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10 Best Movies Like Mermaid

If you loved Mermaid, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
The Color of Friendship

The Color of Friendship

2000★ 6.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Mermaid for fans of Drama & Family & TV Movie. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Mahree Bok lives on a farm in South Africa. Her father is a policeman who cannot hide his joy when activist Steve Biko is caught by the South African authorities. Piper Dellums is ...

#2
Samantha: An American Girl Holiday

Samantha: An American Girl Holiday

2004★ 6.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Mermaid for fans of Drama & Family & TV Movie. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Kindhearted Samantha Parkington's world starts to change the day Nellie O'Malley walks into her life. Nellie, her father, and her two little sisters have moved in next door to be s...

#3
Little Lord Fauntleroy

Little Lord Fauntleroy

1980★ 7.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Mermaid for fans of Drama & Family & TV Movie. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Young Cedric Errol and his widowed mother live in genteel poverty in 1880s Brooklyn after the death of his father. Cedric's grandfather, the Earl of Dorincourt, has long ago disown...

#4
Anne of Green Gables

Anne of Green Gables

2016★ 7.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Mermaid for fans of Drama & Family & TV Movie. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A retelling of L.M. Montgomery's story of Anne Shirley, an orphan who is accidentally sent to a couple looking to adopt a boy instead....

#5
Double Teamed!

Double Teamed!

2002★ 6.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Mermaid for fans of Drama & Family & TV Movie. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Heather and Heidi play volleyball for their school team, when their family decides that they need to go to a bigger school so that they will have a better chance for scholarships. ...

#6
An American Girl: Chrissa Stands Strong

An American Girl: Chrissa Stands Strong

2009★ 6.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Mermaid for fans of Drama & Family & TV Movie. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A fourth grader and her friends deal with bullying from a more popular girl in their class....

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