Movies Like A Mermaid in Paris

If you liked A Mermaid in Paris (2020), a romance and fantasy movie directed by Mathias Malzieu, 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.

1
Splash (1984)
★ 6.3/10Also comedy and romance
A 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.
2
Aquamarine (2006)
★ 6.5/10Also fantasy and romance
Two 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…
3
An American in Paris (1951)
★ 7/10Also romance and comedy
Jerry Mulligan is an exuberant American expatriate in Paris trying to make a reputation as a painter. His friend Adam is a struggling concert pianist who's a long time associate of a famous French singer, Henri Baurel…
4
The Little Mermaid (2023)
★ 6.3/10Also fantasy and romance
The 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…
5
Boyfriends and Girlfriends (1987)
★ 7.2/10Also romance and drama
Middle-class Parisian suburbs: Blanche and Léa, office worker and student, meet and become friends. Léa is going out with Fabien, but is thinking of leaving him. Blanche falls for Léa's handsome and witty friend…
6
Love in Taipei (2023)
★ 6.8/10Also romance and comedy
A young American woman is sent by her parents to a cultural immersion program in Taipei where she begins a new journey of self-discovery and romance.
7
A California Christmas: City Lights (2021)
★ 6.6/10Also romance and comedy
Follows Callie and Joseph one year after they fell in love, now running a dairy farm and winery, but their romance is threatened when business and family obligations call Joseph back to the city.
8
Angel-A (2005)
★ 7/10Also romance and comedy
A beautiful and mysterious woman helps an inept scam artist get his game together... but is their meeting purely coincidence?
9
Russian Dolls (2005)
★ 6.6/10Also comedy and drama
Five years after their summer together in Barcelona, Xavier, William, Wendy, Martine and Isabelle reunite.
10
Chéri (2009)
★ 6.1/10Also drama and comedy
The son of a courtesan retreats into a fantasy world after being forced to end his relationship with the older woman who educated him in the ways of love.
11
Ondine (2010)
★ 6.4/10Also drama and romance
On the coast of Cork, Syracuse is a divorced fisherman who has stopped drinking. His precocious daughter Annie has failing kidneys. One day, he finds a nearly-drowned young woman in his net; she calls herself Ondine…
12
Father of the Bride (2022)
★ 6.3/10Also romance and comedy
A father comes to grips with his daughter’s upcoming wedding through the prism of multiple relationships within a big, sprawling Cuban-American family.
13
A California Christmas (2020)
★ 6.4/10Also comedy and romance
With his carefree lifestyle on the line, a wealthy charmer poses as a ranch hand to get a hardworking farmer to sell her family’s land before Christmas.
14
Daaaaaalí! (2024)
★ 6.2/10Also comedy and fantasy
A young French journalist repeatedly meets iconic surrealist artist Salvador Dalí for a documentary project that never came to be.
15
The Party (1980)
★ 6.6/10Also drama and romance
A thirteen-year-old French girl deals with moving to a new city and school in Paris, while at the same time her parents are getting a divorce.
16
The Other Sister (1999)
★ 6.4/10Also comedy and drama
A mentally challenged girl proves herself to be every bit as capable as her "perfect" sister when she moves into an apartment and begins going to college.
17
Miraculous: Ladybug & Cat Noir, The Movie (2023)
★ 7.6/10Also fantasy and romance
After a guardian of magical jewels turns an awkward girl and a popular boy into superheroes, they can never reveal their identities — even to each other.
18
Boy Meets Girl (1984)
★ 6.7/10Also drama and romance
In Paris at night, a young aspiring filmmaker grapples with heartbreak after his girlfriend leaves him for his best friend. After a failed attempt to confront his friend, he wanders the streets and encounters a girl…
19
My Old Lady (2014)
★ 6.2/10Also romance and comedy
Mathias Gold is a down-on-his-luck New Yorker who inherits a Parisian apartment from his estranged father. But when he arrives in France to sell the vast domicile, he's shocked to discover a live-in tenant who is not…
20
The Secret: Dare to Dream (2020)
★ 7.4/10Also drama and romance
A widow with three children hires a handyman to fix her house during a major storm. When not doing home repairs, he shares his philosophy of believing in the power of the universe to deliver what we want.