If You Liked The Little Mermaid, Watch These Next
Finished The Little Mermaid (1989) and want more of the same? These 20 movies are what its fans watched next, ranked by how often people who liked it also liked these. Like The Little Mermaid, most of them are animation, family, fantasy.
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20 titles · updated 2nd October 2026
1.Cinderella III: A Twist in Time(2007)
6.6AnimationRomanceFamilyAlso animation and family
When Lady Tremaine steals the Fairy Godmother's wand and changes history, it's up to Cinderella to restore the timeline and reclaim her prince.
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2.Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken(2023)
7.1AnimationFamilyFantasyAlso animation and family
Ruby Gillman, a sweet and awkward high school student, discovers she's a direct descendant of the warrior kraken queens. The kraken are sworn to protect the oceans of the world against the vain, power-hungry mermaids. Destined to inherit the throne from her commanding grandmother, Ruby must use her newfound powers to…
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3.The Swan Princess(1994)
6.6FamilyAnimationFantasyAlso family and animation
The beautiful princess Odette is transformed into a swan by an evil sorcerer's spell. Held captive at an enchanted lake, she befriends Jean-Bob the frog, Speed the turtle and Puffin the bird. Despite their struggle to keep the princess safe, these good-natured creatures can do nothing about the sorcerer's spell,…
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4.Aladdin(1992)
7.7AnimationFamilyAdventureAlso animation and family
In the boorish city of Agrabah, kind-hearted street urchin Aladdin and Princess Jasmine fall in love, although she can only marry a prince. He and power-hungry Grand Vizier Jafar vie for a magic lamp that can fulfill their wishes.
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5.The Swan Princess: Escape from Castle Mountain(1997)
6.0FamilyFantasyAnimationAlso family and fantasy
The first wedding anniversary of Princess Odette and Prince Derek is fraught with troubles brought on by Clavius, who plots to conquer the world.
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6.The Little Mermaid(2023)
6.2AdventureFamilyFantasyAlso family and fantasy
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…
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7.Barbie Fairytopia: Mermaidia(2006)
6.9AnimationFamilyAdventureAlso animation and family
In this animated follow-up to Fairytopia, Elina enlists the help of a mermaid, Nori, to save her friend Nalu, a merman prince who has been captured by the wicked Laverna.
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8.Sleeping Beauty(1959)
6.9FantasyAnimationRomanceAlso fantasy and animation
Cursed to die by the evil fairy Maleficent when she was a baby, Princess Aurora is sent into hiding under protection from three good fairies. As she grows up far away, Maleficent becomes increasingly determined to seal the princess's fate.
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9.Barbie in A Mermaid Tale(2010)
7.3AnimationFamilyFantasyAlso animation and family
Barbie stars as Merliah, a surfer who learns a shocking secret: she's a mermaid! She and her dolphin friend set out for an undersea adventure to rescue her mother, the queen of Oceana.
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10.Frozen(2013)
7.2AnimationFamilyAdventureAlso animation and family
Young princess Anna of Arendelle dreams about finding true love at her sister Elsa’s coronation. Fate takes her on a dangerous journey in an attempt to end the eternal winter that has fallen over the kingdom. She's accompanied by ice delivery man Kristoff, his reindeer Sven, and snowman Olaf. On an adventure where…
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11.Barbie: The Pearl Princess(2014)
7.0FamilyAnimationAlso family and animation
Barbie plays Lumina, a mermaid girl with the power to change the color of pearls. Cheerful and creative, Lumina finds herself working in a mermaid salon customizing fabulous hairstyles. And when Lumina has the chance to attend the royal ball, her friends adorn her with a gown fit for a princess. At the ball, villains…
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12.Barbie as the Island Princess(2007)
7.3AnimationFamilyAlso animation and family
Young Rosella is saved by a few kind animals after a shipwreck. Now called Ro, she learns to talk to animals. One day, she saves the life of a prince and returns to civilisation to discover her past.
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13.Tinker Bell(2008)
7.0AnimationFamilyAdventureAlso animation and family
Journey into the secret world of Pixie Hollow and hear Tinker Bell speak for the very first time as the astonishing story of Disney's most famous fairy is finally revealed in the all-new motion picture "Tinker Bell."
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14.Barbie and the Secret Door(2014)
7.2AnimationFamilyAlso animation and family
A shy princess discovers a secret door in her kingdom and enters a magical world full of magical creatures. She meets a mermaid and a fairy who tell her about a spoiled ruler threatening them.
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15.Peter Pan(1953)
7.2AnimationFamilyAdventureAlso animation and family
Leaving the safety of their nursery behind, Wendy, Michael and John follow Peter Pan to a magical world where childhood lasts forever. But while in Neverland, the kids must face Captain Hook and foil his attempts to get rid of Peter for good.
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16.Cinderella(1950)
7.1FamilyFantasyAnimationAlso family and fantasy
Cinderella has faith her dreams of a better life will come true. With help from her loyal mice friends and a wave of her Fairy Godmother's wand, Cinderella's rags are magically turned into a glorious gown and off she goes to the Royal Ball. But when the clock strikes midnight, the spell is broken, leaving a single…
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17.Enchanted(2007)
6.9ComedyFamilyFantasyAlso family and fantasy
The beautiful princess Giselle is banished by an evil queen from her magical, musical animated land and finds herself in the gritty reality of the streets of modern-day Manhattan. Shocked by this strange new environment that doesn't operate on a "happily ever after" basis, Giselle is now adrift in a chaotic world…
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18.Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs(1938)
7.1FantasyAnimationFamilyAlso fantasy and animation
A beautiful girl, Snow White, takes refuge in the forest in the house of seven dwarfs to hide from her stepmother, the wicked Queen. The Queen is jealous because she wants to be known as "the fairest in the land," and Snow White's beauty surpasses her own.
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19.Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas(1997)
6.2AnimationFantasyFamilyAlso animation and fantasy
Astonished to find the Beast has a deep-seated hatred for the Christmas season, Belle endeavors to change his mind on the matter.
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20.Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas(2003)
7.1ActionAdventureAnimationAlso animation and family
The sailor of legend is framed by the goddess Eris for the theft of the Book of Peace, and must travel to her realm at the end of the world to retrieve it and save the life of his childhood friend Prince Proteus.
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