10 Movies About Ghosts That Aren't Horror

From comedy classics like Beetlejuice to poignant dramas like The Lovely Bones, these films prove that ghost stories don't have to be horror films.

December 7, 2024 · 1 min · 55 words · Angelica Brock

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Main cast of Ghostbusters

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A man sitting at the dinner table looking at a transparent apparition sitting next to him in ‘Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives’

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Danielle Deadwyler and Ray Fisher in The Piano Lesson

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Adam and Harry embracing and smiling at a club in All of Us Strangers

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Casper the ghost (voiced by Malachi Pearson) looking shocked in 1995’s Casper

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Saoirse Ronan as Susie Salmon standing outside in The Lovely Bones

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A ghost in ‘Ghost Story’

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Betelgeuse hisses at the camera while forcing Lydia to marry him in Beetlejuice (1988).

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Sam Wheat, played by actor Patrick Swayze, and Molly Jensen, played by actor Demi Moore, kissing against a black background in Ghost.

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Harold Ramis, Ernie Hudson, Bill Murray, and Dan Aykroyd leaning against the Ectomobile in Ghostbusters

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