Movies Like Ghosting: The Spirit of Christmas (2019)

Ghosting: The Spirit of Christmas is a 2019 fantasy, tv movie film from Theresa Bennett with a MovieMagicScore of 5.7/10. Here are 20 similar films, ranked by real viewer ratings — starting with Beetlejuice and Heart and Souls.

Fantasy TV Movie

Beetlejuice

1988

A newly dead New England couple seeks help from a deranged demon exorcist to scare an affluent New York family out of their home.

7.4

MagicScore

Heart and Souls

1993

A fateful night in 1959, four people die when the bus they are riding crashes. They continue as ghosts; their souls become eternally entwined to the life of a child born at the moment of their deaths as his guardians. Baby Thomas grows up to be a businessman who has memories of his playmates, but assumes they are products of his youthful imagination. When the ghosts realize they need Thomas' help to move on to the afterlife, they decide to make an appearance once more.

6.9

MagicScore

Casper

1995

Casper is a kind young ghost who peacefully haunts a mansion in Maine. When specialist James Harvey arrives to communicate with Casper and his fellow spirits, he brings along his teenage daughter, Kat. Casper quickly falls in love with Kat, but their budding relationship is complicated not only by his transparent state, but also by his troublemaking apparition uncles and their mischievous antics.

6.3

MagicScore

The Atoning

2017

Vera, Ray, and Sam, a seemingly normal family, are haunted by more than mere ghosts. The lingering horror of their past threatens their ability to function as a loving family until they become enlightened by a mystical encounter. From that moment on, they're thrust into a horror worse than anything they've ever experienced. Personal demons manifest and tear the family apart from the inside out as they come to terms with their past.

5.5

MagicScore

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

2007

When a new professor's methods leave Hogwarts unprepared to fight the rising tide of evil, Harry teaches students how to defend against the dark arts.

7.7

MagicScore

Scrooge

1951

Ebenezer Scrooge malcontentedly shuffles through life as a cruel, miserly businessman, until he is visited by three spirits on Christmas Eve who show him how his unhappy childhood and adult behavior has left him a selfish, lonely old man.

7.4

MagicScore

The Scream Team

2002

Eccentric Frank Carlyle ran a horror shop in small-town Steeple Falls, which takes pride in and profit from its Halloween traditions. Frank's widower grandson Richard grudgingly returns there from Boston with his own kids, bright Ian and bratty Claire, to settle the inheritance. Ian discovers great-grandpa's house is really haunted, and not just, as legend holds, by historic owner Zachariah Kull, who was burned on the stake.

6.3

MagicScore

Rascal Does Not Dream of a Dreaming Girl

2019

In Fujisawa, Sakuta Azusagawa is in his second year of high school. Blissful days with his girlfriend and upperclassman, Mai Sakurajima, are interrupted by the appearance of his first crush, Shoko Makinohara.

8.2

MagicScore

The Parades

2024

A mother searches for her missing son after a devastating calamity, only to realize that she has died and is now confined to a realm of restless spirits.

7.5

MagicScore

#10

Ghostbusters: Afterlife

2021

When single mom Callie and her two kids Trevor and Phoebe arrive in a small Oklahoma town, they begin to discover their connection to the original Ghostbusters and the secret legacy their grandfather left behind.

7.3

MagicScore

#11

Ghost

1990

After a young man is murdered, his spirit stays behind to warn his lover of impending danger, with the help of a reluctant psychic.

7.2

MagicScore

#12

Beetlejuice Beetlejuice

2024

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.

7.0

MagicScore

#13

Truly Madly Deeply

1991

Nina is totally heartbroken at the death of her boyfriend Jamie, but is even more unprepared for his return as a ghost. At first it's almost as good as it used to be – hey, even the rats that infested her house have disappeared. But Jamie starts bringing ghostly friends home and behaving more and more oddly.

6.9

MagicScore

#14

Always

1989

The spirit of a recently deceased expert pilot mentors a newer pilot while watching him fall in love with the girlfriend that he left behind.

6.3

MagicScore

#15

Darby and the Dead

2022

After Darby Harper suffered a near-death experience as a child, she gained the ability to see ghosts. To combat the existential boredom of high school, she runs a side business counseling local spirits in her spare time. When an unexpected occurrence happens between Darby and Capri, the most popular girl at her high school, Darby reluctantly agrees to help her and in the process learns how to fit in with the living world again.

5.8

MagicScore

#16

Your Name.

2016

High schoolers Mitsuha and Taki are complete strangers living separate lives. But one night, they suddenly switch places. Mitsuha wakes up in Taki’s body, and he in hers. This bizarre occurrence continues to happen randomly, and the two must adjust their lives around each other.

8.5

MagicScore

#17

The Sixth Sense

1999

Following an unexpected tragedy, child psychologist Malcolm Crowe meets a nine year old boy named Cole Sear, who is hiding a dark secret.

7.9

MagicScore

#18

Coda

2013

A lost soul stumbles drunken through the city. In a park, Death finds him and shows him many things.

7.3

MagicScore

#19

Pulse

2001

In the immense city of Tokyo, the darkness of the afterlife lures some of its inhabitants desperately trying to escape the sadness and isolation of the modern world.

6.7

MagicScore

#20

Black Pit of Dr. M

1959

Two doctors make a pact in which they swear that the first to die will return - if possible - to tell the other how to get a glimpse of the afterlife while still alive.

6.3

MagicScore

Frequently asked

What are the best movies like Ghosting: The Spirit of Christmas?

The top films similar to Ghosting: The Spirit of Christmas by MovieMagicScore are Beetlejuice (7.4), Heart and Souls (6.9), Casper (6.3). Each shares fantasy/tv movie themes and is ranked by real viewer ratings, not critics or studios.

Is Ghosting: The Spirit of Christmas worth watching?

Ghosting: The Spirit of Christmas holds a MovieMagicScore of 5.7/10 from 33 viewer ratings.

What kind of movie is Ghosting: The Spirit of Christmas?

Ghosting: The Spirit of Christmas (2019) is a fantasy, tv movie film directed by Theresa Bennett, starring Aisha Dee, Kimiko Glenn, Kendrick Sampson.

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About movies like Ghosting: The Spirit of Christmas

This ranked list pairs Ghosting: The Spirit of Christmas (2019), a fantasy and tv movie film from Theresa Bennett, with similar titles by genre, theme and cast overlap (fans of Aisha Dee 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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