Movies like Topper Returns
The best movies like Topper Returns (1941) are Topper (1937), The Ghost Goes West (1935) and Blithe Spirit (1945). If Topper Returns hooked you with its comedy and fantasy, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest ratedHarvey (1950)7.7/10 from 710 votes
- NewestScooby-Doo! Curse of the Lake Monster (2010)Released 2010
- Same seriesTopper (1937)Topper
Topper (1937)
Madcap couple George and Marion Kerby are killed in an automobile accident. They return as ghosts to try and liven up the regimented lifestyle of their friend and bank president, Cosmo Topper. When Topper starts to live it up, it strains relations with his stuffy wife.
Why it matches: Same series: Topper · both comedy & fantasy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Ghost Goes West (1935)
Peggy Martin, daughter of a wealthy American businessman, persuades her father to buy a haunted Scottish castle from Donald Glourie. As the castle is dismantled and transported to Florida, its ghost tags along. Donald and Peggy fall in love, but the restless apparition proves to unwelcome, and they must find a way to appease the kilt-wearing spirit.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & fantasy
Blithe Spirit (1945)
While holding a séance for skeptical novelist Charles Condomine, self-proclaimed 'spiritualist medium' Madame Arcati inadvertently summons the spirit of his deceased first wife Elvira, leading to an increasingly complex love triangle with Ruth, his current wife of five years.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & fantasy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Ghost Breakers (1940)
After intrepid working girl Mary Carter becomes the new owner of a reputedly haunted mansion located off the Cuban coast, a stranger phones warning her to stay away from the castle. Undaunted, Mary sets sail for Cuba with a stowaway in her trunk—wise-cracking Larry Lawrence, a radio announcer who helps Mary get to the bottom of the voodoo magic, zombies and ghosts that supposedly curse the spooky estate.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & mystery
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Canterville Ghost (1944)
The descendent of a ghost imprisoned for cowardice hopes to free the spirit by displaying courage when under duress.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & fantasy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Black Cat (1941)
Greedy heirs wait in a mansion for a rich cat lover to die, only to learn her cats come first.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & mystery
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Ghost and Mrs. Muir (1947)
In 1900, young widow Lucy Muir learns that her seaside cottage is haunted and forms a unique relationship with the ghost.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both fantasy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisNancy Drew... Trouble Shooter (1939)
When a close friend of the Drew family is accused of murder in a rural community, Nancy, aided by boyfriend Ted, helps her lawyer father expose the real killers.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & mystery
The Uninvited (1944)
A pair of siblings from London purchase a surprisingly affordable, lonely cliff-top house in Cornwall, only to discover that it actually carries a ghostly price—and soon they’re caught up in a bizarre romantic triangle from beyond the grave.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both mystery
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisTopper Takes a Trip (1938)
Mrs. Topper's friend Mrs. Parkhurst has convinced Mrs Topper to file for a divorce from Cosmo due to the strange circumstances of his trip with ghost Marion Kirby. Marion comes back from heaven's door to help Cosmo again, this time only with dog Mr. Atlas. Due to a strange behavior of Cosmo, the judge refuses to divorce them, so Mrs. Parkhurst takes Mrs. Topper on a trip to France where she tries to arrange the final reasons for the divorce. With help of a gold-digging French baron, Marion takes Cosmo to the same hotel to bring them back together and to get her own final ticket to heaven, but the whole thing turns out to be not too easy.
Why it matches: Same series: Topper · both comedy & fantasy
Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)
Mortimer Brewster, a newspaper drama critic, playwright, and author known for his diatribes against marriage, suddenly falls in love and gets married; but when he makes a quick trip home to tell his two maiden aunts, he finds out his aunts' hobby - killing lonely old men and burying them in the cellar!
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisMurder, He Says (1945)
Pete Marshall is sent as a replacement to the mountain district town of Plainville when a public opinion surveyor who went there goes missing. Visiting the hillbilly family of Mamie Fleagle, Pete begins to suspect that she and her two sons have murdered the surveyor. Pete also believes that Mamie is slowly poisoning wealthy Grandma Fleagle, who has put a vital clue to her fortune in a nonsensical embroidered sampler.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & mystery
The Lodger (1944)
In Victorian era London, the inhabitants of a family home with rented rooms upstairs fear the new lodger is Jack the Ripper.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both mystery
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Mad Doctor of Market Street (1942)
A fugitive doctor tries to raise the dead for South Sea Islanders.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
The Mystery of Edwin Drood (1935)
A choirmaster addicted to opium and obsessed with a beautiful young woman will stop at nothing to possess her.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both mystery
The Frozen Ghost (1945)
When a man dies of a heart attack, a stage and radio mentalist believes he has willed him to die because he was angry with the man. Riddled with guilt, the mentalist cancels further shows, breaks off his engagement to his female partner, who can read minds while in a hypnotic trance, and takes refuge in the eerie wax-museum-cum-home of another woman friend.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both mystery
Night of Terror (1933)
The heirs to a family fortune are required to attend a seance at the spooky old family mansion. However, throughout the night members of the family are being killed off one by one.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both mystery
Harvey (1950)
The story of Elwood P. Dowd who makes friends with a spirit taking the form of a human-sized rabbit named Harvey that only he sees (and a few privileged others on occasion also.) After his sister tries to commit him to a mental institution, a comedy of errors ensues. Elwood and Harvey become the catalysts for a family mending its wounds and for romance blossoming in unexpected places.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & fantasy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Thin Man Goes Home (1944)
Hoping for a peaceful visit with his parents in the small town of Sycamore Springs, Nick Charles and his wife Nora soon find themselves surrounded by old rivalries, family tensions, and a mysterious murder. Nick’s father, a respected retired doctor, would much rather see his son give up detective work, but a suspicious shooting quickly draws Nick back into action. As Nick and Nora investigate, they uncover jealousy, deception, hidden motives, and a dangerous secret involving the town’s prominent citizens.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & mystery
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Time of Their Lives (1946)
Two ghosts, who were mistakenly branded as traitors during the Revolutionary War, return to 20th century New England to retrieve a letter from George Washington which would prove their innocence.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & fantasy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Beast with Five Fingers (1947)
Locals in an Italian village believe evil has taken over the estate of a recently deceased pianist where murder has taken place. The alleged killer: the pianist's severed hand.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both mystery
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Laurel-Hardy Murder Case (1930)
The boys think their days of fishing to feed themselves have come to an end, when Stan's rich uncle Ebenezer dies leaving a large estate. But they soon learn that Ebenezer was murdered and all the relatives, including Stan, are suspects.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & mystery
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Case of the Curious Bride (1935)
After giving the District Attorney another stinging defeat, Perry plans to take a vacation in China. That is, he was, until Rhoda, his old flame, meets him at a restaurant. It seems that her husband Moxley, who had been allegedly dead for four years, is alive and demanding money as she has married into wealth. The case escalates when the police find the body of Moxley and charge her with the murder.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & mystery
Heaven Can Wait (1943)
Spoiled playboy Henry van Cleve dies and arrives at the entrance to Hell, a final destination he is sure he deserves after living a life of profligacy. The devil, however, isn't so sure Henry meets Hell's standards. Convinced he is where he belongs, Henry recounts his life's deeds, both good and bad, including an act of indiscretion during his 25-year marriage to his wife, Martha, with the hope that "His Excellency" will arrive at the proper judgment.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & fantasy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisI Married a Witch (1942)
A 17th-century witch returns to wreak havoc in the life of a descendant of the Puritan witch hunter who burned her, but runs afoul of her father when she discovers that her mischief might have found her true love.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both fantasy & comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisMadeleine (1950)
Madeleine's middle-class family cannot understand why she puts off marrying a respectable young man, as they know nothing about her long-term affair with a Frenchman.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both mystery
Scooby-Doo! The Mystery Begins (2009)
Unjustly accused of staging a spooky practical joke complete with ghosts, Daphne, Velma, Fred and Shaggy are suspended from Coolsville High. To clear their names, they team up to solve the supernatural mystery…and head straight into nonstop laughs and adventure.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both mystery & comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisScooby-Doo! Curse of the Lake Monster (2010)
Scooby-Doo and the gang are on the case when a mysterious lake monster starts scaring the guests at a summer resort in Erie Point, where Fred, Daphne, Velma and Shaggy have taken on seasonal jobs to pay for a barn they accidentally burned down. But in addition to sneaking suspicions, there's some romance in the air.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both mystery & fantasy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisScooby-Doo! and the Witch's Ghost (1999)
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.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy & mystery
Worth the HypeMovies like thisLittle Monsters (1989)
A young boy is scared of the monster under his bed. He asks his 6th grade brother to swap rooms for the night as a bet that the monster really exists. Soon the brother becomes friends with the monster and discovers a whole new world of fun and games under his bed where pulling pranks on kids and other monsters is the main attraction.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both fantasy & comedy
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like Topper Returns?
The closest matches to Topper Returns are Topper (1937), The Ghost Goes West (1935) and Blithe Spirit (1945). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after Topper Returns?
People who watched Topper Returns most often go on to The Ghost Goes West (1935), Blithe Spirit (1945) and The Ghost Breakers (1940).
What is the highest-rated movie like Topper Returns?
Harvey (1950), rated 7.7/10 by 710 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like Topper Returns?
Scooby-Doo! Curse of the Lake Monster (2010) is the most recent release on this list.
Is Topper Returns part of a series?
Yes. It belongs to Topper, which includes Topper (1937) and Topper Takes a Trip (1938).
Are there English movies like Topper Returns?
Yes: Topper (1937), The Ghost Goes West (1935) and Blithe Spirit (1945).
How are movies similar to Topper Returns chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Topper Returns, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.