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1. Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (2011)

PG-13 | 136 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy

Jack 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.

Director: Rob Marshall | Stars: Johnny Depp, Penélope Cruz, Ian McShane, Geoffrey Rush

Votes: 564,313 | Gross: $241.06M

2. Dark City (1998)

R | 100 min | Fantasy, Mystery, Sci-Fi

A man struggles with memories of his past, which include a wife he cannot remember and a nightmarish world no one else ever seems to wake up from.

Director: Alex Proyas | Stars: Rufus Sewell, Kiefer Sutherland, Jennifer Connelly, William Hurt

Votes: 212,343 | Gross: $14.38M

3. Splash (1983)

PG | 111 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Romance

A young man is reunited with a mermaid he briefly encountered as a boy and falls in love with her without knowing her secret.

Director: Ron Howard | Stars: Tom Hanks, Daryl Hannah, Eugene Levy, John Candy

Votes: 83,430 | Gross: $62.10M

4. The Little Mermaid (1989)

G | 83 min | Animation, Adventure, Family

A mermaid princess makes a Faustian bargain in an attempt to become human and win a prince's love.

Directors: Ron Clements, John Musker | Stars: Jodi Benson, Samuel E. Wright, Rene Auberjonois, Christopher Daniel Barnes

Votes: 291,048 | Gross: $111.54M

5. Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954)

G | 79 min | Horror, Sci-Fi

A strange prehistoric beast lurks in the depths of the Amazonian jungle. A group of scientists try to capture the animal and bring it back to civilization for study.

Director: Jack Arnold | Stars: Richard Carlson, Julie Adams, Richard Denning, Antonio Moreno

Votes: 34,442 | Gross: $1.30M

6. The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea (2000 Video)

G | 75 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy

To 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.

Directors: Jim Kammerud, Brian Smith, Bill Speers | Stars: Tara Strong, Pat Carroll, Jodi Benson, Samuel E. Wright

Votes: 22,292

7. The Mermaid (2016)

R | 94 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy

Shan, 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.

Director: Stephen Chow | Stars: Chao Deng, Show Lo, Yuqi Zhang, Yun Lin

Votes: 10,170 | Gross: $3.23M

8. Aquaman (2006 TV Movie)

42 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

A young twenty-something diver living in the Florida Keys discovers he has the power to breathe underwater.

Director: Greg Beeman | Stars: Justin Hartley, Lou Diamond Phillips, Denise Quiñones, Rick Peters

Votes: 2,249

9. Taekwondo (2016)

Unrated | 112 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

A man invites another guy he trains with to spend some time in his country house among other male friends.

Directors: Marco Berger, Martín Farina | Stars: Gabriel Epstein, Lucas Papa, Nicolás Barsoff, Francisco Bertín

Votes: 3,328

10. Ondine (2009)

PG-13 | 111 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance

An Irish fisherman discovers a woman in his fishing net whom his precocious daughter believes to be a selkie.

Director: Neil Jordan | Stars: Colin Farrell, Alicja Bachleda, Dervla Kirwan, Alison Barry

Votes: 22,643 | Gross: $0.55M

11. Beach Blanket Bingo (1965)

Unrated | 98 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance

Frankie, 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.

Director: William Asher | Stars: Frankie Avalon, Annette Funicello, Deborah Walley, Harvey Lembeck

Votes: 3,155

12. Your Name Engraved Herein (2020)

Not Rated | 118 min | Drama, Romance

In 1987, as martial law ends in Taiwan, Jia-han and Birdy fall in love amid family pressure, homophobia and social stigma.

Director: Kuang-Hui Liu | Stars: Edward Chen, Jing-Hua Tseng, Leon Dai, Shih-Sian Wang

Votes: 7,903

13. Killer Mermaid (2014)

Not Rated | 94 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

Two 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.

Director: Milan Todorovic | Stars: Kristina Klebe, Dragan Micanovic, Natalie Burn, Slobodan Stefanovic

Votes: 3,243

14. I Know Where I'm Going! (1945)

Not Rated | 92 min | Drama, Romance

A young Englishwoman goes to the Hebrides to marry her older, wealthier fiancé. When the weather keeps them separated on different islands, she begins to have second thoughts.

Directors: Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger | Stars: Wendy Hiller, Roger Livesey, Pamela Brown, Finlay Currie

Votes: 9,780

15. Splash, Too (1988 TV Movie)

87 min | Comedy, Fantasy

Allen and Madison return to New York - one to save his business, the other to save a dolphin in captivity.

Director: Greg Antonacci | Stars: Todd Waring, Amy Yasbeck, Donovan Scott, Rita Taggart

Votes: 695

16. Mondays in the Sun (2002)

R | 113 min | Comedy, Drama

This is the story of those who live as if every day was a constant Sunday, those who spend their Mondays in the sun. The story of people who worked in a dockyard but are now unemployed.

Director: Fernando León de Aranoa | Stars: Javier Bardem, Luis Tosar, José Ángel Egido, Nieve de Medina

Votes: 15,399 | Gross: $0.15M

17. Butterfly (2018)

60 min | Drama

Eleven-year-old Max identifies as a girl and wants to live her life as Maxine. Her separated parents, Vicky and Stephen, attempt to work out how best to cope with and support this huge life decision.

Stars: Emmett J Scanlan, Callum Booth-Ford, Anna Friel, Lorraine Burroughs

Votes: 1,856

18. Mermaid (2000 TV Movie)

TV-G | 94 min | Drama, Family

Four-year-old Desi learns to accept her father's death by sending him a letter on a balloon--to which she receives a reply.

Director: Peter Masterson | Stars: Ellen Burstyn, Samantha Mathis, Jodelle Ferland, David Kaye

Votes: 662

19. Mr. Peabody and the Mermaid (1948)

Approved | 89 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Romance

While on vacation in the Caribbean with his wife, a middle-aged man unexpectedly finds, and falls in love with, a mermaid.

Director: Irving Pichel | Stars: William Powell, Ann Blyth, Irene Hervey, Andrea King

Votes: 1,349

20. Nantucket Noel (2021 TV Movie)

TV-G | 86 min | Romance

Christina learns of a developer who is planning to tear down the wharf that is home to her toy store. Tensions rise as she falls for the developer's son, Andy.

Director: Kirsten Hansen | Stars: Sarah Power, Trevor Donovan, Payton Lepinski, Daniel Bacon

Votes: 1,123

21. Tarzan and the Mermaids (1948)

Approved | 68 min | Action, Adventure

To escape from an arranged marriage to Aquatania's pagan god, a desperate maiden ends up in Tarzan's fishing net. But soon, he, too, finds himself before a well-planned conspiracy. Can Tarzan save the mermaid from the barbaric idol's will?

Director: Robert Florey | Stars: Johnny Weissmuller, Brenda Joyce, George Zucco, Andrea Palma

Votes: 2,173

22. Superstar in a Housedress (2004)

Not Rated | 95 min | Documentary, Biography, Comedy

"Jackie Curtis is not a drag queen. Jackie is an artist. A pioneer without a frontier." -- Andy Warhol. Superstar in a Housedress examines the life and legend of Warhol transvestite ... See full summary »

Director: Craig Highberger | Stars: Peter Allen, Paul Ambrose, Michael André, Penny Arcade

Votes: 171 | Gross: $0.03M

23. Washington Melodrama (1941)

Passed | 80 min | Drama

A newsman links his fiancee's millionaire father to a chorus girl's murder.

Director: S. Sylvan Simon | Stars: Frank Morgan, Ann Rutherford, Kent Taylor, Dan Dailey

Votes: 326

24. Little Big: Everybody (Little Big Are Back) (2021 Music Video)

3 min | Music

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Directors: Alina Pasok, Ilya Prusikin | Stars: Alexey Alesikov, Nikita Anischenko, Little Big, Ekaterina Bondarenko

Votes: 18

25. Faerie Tale Theatre (1982–1987)
Episode: The Little Mermaid (1987)

TV-PG | 50 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family

A mermaid princess is willing to sacrifice anything for love.

Director: Robert Iscove | Stars: Pam Dawber, Helen Mirren, Treat Williams, Karen Black

Votes: 169

26. Bewitched (1964–1972)
Episode: Samantha and the Loch Ness Monster (1971)

TV-G | 25 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy

The Loch Ness monster is really one of Serena's old suiters. After Sam gets Serena to turn him back, he turns Serena into a mermaid.

Director: William Asher | Stars: Elizabeth Montgomery, Dick Sargent, Agnes Moorehead, David White

Votes: 268

27. Charmed (1998–2006)
Episode: A Witch's Tail: Part 1 (2002)

TV-PG | 42 min | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery

The Charmed Ones are drawn to an innocent mermaid who must elicit a proclamation of love from her mortal boyfriend or lose her immortality to a water demon known as the Sea Hag.

Director: James L. Conway | Stars: Alyssa Milano, Rose McGowan, Holly Marie Combs, Brian Krause

Votes: 771

28. Charmed (1998–2006)
Episode: A Witch's Tail: Part 2 (2002)

TV-PG | 42 min | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery

Paige, Leo and Piper try to track the mermaid Phoebe, who is eventually captured by the demon who made the deal with the sea-hag for immortality. Meanwhile, Piper is worried about fighting while she is pregnant.

Director: Mel Damski | Stars: Alyssa Milano, Rose McGowan, Holly Marie Combs, Brian Krause

Votes: 723

29. Fantasy Island (1977–1984)
Episode: Flying Aces/The Mermaid Returns (1980)

TV-G | 60 min | Adventure, Family, Fantasy

Tony Chilton returns to World War II in order to meet David, the father he never knew; and Princess Nyah the mermaid asks Roarke to help her learn about human love.

Director: Earl Bellamy | Stars: Ricardo Montalban, Hervé Villechaize, Robert Mandan, Dolly Read

Votes: 71

30. Fantasy Island (1977–1984)
Episode: Mermaid and the Matchmaker/The Obsolete Man (1984)

TV-G | 60 min | Adventure, Family, Fantasy

Nyah the mermaid wants to shed her immortality, and promises revenge on Roarke when he refuses her, and meets deep sea diver Duke McCall. Banker Mitch Robinson is faced with being replaced by Charlene Hunt's computer.

Director: Philip Leacock | Stars: Ricardo Montalban, Christopher Hewett, Richard Anderson, Dennis Cole

Votes: 50

31. Flipper (1964–1967)
Episode: Flipper and the Mermaid (1965)

Not Rated | 30 min | Adventure, Family

Porter is not happy with the new lady scientist who seems to have taken over the park. And worse - she takes Flipper to help her.

Director: Ricou Browning | Stars: Brian Kelly, Luke Halpin, Tommy Norden, Flipper

Votes: 25

32. Honey, I Shrunk the Kids: The TV Show (1997–2000)
Episode: Honey, She's Like a Fish Out of Water (1998)

TV-PG | 43 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

Wayne creates a skin lotion to make people become great swimmers like fish in the water. Amy takes some of it to a pool party that she is invited to. When Amy uses the lotion, she becomes ... See full summary »

Director: Scott McGinnis | Stars: Peter Scolari, Barbara Alyn Woods, Hillary Tuck, Thomas Dekker

Votes: 17

33. The Love Boat (1977–1987)
Episode: Side by Side/A Fish Out of Water/Rub Me Tender (1984)

TV-G | 60 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Teenage Toby is preoccupied with Grandma Edna's health. Awkward Allan meets an unusual woman while snooping. Gopher hires Dorrie as a masseuse but doesn't have time to tell Merrill, who falls for her.

Director: Richard Kinon | Stars: Gavin MacLeod, Bernie Kopell, Fred Grandy, Ted Lange

Votes: 73

34. Riptide (1969)
Episode: To Murder a Mermaid (1969)

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Director: Peter Maxwell | Stars: Ty Hardin, Desiree Ayres, Mike Dorsey, Gerry Duggan

35. SeaQuest 2032 (1993–1996)
Episode: Abalon (1994)

TV-PG | 44 min | Action, Adventure, Family

While testing a new deep-sea dive suit, Commander Ford sees a mermaid. This leads him to a recluse scientist. Meanwhile, Lucas has his first date.

Director: Les Sheldon | Stars: Roy Scheider, Stacy Haiduk, Don Franklin, Jonathan Brandis

Votes: 166

36. G.I. Joe (1985–1986)
Episode: Memories of Mara (1985)

TV-Y | 22 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

While on a Joe mission to locate a downed sub, Shipwreck saves a woman with blue skin named Mara, and soon finds out why she has blue skin: She's what, in old sailor's terms, is called a mermaid, and COBRA wants her back.

Directors: John Gibbs, Terry Lennon | Stars: Jackson Beck, Michael Bell, Arthur Burghardt, Corey Burton

Votes: 60

37. CSI: NY (2004–2013)
Episode: Stealing Home (2006)

TV-14 | 44 min | Action, Crime, Drama

The CSIs arrive to investigate the death of a man shot in front of his house. A woman runs towards the scene crying that the deceased was her husband. Moments later, another woman also ... See full summary »

Director: Oz Scott | Stars: Gary Sinise, Melina Kanakaredes, Carmine Giovinazzo, Anna Belknap

Votes: 330

38. The Transformers (1984–1987)
Episode: Sea Change (1985)

TV-Y7 | 23 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

Seaspray and Bumblebee go to save an aquatic world and its natives from Decepticon dictatorship. Seaspray falls in love with a native during the adventure.

Directors: Andy Kim, Bob Kirk, Al Kouzel, Bob Matz, Norm McCabe, Margaret Nichols, Karen Peterson, Tom Ray, Robert Shellhorn, Bob Treat, Terry Lennon | Stars: Jack Angel, Melendy Britt, Peter Cullen, Bud Davis

Votes: 116

39. Star Trek: The Animated Series (1973–1975)
Episode: The Ambergris Element (1973)

TV-PG | 23 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

While the Enterprise investigates a water-world, Captain Kirk and Commander Spock go missing. They've been abducted by the world's inhabitants and altered into water-breathers as well.

Director: Hal Sutherland | Stars: William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley, George Takei

Votes: 718

40. Punky Brewster (1985–1987)
Episode: Unidentified Flying Glomer/Fish Story (1985)

TV-Y | Animation, Family, Fantasy

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Directors: John Kimball, Rudy Larriva, Russ Mooney, Charles Nichols | Stars: Vince Edwards, Alejandro Garay, Patti Glick, David Mendenhall

Votes: 7

41. The New Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1968–1969)
Episode: All Whirlpools Lead to Atlantis (1969)

Adventure, Animation

Tom, Huck and Becky get sucked down a whirlpool to the ocean floor where King Llandor of Atlantis and Huck exchange clothes. Morpho's minions mistake Huck for Llandor so he's captured. All three make their escape and help defeat Morpho.

Director: Robert Gist | Stars: Michael Shea, Lu Ann Haslam, Kevin Schultz, Ted Cassidy

Votes: 12

42. WWE Raw (1993– )
Episode: Episode #30.3 (2021)

TV-PG | 128 min | Action, Sport

The Road to WWE Survivor Series 2021, Asuka to Return Raw. Seth Rollins defends Kevin Owens

Stars: Danilo Anfibio, Sidney Bateman, Bianca Belair, Shelton Benjamin

Votes: 25

43. The Jim Henson Hour (1987–1992)
Episode: Oceans (1989)

48 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy

In "MuppeTelevision," the studio gets flooded while Ted Danson delivers an environmental message. The second half is a short film called "Lighthouse Island."

Director: Peter Harris | Stars: Bruce Armstrong, Fran Brill, Helen Burns, Kevin Clash

Votes: 18

44. Mr. Pickles (2013–2019)
Episode: Father's Day Pie (2014)

TV-MA | 12 min | Animation, Comedy, Horror

When Mr. Goodman's Father's Day pie goes missing, Tommy and Mr. Pickles set out searching for the pie thief, but meet an unexpected creature in the forest.

Director: Will Carsola | Stars: Brooke Shields, Dave Stewart, Frank Collison, Jay Johnston

Votes: 241

45. Archie's Weird Mysteries (1999–2000)
Episode: Green-Eyed Monster (2000)

TV-Y7 | 22 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

There's something fishy about Dorsa Finn, the new girl in town who likes Archie.

Stars: Ben Beck, Jerry Longe, Chris Lundquist, Andrew Rannells

Votes: 8

46. Hawaii Five-0 (2010–2020)
Episode: Hapai ke kuko, hanau ka hewa (2019)

TV-14 | 43 min | Action, Crime, Drama

A woman dies suspiciously while swimming as part of a mermaid troupe, and Adam throws more than a helping hand to a down on his luck drunkard vagrant.

Director: Jerry Levine | Stars: Alex O'Loughlin, Scott Caan, Ian Anthony Dale, Meaghan Rath

Votes: 410