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Movies that feel likeThe Little Mermaid (2023)

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 interact with humans, Ariel makes a deal with the evil sea witch, Ursula, which gives her a chance to experience life on land, but ultimately places her life – and her father’s crown – in jeopardy.

If you loved The Little Mermaid, the closest films we have are Stardust (2007), Aladdin (2019) and Cinderella (2015). All three share The Little Mermaid's warm and cozy feel, which is what we rank on before quality.

Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is Pete's Dragon (2016).

🍅 67% Rotten Tomatoes★ 7.2 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. Rob Marshallepicwarmcozydreamlikeromantictender
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Stardust
2007 · dir. Matthew Vaughn
🍅 77%★ 7.6adventure · fantasy · romanceParamount+

Both are built on the same subject: witch

In a countryside town bordering on a magical land, a young man makes a promise to his beloved that he'll retrieve a fallen star by venturing into the magical realm. His journey takes him into a world beyond his wildest dreams and reveals his true identity.

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Aladdin
2019 · dir. Guy Ritchie
🍅 57%★ 6.9adventure · fantasy · romanceDisney+

Both keep coming back to the same thing: musical

A kindhearted street urchin named Aladdin embarks on a magical adventure after finding a lamp that releases a wisecracking genie while a power-hungry Grand Vizier vies for the same lamp that has the power to make their deepest wishes come true.

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Cinderella
2015 · dir. Kenneth Branagh
🍅 83%★ 6.9romance · fantasy · familyDisney+

Warm and cozy in the same breath

The difference: Easier on the scale than The Little Mermaid

When her father unexpectedly passes away, young Ella finds herself at the mercy of her cruel stepmother and her daughters. Never one to give up hope, Ella's fortunes begin to change after meeting a dashing stranger in the woods.

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Pete's Dragon
2016 · dir. David Lowery
🍅 88%★ 6.7adventure · family · fantasyDisney+

Common ground: live action remake

The difference: Trades the romance of The Little Mermaid for an angle of its own

For years, old wood carver Mr. Meacham has delighted local children with his tales of the fierce dragon that resides deep in the woods of the Pacific Northwest. To his daughter, Grace, who works as a forest ranger, these stories are little more than tall tales... until she meets Pete, a mysterious 10-year-old with no family and no home who claims to live in the woods with a giant, green dragon named Elliott. And from Pete's descriptions, Elliott seems remarkably similar to the dragon from Mr. Meacham's stories. With the help of Natalie, an 11-year-old girl whose father Jack owns the local lumber mill, Grace sets out to determine where Pete came from, where he belongs, and the truth about this dragon.

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Wicked
2024 · dir. Jon M. Chu
🍅 88%★ 7.3drama · romance · fantasyHulu

One thread runs through both: witch

The difference: Sits closer to drama than The Little Mermaid does

In the land of Oz, ostracized and misunderstood green-skinned Elphaba is forced to share a room with the popular aristocrat Glinda at Shiz University, and the two's unlikely friendship is tested as they begin to fulfill their respective destinies as Glinda the Good and the Wicked Witch of the West.

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Beauty and the Beast
2017 · dir. Bill Condon
🍅 71%★ 7.1family · fantasy · romanceDisney+

The same preoccupation in both: musical

A live-action adaptation of Disney's version of the classic tale of a cursed prince and a beautiful young woman who helps him break the spell.

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Maleficent: Mistress of Evil
2019 · dir. Joachim Rønning
🍅 40%★ 6.6family · fantasy · adventureDisney+

Both are built on the same subject: live action remake

The difference: The scrappier of the two with critics

Maleficent and her goddaughter Aurora begin to question the complex family ties that bind them as they are pulled in different directions by impending nuptials, unexpected allies, and dark new forces at play.

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Dumbo
2019 · dir. Tim Burton
🍅 46%★ 6.2family · fantasy · adventureDisney+

Both are built on the same subject: adoring

A young elephant, whose oversized ears enable him to fly, helps save a struggling circus, but when the circus plans a new venture, Dumbo and his friends discover dark secrets beneath its shiny veneer.

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The BFG
2016 · dir. Steven Spielberg
🍅 74%★ 6.3adventure · family · fantasyDisney+

Both land scale and dream logic at once

An orphan little girl befriends a benevolent giant who takes her to Giant Country, where they attempt to stop the man-eating giants that are invading the human world.

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Peter Pan
2003 · dir. P.J. Hogan
🍅 77%★ 6.8adventure · fantasy · family

Both keep coming back to the same thing: mermaid

The difference: Made in the 2000s, in a different era of the craft

In stifling Edwardian London, Wendy Darling mesmerizes her brothers every night with bedtime tales of swordplay, swashbuckling and the fearsome Captain Hook. But the children become the heroes of an even greater story, when Peter Pan flies into their nursery one night and leads them over moonlit rooftops through a galaxy of stars and to the lush jungles of Neverland.

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Memoirs of a Geisha
2005 · dir. Rob Marshall
🍅 35%★ 7.3drama · romance · history

Rob Marshall directing both, with the same fingerprints on each

In the years before World War II, a penniless Japanese child is torn from her family to work as a maid in a geisha house.

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Kleks Academy
2024 · dir. Maciej Kawulski
★ 4.5fantasy · adventure · familyNetflix

Both lean on scale more than on adventure

A seemingly ordinary girl finds her way into the eponymous Academy to explore the world of fairy tales, imagination and creativity. With the help of a crazy, talented teacher, she develops her unique abilities and also stumbles upon a clue that will help her unravel the biggest secret of the family...

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