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A Useful Ghost

Love sucks.

6.5(50)20252h 10m2

Worried about her husband being allergic to dust, Nat, a recently-dead woman, returns as a ghost possessing a vacuum cleaner to clean the house.

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Status
Released
Budget
—
Box office
$2.6K
Language
English
  • dark comedy
  • mysterious
  • political history
  • queer
  • ladyboy
  • mischievous
  • playful
  • thailand protest
  • queer coded
  • hilarious
  • inflammatory
  • powerful

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Behind the camera

Produced in

Thailand, France, Singapore, Germany

Where to watch

Availability for India. Provided by JustWatch through the TMDB API.

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Release dates

  • United StatesUS

    • PremiereFantastic Fest20 Sept 2025
    • PremiereChicago International Film Festival19 Oct 2025
    • PremierePalm Springs International Film Festival2 Jan 2026
    • Theatrical (limited)16 Jan 2026
  • United KingdomGB

    • Digital / OTTMubi24 Jul 2026
  • AustraliaAU

    • PremiereMelbourne International Film Festival18 Aug 2025
    • PremiereDarwin International Film Festival13 Sept 2025
    • PremiereSXSW Sydney17 Oct 2025
    • PremiereAdelaide Film Festival19 Oct 2025
    • PremiereBrisbane International Film Festival29 Nov 2025
    • PremiereMardi Gras Film Festival24 Feb 2026
  • CanadaCA

    • PremiereToronto International Film Festival 4 Sept 2025
    • PremiereVancouver International Film Festival2 Oct 2025
    • PremiereInternational Film Festival of Ottawa13 Mar 2026
  • AustriaAT

    • PremiereVienna International Film Festival20 Oct 2025
    • Theatrical5 Jun 2026
  • BelgiumBE

    • PremiereOffscreen Festival29 Mar 2026
  • BrazilBR

    • PremiereRio de Janeiro International Film Festival2 Oct 2025
    • Theatrical168 Jan 2026
  • FranceFR

    • Premiere Cannes Critics' Week17 May 2025
    • Theatrical27 Aug 2025
    • TVCiné+ Festival4 Nov 2026
  • GermanyDE

    • PremiereFilmfest Hamburg27 Sept 2025
    • Theatrical1626 Mar 2026
    • Premiere Pornfilmfestival Berlin20 Oct 2026
  • GreeceGR

    • PremiereAthens International Film Festival8 Oct 2025
    • Theatrical16 Apr 2026
  • Hong KongHK

    • PremiereIIIHong Kong Asian Film Festival7 Nov 2025
  • IndonesiaID

    • Premiere21+Jakarta World Cinema 28 Sept 2025
    • Premiere21+Jogja-NETPAC Asian Film Festival3 Dec 2025
    • Theatrical (limited)Special Screening13 Feb 2026
    • Digital / OTT17+KlikFilm17 Feb 2026

Frequently asked questions

A Useful Ghost was released on 27 August 2025.

Audience reviews

1
  • B

    Brent Marchant

    10/30/2025

    8/10

    Many of us have probably heard of the notion of “the ghost in the machine.” And now director Ratchapoom Boonbunchachoke’s debut feature brings entirely new meaning to that concept – literally ‒ in this impressive, offbeat comedy-drama-fantasy. The film tells the unusual story of March (Wisarut Himmarat), the widowed young son of Suman (Apasiri Nitibhon), the cold, stone-faced, inflexible owner of a vacuum cleaner fac…

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