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Movies that feel likeGhostbusters: Afterlife (2021)

When single mom Callie and her two kids Trevor and Phoebe arrive in a small Oklahoma town, they begin to discover their connection to the original Ghostbusters and the secret legacy their grandfather left behind.

If you loved Ghostbusters: Afterlife, the closest films we have are Love and Monsters (2020), Easy A (2010) and Monica and Friends: Bonds (2019). All three share Ghostbusters: Afterlife's witty and playful feel, which is what we rank on before quality.

Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is Amarcord (1973).

🍅 63% Rotten Tomatoes★ 7 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. Jason Reitmandreamlikewittyplayfulepicwistfulcozy
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Looking for the series itself? Also in this series: Ghostbusters (1984) · Ghostbusters II (1989)

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Love and Monsters
2020 · dir. Michael Matthews
🍅 94%★ 6.9adventure · comedy · fantasyParamount+

Both land dream logic and wit at once

The difference: Reviewed even better

Seven years since the Monsterpocalypse began, Joel Dawson has been living underground in order to survive. But after reconnecting over radio with his high school girlfriend Aimee, Joel decides to venture out to reunite with her, despite all the dangerous monsters that stand in his way.

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Easy A
2010 · dir. Will Gluck
🍅 85%★ 7comedyParamount+

Both are built on the same subject: small town life

The difference: Trades the dream logic of Ghostbusters: Afterlife for an angle of its own

Olive, an average high school student, sees her below-the-radar existence turn around overnight once she decides to use the school's gossip grapevine to advance her social standing. Now her classmates are turning against her and the school board is becoming concerned, including her favorite teacher and the distracted guidance counselor. With the support of her hilariously idiosyncratic parents and a little help from a long-time crush, Olive attempts to take on her notorious new identity and crush the rumor mill once and for all.

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Monica and Friends: Bonds
2019 · dir. Daniel Rezende
★ 7.1family · adventure · comedy

One thread runs through both: nostalgic

The difference: Easier on the dream logic than Ghostbusters: Afterlife

Fluffy, Jimmy Five's pet dog, vanished. He develops an infallible plan to rescue the little dog, but, he will need help from his faithful friends: Monica, Maggy and Smudge. Together, they will face challengers and live incredible adventures to get Fluffy back home.

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🍅 65%★ 6.7adventure · fantasyDisney+

Both keep coming back to the same thing: nostalgic

A teenager finds himself transported to an island where he must help protect a group of orphans with special powers from creatures intent on destroying them.

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Amarcord
1973 · dir. Federico Fellini
🍅 88%★ 7.8comedy · dramaMax

Common ground: small town life

The difference: Leans harder into drama than Ghostbusters: Afterlife does

In an Italian seaside town, young Titta gets into trouble with his friends and watches various local eccentrics as they engage in often absurd behavior. Frequently clashing with his stern father and defended by his doting mother, Titta witnesses the actions of a wide range of characters, from his extended family to Fascist loyalists to sensual women, with certain moments shifting into fantastical scenarios.

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The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
2015 · dir. Guy Ritchie
🍅 68%★ 7.2comedy · action · adventure

Playful and epic in the same breath

The difference: Sits closer to action than Ghostbusters: Afterlife does

At the height of the Cold War, a mysterious criminal organization plans to use nuclear weapons and technology to upset the fragile balance of power between the United States and Soviet Union. CIA agent Napoleon Solo and KGB agent Illya Kuryakin are forced to put aside their hostilities and work together to stop the evildoers in their tracks. The duo's only lead is the daughter of a missing German scientist, whom they must find soon to prevent a global catastrophe.

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Vacation
2015 · dir. John Francis Daley
🍅 27%★ 6.2comedy · adventureParamount+

Comedy built on wistfulness, twice over

Hoping to bring his family closer together and to recreate his childhood vacation for his own kids, a grown up Rusty Griswold takes his wife and their two sons on a cross-country road trip to the coolest theme park in America, Walley World. Needless to say, things don't go quite as planned.

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Ghosts of Girlfriends Past
2009 · dir. Mark Waters
🍅 27%★ 5.8romance · comedy · fantasy

The same preoccupation in both: ghost

Celebrity photographer Connor Mead lives life in the fast lane, committed to lifelong bachelorhood and simultaneous relationships with multiple women. On the eve of his younger brother Paul's wedding, Connor's mockery of love proves a real buzz-kill for everyone - including his childhood crush, Jenny, the one woman who always seemed immune to his considerable charms. Later that night, he gets a wake-up call from the ghost of his late Uncle Wayne, the hard-partying, legendary ladies' man who was Connor's mentor. Uncle Wayne has an urgent message which he delivers through three ghosts who guide Connor on an eye-opening tour of his romantic past, present and future. Along the way, they attempt to discern whether he will ever be able to change his ways -- and if there is any hope of him finding true love.

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American Reunion
2012 · dir. Jon Hurwitz
🍅 45%★ 6.7comedy

Witty fantasy in both cases

The characters we met a little more than a decade ago return to East Great Falls for their high school reunion. In one long-overdue weekend, they will discover what has changed, who hasn’t, and that time and distance can’t break the bonds of friendship.

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Hunt for the Wilderpeople
2016 · dir. Taika Waititi
🍅 97%★ 7.8adventure · comedy · dramaPrime VideoPeacock

Playful adventure, and it commits to that

Ricky is a defiant young city kid who finds himself on the run with his cantankerous foster uncle in the wild New Zealand bush. A national manhunt ensues, and the two are forced to put aside their differences and work together to survive.

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Jack the Giant Slayer
2013 · dir. Bryan Singer
🍅 52%★ 6.3fantasy · action · adventure

Fantasy with a pulse of dream logic, in both cases

The story of an ancient war that is reignited when a young farmhand unwittingly opens a gateway between our world and a fearsome race of giants. Unleashed on the Earth for the first time in centuries, the giants strive to reclaim the land they once lost, forcing the young man, Jack into the battle of his life to stop them. Fighting for a kingdom, its people, and the love of a brave princess, he comes face to face with the unstoppable warriors he thought only existed in legend–and gets the chance to become a legend himself.

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Midnight in Paris
2011 · dir. Woody Allen
🍅 93%★ 7.6fantasy · comedy · romance

The same preoccupation in both: nostalgia

While on a trip to Paris with his fiancée's family, a nostalgic screenwriter finds himself mysteriously going back to the 1920s every day at midnight.

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