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10 Best Movies Like Ghost Writer

If you loved Ghost Writer, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
Just Buried

Just Buried

2007★ 5.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Ghost Writer for fans of Comedy & Drama & Horror. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

A young man inherits a nearly bankrupt funeral home from his estranged father. He falls in love with the alluring young mortician, only to find out she's offing people to keep the ...

#2
Things Change

Things Change

1988★ 6.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Ghost Writer for fans of Comedy & Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Jerry, a misfit Mafia henchman, is assigned the low-level job of keeping an eye on Gino, a shoe repairman fingered by the Mob to confess to a murder he didn't commit. But Gino's mi...

#3
SubUrbia

SubUrbia

1997★ 6.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Ghost Writer for fans of Comedy & Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

A group of suburban teenagers try to support each other through the difficult task of becoming adults....

#4
Hooking Up

Hooking Up

2020★ 6.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Ghost Writer for fans of Comedy & Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Bailey and Darla embark upon a misguided and mutually deceitful form of therapy, one in which they must drive across the country, re-enacting Darla's colorful history as a sex addi...

#5
LaRoy, Texas

LaRoy, Texas

2024★ 6.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Ghost Writer for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Broke and depressed, Ray is mistaken for a dangerous hitman and given an envelope of cash. Along with his P.I. friend Skip, he must escape the actual hitman to make it out of LaRo...

#6
The Parts You Lose

The Parts You Lose

2019★ 6.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Ghost Writer for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

An unlikely friendship unfolds between a young deaf boy, Wesley, and a fugitive criminal who takes refuge in an abandoned barn on the family’s rural North Dakota farm....

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