Movies Like Poltergeist

Ranked by shared directors, cast, themes, genre, and era — not just generic recommendations.

Poltergeist II: The Other Side

1986·1h 31m·★ 5.7·Brian Gibson

Poltergeist Collection5 shared cast incl. Craig T. Nelson & JoBeth WilliamsThemes: poltergeist, halloween

Poltergeist III

1988·1h 38m·★ 4.7·Gary Sherman

Poltergeist CollectionThemes: poltergeist, halloweenBoth star Heather O'Rourke & Zelda Rubinstein

Poltergeist

2015·1h 33m·★ 4.9·Gil Kenan

Poltergeist CollectionThemes: poltergeist, haunted house

Thir13en Ghosts

2001·1h 31m·★ 5.6·Steve Beck

Themes: frightened, family relationships, haunted houseFans also liked

The Ninth Gate

1999·2h 13m·★ 6.7·Roman Polanski

Themes: ominous, macabreTMDB recommends

The Evil Dead

1981·1h 25m·★ 7.3·Sam Raimi

Themes: disturbed, macabreTMDB recommends

The Entity

1982·2h 5m·★ 6.7·Sidney J. Furie

Themes: ominous, hauntedFans also liked

The Sixth Sense

1999·1h 47m·★ 8.2·M. Night Shyamalan

4 shared themes: paranormal phenomena, dramatic, anxious...

Donnie Darko

2001·1h 54m·★ 8.0·Richard Kelly

Themes: suburbia, parent child relationship, halloween

Insidious

2011·1h 42m·★ 6.8·James Wan

Themes: medium, haunted houseFans also liked

Insidious: Chapter 2

2013·1h 46m·★ 6.6·James Wan

Themes: medium, haunted houseFans also liked

Pet Sematary

1989·1h 43m·★ 6.5·Mary Lambert

4 shared themes: ominous, anxious, parent child relationship...

The Shining

1980·2h 24m·★ 8.4·Stanley Kubrick

Themes: frightened, disturbed, halloween

Hereditary

2018·2h 8m·★ 7.3·Ari Aster

Themes: disturbed, parent child relationshipFans also liked

Oculus

2014·1h 44m·★ 6.6·Mike Flanagan

Themes: family relationships, haunted houseFans also liked

Whiplash

2014·1h 47m·★ 8.5·Damien Chazelle

Themes: dramatic, anxious

The Conjuring

2013·1h 52m·★ 7.5·James Wan

Themes: frightened, haunted house

2012

2009·2h 38m·★ 5.9·Roland Emmerich

Themes: dramatic, anxious

Forrest Gump

1994·2h 22m·★ 8.8·Robert Zemeckis

Themes: family relationships, parent child relationship

Fever Pitch

2005·1h 44m·★ 6.3·Bobby Farrelly

DP: Matthew F. LeonettiStarring JoBeth Williams

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