
Movies that feel likeBeetlejuice (1988)
If you loved Beetlejuice, the closest films we have are Ghostbusters (1984), Nothing Left to Do But Cry (1984) and The Visitors (1993). All three share Beetlejuice's dreamlike and witty feel, which is what we rank on before quality.
Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is An American Werewolf in London (1981).
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If Beetlejuice hit the spot, these will too
Looking for the series itself? Also in this series: Beetlejuice Beetlejuice (2024)

Deadpan pros treating the supernatural like a pest-control job
The difference: Wisecracking procedural energy — none of Burton's macabre design

Ordinary schmoes dumped into an absurd world with its own mad rules
The difference: Italian time-travel farce with zero supernatural set dressing

Unruly guests from another time wreaking havoc on tidy modern life
The difference: French culture-clash farce — no afterlife, just anachronisms

The same mix in both: dream logic, then wit
The difference: Takes it somewhere less dread-soaked than Beetlejuice does

Slapstick and skeletons — horror imagery played for pure comedy
The difference: Louder and dumber on purpose, with none of the domestic satire

Anarchic little monsters shredding suburbia's cozy veneer
The difference: Meaner streak — its creatures actually draw blood

Burton's gothic kitsch — the undead loose amid tacky mortal decor
The difference: A muddled vampire soap that never finds its comic rhythm

Burton siccing gleefully nasty invaders on smug polite society
The difference: Scattershot ensemble spoof — cruel fun but emotionally hollow

Both lean on play more than on fantasy
The difference: The critics' underdog of the pair

Both keep coming back to the same thing: halloween
The difference: Sits closer to horror than Beetlejuice does

Death as farce — vain mortals discovering the afterlife's fine print
The difference: Nastier Hollywood satire; glamour and spite over ghoulish whimsy

Dreamlike comedy in both cases
The difference: Made in the 2000s, in a different era of the craft
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