Movies like Blackbeard's Ghost: 20 to watch next
If you loved Blackbeard's Ghost (1968) — a comedy, fantasy and family film directed by Robert Stevenson — these 20 movies are the closest matches.
The first picks are what fans of Blackbeard's Ghost most often go on to watch; the rest share its genres and themes like witch, gambling and american football coach. 7 of them are streaming in India right now — each entry shows where.
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Scooby-Doo! and the Witch's Ghost 1999★ 7.4
Shares: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Scooby-Doo and the Mystery Gang visit Oakhaven, Massachusetts to seek strange goings on involving a famous horror novelist and his ancestor who is rumored to have been a witch.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Candy Cane Lane 2023★ 6.0
Shares: Comedy, Fantasy, Family
Determined to win the neighborhood's annual Christmas decorating contest, family man Chris makes a pact with an elf to help him out-do the competition. However, the elf casts a spell bringing the twelve days of Christmas to life, unleashing chaos on the small unsuspecting town.
Stream in India on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
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Casper Meets Wendy 1998★ 5.9
Shares: Family, Fantasy, Comedy
When a warlock threatens Wendy the Good Little Witch, she and her aunts hide out at a resort where Casper the Ghost is vacationing with his uncles. Although Casper and Wendy are told ghosts and witches don't get along, the two are kindred spirits! This spooky family-friendly adventure finds Casper and Wendy bridging the ghost-witch divide to battle the warlock who is intent on destroying Wendy.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Shorts 2009★ 5.9
Shares: Family, Fantasy, Comedy
A young boy's discovery of a colorful, wish-granting rock causes chaos in the suburban town of Black Falls when jealous kids and scheming adults alike set out to get their hands on it.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Roald Dahl's The Witches 2020★ 6.3
Shares: Comedy, Fantasy, Family
In late 1967, a young orphaned boy goes to live with his loving grandma in the rural Alabama town of Demopolis. As the boy and his grandmother encounter some deceptively glamorous but thoroughly diabolical witches, she wisely whisks him away to a seaside resort. Regrettably, they arrive at precisely the same time that the world's Grand High Witch has gathered.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Casper 1995★ 6.4
Shares: Fantasy, Comedy, Family
Casper is a kind young ghost who peacefully haunts a mansion in Maine. When specialist James Harvey arrives to communicate with Casper and his fellow spirits, he brings along his teenage daughter, Kat. Casper quickly falls in love with Kat, but their budding relationship is complicated not only by his transparent state, but also by his troublemaking apparition uncles and their mischievous antics.
Stream in India on JioHotstar
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Hocus Pocus 1993★ 7.1
Shares: Fantasy, Comedy, Family
After 300 years of slumber, three sister witches are accidentally resurrected in Salem on Halloween night, and it is up to three kids and their newfound feline friend to put an end to the witches' reign of terror once and for all.
Stream in India on JioHotstar
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Inkheart 2008★ 6.3
Shares: Family, Fantasy
The adventures of a father and his young daughter, in their search for a long lost book that will help reunite a missing, close relative.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Little Giants 1994★ 6.6
Shares: Comedy, Family
When Danny O'Shea's daughter is cut from the Peewee football team just for being a girl, he decides to form his own team, composed of other ragtag players who were also cut. Can his team really learn enough to beat the elite team, coached by his brother, a former pro player?
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Hook 1991★ 6.8
Shares: Fantasy, Comedy, Family
The boy who wasn't supposed to grow up—Peter Pan—does just that, becoming a soulless corporate lawyer whose workaholism could cost him his wife and kids. During his trip to see Granny Wendy in London, the vengeful Capt. Hook kidnaps Peter's kids and forces Peter to return to Neverland.
Stream in India on Sony Liv, Sony Pictures Amazon Channel, Sonyliv Amazon Channel
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ParaNorman 2012★ 7.1
Shares: Family, Comedy
In the town of Blithe Hollow, Norman Babcock can speak to the dead, but no one other than his eccentric new friend believes his ability is real. One day, Norman's eccentric uncle tells him of a ritual he must perform to protect the town from a curse cast by a witch centuries ago.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Imagine That 2009★ 6.0
Shares: Family, Comedy, Fantasy
A financial executive who can't stop his career downspiral is invited into his daughter's imaginary world, where solutions to his problems await.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Oz the Great and Powerful 2013★ 5.9
Shares: Fantasy, Family
Oscar Diggs, a small-time circus illusionist and con-artist, is whisked from Kansas to the Land of Oz where the inhabitants assume he's the great wizard of prophecy, there to save Oz from the clutches of evil.
Stream in India on VI movies and tv
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Monster High: Frights, Camera, Action! 2014★ 7.5
Shares: Family, Fantasy
When Draculaura is led to believe she's the rightful heir to the vampire throne, she and her best ghoulfriends are whisked away to Transylvania for a royal coronation to die for. But they soon discover the hunt for the queen is not over yet. The Ghouls must locate an ancient artifact known as the Vampire's Heart in order to discover the identity of the true Vampire Queen. It's a fangtastic adventure that will lead them from the Tower of Londoom, to a haunted river boat in New Goreleans and finally to the glamorous boo-vie lots of Hauntlywood. Could this be the moment when Draculara finally receives her vampire powers and discovers screams really can come true?
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Kermit's Swamp Years 2002★ 5.8
Shares: Fantasy, Family, Comedy
At 12 years old, Kermit the Frog and best friends Goggles and Croaker travel outside their homes in the swamps of the Deep South to do something extraordinary with their lives.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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The Tiger's Apprentice 2024★ 7.2
Shares: Family, Fantasy
After the death of his grandmother, Tom Lee discovers he is part of a long lineage of magical protectors known as the Guardians. With guidance from a mythical tiger named Hu and the other Zodiac animal warriors, Tom trains to take on an evil force that threatens humanity.
Stream in India on JioHotstar
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The Luck of the Irish 2001★ 6.1
Shares: Family, Comedy
A teenager must battle for a gold charm to keep his family from being controlled by an evil leprechaun.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Sabrina the Teenage Witch 1996★ 6.7
Shares: Fantasy, Family, Comedy
A girl, sent by her parents to live with her two eccentric aunts, finds out on her sixteenth birthday that she is a witch.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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The Care Bears Movie 1985★ 6.3
Shares: Fantasy, Comedy, Family
The Care Bears team up with a troubled brother and sister who just moved to a new town to help a neglected young magician's apprentice whose evil spell book causes sinister things to happen.
Stream in India on MGM Plus Amazon Channel
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Halloweentown 1998★ 6.8
Shares: Family, Fantasy, Comedy
On her 13th birthday, Marnie learns she's a witch, discovers a secret portal, and is transported to Halloweentown — a magical place where ghosts and ghouls, witches and werewolves live apart from the human world. But she soon finds herself battling wicked warlocks, evil curses, and endless surprises.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now