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Ghost

1990 · Movie · 122 min

Scores

Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer76%as of 2023-02-08
Rotten Tomatoes average6.9/10as of 2022-01-15
Metacritic52/100as of 2025-07-14

What it is

Ghost is a 1990 American supernatural romance film directed by Jerry Zucker, written by Bruce Joel Rubin, and starring Patrick Swayze, Demi Moore, Whoopi Goldberg, and Tony Goldwyn. The film's plot follows Sam Wheat (Swayze), a banker who is murdered and returns as a ghost, unable to interact with the living world.

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Genres: Romance / Fantasy / Drama
Original language: English

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