The 10 best mermaid movies ever made, ranked

polygon.com:

Another summer, another Disney release. And this time it’s a reimagining of the movie that kicked off the Disney Renaissance, The Little Mermaid.

But the ensuing mermaid craze obviously didn’t come out of a vacuum; legends have been circulating for centuries about merpeople in one form or another, whether as sexually enchanting sirens luring sailors to their deaths or benevolent beings so fascinated by humans they become the ideal lovers. They’re much like vampires in the way that they provide endless potential to explore the fine line between the human and the alien, and they can even take it further by acting as metaphors for the vast, still unexplored regions of the ocean and nature itself.

With that in mind, here is a list of 10 mermaid movies that should go down swimmingly.

Genre: Fantasy family adventureRun time: 2h 15mDirector: Rob MarshallCast: Halle Bailey, Jonah Hauer-King, Melissa McCarthy, Daveed Diggs, Awkwafina

Give Disney some credit; it knows how to keep this story enchanting. It can’t cover for the fact that the new Little Mermaidis far too derivative of an iconic story that’s already been told, but Halle Bailey is a wonder as Ariel, whose fascination with humans leads her to give up her voice so she can gain legs and be with her prince.

The remake also adds some new twists by changing up the setting, with her love interest Prince Eric’s (played by Jonah Hauer-King in full dreamboat mode) kingdom becoming a tropical island paradise rather than a generic European locale, and Ariel getting to show off her undersea knowledge. There’s also the supporting cast, with Javier Bardem as Triton, Awkwafina as the seagull Scuttle, Daveed Diggs as the crabSebastian, Melissa McCarthy introducing a whole new