America
130
Norman and Claire Spencer are a seemingly happily married couple who uncover a terrible secret… a secret so disturbing it threatens to destroy them.
The Awakening
2011
Nick Murphy
6.4
Horror, Thriller, Mystery
United Kingdom
107
In post–War England, a writer and sometime-ghost hunter investigates a reported haunting at a boys boarding school.
Ghost Stories
2018
Andy Nyman
6.4
Horror, Drama
United Kingdom
98
Professor Philip 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 ...
His House
2020
Remi Weekes
6.4
Horror, Drama
United Kingdom
93
After making a harrowing escape from war-torn South Sudan, a young refugee couple struggle to adjust to their new life in a small English town that has an unspeakable evil lurking beneath the surface.
Mama
2013
Andy Muschietti
6.3
Horror
Canada
100
Guillermo del Toro presents Mama, a supernatural thriller that tells the haunting tale of two little girls who disappeared into the woods the day that their parents were killed. When they are rescued years later and begin a new life, they find that someone or something still wants to come tuck th...
Thir13en Ghosts
2001
Steve Beck
6.3
Horror, Thriller
United States of America
91
Arthur and his two children inherit his uncle's estate: a glass house that serves as a prison to twelve ghosts. When the family, accompanied by a nanny and an attorney, enter the house they find themselves trapped inside an evil machine 'designed by the Devil and powered by the dead' to open the ...
Grave Encounters
2011
Stuart Ortiz
6.3
Thriller, Horror
Canada
93
A crew from a paranormal reality television show lock themselves in a haunted psychiatric hospital. They search for evidence of paranormal activity as they shoot what ends up becoming their final episode.
The Woman in Black
2012
James Watkins
6.1
Drama, Horror, Thriller
Canada
95
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 o...
Gothika
2003
Mathieu Kassovitz
6.1
Horror, Thriller, Mystery
United States of America
98
After a car crash, criminal psychologist Dr. Miranda Grey regains consciousness only to find that she's a patient in the same mental institution that currently employs her. She's been accused of murdering her husband Dr. Douglas Grey — but she has no memory of committing the crime. As she tries t...
Ghost Ship
2002
Steve Beck
6
Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Australia
91
After discovering a passenger ship missing since 1962 floating adrift on the Bering Sea, salvagers claim the vessel as their own. Once they begin towing the ghost ship towards harbor, a series of bizarre occurrences happen and the group becomes trapped inside the ship, which they soon learn is in...
A Haunted House
2013
Michael Tiddes
5.9
Comedy, Horror
United States of America
86
Malcolm and Kisha move into their dream home, but soon learn a demon also resides there. When Kisha becomes possessed, Malcolm - determined to keep his sex life on track - turns to a priest, a psychic, and a team of ghost-busters for help in this spoof of all the "found-footage/documentary style"...
Winchester
2018
Michael Spierig
5.9
Horror, Thriller
Australia
100
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.
Personal Shopper
2016
Olivier Assayas
5.9
Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Belgium
106
Maureen, mid-20s, is a personal shopper for a media celebrity. The job pays for her stay in Paris, a city she refuses to leave until she makes contact with her twin brother who previously died there. Her life becomes more complicated when a mysterious person contacts her via text message.
Annabelle
2014
John R. Leonetti
5.8
Horror
United States of America
99
A couple begins to experience terrifying supernatural occurrences involving a vintage doll shortly after their home is invaded by satanic cultists.
The Haunted Mansion
2003
Rob Minkoff
5.7
Thriller, Fantasy, Comedy, Family, Mystery
United States of America
89
Workaholic Jim Evers and his wife/business partner Sara get a call one night from a mansion owner, Edward Gracey, who wants to sell his house. Once the Evers family arrive at the mansion, a torrential thunderstorm of mysterious origin strands them with the brooding, eccentric Gracey, his mysteri...
Dark Water
2005
Walter Salles
5.7
Horror, Mystery
United States of America
105
Dahlia and her five-year-old daughter are ready to begin a new life together. But their new apartment — dilapidated and worn — suddenly seems to take on a life of its own. Mysterious noises, persistent leaks of dark water and other strange happenings send Dahlia on a haunting and mystifying pursu...
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