Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "ghost-in-the-machine"

1. Ghost in the Shell (1995)

TV-MA | 83 min | Animation, Action, Crime

A cyborg policewoman and her partner hunt a mysterious and powerful hacker called the Puppet Master.

Directors: Mizuho Nishikubo, Mamoru Oshii | Stars: Atsuko Tanaka, Iemasa Kayumi, Akio Ôtsuka, Kôichi Yamadera

Votes: 156,832 | Gross: $0.52M

2. WarGames (1983)

PG | 114 min | Action, Drama, Sci-Fi

A young man finds a back door into a military central computer in which reality is confused with game-playing, possibly starting World War III.

Director: John Badham | Stars: Matthew Broderick, Ally Sheedy, John Wood, Dabney Coleman

Votes: 110,700 | Gross: $79.57M

3. Transcendence (I) (2014)

PG-13 | 119 min | Action, Drama, Sci-Fi

A scientist's drive for artificial intelligence takes on dangerous implications when his own consciousness is uploaded into one such program.

Director: Wally Pfister | Stars: Johnny Depp, Rebecca Hall, Morgan Freeman, Cillian Murphy

Votes: 238,826 | Gross: $23.02M

4. Ghost in the Machine (1993)

R | 95 min | Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller

An electric surge causes a serial killer's soul to end up in a computer system.

Director: Rachel Talalay | Stars: Karen Allen, Chris Mulkey, Ted Marcoux, Wil Horneff

Votes: 4,170 | Gross: $5.09M

5. Our House (I) (2018)

PG-13 | 90 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery

A young genius accidentally invents a device that amplifies the paranormal activity within his family's house, possibly bringing back the spirits of loved ones, and unleashing things far worse.

Director: Anthony Scott Burns | Stars: John Ralston, Thomas Mann, Percy Hynes White, Lucius Hoyos

Votes: 9,059

6. What the #$*! Do We (K)now!? (2004)

Not Rated | 109 min | Documentary, Comedy, Drama

A fictional photographer's quest to spiritually rediscover herself is interspersed with documentary footage of scientists and theologians discussing the philosophical aspects of quantum physics.

Directors: William Arntz, Betsy Chasse, Mark Vicente | Stars: Marlee Matlin, Elaine Hendrix, John Ross Bowie, Robert Bailey Jr.

Votes: 13,847 | Gross: $10.94M

7. Ghost in the Shell 2.0 (2008)

TV-14 | 83 min | Animation, Action, Crime

A hacker known as the Puppet Master is hunted by a female cyborg cop and her partner. This film is a revised version of Ghost in the Shell (1995).

Director: Mamoru Oshii | Stars: Atsuko Tanaka, Akio Ôtsuka, Kôichi Yamadera, Tesshô Genda

Votes: 15,247

8. What the Bleep!?: Down the Rabbit Hole (2006)

PG | 156 min | Documentary, Drama

Interviews with scientists and authors, animated bits, and a storyline involving a deaf photographer are used in this docudrama to illustrate the link between quantum mechanics, neurobiology, human consciousness and day-to-day reality.

Directors: William Arntz, Betsy Chasse, Mark Vicente | Stars: Marlee Matlin, Elaine Hendrix, Barry Newman, Armin Shimerman

Votes: 2,921 | Gross: $0.14M

9. Debug (2014)

Not Rated | 86 min | Horror, Sci-Fi

Six young computer hackers, sent to work on a derelict spaceship, are forced to match wits with a vengeful artificial intelligence that would kill to be human.

Director: David Hewlett | Stars: Tenika Davis, Jason Momoa, Adrian Holmes, Kjartan Hewitt

Votes: 3,008

10. Technotise: Edit & I (2009)

Not Rated | 100 min | Animation, Drama, Sci-Fi

Belgrade 2074. Edit is a student. After a few failed exams she decides to implant a memory chip... but, something strange starts happening to her.

Directors: Aleksa Gajic, Nebojsa Andric, Stevan Djordjevic | Stars: Sanda Knezevic, Nebojsa Glogovac, Jelisaveta 'Seka' Sablic, Petar Kralj

Votes: 3,375

11. Stasis (2017)

Not Rated | 90 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

After a night out of partying Ava wakes up and sneaks back home only to find that somebody's already in her bed and they look exactly like her. Ava learns that a time-traveling fugitive has stolen her body and she is now a ghost and invisible to everyone.

Director: Nicole Jones-Dion | Stars: Anna Harr, Mark Grossman, London Grace, Tiana Masaniai

Votes: 3,620

12. And You Thought Your Parents Were Weird (1991)

PG | 92 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy

Two inventor brothers create a working robot that is also inhabited by the spirit of their dead father.

Director: Tony Cookson | Stars: Joshua John Miller, Edan Gross, Marcia Strassman, John Quade

Votes: 693 | Gross: $0.40M

13. Observer (2017 Video Game)

M | Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi

A burnt-out cop investigates what caused a rundown apartment building to go under automatic lockdown, which brings him face-to-face with the ghosts from his past.

Director: Mariusz Szaflik | Stars: Rutger Hauer, Arkadiusz Jakubik, Brandon Fague, Kristin Lennox

Votes: 619

14. Ladder of Philosophy

Documentary, History | Announced

Four philosophers - an atheist, an agnostic, a Christian, and a Hindu - settle down to discuss life, reason, faith, and whatever else comes to mind.

Director: Martin Horlacher | Star: Martin Horlacher

15. Simulated Youth: Ghost in the Machine (2021 Music Video)

4 min | Music

"Ghost in the Machine" is a dark alternative rap song about diminishing freedom of speech and overbearing surveillance around the world.

Director: Jeremy Louis | Star: Simulated Youth

16. Amazing Stories (1985–1987)
Episode: The Eternal Mind (1986)

Not Rated | 24 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama

Applying experiments with chimps to himself, a dying scientist transfers his mind into a computer. But his unique survival after physical death brings unexpected heartaches.

Director: J. Michael Riva | Stars: Jeffrey Jones, Katherine Borowitz, Gregory Wagrowski, Robert Axelrod

Votes: 193

17. The Hunger (1997–2000)
Episode: Room 17 (1997)

TV-MA | 26 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

A traveling salesman rents Room 17 at the Limbo Hotel. When he orders an adult channel on the cable television, he gets more than he bargained for.

Director: Erik Canuel | Stars: Terence Stamp, Curtis Armstrong, Kim Feeney, Penny Mancuso

Votes: 110

18. PSI Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal (1996–2000)
Episode: Y2K (1999)

TV-14 | 45 min | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery

The team investigates the gruesome death of two programmers, who were working on a Y2K bug patch for a big security firm. Their brains were somehow destroyed by a strange computer virus. Also, Matt's relationship with Claire falls apart.

Director: Ron Oliver | Stars: Matt Frewer, Nancy Anne Sakovich, Barclay Hope, Colin Fox

Votes: 19

19. American Dad! (2005– )
Episode: Hot Water (2011)

TV-14 | 22 min | Animation, Comedy

Stan is stressed by family life so he decides to buy a hot tub for the backyard, but he becomes obsessed and when the hot tub starts singing and encourages some bad behavior they are all in trouble.

Directors: Chris Bennett, Ron Hughart, Brent Woods | Stars: Seth MacFarlane, Wendy Schaal, Scott Grimes, Rachael MacFarlane

Votes: 1,228

20. Eureka (2006–2012)
Episode: Ex Machina (2012)

TV-PG | 44 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama

Fargo is convinced that Holly is still inside of the Matrix computer, but the DOD is determined to wipe its hard drive clean -- losing Dr. Marten forever.

Director: Michael Robison | Stars: Colin Ferguson, Salli Richardson-Whitfield, Joe Morton, Erica Cerra

Votes: 382

21. Mike Tyson Mysteries (2014–2020)
Episode: Ultimate Judgment Day (2014)

TV-14 | 12 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy

After receiving a cryptic message for help on an IBM punch card, Mike goes to the chess tournament where IBM's chess program Deep Blue and Grandmaster Garry Kasparov are having a rematch. Mike mistakes Garry for a Grand Wizard of the KKK.

Director: Ethan Spaulding | Stars: Mike Tyson, Norm MacDonald, Rachel Ramras, Jim Rash

Votes: 176

22. Supernatural (2005–2020)
Episode: Halt & Catch Fire (2015)

TV-14 | 42 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

To take his mind off of the Mark of Cain, Dean goes hunting. They track down a ghost that is killing college students through electronics and the internet.

Director: John F. Showalter | Stars: Jared Padalecki, Jensen Ackles, Willa Milner, Barbara Kottmeier

Votes: 3,398

23. Black Mirror (2011– )
Episode: San Junipero (2016)

TV-MA | 61 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi

When Yorkie and Kelly visit San Junipero, a fun-loving beach town full of surf, sun and sex, their lives are changed.

Director: Owen Harris | Stars: Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Mackenzie Davis, Denise Burse, Raymond McAnally

Votes: 66,913

24. Spine Chillers (2013– )
Episode: The Wraith (2016)

16 min | Comedy, Drama, Horror

Raoul O'Hara, P.I. (Paranormal Investigator) takes on a case of a vengeful wraith.

Director: Paul Harris | Stars: Paul Harris, Carol Ilku, Robert J. Gordinier, Sue Ziel