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Ghostbusters (2016 film)

Ghostbusters is a 2016 American supernatural comedy film directed by Paul Feig, starring Melissa McCarthy, Kristen Wiig, Kate McKinnon, and Leslie Jones as paranormal investigators battling a ghost invasion of New York City.

Ghostbusters (franchise)

Ghostbusters: Sony supernatural comedy franchise begun by Ivan Reitman's 1984 film with Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Harold Ramis, and Ernie Hudson; includes Ghostbusters II (1989), the 2016 all-female reboot, Afterlife (2021), Frozen Empire (2024), The Real Ghostbusters, the 2009 video game, and the Netflix series Ghostbusters: Night Shift (2027).

Ghostbusters II

Ghostbusters II, also known as Ghostbusters 2, is a 1989 American supernatural comedy film directed by Ivan Reitman, whose returning cast includes Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, and Sigourney Weaver.

Ghostbusters: Afterlife

Ghostbusters: Afterlife is a 2021 American supernatural comedy film directed by Jason Reitman, following a family in small-town Oklahoma who uncover their connection to the original Ghostbusters.

Ghosted (2023 film)

Ghosted (2023) is an Apple TV+ action romantic comedy directed by Dexter Fletcher, starring Chris Evans as farmer Cole and Ana de Armas as CIA agent Sadie; panned by critics (25% RT) but a record Apple TV+ debut.

Ghosted (TV series)

Ghosted (2017-2018) is a Fox single-camera paranormal buddy comedy created by Tom Gormican, starring Craig Robinson and Adam Scott as Bureau Underground recruits; 16 episodes, canceled June 28, 2018, unrelated to the 2023 film.

Ghostface (identity)

Ghostface is the masked killer identity of the Scream franchise, created by Kevin Williamson and Wes Craven in 1996. A store-bought Fun World costume worn by fifteen different killers across seven films, voiced by Roger L. Jackson, and featured in Dead by Daylight, Call of Duty, Mortal Kombat 1, and Fortnite.

Ghosting with Luke Hutchie and Matthew Finlan

Ghosting with Luke Hutchie and Matthew Finlan is a Canadian unscripted paranormal comedy on CBC Gem, premiering January 26, 2024. The horror-actor hosts investigate Canada's haunted sites with celebrity guests, reaching 'haunted' or 'not' verdicts; two seasons, 16 episodes, Blue Ant Studios production.

Ghostland

Ghostland (2018), also Incident in a Ghostland, is a horror film written and directed by Pascal Laugier, starring Mylène Farmer, Crystal Reed, and Emilia Jones, about a family attacked in an inherited house; it won the Gérardmer Grand Prix.

Ghostlight (2024 film)

Ghostlight (2024) is an American indie drama by Kelly O'Sullivan and Alex Thompson, premiering at Sundance and released by IFC Films on June 14, 2024. Keith Kupferer plays a grieving construction worker who joins a community theater's Romeo and Juliet; distinct from John Stimpson's 2024 supernatural comedy Ghost Light.

Ghosts (2019 British TV series)

Ghosts (2019 British TV series), also Ghosts UK, BBC One sitcom 2019-2023 by the Horrible Histories six: Alison and Mike inherit Button House and share it with period ghosts; five series, hit CBS remake, and the 2026 film The Possession of Button House.

Ghosts (American TV series)

Ghosts is a CBS single-camera sitcom (2021–) adapted from the 2019 BBC comedy by Them There, created by Joe Port and Joe Wiseman. It follows Samantha and Jay turning inherited Woodstone Mansion into a B&B haunted by eight American-history ghosts only Samantha can see; a rare successful US remake of a British sitcom.

Ghosts (Australian TV series)

Ghosts Australia is an eight-episode Australian comedy adaptation of the BBC sitcom Ghosts, made by BBC Studios Productions Australia for Network 10 and Paramount+. Set at haunted Ramshead Manor, it premiered 2 November 2025, stars Tamala and Rowan Witt, and features six ghosts from Australian history.

Ghosts (play)

Ghosts (Gengangere/Gjengangere) is Henrik Ibsen's three-act family drama of 1881 about Helene Alving, her son Oswald, and inherited syphilis. Banned or refused across Scandinavia, it premiered in Chicago in 1882 and became a landmark of naturalist drama.

Ghosts of Girlfriends Past

Ghosts of Girlfriends Past is a 2009 American romantic comedy, a Christmas Carol-style fantasy directed by Mark Waters, starring Matthew McConaughey, Jennifer Garner, and Michael Douglas; it grossed about $102 million worldwide but earned poor reviews.

Ghosts of Mars

Ghosts of Mars (2001) is John Carpenter's sci-fi horror film, also marketed as John Carpenter's Ghosts of Mars, about Martian spirits possessing human settlers in 2176. It starred Ice Cube and Natasha Henstridge, cost $28 million, and grossed about $14 million worldwide.

Ghosts of Mississippi

Ghosts of Mississippi is Rob Reiner's 1996 courtroom drama, also known as Fantasmas do Passado, starring Alec Baldwin, Whoopi Goldberg, and James Woods, dramatizing Bobby DeLaughter's prosecution of Byron De La Beckwith for Medgar Evers's 1963 murder, convicted in 1994.

Ghosts of the Abyss

Ghosts of the Abyss is James Cameron's 2003 IMAX 3D documentary about his 2001 return to the Titanic wreck aboard the Keldysh, with Bill Paxton, Sony-Pace 3D cameras, and the ROVs Jake and Elwood.

Ghosts of War (2020 film)

Ghosts of War (2020) is a supernatural war horror film written and directed by Eric Bress, starring Brenton Thwaites, in which five WWII soldiers guarding a French château face vengeful ghosts and a simulated-reality twist.

Ghosts: The Possession of Button House

Ghosts: The Possession of Button House is a 2026 British comedy film continuing the BBC sitcom Ghosts, directed by Simon Hynd, written by and starring its six creators, released 23 October 2026 by Lionsgate.

Ghostwatch

Ghostwatch: BBC One Screen One horror drama, 31 October 1992, written by Stephen Volk, directed by Lesley Manning, starring Michael Parkinson as a fake live ghost investigation that fooled millions and was never repeated in the UK.

Ghostwriter (2019 TV series)

Ghostwriter (2019 TV series) is a Sesame Workshop children's mystery on Apple TV+ (Nov 1, 2019 to Oct 21, 2022, three seasons, 39 episodes), a reboot of the 1992 PBS show in which a bookstore ghost releases fictional characters and four kids must return them to their books.

Ghoul (miniseries)

Ghoul is a 2018 Netflix Indian horror miniseries, three Hindi episodes written and directed by Patrick Graham, starring Radhika Apte and Manav Kaul, set in a dystopian India where a detained terrorist is possessed by a folklore ghoul.

Ghoul (TV character)

The Ghoul, born Cooper Howard, is the Walton Goggins character in Prime Video's Fallout TV series: a pre-War Hollywood Western star and Vault-Tec spokesman mutated into a 200-year-old bounty hunter who takes a serum to avoid going feral, later added to Fallout 76's Burning Springs update.

Ghoulies

Ghoulies is a 1985 American horror comedy directed by Luca Bercovici, produced by Charles Band's Empire Pictures, about small demonic puppets summoned in a mansion; famous for its toilet poster, it spawned three sequels and a planned 2027 reboot.

Ghulam (film)

Ghulam (ग़ुलाम, 1998) is a Hindi action drama directed by Vikram Bhatt, starring Aamir Khan as boxer Siddharth and Rani Mukerji, with music by Jatin-Lalit and the hit song Aati Kya Khandala.

Ghulam Begum Badshah

Ghulam Begum Badshah (गुलाम बेगम बादशाह) is a 1973 Hindi drama directed by Jambu, starring Shatrughan Sinha, Moushumi Chatterjee, and Anil Dhawan, with Kalyanji–Anandji music; adapted from the Tamil film Soodhattam (1971).

Ghulam-E-Mustafa (ग़ुलाम-ए-मुसतफा)

Ghulam-E-Mustafa (ग़ुलाम-ए-मुसतफा), also spelled Ghulam-E-Musthafa, is a 1997 Hindi action crime drama directed by Partho Ghosh, starring Nana Patekar, Raveena Tandon, and Paresh Rawal; released 31 October 1997, a Semi Hit with 8.81 crore India nett.

Ghum Hai Kisikey Pyaar Meiin

Ghum Hai Kisikey Pyaar Meiin (गुम है किसी के प्यार में), a Star Plus Hindi soap opera since 2020, a remake of Bengali show Kusum Dola by Cockcrow and Shaika Films, known for its Sai-Virat-Pakhi love triangle and repeated cast leaps.

Ghuspaithiya (घुसपैठिया)

Ghuspaithiya (घुसपैठिया) is a 2024 Hindi cybercrime thriller directed by Susi Ganeshan, a remake of Thiruttu Payale 2, starring Vineet Kumar Singh, Urvashi Rautela, and Akshay Oberoi, released 9 August 2024.