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Theme: Merpeople

Aquaman (2018)

16 March 201912 August 2019

Rating: ★★★★

Comic-Book Merman Superhero

Director: James Wan
Actors: Jason Momoa, Amber Heard, Patrick Wilson, Willem Dafoe, …
Category: Science Fiction

Aquamarine (2006)

21 June 200621 September 2019

Rating: ★½

Mermaid Teen Romantic Comedy

Director: Elizabeth Allen
Actors: Sara Paxton, Joanna Jojo Levesque, Emma Roberts, Jake McDorman, …
Category: Fantasy

Arabian Nights (2015)

8 August 201614 June 2020

Rating: ★★

Anthology of Portuguese Magical Realist Vignettes

Director: Miguel Gomes
Category: Fantasy

Avengers Grimm: Time Wars (2018)

29 April 201929 April 2019

Rating: ★

Team-Up Between Fairytale Princesses

Director: Maximilian Elfeldt
Actors: Lauren Parkinson, Christina Licciardi, Elizabeth Eileen, Marah Fairclough, …
Category: Fantasy

Barbie Mermaidia (2006)

18 October 201822 October 2020

Rating: ★★

Animation/Fairy Barbie Visits the Mermaid Kingdom

Director: William Lau, Walter P. Martishius
Actors: Kelly Sheridan, Chiara Zanni, Alessandro Juliani, Christopher Gaze, …
Category: Fantasy

Charlotte’s Song (2015)

9 October 201522 October 2020

Rating: ★★

Mermaid Horror Film

Director: Nicholas Humphries
Actors: Iwan Rheon, Katelyn Mager, Brendan Taylor, Barbara Wallace, …
Category: Horror

Cold Skin (2017)

11 March 201823 April 2020

Rating: ★★★½

Remote Lighthouse at Siege from Amphibian Creatures

Director: Xavier Gens
Actors: David Oakes, Ray Stevenson, John Benfield
Category: Horror

Descendants 2 (2017)

29 March 20194 April 2019

Rating: 0­

The Children of Disney Villains

Director: Kenny Ortega
Actors: Dove Cameron, Sofia Carson, Mitchell Hope, Cameron Boyce, …
Category: Fantasy

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005)

26 November 200528 September 2020

Rating: ★★½

Young Wizard

Director: Mike Newell
Actors: Daniel Radcliffe, Brendan Gleeson, Robbie Coltrane, Michael Gambon, …
Category: Fantasy

House By the Lake (2017)

1 June 20201 June 2020

Rating: ★

Girl’s Sinister Imaginary Companion

Director: Adam Gierasch
Actors: James Callis, Anne Dudek, Amiah Miller, Natasha Bassett, …
Category: Horror

The Incredible Mr Limpet (1964)

9 December 20125 May 2020

Rating: ★★★

Man Becomes a Porpoise

Director: Arthur Lubin
Actors: Don Knotts, Carole Cook, Jack Weston, Andrew Duggan
Category: Fantasy

Justice League (2017)

30 December 201715 May 2020

Rating: ★★

Comic-Book Superheroes

Director: Zack Snyder
Actors: Ben Affleck, Henry Cavill, Gal Gadot, Ezra Miller, …
Category: Science Fiction

Justice League: Throne of Atlantis (2015)

13 September 201515 May 2020

Rating: ★★

Animation/Comic-Book Superheroes

Director: Ethan Spaulding
Actors: Matt Lanter, Shemar Moore, Jerry O'Connell, Rosario Dawson, …
Category: Science Fiction

League of Gods (2016)

22 May 201727 October 2020

Rating: ★★★

Epic Chinese Fantasy

Director: Koan Xu
Actors: Jacky Heung, Jet Li, Wen Zhang, Angelababy, …
Category: Fantasy

The Lighthouse (2019)

4 January 202014 April 2020

Rating: ★★★

Madness and Insanity Among Lighthouse Keepers

Director: Robert Eggers
Actors: Robert Pattinson, Willem Dafoe
Category: Horror

The Little Mermaid (1989)

9 June 199920 February 2020

Rating: ★★★½

Disney Animation/Fairy-Tale

Director: Ron Clements, John Musker
Actors: Jodi Benson, Samuel E. Wright, Pat Carroll, Kenneth Mars, …
Category: Fantasy

Little Mermaid (2016)

3 July 20178 August 2019

Rating: ★

Modernised Fairy-Tale

Director: Roxie Daisy Blum, Matt Martin
Actors: Rosie Mac, Matt Martin, Erin Marie Garrett, Amber Borzotra, …
Category: Fantasy

The Little Mermaid (2018)

23 September 201914 July 2020

Rating: ★★

Mermaid Film

Director: Blake Harris
Actors: William Moseley, Poppy Drayton, Loreto Peralta, Armando Gutierrez, …
Category: Fantasy

The Little Mermaid: Ariel’s Beginning (2008)

20 December 20093 June 2019

Rating: ★★

Disney Animation

Director: Peggy Holmes
Actors: Jodi Benson, Samuel E. Wright, Sally Field, Jim Cummings, …
Category: Fantasy

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

20 December 20003 June 2019

Rating: ★★½

Disney Animation

Director: Jim Kammerud, Brian Smith
Actors: Tara Strong, Jodi Benson, Pat Carroll, Samuel L. Wright, …
Category: Fantasy

The Loreley’s Grasp (1973)

3 October 20193 October 2019

Rating: ★★

Immortal She Monster

Director: Amando de Ossorio
Actors: Tony Kendall, Silvia Tortosa, Helga Line, Angel Menendez, …
Category: Horror

The Lure (2015)

3 July 20173 December 2019

Rating: ★★★

Gonzo Mermaid Strippers Musical

Director: Agnieszka Smoczynska
Category: Fantasy

The Mermaid (2016)

4 September 201621 June 2020

Rating: ★★

Mermaid Comedy

Director: Stephen Chow
Actors: Jelly Lin, Deng Chao, Show Lo, Zhang Yu Qi, …
Category: Fantasy

Mermaid Down (2019)

7 August 20207 August 2020

Rating: ★★

Mermaid in an Asylum

Director: Jeffrey Grellman
Actors: Alexandra Bokova, Burt Culver, Meggan Kaiser, Michell Gallagher, …
Category: Fantasy

Miranda (1948)

22 October 202023 October 2020

Rating: ★★★

Mermaid Comedy

Director: Ken Annakin
Actors: Glynis Johns, Googie Withers, David Tomlinson, Margaret Rutherford
Category: Fantasy

Mr Peabody and the Mermaid (1948)

5 May 200321 June 2020

Rating: ★★★

Mermaid Comedy

Director: Irving Pichel
Actors: William Powell, Ann Blyth, Andrea King
Category: Fantasy

The Mysterious Island (1929)

5 July 20168 May 2020

Rating: ★★

Underwater Adventures/City of Merpeople

Director: Lucien Hubbard, Benjamin Christensen
Actors: Lionel Barrymore, Montagu Love
Category: Science Fiction

Ondine (2009)

19 June 201021 May 2019

Rating: ★★★½

Man Fishes Up a Selkie

Director: Neil Jordan
Actors: Colin Farrell, Alicja Bachleda, Alison Barry, Dervla Kirwan, …
Category: Fantasy

Pan (2015)

1 November 201510 October 2020

Rating: ★★

Peter Pan Origin Story

Director: Joe Wright
Actors: Hugh Jackman, Levi Miller, Garrett Hedlund, Rooney Mara, …
Category: Fantasy

Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (2011)

20 May 20119 October 2019

Rating: ★★

Pirate Fantasy Swashbuckler

Director: Rob Marshall
Actors: Johnny Depp, Penelope Cruz, Geoffrey Rush, Ian McShane, …
Category: Fantasy

Saturday the 14th (1981)

2 July 20192 July 2019

Rating: ★★

Genre Parody

Director: Howard R. Cohen
Actors: Richard Benjamin, Paula Prentiss, Kari Michaelsen, Kevin Brando, …
Category: Horror

The Secret of Roan Inish (1994)

4 April 200115 March 2019

Rating: ★★★½

Irish Roots/Selkie Legend

Director: John Sayles
Actors: John Lynch, Jeni Courtney, Mick Lally, Eileen Colgan, …
Category: Fantasy

The Shape of Water (2017)

13 January 201831 August 2020

Rating: ★★★★

Romance with an Amphibian Man

Director: Guillermo Del Toro
Actors: Sally Hawkins, Michael Shannon, Richard Jenkins, Octavia Spencer, …
Category: Science Fiction

She Creature (2001)

5 October 200123 August 2019

Rating: ★★★

Mermaid Horror Film

Director: Sebastian Gutierrez
Actors: Carla Gugino, Rufus Sewell, Rya Kilhstedt, Aubrey Morris, …
Category: Horror

Song of the Sea (2014)

28 March 201530 August 2018

Rating: ★★★★

Animation/Selkies and Celtic Mythology

Director: Tomm Moore
Actors: David Rawle, Brendan Gleeson, Fionnula Flanagan, Lisa Hannigan, …
Category: Fantasy

Splash! (1984)

24 November 20027 August 2020

Rating: ★★★

Mermaid Comedy

Director: Ron Howard
Actors: Tom Hanks, Daryl Hannah, John Candy, Eugene Levy, …
Category: Fantasy

Vincent (2014)

30 September 201516 June 2020

Rating: ★★★

Man with Superpowers

Director: Thomas Salvador
Actors: Thomas Salvador, Vimala Pons, Youssef Hajdi, Nina Meurisse, …
Category: Science Fiction

Waterworld (1995)

18 January 200315 May 2020

Rating: ★★

Post-Holocaust Drowned Earth

Director: Kevin Reynolds
Actors: Kevin Costner, Dennis Hopper, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Tina Majorino, …
Category: Science Fiction

Year Without a Summer (2010)

17 October 201122 September 2018

Rating: 0­

Malaysian Magical Realism

Director: Tan Chui Mui
Actors: Namron, Azman Hassan, Mislina Mustaffa, Mohammed Norsuhaizan Hanafi, …
Category: Fantasy

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Theme Essays

  • Disaster Movies
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  • Documentaries
  • Films About Halloween
  • Films About Prophecy
  • Nazis
  • Magicians and Sorcerers
  • Secret Societies
  • Real-Life People in Fiction
  • Techno-Thrillers
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  • Asylums
  • Possession Films
  • Sexual Fetishism in Fantastic Cinema
  • Films About Imaginary and Magical Lands
  • Religion in Fantastic Cinema
  • Romantic Comedies
  • Film Noir
  • Spy Films
  • Jekyll and Hyde Films
  • Films That Make Dubious Claims to Being Based on True Stories
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