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10 Best Movies Like The Water Phoenix

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

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#1
Sofia the First: The Floating Palace

Sofia the First: The Floating Palace

2013★ 7.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Water Phoenix for fans of Fantasy. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

After Sofia helps a little mermaid named Oona, Sofia's amulet grants her the power to transform into a mermaid and visit her new friend's underwater kingdom. But when Cedric (disgu...

#2
Aquamarine

Aquamarine

2006★ 6.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Water Phoenix for fans of Fantasy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Two teenage girls discover that mermaids really do exist after a violent storm washes one ashore. The mermaid, a sassy creature named Aquamarine, is determined to prove to her fath...

#3
Mermaid Down

Mermaid Down

2019★ 6.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Water Phoenix for fans of Fantasy. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

A mermaid is ripped from the ocean by a fishing crew only to be tortured and to have her tail cut off. A seemingly helpful stranger intervenes, but then locks her away in an instit...

#4
Splash

Splash

1984★ 6.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Water Phoenix for fans of Fantasy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

A successful businessman falls in love with the girl of his dreams. There's one big complication though; he's fallen hook, line and sinker for a mermaid....

#5
Pan

Pan

2015★ 6.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Water Phoenix for fans of Fantasy. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

Living a bleak existence at a London orphanage, 12-year-old Peter finds himself whisked away to the fantastical world of Neverland. Adventure awaits as he meets new friend James Ho...

#6
Merbabies

Merbabies

1938★ 6.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Water Phoenix for fans of Fantasy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Walt Disney enlisted former colleagues Hugh Harman and Rudy Ising to help create this underwater Silly Symphony. Ocean waves form merbabies who are summoned to an aquatic circus pl...

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