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Movies that feel like The Mermaid (2016)

If you loved The Mermaid, the closest films we have are Lulli (2021), Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons (2013) and Minha Vida em Marte (2018). All three share The Mermaid's witty and playful feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 7 of the 12 picks below are included with a subscription right now on Netflix, Amazon Prime Video and Criterion Channel and others, checked against today's data.

When Xuan's real estate project threatens the home of mermaids, Shan is sent to stop him. When they fall in love, he is encouraged to cancel the project. However, he must save them from bigger danger.

🍅 95% Rotten Tomatoes6.2 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. Stephen Chowwittyplayfuldreamlikeromantictender

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Looking for the series itself? Also in this series: The Mermaid: Lake of the Dead (2018)

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Lulli
2021 · dir. César Rodrigues
4.9comedy · romance · fantasy

Witty where it counts, playful underneath

After getting electrocuted by an MRI machine, an ambitious young medical student begins to hear the thoughts of others.

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🍅 94%6.7action · fantasy · adventure

The same hand behind both of them: Stephen Chow

The difference: Missing the romance of The Mermaid

In a world plagued by demons who cause great human suffering, young demon hunter Tang Sanzang must fight against monstrous demons, as well as contend with a beautiful demon hunting woman on his path to enlightenment.

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Minha Vida em Marte
2018 · dir. Susana Garcia
6.5comedy · romance

The same mix in both: romance, then tenderness

The difference: None of the dream logic The Mermaid is built on

Fernanda is married to Tom, with whom she has a five-year-old daughter, Joana. The couple is in the midst of wear and tear caused by living together for many years, which generates constant friction. Who helps Fernanda to overcome the crisis is her partner Aníbal, inseparable partner during the arduous journey between saving the marriage or putting an end to it.

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The Man from the Future
2011 · dir. Cláudio Torres
7comedy · fantasy · science fiction

Comedy built on dream logic, twice over

The difference: Sits closer to science fiction than The Mermaid does

Zero is a brilliant scientist. However, 20 years ago, he was publicly humiliated when he lost Helena, the love of his life. One day, an accidental experience with one of his inventions causes him to travel back in time to 1991. Having taken the opportunity to change history, Zero returns to own time to find totally changed.

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Obvious Child
2014 · dir. Gillian Robespierre
🍅 90%6.7comedy · romance

Witty romance, and it commits to that

An immature, newly unemployed comic must navigate the murky waters of adulthood after her fling with a graduate student results in an unplanned pregnancy.

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Rich in Love
2020 · dir. Bruno Garotti
6romance · comedy

Fantasy with a pulse of play, in both cases

Working incognito at his rich dad's company to test his own merits, Teto falls for Paula and tells her he grew up poor, a lie that spins out of control.

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I Am Dragon
2015 · dir. Indar Dzhendubaev
6.8fantasy · romance

Both lean on dream logic more than on fantasy

In the midst of the wedding princess Miroslava is kidnapped by a dragon and carried away into his castle on the remote island. Mira left everything behind in the past - family, friends and groom. Now the only things she had were a stone cage and a mysterious young man named Arman ... but who is he and what is he doing on that island? Miroslava will know the truth too late: loving a dragon will reveal the bitter truth - love is scary.

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Squared Love
2021 · dir. Filip Zylber
🍅 20%5.1romance · comedy

Romantic comedy in both cases

The difference: Reviewed a good deal more coolly

A celebrity journalist and renowned womanizer starts to rethink his life choices after he falls for a mysterious model who leads a double life.

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DJ Cinderella
2019 · dir. Bruno Garotti
4.7romance · comedy

Tender romance in both cases

Cintia is modern princess, she's connected, decided and loves music. This "pop" princess used to live with their parents in a huge castle with a nice view to the city. Every night she looked through the window and watch the view dreaming with a prince she didn't met yet. But one day her castle crumbles with everything around her, after her parents divorce she went to live with her aunt and stops believing in love. What she didn't knew was that there was a charming prince in her history, that wanted to break the ice around our modern day cinderella.

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Let the Sunshine In
2017 · dir. Claire Denis
🍅 87%6comedy · drama · romance

Comedy with a pulse of wit, in both cases

The difference: Leans harder into drama than The Mermaid does

Isabelle, Parisian artist, divorced mother, is looking for love, true love, at last.

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Truly Madly Deeply
1991 · dir. Anthony Minghella
🍅 76%7.2fantasy · drama · comedy

Fantasy built on play, twice over

The difference: Made in the 1990s, in a different era of the craft

Nina is totally heartbroken at the death of her boyfriend Jamie, but is even more unprepared for his return as a ghost. At first it's almost as good as it used to be – hey, even the rats that infested her house have disappeared. But Jamie starts bringing ghostly friends home and behaving more and more oddly.

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Defending Your Life
1991 · dir. Albert Brooks
🍅 92%7.2romance · fantasy · comedy

Dreamlike romance in both cases

Is there love after death? After he dies suddenly, the hapless advertising executive Daniel Miller finds himself in Judgment City, a gleaming way station where the newly deceased must prove they lived a life of sufficient courage to advance in their journey through the universe. As the self-doubting Daniel struggles to make his case, a budding relationship with the uninhibited Julia offers him a chance to finally feel alive.

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