Movies Like Ghost Town (2008)

Ghost Town is a 2008 comedy, drama, fantasy, romance film from David Koepp with a MovieMagicScore of 6.5/10. Here are 20 similar films, ranked by real viewer ratings — starting with Lady of the Manor and Article 99.

Comedy Drama Fantasy Romance

Lady of the Manor

2021

Past and present collide when aimless slacker Hannah gets hired to portray Lady Wadsworth -- a Southern belle from the 1800s -- for tours at Wadsworth Manor. Hannah figures she can fake it well enough, until the ghost of Lady Wadsworth appears and tells her it's time to change her wild ways -- or she'll haunt her forever.

5.8

MagicScore

Article 99

1992

Dr. Richard Sturgess leads a team of compassionate doctors at a veteran's hospital. Along with Drs. Morgan, Handleman and Van Dorn, he fights to deliver adequate care to needy veterans in the face of funding cuts and a corrupt administration. To succeed, the staff may have to bend the rules and circumvent the villainous "Article 99," a bureaucratic loophole that prevents veterans from receiving the benefits they deserve.

6.2

MagicScore

Evil Dead Burn

2026

After her husband's abrupt death, Alice seeks solace with his remaining family — descendants of a leading researcher on demonic possession. As her in-laws transform one by one into creatures that feed on fear, she comes to discover that the vows she took in life survive even in death.

7.7

MagicScore

Sweet Virginia

2017

A former rodeo star, now a motel manager, meets a young man who is responsible for the violence that suddenly has seized his small town.

5.9

MagicScore

Between the Temples

2024

A grief-stricken cantor in a crisis of faith finds his world turned upside down when his grade school music teacher re-enters his life as his new adult Bat Mitzvah student. The two forlorn souls develop a special connection.

5.5

MagicScore

Peppermint

2018

A grieving mother transforms herself into a vigilante following the murders of her husband and daughter, eluding the authorities to deliver her own personal brand of justice.

6.7

MagicScore

Fat Slags

2004

Leaving their hometown of Fulchester in the North of England, Sandra and Tracey head for the bright lights of London, shagging and boozing their way to fame and fortune.

3.0

MagicScore

Side Effects

2013

A woman turns to prescription medication as a way of handling her anxiety concerning her husband's upcoming release from prison.

6.6

MagicScore

Red White & Blue

2010

A woman attracts the attention of a psychotic former Army interrogator and an emotionally fragile young man caring for his ailing mother.

6.3

MagicScore

#10

Manhattan

1979

Manhattan explores how the life of a middle-aged television writer dating a teenage girl is further complicated when he falls in love with his best friend's mistress.

7.7

MagicScore

#11

Crash

1996

A car crash victim inexplicably finds himself aroused by car accidents and becomes involved with an underground subculture of like-minded souls.

6.5

MagicScore

#12

Extreme Measures

1996

Guy Luthan, a British doctor working at a hospital in New York, starts making unwelcome enquiries when the body of a man who died in his emergency room disappears. After the trail leads Luthan to the door of an eminent surgeon at the hospital, Luthan soon finds himself in extreme danger people who want the hospital's secret to remain undiscovered.

6.0

MagicScore

#13

The Human Centipede (First Sequence)

2009

During a stopover in Germany in the middle of a carefree road trip through Europe, two American girls find themselves alone at night when their car breaks down in the woods. Searching for help at a nearby villa, they are wooed into the clutches of a deranged retired surgeon, who has a very disturbed vision.

5.2

MagicScore

#14

Wall Street

1987

A young and impatient stockbroker is willing to do anything to get to the top, including trading on illegal inside information taken through a ruthless and greedy corporate raider, whom takes the youth under his wing.

7.2

MagicScore

#15

A Most Violent Year

2014

A thriller set in New York City during the winter of 1981, statistically one of the most violent years in the city's history, and centered on the lives of an immigrant and his family trying to expand their business and capitalize on opportunities as the rampant violence, decay, and corruption of the day drag them in and threaten to destroy all they have built.

6.6

MagicScore

#16

Bringing Out the Dead

1999

Once called "Father Frank" for his efforts to rescue lives, Frank Pierce sees the ghosts of those he failed to save around every turn. He has tried everything he can to get fired, calling in sick, delaying taking calls where he might have to face one more victim he couldn't help, yet cannot quit the job on his own.

6.6

MagicScore

#17

Harold and Maude

1971

The young Harold lives in his own world of suicide-attempts and funeral visits to avoid the misery of his current family and home environment. Harold meets an 80-year-old woman named Maude who also lives in her own world yet one in which she is having the time of her life. When the two opposites meet they realize that their differences don’t matter and they become best friends and love each other.

7.6

MagicScore

#18

Silver Linings Playbook

2012

After losing his job and wife, and spending time in an institution, a former teacher winds up living with his parents. He wants to rebuild his life and reconcile with his wife, but his father would be happy if he shared his obsession with the Philadelphia Eagles. Things get complicated when he meets Tiffany Maxwell who offers to help him reconnect with his wife if he will do something very important for her in exchange.

7.1

MagicScore

#19

Moonlight and Valentino

1995

A young widow still grieving over the death of her husband finds herself being comforted by a local housepainter.

5.5

MagicScore

#20

Faraway Eyes

2021

Michael, a struggling actor, dies right after a bad breakup. He finds himself awakening in a very bright room with a very strange lady and learns that he is in singles Purgatory, where he must find his soul mate in order to cross over to the other side. With limited time to find true love among other recently deceased single New Yorkers, Michael must navigate the new customs of a ghostly dating life... as if dating in life wasn't hard enough already.

4.7

MagicScore

Frequently asked

What are the best movies like Ghost Town?

The top films similar to Ghost Town by MovieMagicScore are Lady of the Manor (5.8), Article 99 (6.2), Evil Dead Burn (7.7). Each shares comedy/drama/fantasy/romance themes and is ranked by real viewer ratings, not critics or studios.

Is Ghost Town worth watching?

Ghost Town holds a MovieMagicScore of 6.5/10 from 1,020 viewer ratings.

What kind of movie is Ghost Town?

Ghost Town (2008) is a comedy, drama, fantasy, romance film directed by David Koepp, starring Ricky Gervais, Greg Kinnear, Téa Leoni.

Where can I find more recommendations like Ghost Town?

Browse the full ranked list above, or explore more comedy recommendations on MovieMagicScore, where every list is ordered by genuine viewer ratings.

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About movies like Ghost Town

This ranked list pairs Ghost Town (2008), a comedy and drama and fantasy and romance film from David Koepp, with similar titles by genre, theme and cast overlap (fans of Ricky Gervais take note). Unlike critic-driven sites, every position here is ordered by MovieMagicScore — a rating built only from real viewers, with no studio marketing or paid placement. Scores update as more people rate, so the list stays current.

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