Mermaid films
With the publication of the novel(or should I say, full length tail) Mermaid in 2011, it's time a full length film(+ some TV) list was available.
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- DirectorGeorges MélièsStarsManuelGeorges MélièsUndersea adventures in a submarine by a dreaming fisherman who encounters mystical underwater creatures at odds with him. A parody on Jules Verne's novel.
- DirectorJ. Farrell MacDonaldStarsViolet MacMillanFrank MoorePierre CoudercThe wicked king wants his daughter, Princess Gloria, to marry a horrid courtier though she loves the gardener's boy Pon. After encountering Dorothy, Pon and her team up to defeat the evil witch Mombi and to rescue the princess.In one of the brief underwater scenes, the scarecrow meets a mermaid.
- DirectorJohn G. AdolfiStarsAnnette KellermanHugh ThompsonMildred KeatsMerilla (Annette Kellerman), Queen of the Seas, finds a book among the wreckage at the bottom of the sea, that contains a prophecy that she shall save four human beings and then receive a human body of her own and an immortal soul. King Boreas (Walter Law), Master of the Storm, wrecks many ships and sends sea sirens to drag the victims to a certain death. Merilla saves the predicted number of lives and the fourth proves to be Prince Hero (Hugh Thompson), who is on his way to meet his betrothed, Princess Leanda (Mildred Keats). Merilla and the Prince fall in love with each other, but Ariela (Beth Irvine) tells them they must be unselfish and the Prince goes on to meet with Princess Leandra, who is really in love with one of her courtiers, Clovis (Fred Drucker). Boreas captures the Princess and puts her in a dungeon. Merilla has been rewarded with a human body and such a beautiful soul that she vows to rescue the Princess even though it means the loss of the Prince to her. She goes to the dungeon, encourages the Princess and walks out on a spider thread to warn the Prince of the great danger to the Princess. The Prince and his Knights come in time to save the Princess from a horrible fate. The Princess confesses her love for Clovis and the two couples are united.
- DirectorHerbert BrenonStarsBetty BronsonErnest TorrenceGeorge AliPeter Pan enters the nursery of the Darling children and, with the help of fairy dust, leads them off to Never Never Land, where they meet the nefarious Captain Hook.Large group of mermaids in two scenes, one brief, the other extended.
- DirectorJames WhaleStarsBoris KarloffElsa LanchesterColin CliveMary Shelley reveals the main characters of her novel survived: Baron Henry Frankenstein, goaded by an even madder scientist, builds his monster a mate.Just a short scene of a miniature live mermaid in a bottle. Wanted to add Merbabies(1938) but because of a recurring glitch, couldn't.
- DirectorIrving PichelStarsWilliam PowellAnn BlythIrene HerveyWhile on vacation in the Caribbean with his wife, a middle-aged man unexpectedly finds, and falls in love with, a mermaid.
- DirectorKen AnnakinStarsGlynis JohnsGoogie WithersGriffith JonesA young married physician discovers a mermaid, and gives in to her request to be taken to see London. Comedy and romantic entanglements ensue soon after.
- DirectorCharles VidorStarsDanny KayeFarley GrangerZizi JeanmaireThe opening scene of the movie describes it best: "Once upon a time there lived in Denmark a great storyteller named Hans Christian Andersen. This is not the story of his life, but a fairy tale about the great spinner of fairy tales."
- DirectorGerardo de LeonStarsEdna LunaJaime de la RosaCarol Varga
- DirectorRalph ThomasStarsGlynis JohnsDonald SindenAnne CrawfordFlirtatious mermaid Miranda (Glynis Johns) swaps places with a schoolteacher who has gone on vacation. All is well until she falls in love with a human.
- DirectorArmand LohikoskiStarsEsa PakarinenMasa NiemiSiiri AngerkoskiAfter an unsuccessful tour as a musical duo, Pekka and Pätkä are called for refresher training as divers in the army.
- CreatorJ. Anthony FerlaineStarsAllen SwiftFrank FredaHal TunisDan explores a magical undersea world "peopled" by talking fish and ruled by a beautiful and wise mermaid. Much of the drama is fueled by the nefarious Baron Barracuda and his henchfish Trigger who, "dripping" with evil intent, scheme to eliminate Dan and destroy the peace and serenity of the inhabitants.
- DirectorSeymour KneitelStarsJack MercerMae QuestelWhile going through a tunnel of love boat ride, Olive notices a lot decorative jewels and other valuables and wishes they were real. That's when the Wiffle Bird shows and says they can be by just touching his feathers and wishing it. And it happens. So she and Popeye grab buckets of the jewels and makes their way out but the Wiffle Bird shows to tell them that there are three dangerous dangers that anyone who tries to take anything will have to face. While Popeye prefers to leave everything behind Olive says they go on with them.Besides Popeye, the Flintstones also encountered a mermaid. This was in the episode, Adobe Dick.
- DirectorCurtis HarringtonStarsDennis HopperLinda LawsonGavin MuirA young sailor is attracted to a mysterious mermaid performing at a carnival, but soon suspects that the girl is actually a siren who draws men to their watery deaths during the full moon.
- DirectorJohn LambStarsGeorge RobothamDiane WebberGaby MartoneA diver is aided in his search for sunken treasure by beautiful mermaids.
- DirectorWilliam AsherStarsFrankie AvalonAnnette FunicelloDeborah WalleyFrankie, DeeDee, and the gang meet singing sensation Sugar Kane in a publicity stunt; they all get introduced to skydiving and get caught up in love.A very good part in the movie with the difference being, she has legs on land but only till midnight. I wonder if the other mermaids know about that!
- DirectorJules BassStarsTallulah BankheadVictor BorgePatty DukeAn anthology of fairytales by Hans Christian Andersen: "The Little Mermaid", "The Emperor's New Clothes", "Thumbelina", and "The Garden of Paradise".
- DirectorBob RafelsonStarsPeter TorkDavy JonesMicky DolenzThe Monkees frolic their way through a series of musical set pieces and vignettes containing surreal humor and anti-establishment social commentary.Brief scene.
- DirectorNorman TaurogStarsElvis PresleyMichele CareyDon PorterPhotographer Greg Nolan moonlights in two full-time jobs to pay the rent, but has trouble finding time to do them both without his bosses finding out.Only an above water cameo. Sometimes mermaids don't want too much attention!
- DirectorEmmanuel H. BorlazaStarsVilma SantosRomeo MirandaDivina ValenciaDyesebel is a popular mermaid character in the Philippines. The comic book character was originally conceived by the Filipino comic book illustrator, Mars Ravelo and drawn by Elpidio Torres.
- DirectorTomoharu KatsumataTim ReidStarsFumie KashiyamaMariko MiyagiTarô ShigakiA mermaid falls in love with a human prince, which leads to tragedy.
- DirectorKarel KachynaStarsMiroslava SafránkováRadovan LukavskýPetr SvojtkaThe little mermaid, one of the daughters of the sea king, seeing the prince on the deck of a luxurious ship, falls in love with him. But during a storm, the ship crashes against a rock. The little mermaid saves her lover from death.
- DirectorVladimir BychkovStarsViktoriya NovikovaValentin NikulinGalina ArtyomovaAfter her sisters wreck his ship, a mermaid saves a human prince from drowning and is helped by a traveling handyman to reach out to him on land.
- DirectorJean ImageStarsDominique PaturelMichel EliasGeorges Atlas1979 animated cartoon of legendary Baron of Münchausen, including stories like hunting wild ducks with bacon or his escape from inside a whale.Singing mermaids!
- DirectorBill ForsythStarsBurt LancasterPeter RiegertFulton MackayAn American oil company has plans for a new refinery and sends someone to Scotland to buy up an entire village, but things don't go as expected.The 1980's were a big decade for mermaids. There was a music video, Oo-ee-diddley-bop(1985); 2 McDonald's commercials(1985);an episode of Fairy Tale Theatre(1986); and a Diet Pepsi commercial(1987) as well that featured a mermaid.
- DirectorRon HowardStarsTom HanksDaryl HannahEugene LevyA young man is reunited with a mermaid he briefly encountered as a boy and falls in love with her without knowing her secret.
- DirectorGreg AntonacciStarsTodd WaringAmy YasbeckDonovan ScottAllen and Madison return to New York - one to save his business, the other to save a dolphin in captivity.
- DirectorAndré ForcierStarsTony NardiDaniel BrièreRémy GirardÂgé d'une soixantaine d'années, seul, puceau, réduit à s'écrire des lettres enflammées, Félix Cotnoir est un desperado de l'amour, un être en état de quête perpétuelle. À force de trop vouloir aimer, Félix Cotnoir est encore puceau à 68 ans. Mais qu'à cela ne tienne, le voici amoureux de la maîtresse de son ami, une romancière dont il n'a vu que la photo sur la couverture de son roman Kalamazoo ou elle était déguisée en sirène. D'un fantasme et d'une aventure à l'autre, c'est d'une véritable sirène que Félix Cotnoir deviendra amoureux.---------- L'art de Forcier permet au film d'exister à la frontière du plausible et de la folie, du désespoir et de l'humour, du sublime et du grotesque. Kalamazoo est un grand poème d'amour organisé avec maestria par l'auteur le plus singulier du cinéma québécois. (Marcel Jean, 1988)
- DirectorRon ClementsJohn MuskerStarsJodi BensonSamuel E. WrightRene AuberjonoisA mermaid princess makes a Faustian bargain in an attempt to become human and win a prince's love.
- StarsDaria NicolodiNorman GroulxSonja BallIn this Japanese/French anime series, we follow the many adventures of Marina, who first wanted to be human under "Hedwig" the sea hag's spell. After her spell breaks, due to a snotty princess going after Prince Justin, Anselm the wise man and his wise otter, Ridley tells him the whole story and gives him tonic, so he can explore underwater. There, we hear the legend about a golden scroll that can change mermanoids to humans and live forever and also to re-unite humans and mermanoids. But the problem is, Hedwig and her ditsy shark friend, Dudley are going after them, no matter where they go. But if that's not enough, a spoiled nobleman wants to exploit the mermanoid folks. Will Marina and her friends fight the odds?
- DirectorEckhart SchmidtStarsIsabelle PascoChristopher BuchholzLudwig DornauerA surveyor is on an exploratory mission in an idyllic mountain region. There, in a mountain lake, he meets the mermaid Undine.
- CreatorJonathan M. ShiffStarsMarzena GodeckiDavid HoflinJeffrey WalkerSet against the beauty of Far North Queensland, Ocean Girl is the story of Neri, a mysterious young girl from the ocean, who is discovered by the young inhabitants of an underwater research colony.
- DirectorDuwayne DunhamStarsChez StarbuckJustin Jon RossCourtnee DraperAfter he begins to grow fins and slimy scales on his thirteenth birthday, Cody learns that his birthmother is a mermaid.
- DirectorJim KammerudBrian SmithBill SpeersStarsTara StrongPat CarrollJodi BensonTo protect her from a sea witch, Ariel's daughter is not allowed in the ocean; but when she becomes 12, she runs away to an adventure under the sea.
- DirectorSebastian GutierrezStarsRufus SewellCarla GuginoJim PiddockIn Ireland, two carnies abduct a mermaid and decide to take her to America. In their sea route, the seductive and mysterious creature reveals an uncontrollable darker side.
- DirectorJoven TanStarsIsabel GranadaCarlos MoralesGerald MadridA fisherman falls in love with a mermaid and soon the village experiences one disaster after another.
- DirectorPhilip SavilleStarsKieran BewEmily HamiltonFlora MontgomeryA fictionalized account of the young life of Hans Christian Andersen, a young man with a penchant for storytelling but struggles to find his place in the world and gain the affection of the woman he adores. Interspersed throughout are brief interludes of the stories that will make Hans famous (The Nightingale, The Little Mermaid and The Snow Queen to name a few), which are intertwined with the events that surround his own life.
- DirectorIan BarryStarsSerah D'LaineNikita AgerErika HeynatzMermaid sisters hunt down their father's human killer... and deal with their own personal relationships with the humans.
- DirectorNaoki KuboTerry ItoStarsShinya HashimotoSonimShirô SanoHashimoto plays a professional wrestler whose wife involuntarily turns into a mermaid.
- DirectorElizabeth Allen RosenbaumStarsEmma RobertsJoJoSara PaxtonTwo teenage girls discover a mermaid in their beach club's swimming pool.
- DirectorKrisorn BuramasingStarsCharlie TrairatSorachai Sang-aakaatVorawit PhonginseeSudsakorn is a curious young man, raised in the ancient traditions of magic by his mystical grandfather. He never knew his farther. His mother, a beautiful mermaid is pained by his sadness , so sends him on a quest to find his father. Armed with his grandfather's magical weaponry Sudsakorn sets off into the mysterious world of yore on his trusty steed, Ma Nin Mangkorn , a half dragon , half horse . What starts as a simple quest soon turns into an amazing adventure. Sudsakorn encounters a heinous and deadly creature, and must use his magical powers to defeat the foul beast, and continue his journey. The display of power doesn't go unnoticed and Sudsakorn is persuaded to fight monsters and demons by the king of an ancient city. With his new found mission to protect the innocent . but can Sudsakorn 's power last , or will the forces of evil defeat him before he finds his father? Sudsakorn must fight to stay alive before be too falls victim the treachery of the ancient world.
- CreatorTahiko KimuraStarsTodd HaberkornAlexis TiptonJohn SwaseyNagasumi's in hot water after a beautiful, young mermaid named Sun saves him from drowning. The deep-sea sweetheart's dad is a merman yakuza prone to executing anyone who learns his family's scaly secret! Luckily, there's a catch - if Nagasumi agrees to marry Sun, he just might avoid sleeping with the fishes!
- DirectorKôzô KusubaStarsWasabi MizutaMegumi ÔharaSubaru KimuraDoraemon, Nobita, and their Friends must aid Sophia to find a legendary Sword that might bring peace once again to the Seas.
- DirectorRob MarshallStarsJohnny DeppPenélope CruzIan McShaneJack Sparrow and Barbossa embark on a quest to find the elusive fountain of youth, only to discover that Blackbeard and his daughter are after it too.
- 2011–201843mTV-PG8.2 (2K)TV EpisodeDirectorRalph HemeckerStarsGinnifer GoodwinJennifer MorrisonLana ParrillaTension runs high as Hook's ship sets sail for Neverland to rescue Henry, Neal travels to Rumplestiltskin's castle with Mulan, and Henry finds himself on the run from the Lost Boys after Greg and Tamara are ambushed.Angry mermaids!
- DirectorCiaran DonnellyStarsGinnifer GoodwinJennifer MorrisonLana ParrillaMary Margaret, Emma, David and Hook attempt to rescue Neal and Gold and Regina begrudgingly agree to work together to take down Pan, as flashbacks show Snow White help Ariel get acquainted with Prince Eric.The Little Mermaid surfaces.
- DirectorWill GluckStarsQuvenzhané WallisCameron DiazJamie FoxxA foster kid who lives with her mean foster mom sees her life change when business tycoon and New York City mayoral candidate Will Stacks makes a thinly-veiled campaign move and takes her in.The Little Mermaid must be getting bored! She is seen here in a 2 second movie clip from the past.
- DirectorMilan TodorovicStarsKristina KlebeDragan MicanovicNatalie BurnTwo young American women go on a Mediterranean vacation and uncover the watery lair of a killer mermaid hidden beneath an abandoned military fortress. What was once a carefree adventure becomes a deadly fight for survival.
- DirectorGenndy TartakovskyStarsAdam SandlerAndy SambergSelena GomezDracula and his friends try to bring out the monster in his half human, half vampire grandson in order to keep Mavis from leaving the hotel.Blink your eye or leave early and you'll miss a mermaid cameo during the main end credits!
- DirectorQiu HaoqiangStarsBetty GoldsteinYawei GuoRiley JacksonA kind-hearted mermaid, braving the Sea-God's warning to steer clear, saves a captain's daughter from the stormy ocean. But when the captain needs her help again, the mermaid must face a hard choice.
- DirectorJoe WrightStarsLevi MillerHugh JackmanGarrett HedlundTwelve-year-old orphan Peter is spirited away to the magical world of Neverland, where he finds both fun and danger, and ultimately discovers his destiny: to become the hero who will be forever known as Peter Pan.
- DirectorAgnieszka SmoczynskaStarsMarta MazurekMichalina OlszanskaKinga PreisIn Warsaw, a pair of mermaid sisters are adopted into a cabaret. While one seeks love with humans the other hungers to dine on the human population of the city.
- DirectorStephen ChowStarsChao DengShow LoYuqi ZhangShan, a mermaid, is sent to assassinate Xuan, a developer who threatens the ecosystem of her race, but ends up falling in love with him instead.
- DirectorYunxiang LinMing YeStarsZhuo WenYang ZouXiaotian TianFunny mermaid Princess Sunny secretly sneaked into the human world, unfortunately, "cargo" lost the important scales. In order to return to the ocean, Sunny had to go ashore all the way to be searched, by well-intentions human girl Amy and Qiqi rescued from the museum, but also inadvertently and scale integration campus male god Wen Zhengxi launched a vigorous pursuit. Sunny is about to return to love the ocean back to the moment, the crush of Wen Zhengxi's eldest sister, Rowling has seen Sunny's mermaid identity, and with the mermaid's perversity of the glasses, teacher launched a mermaid arrest, Sunny's life So at stake.
- DirectorBharat NalluriStarsDan StevensMark SchrierPatrick Joseph ByrnesThe journey that led to Charles Dickens' creation of "A Christmas Carol," a timeless tale that would redefine Christmas.
- DirectorBlake HarrisChris BouchardStarsWilliam MoseleyPoppy DraytonLoreto PeraltaA young reporter and his niece discover a beautiful and enchanting creature they believe to be the real little mermaid.
- DirectorRebecca ThomasA young mermaid gives up her life in the sea to love a human prince.
- DirectorSvyatoslav PodgaevskiyChristopher BevinsStarsViktoriya AgalakovaEfim PetruninSofya ShidlovskayaAn aquatic nymph falls obsessively in love with a man and wants to have him with her forever in her underwater kingdom, where she is doomed to spend eternity.
- DirectorPerci M. IntalanStarsJanella SalvadorElmo MagalonaKiko EstradaChantel is a spoiled brat cursed to be a mermaid after she disturbed corals under the sea. With the help of her best friend Noah, they go on a journey to find her Prince Charming who she believes will break the curse she's in.
- DirectorRichard KraftKenneth ShapiroStarsLea MicheleHarvey FiersteinCheech MarinThe Adaption Is Highlighted, Shown By Clips and The Cast, And The Filmmakers Behind It All.
- DirectorHamish HamiltonRon ClementsJohn MuskerStarsAuli'i CravalhoShaggyGraham PhillipsA live broadcast of the beloved animated Disney tale with live performances of the songs.
- DirectorMathias MalzieuStarsNicolas DuvauchelleMarilyn LimaRossy de PalmaA man rescues a mermaid in Paris and slowly falls in love with her.
- DirectorMichael FrenchJonathan LawrenceScott MillerStarsOlga KurylenkoMi YangDavy WilliamsSet in a mythical world, the story of an unlikely love story between a young human and a mermaid.
- DirectorChristian PetzoldStarsPaula BeerFranz RogowskiMaryam ZareeUndine works as a historian lecturing on Berlin's urban development. But when the man she loves leaves her, the ancient myth catches up with her. Undine has to kill the man who betrays her and return to the water.
- DirectorSean McNamaraStarsPierce BrosnanKaya ScodelarioWilliam HurtKing 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.
- DirectorTathagata MukherjeeStarsRishav BasuBibriti ChatterjeeDebolina DuttaAfter losing his parents at a very tender age, Bhotbhoti was raised by his 'daadi'(grandmother) who too has passed away. Daadi was a great story-teller and Bhotbhotis favourite story was the one about mermaids and their world that exists, or rather flourishes underwater. Bhotbhotis belief was further strenthened when he found out, not in the distant past, a story(movie) on mermaids that floats on the televison screen, called The Mermaid princess.His most prized possession, the dvd of the film stays in his little trunk under his chouki(bed) until he takes it out every night and puts it into his battered but not run-down collected and repaired dvd player which brings to him his Ariel(the name of the mermaid in the film). The Ganges calls out to him and while his friends (group members) are sloshed, he dives into the waters to look for His mermaid queen, But she is ever-elusive.
- DirectorKirk DeMiccoFaryn PearlStarsJane FondaLana CondorToni ColletteA shy adolescent learns that she comes from a fabled royal family of legendary sea krakens and that her destiny lies in the depths of the waters, which is bigger than she could have ever imagined.
- DirectorRob MarshallStarsHalle BaileyJonah Hauer-KingMelissa McCarthyA young mermaid makes a deal with a sea witch to trade her beautiful voice for human legs so she can discover the world above water and impress a prince.
- DirectorJaume de LaiguanaShakiraStarsShakiraManuel Turizo