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1. Scooby-Doo (2002)

PG | 86 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family

After an acrimonious break up, the Mystery Inc. gang are individually brought to an island resort to investigate strange goings on.

Director: Raja Gosnell | Stars: Matthew Lillard, Freddie Prinze Jr., Sarah Michelle Gellar, Linda Cardellini

Votes: 125,848 | Gross: $153.29M

2. Scoob! (2020)

PG | 93 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy

Scooby and the gang face their most challenging mystery ever: a plot to unleash the ghost dog Cerberus upon the world. As they race to stop this dogpocalypse, the gang discovers that Scooby has an epic destiny greater than anyone imagined.

Director: Tony Cervone | Stars: Will Forte, Mark Wahlberg, Jason Isaacs, Gina Rodriguez

Votes: 30,125 | Gross: $2.19M

3. High Spirits (1988)

PG-13 | 99 min | Comedy, Fantasy

When a hotelier attempts to fill the chronic vacancies at his castle by launching an advertising campaign that falsely portrays the property as haunted, two actual ghosts show up and end up falling for two guests.

Director: Neil Jordan | Stars: Peter O'Toole, Daryl Hannah, Steve Guttenberg, Donal McCann

Votes: 10,713 | Gross: $8.58M

4. Hell Night (1981)

R | 101 min | Horror, Thriller

Four college pledges are forced to spend the night in a deserted old mansion, where they are stalked by the monstrous survivor of a family massacre years earlier.

Director: Tom DeSimone | Stars: Linda Blair, Vincent Van Patten, Peter Barton, Kevin Brophy

Votes: 8,802

5. The Good Neighbor (2016)

Not Rated | 98 min | Crime, Drama, Horror

A pair of mischievous high school kids create the illusion of a haunting on an unsuspecting elderly neighbor while keeping his every reaction under surveillance. A series of coincidences leads to tragedy.

Director: Kasra Farahani | Stars: James Caan, Logan Miller, Keir Gilchrist, Laura Innes

Votes: 18,269

6. Bates Motel (1987 TV Movie)

TV-PG | 90 min | Comedy, Drama, Horror

A mentally disturbed man, who roomed with the late Norman Bates at the state lunatic asylum, inherits the legendary Bates Motel after the death of Norman and tries to fix it up to make it a respectable business.

Director: Richard Rothstein | Stars: Bud Cort, Lori Petty, Moses Gunn, Gregg Henry

Votes: 1,776

7. Boo! A Madea Halloween (2016)

PG-13 | 103 min | Comedy, Drama, Horror

Madea lands in the midst of mayhem when she spends a haunted Halloween fending off killers, paranormal poltergeists, ghosts, ghouls, and zombies while keeping a watchful eye on her wild teenage great-niece.

Director: Tyler Perry | Stars: Tyler Perry, Cassi Davis, Patrice Lovely, Yousef Erakat

Votes: 9,334 | Gross: $73.21M

8. Nightmare Alley (1947)

Passed | 110 min | Drama, Film-Noir

The rise and fall of Stanton Carlisle, a mentalist whose lies and deceit prove to be his downfall.

Director: Edmund Goulding | Stars: Tyrone Power, Joan Blondell, Coleen Gray, Helen Walker

Votes: 13,433

9. Night Creatures (1962)

Unrated | 82 min | Adventure, Drama

In 18th-century England, the Royal Crown sends Royal Navy Captain Collier and his crew to investigate reports of illegal smuggling and bootlegging in a coastal town where locals believe in Marsh Phantoms.

Director: Peter Graham Scott | Stars: Peter Cushing, Yvonne Romain, Patrick Allen, Oliver Reed

Votes: 3,612

10. Hillbillys in a Haunted House (1967)

TV-G | 86 min | Comedy, Family, Horror

A trio of country singers becomes stranded at a haunted mansion and gets mixed up with spies.

Director: Jean Yarbrough | Stars: Ferlin Husky, Joi Lansing, Don Bowman, John Carradine

Votes: 1,497

11. Heartbreak Hotel (1988)

PG-13 | 97 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance

A teen tries to set up a band at his school, when his mother, who was a big fan of Elvis Presley, gets in a wreck. He and his band members decide to kidnap Elvis to meet her.

Director: Chris Columbus | Stars: David Keith, Tuesday Weld, Charlie Schlatter, Angela Goethals

Votes: 1,535 | Gross: $5.51M

12. Bad Kids Go to Hell (2012)

R | 91 min | Comedy, Horror, Mystery

On a stormy Saturday afternoon, six students from Crestview Academy begin to meet horrible fates as they serve out their detentions. Is a fellow student to blame, or perhaps Crestview's alleged ghosts are behind the terrible acts?

Director: Matthew Spradlin | Stars: Cameron Deane Stewart, Ben Browder, Jeffrey Schmidt, Ali Faulkner

Votes: 3,837

13. Scooby-Doo! Frankencreepy (2014 Video)

TV-PG | 74 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy

Velma discovers she's inherited her great-great-uncles' cursed castle in Transylvania, Pennsylvania. This Scooby-Doo adventure has enough spooky fun to make the whole family come alive!

Directors: Paul McEvoy, Sungku Cho, Young Won Jung, Jinsung Kim | Stars: Frank Welker, Mindy Cohn, Grey Griffin, Matthew Lillard

Votes: 2,502

14. Fantomas vs. Scotland Yard (1967)

PG | 100 min | Adventure, Comedy, Crime

Famous but unlucky pursuers of Fantomas from France go to weird Scotland for a final attempt to bring the impudent criminal to justice.

Director: André Hunebelle | Stars: Jean Marais, Louis de Funès, Mylène Demongeot, Françoise Christophe

Votes: 7,879

15. Ishq (1997)

161 min | Action, Comedy, Drama

Two rich friends, hating the poor, were challenged by their children's love lives. Thus starts the war between love and money.

Director: Indra Kumar | Stars: Aamir Khan, Ajay Devgn, Juhi Chawla, Kajol

Votes: 11,727

16. You'll Find Out (1940)

Approved | 97 min | Comedy, Crime, Horror

The manager of Kay Kyser's band books them for a birthday party bash for an heiress at a spooky mansion, where sinister forces try to kill her.

Director: David Butler | Stars: Kay Kyser, Peter Lorre, Boris Karloff, Bela Lugosi

Votes: 1,454

17. Tito and Me (1992)

104 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

A 10-year-old boy goes through variety of silly situations and confusions during the peak of Marshal Tito's cult of personality in 1950's Yugoslavia.

Director: Goran Markovic | Stars: Dimitrije Vojnov, Lazar Ristovski, Predrag 'Miki' Manojlovic, Anica Dobra

Votes: 6,141 | Gross: $0.14M

18. The Haunted House (1921)

Unrated | 21 min | Short, Comedy, Horror

A bank clerk ends up in a seemingly haunted house that is actually a thieves' hideout.

Directors: Edward F. Cline, Buster Keaton | Stars: Buster Keaton, Virginia Fox, Joe Roberts, Edward F. Cline

Votes: 3,658

19. I racconti di Viterbury - Le più allegre storie del '300 (1973)

92 min | Comedy

Italian sex comedy anthology featuring seven erotic vignettes set in medieval times that are loosely inspired by Boccaccio's Decameron.

Director: Mario Caiano | Stars: Rosalba Neri, Christa Linder, Piero Scheggi, Toni Ucci

Votes: 86

20. Ghost Catchers (1944)

Approved | 68 min | Comedy, Music, Romance

Two zanies get mixed up with a Southern colonel, his beautiful daughters, a nightclub and a haunted mansion.

Director: Edward F. Cline | Stars: Ole Olsen, Chic Johnson, Gloria Jean, Martha O'Driscoll

Votes: 205

21. Fraidy Cat (1942)

Approved | 8 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

Tom hears a ghost story on the radio and is spooked by it; Jerry notices this and takes advantage of it, using a variety of tricks to scare Tom.

Directors: Joseph Barbera, William Hanna, Rudolf Ising | Stars: Sara Berner, William Hanna, Harry Lang, Lillian Randolph

Votes: 1,425

22. Dolmen (2005)

530 min | Crime, Mystery, Romance

Marie Kermeur, a cop, comes back to the island where she was born to get married. When one of her brothers is killed, she decide to investigate the murder. Her investigation will reveal the many secrets of the island's population.

Stars: Ingrid Chauvin, Bruno Madinier, Yves Rénier, Martine Sarcey

Votes: 606

23. Brødrene Dal og spektralsteinene (1982– )

Adventure, Comedy, Drama

While digging for a meteor fragment containing Curium 82, a substance that can cure the common cold, the three brothers Dal finds a shining, diamond-like stone. Later, Roms Dal is visited ... See full summary »

Stars: Lars Mjøen, Knut Lystad, Trond Kirkvaag, Tom Mathisen

Votes: 1,167

24. High Yellow (1965)

83 min | Drama

Cynthia Wood, a light-skinned 17-year-old girl, tries to pass as white after getting hired by wealthy movie magnate Mr. Langley, who has problems with his spoiled wife and promiscuous teenage daughter and son.

Director: Larry Buchanan | Stars: Cynthia Hull, Warren Hammack, Annabelle Weenick, Bob Brown

Votes: 71

25. Haunted Spooks (1920)

Passed | 25 min | Short, Comedy, Horror

After numerous failed attempts to commit suicide, our hero (Lloyd) runs into a lawyer who is looking for a stooge to stand in as a groom in order to secure an inheritance for his client (... See full summary »

Directors: Alfred J. Goulding, Hal Roach | Stars: Harold Lloyd, Mildred Davis, Wally Howe, Marie Benson

Votes: 1,428

26. The Ghost of St. Michael's (1941)

82 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery

A hapless teacher named Will Lamb is hired by a grim school in Scotland. The school soon starts to be haunted by a legendary ghost, whose spectral bagpipes signal the death of one of the ... See full summary »

Director: Marcel Varnel | Stars: Will Hay, Claude Hulbert, Felix Aylmer, Raymond Huntley

Votes: 623

27. The Woman Condemned (1934)

Passed | 66 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Jerry, a young newspaper reporter, intrigued by the charm and beauty of Barbara, a girl accused of murder, sets out to prove her innocence in the face of a damaging array of circumstantial evidence.

Director: Dorothy Davenport | Stars: Claudia Dell, Lola Lane, Richard Hemingway, Jason Robards Sr.

Votes: 294

28. Haunted Ranch (1943)

Approved | 57 min | Drama, Music, Western

Both the Range Busters and Rance and his outlaw gang are looking for stolen gold bullion. To scare people away from the ranch where the gold is hidden, Rance has his man imitating ghosts. ... See full summary »

Director: Robert Emmett Tansey | Stars: John 'Dusty' King, David Sharpe, Max Terhune, Elmer

Votes: 121

29. The Living Coffin (1959)

72 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

A cowboy and his sidekick meet a ranching family that is haunted by spirits and vampires.

Director: Fernando Méndez | Stars: Gastón Santos, María Duval, Pedro de Aguillón, Hortensia Santoveña

Votes: 218

30. Zimmer Feri 2. (2010)

100 min | Comedy

Near-broke and desperate, Hungarian entrepreneur Feri decides to put a sleazy spin on tourism. After leasing a Lake Balaton boarding house, he moves in his gang - wife, nephew, daughter, ... See full summary »

Director: Péter Tímár | Stars: Gábor Reviczky, Judit Pogány, Vanda Kovács, József Szarvas

Votes: 672

31. Man Alive (1945)

70 min | Comedy

Michael McBride is declared dead after a car accident leaving his wife Connie grief stricken. When he reappears he has difficulty convincing people it's him due to the interference of Tolliver and a young Ignatius claiming to be his son.

Director: Ray Enright | Stars: Pat O'Brien, Adolphe Menjou, Ellen Drew, Rudy Vallee

Votes: 275

32. Freddi Fish 2: The Case of the Haunted Schoolhouse (1996 Video Game)

Adventure, Comedy, Crime

Freddi Fish and her enthusiastic sidekick Luther must solve puzzles to collect several items that will help them make a trap for the mysterious ghost who scared their teacher and stole all toys from their school.

Director: Ron Gilbert | Stars: Annette Toutonghi, Michael McAuliffe, Jim Bach, Carlie Casey

Votes: 67

33. Fright to the Finish (1954)

Approved | 6 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

Olive is reading ghost stories to the boys. Popeye scoffs; Bluto decides to take advantage of this by staging various pranks (a headless man, an animated skeleton, and a sheet-over-balloon ... See full summary »

Directors: Seymour Kneitel, Al Eugster | Stars: Jackson Beck, Jack Mercer, Mae Questel

Votes: 338

34. Como Consolar Viúvas (1976)

97 min | Comedy

A bankrupt playboy pays nightly visits to three rich, grieving widowed sisters disguised as their late husband's ghosts. When they all get pregnant, their father hires a priest to exorcise the "ghosts".

Director: José Mojica Marins | Stars: Vic Barone, Vosmarline Siqueira, Zélia Diniz, Lourênia Machado

Votes: 41

35. Grab the Ghost (1920)

9 min | Short, Comedy

The difficulties of a bride and bridegroom when they try to take their honeymoon in a "haunted" house.

Director: Alfred J. Goulding | Stars: 'Snub' Pollard, Marie Mosquini, Eddie Boland, Ernest Morrison

Votes: 21

36. Kísértet Lublón (1976)

94 min | Adventure, Comedy, Crime

A ghost is haunting Lublón: Kaszparek Mihály, trader of wines, does not refrain from haunting his native town even in broad daylight. He rides his horse sitting backwards, pays with false ... See full summary »

Director: Róbert Bán | Stars: Irén Bordán, György Cserhalmi, Dezsö Garas, Ágnes Bánfalvy

Votes: 83

37. Onnen-Pekka (1948)

82 min | Comedy, Drama, Family

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Director: Edvin Laine | Stars: Veli-Matti Kaitala, Edvin Laine, Ritva-Leena, Elsa Turakainen

Votes: 41

38. A Fool and His Money (1925)

56 min | Drama, Romance

John Smart (William Haines), a hack writer, inherits a fortune from a distant relative and buys a castle in Laupheim. He pursues what appears to be a ghost of a beautiful woman but he ... See full summary »

Director: Erle C. Kenton | Stars: Madge Bellamy, William Haines, Stuart Holmes, Alma Bennett

39. The Hitch Hikers (1947)

7 min | Animation, Short, Family

Hitch-hikers Heckle and Jeckle manage to get a lift in a car that turns out to be a getaway vehicle for an armed robber.

Director: Connie Rasinski | Stars: Dayton Allen, Doug Moye

Votes: 41

40. The Adventures of Shirley Holmes (1997–2000)
Episode: The Case of the Maestro's Ghost (1997)

Family, Mystery

Stink tells his classmates a ghost story concerning a former Sussex Academy student who disappeared the night before an international piano recital and never seen again. According to Stink,... See full summary »

Director: Gary Harvey | Stars: Meredith Henderson, John White, Phillip Jarrett, John Gilbert

Votes: 37

41. Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955–1962)
Episode: The Gentleman from America (1956)

TV-14 | 30 min | Drama, Mystery

Rich American Howard Latimer visits London, and bets 1,000 pounds that he can spend the night in a room that is said to be haunted.

Director: Robert Stevens | Stars: Alfred Hitchcock, Biff McGuire, Ralph Clanton, John Irving

Votes: 849

42. The Beverly Hillbillies (1962–1971)
Episode: The Ghost of Clampett Castle (1968)

TV-G | 30 min | Comedy, Family

In an attempt to get the Clampetts to move back to California, Mr. Drysdale tells Granny about the spirit of Lady Clementine. Her husband was murdered in the Clampett castle. Lady ... See full summary »

Director: Joseph Depew | Stars: Buddy Ebsen, Irene Ryan, Donna Douglas, Max Baer Jr.

Votes: 72

43. A Country Practice (1981–1993)
Episode: Friday the 13th: Part 2 (1984)

Drama, Romance

Janet continues to call Terence at the clinic threatening suicide but the situation grows more serious when she tells Terence she plans to take her daughter with her.

Director: Bob Meillon | Stars: Shane Porteous, Grant Dodwell, Penny Cook, Lorrae Desmond

44. Dennis the Menace (1959–1963)
Episode: Haunted House (1961)

TV-G | 30 min | Comedy, Family

George and Henry buy an investment property only to find out it's haunted.

Director: Charles Barton | Stars: Jay North, Herbert Anderson, Gloria Henry, Billy Booth

Votes: 48

45. Diff'rent Strokes (1978–1986)
Episode: A Haunting We Will Go (1984)

TV-PG | 24 min | Comedy, Drama, Family

After hearing that a nearby house is supposedly haunted by the ghost of its dead owner, Arnold and Sam decide to visit the house and do some investigating on their own.

Director: Gerren Keith | Stars: Conrad Bain, Gary Coleman, Todd Bridges, Mary Jo Catlett

Votes: 86

46. Faerie Tale Theatre (1982–1987)
Episode: The Boy Who Left Home to Find Out About the Shivers (1984)

52 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family

An intelligent, fearless boy living in a superstitious Transylvanian village goes out into the world to figure out what everyone else is afraid of "the shivers". The king hires him to rid the castle of ghosts and evil spirits.

Director: Graeme Clifford | Stars: Dana Hill, Christopher Lee, Peter MacNicol, David Warner

Votes: 187

47. The Fall Guy (1981–1986)
Episode: October the 31st (1984)

TV-14 | 60 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

Film crew protests when the owner of the old villa where they're suppose to shoot their horror film that stars Elvira refuses to let them. Soon, spooky things begin happening in the house.

Director: Alan Crosland Jr. | Stars: Lee Majors, Douglas Barr, Heather Thomas, Markie Post

Votes: 57

48. The Fall Guy (1981–1986)
Episode: October the 32nd (1985)

TV-14 | Action, Adventure, Comedy

Elvira makes her second appearance on this show. She, Colt and others spend a night in a haunted house in England. Ghosts of a murdered couple appear, terrorizing everyone.

Director: Georg Fenady | Stars: Lee Majors, Douglas Barr, Heather Thomas, Lewis Arquette

Votes: 39

49. Family Guy (1999– )
Episode: Family Guy Viewer Mail #1 (2002)

TV-14 | 23 min | Animation, Comedy

Peter gets three wishes by a genie; The Griffins get superpowers; Quahog turns into the Little Rascals.

Directors: Michael Dante DiMartino, Pete Michels, Scott Wood | Stars: Seth MacFarlane, Alex Borstein, Seth Green, Mila Kunis

Votes: 1,997

50. Follow the Sun (1961–1962)
Episode: A Ghost in Her Gazebo (1962)

60 min | Adventure

A widow, now the head of a huge business, is urged to sell the company by her children. She decides to consult a medium in order to seek business advice from her late husband.

Director: Leonard J. Horn | Stars: Brett Halsey, Cesar Romero, Elsa Lanchester, Yvonne Craig