Many people's first impression of mermaids comes from the Little Mermaid in Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales.
There are also some people who "see" the mermaid for the first time is the Disney movie "The Little Mermaid".
So, what does your mermaid look like?
Today we will take stock of those classic mermaid-related film and television works at home and abroad, and see which mermaid is most in line with the image of your heart!
Miranda the Mermaid (1948)
It is a 1948 British comedy about a doctor who accidentally falls into the sea while going fishing and is rescued by miranda, who asks the doctor to bring herself back to London, where the doctor has to let Miranda disguise herself as a disabled person in a wheelchair and bring her home, and when the mermaid comes to London, she makes a series of jokes...
The Modern Mermaid (1984)
It's a romantic romance in which Tom Hanks' male protagonist Alan Ball is saved twice by mermaids, first when he was 8 years old and on vacation with his parents, and second after falling into the same place 20 years later.
Daryl Hanna's mermaid falls in love with Alan Ball and follows him to New York, where a series of hilarious events take place.
The Legend of the Mermaid (1993)
In the 1993 version of The Legend of the Mermaid, Zhong Liti played the classic mermaid Xiaomei.
She rescued Ah Zhi (played by Zheng Yijian) who fell into the sea, but accidentally lost the pearl, in order to find the pearl, Xiaomei transformed into a human, and a person and a fish began a wonderful love...
The End of the World (1994)
The mermaid in this movie is not a traditional mermaid, but a seal man from The Norse legend.
In the movie, a girl named Fiona discovers her family secret, and it is said that one of her ancestors was united with a seal man, who resembled a seal in the water and transformed into a human on land.
Fiona's younger brother Jimmy disappeared in the sea at a very young age, and legend has it that he was taken away by the SEALs, and Fiona began to search for the SEALs...
Little Beautiful Fish (1999)
The protagonist of this film is not a mermaid in the common female figure, but a 13-year-old boy.
In the story, Cody suddenly finds that his skin will grow fish-like scales after touching the water, and then begin to trace his own origins, only to find that he is not only an abandoned baby picked up by his adoptive parents at the beach, but also his biological mother is also a mermaid...
Ultimate Mermaid Island (2001)
The two sailors met an old sailor during their trip and then kidnapped the mermaid he had secretly hidden in the old sailor's house.
The young sailor takes the mermaid to the United States, and during the voyage the ship disorients to the mysterious mermaid island, and the seemingly docile and cowardly mermaid also reveals its ferocious and terrible side...
The Mermaid (2006)
2006's The Mermaid/Aquamarine is a 20th Century Fox romantic film starring Emma Roberts, Joanna Liwisk, Sarah Paxton, and others.
Several teenage girls find a mermaid who runs away from home in order to escape marriage during the summer vacation, and in order to help the mermaid, they decide to find true love for her...
The Banshee in the Water (2006)
Directed by M. Knight Shyamalan, the film is a psychological thriller.
The movie tells the story of a building administrator named Cleveland who rescues a mysterious woman in the swimming pool, but she does not expect that she is a water demon, Cleveland wants to send the water demon back to the original world, but encounters various obstacles... The film had a 25% rating on Rotten Tomatoes and didn't gross well, but the movie itself was worth seeing.
Pirates of the Caribbean: Rough Seas (2011)
Pirates of the Caribbean: Stranger Tides is still based on Captain Jack's adventures, but this one sells with mermaids.
The mermaids in this film are beautiful and fierce, with natural allure, but also hidden unpredictable dangers.
Kraken (2014)
It's still a horror movie style that doesn't die without dying.
Two American girls come to Montenegro on vacation, a group of friends learn that there are abandoned military bunkers on a remote island, they decide to go on an expedition, and then discover that there are more terrifying "creatures" there...
From the title of the film, we know that the "mermaid" here is not so beautiful...
The Shape of Water (2017)
It's a fantasy movie set in the Cold War that tells the story of a mute cleaning lady in a lab who falls in love with a mermaid monster who is locked up in a lab.
The film won the Oscar for Best Picture, and it is a good work in terms of both artistic and commercial aspects.
The Mermaid (2016)
This "Mermaid" directed by Stephen Chow is our local version of the mermaid, and the film has also broken several box office records.
In this film, Liu Xuan, played by Deng Chao, launched a reclamation plan, affecting marine creatures including mermaids, and the mermaid Shanshan approached him with a plan to assassinate Liu Xuan, but fell in love with him...
My Heart Blue (2017)
The film is not a simple mermaid movie, but a mermaid analogy to adolescence, telling the story of a 15-year-old girl who faces the pressure of family and school, her body begins to change strangely.
The confused girl begins to fall, but it does not stop the strange phenomena of her body... This film combines elements of horror and youth films, but it is more than that, it is a thought-provoking film.
Mermaid's Lake of Death (2018)
It is a Russian horror fantasy film inspired by Slavic mythology. Legend has it that an unmarried girl who drowns turns into an evil mermaid.
In this film, a mermaid, disguised as a young girl who drowned centuries ago, falls in love with a man named Romont, and Romon's fiancée Marina fights with the mermaid in order to protect her fiancé and love...
The Little Mermaid (2018)
In this film, the mermaid is tricked into being trapped in a circus, which can only be seen here.
One day a reporter and niece spotted her and decided to save her from the circus...
The above are some movies about mermaids at home and abroad, how many of these movies have you seen?