Movies Like The Mermaid
If you liked The Mermaid (1904), a fantasy movie directed by Georges Méliès, here are 20 movies with a similar feel, based on TMDB's recommendations. Each one links to its cast, trailer and where it's streaming.
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A Mermaid in Paris (2020)
★ 6.6/10Also fantasyA man rescues a mermaid in Paris and slowly falls in love with her.
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Splash (1984)
★ 6.3/10Also fantasyA successful businessman falls in love with the girl of his dreams. There's one big complication though; he's fallen hook, line and sinker for a mermaid.
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The King's Daughter (2022)
★ 7/10Also fantasyKing Louis XIV's quest for immortality leads him to capture and steal a mermaid's life force, a move that is further complicated by his illegitimate daughter's discovery of the creature.
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Barbie in A Mermaid Tale (2010)
★ 7.3/10Also fantasyBarbie stars as Merliah, a surfer who learns a shocking secret: she's a mermaid! She and her dolphin friend set out for an undersea adventure to rescue her mother, the queen of Oceana.
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Pan (2015)
★ 6/10Also fantasyLiving a bleak existence at a London orphanage, 12-year-old Peter finds himself whisked away to the fantastical world of Neverland. Adventure awaits as he meets new friend James Hook and the warrior Tiger Lily. They…
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Aquamarine (2006)
★ 6.5/10Also fantasyTwo teenage girls discover that mermaids really do exist after a violent storm washes one ashore. The mermaid, a sassy creature named Aquamarine, is determined to prove to her father that real love exists, and enlists…
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The Little Mermaid (2023)
★ 6.3/10Also fantasyThe youngest of King Triton’s daughters, and the most defiant, Ariel longs to find out more about the world beyond the sea, and while visiting the surface, falls for the dashing Prince Eric. With mermaids forbidden to…
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Big Fish (2003)
★ 7.7/10Also fantasyThroughout his life Edward Bloom has always been a man of big appetites, enormous passions and tall tales. In his later years, he remains a huge mystery to his son, William. Now, to get to know the real man, Will…
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Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken (2023)
★ 7.1/10Also fantasyRuby Gillman, a sweet and awkward high school student, discovers she's a direct descendant of the warrior kraken queens. The kraken are sworn to protect the oceans of the world against the vain, power-hungry mermaids…
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The Last Unicorn (1982)
★ 7.3/10Also fantasyA unicorn learns from a riddle-speaking butterfly that she is supposedly the last of her kind, all the others having been herded away by the monstrous Red Bull. The unicorn sets out to discover the truth behind the…
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Barbie Fairytopia: Mermaidia (2006)
★ 6.9/10Also fantasyIn this animated follow-up to Fairytopia, Elina enlists the help of a mermaid, Nori, to save her friend Nalu, a merman prince who has been captured by the wicked Laverna.
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The Visitors (1993)
★ 7.1/10Also fantasyAfter a wizard's spell goes awry, 12th-century Gallic knight Godefroy de Papincourt, Count of Montmirail finds himself transported to 1993, along with his dimwitted servant, Jacquouille la Fripouille. Startled and…
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Barbie: Dolphin Magic (2017)
★ 6.6/10Also fantasyBarbie and her sisters take off on another exciting, global adventure to visit their friend Ken at his summer internship at a beautiful and exotic coral reef.
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Sabrina, Down Under (1999)
★ 6.2/10Also fantasySabrina travels to Australia's Great Barrier Reef with her best friend Gwen, a fellow witch from England, for a week-long vacation where they try to help protect a hidden mermaid colony whose habitat is threatened by…
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Bogus (1996)
★ 5.8/10Also fantasyRecently orphaned, a young boy is taken in by his godmother who is shocked to realize that she can see the boy's imaginary friend: a flamboyant, French magician named Bogus.
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Luck (2022)
★ 7.8/10Also fantasySuddenly finding herself in the never-before-seen Land of Luck, the unluckiest person in the world must unite with the magical creatures there to turn her luck around.
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Four Kids and It (2020)
★ 6.2/10Also fantasyA group of kids on holiday in Cornwall meet a magical creature on the beach with the power to grant wishes.
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The Little Mermaid (1989)
★ 7.4/10Also fantasyThis colorful adventure tells the story of an impetuous mermaid princess named Ariel who falls in love with the very human Prince Eric and puts everything on the line for the chance to be with him. Memorable songs and…
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Night at the Museum: Kahmunrah Rises Again (2022)
★ 6.3/10Also fantasyNick Daley is following in his father's footsteps as night watchman at the American Museum of Natural History, so he knows what happens when the sun goes down. But when the maniacal ruler Kahmunrah escapes, it is up to…
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Scooby-Doo! Pirates Ahoy! (2006)
★ 7.4/10Also fantasyIt's horror on the high seas when Scooby-Doo and the gang take a creepy cruise into one of the world's most mysterious places, the Bermuda Triangle! If Scooby, Shaggy and the gang can't solve this mystery, they may…