Thriller, Mystery, Romance, Horror
A young sailor falls in love with a mysterious woman performing as a mermaid on the local pier. As they become entwined, he comes to suspect the woman might be a real mermaid who lures men to a watery death during the full moon. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in partnership with The Film Foundation in 2007.
MOVIE COMMENTS
SIMILAR MOVIES
Pulp Fiction
Freaks
Ghost
The Matrix Revolutions
Grease
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
Ondine
Some Came Running
Blood from the Mummy's Tomb
Popeye the Slayer Man
Mermaids
The Cooler
Dracula III: Legacy
In the Heat of the Night
The Little Mermaid
Carnival of Souls
The Wolf Man
Christmas in Connecticut
An American Crime
Only You
SIMILAR MOVIES
Pulp Fiction
IMDB 8.5 | Sep , 1994
A burger-loving hit man, his philosophical partner, a drug-addled gangster's moll and a washed-up boxer converge in this sprawling, comedic crime caper. Their adventures unfurl in three stories that ingeniously trip back and forth in time.Freaks
IMDB 7.8 | Jan , 1932
A circus' beautiful trapeze artist agrees to marry the leader of side-show performers, but his deformed friends discover she is only marrying him for his inheritance.Ghost
IMDB 7.2 | Jul , 1990
After a young man is murdered, his spirit stays behind to warn his lover of impending danger, with the help of a reluctant psychic.The Matrix Revolutions
IMDB 6.7 | Nov , 2003
The human city of Zion defends itself against the massive invasion of the machines as Neo fights to end the war at another front while also opposing the rogue Agent Smith.Grease
IMDB 7.4 | Jun , 1978
Australian good girl Sandy and greaser Danny fell in love over the summer. But when they unexpectedly discover they're now in the same high school, will they be able to rekindle their romance despite their eccentric friends?Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
IMDB 7.8 | Nov , 1927
A married farmer falls under the spell of a slatternly woman from the city, who tries to convince him to drown his wife.Ondine
IMDB 6.3 | Mar , 2010
On the coast of Cork, Syracuse is a divorced fisherman who has stopped drinking. His precocious daughter Annie has failing kidneys. One day, he finds a nearly-drowned young woman in his net; she calls herself Ondine and wants no one to see her. He puts her up in an isolated cottage that was his mother's. Annie discovers Ondine's presence and believes she is a selkie, a seal that turns human while on land. Syracuse is afraid to hope again.Some Came Running
IMDB 6.9 | Dec , 1958
A former novelist returns to his small Midwest town after serving in the Army during WWII, to the chagrin of his social-climbing brother, and becomes close with an easy-going professional gambler and torn between two very different women.Blood from the Mummy's Tomb
IMDB 5.6 | Jun , 1971
Two Egyptologists, Professor Fuchs and Corbeck, are instrumental in unleashing unmitigated horror by bringing back to England the mummified body of Tara, the Egyptian Queen of Darkness. Fuchs’s daughter becomes involved in a series of macabre and terrifying incidents, powerless against the forces of darkness, directed by Corbeck, that are taking possession of her body and soul to fulfill the ancient prophesy that Queen Tara will be resurrected to continue her reign of unspeakable evil.Popeye the Slayer Man
IMDB 5.9 | Mar , 2025
A curious group of friends sneak into an abandoned spinach canning factory to film a documentary on the legend of the "Sailor Man," who is said to haunt the factory and local docks.Mermaids
IMDB 5.8 | Nov , 2003
Mermaid sisters hunt down their father's human killer... and deal with their own personal relationships with the humans.The Cooler
IMDB 6.7 | Nov , 2003
Bernie works at a Las Vegas casino, where he uses his innate ability to bring about misfortune in those around him to jinx gamblers into losing. His imposing boss, Shelly Kaplow, is happy with the arrangement. But Bernie finds unexpected happiness when he begins dating attractive waitress Natalie Belisario.Dracula III: Legacy
IMDB 4.9 | Jul , 2005
Dracula leads vampire hunters Father Uffizi and Luke back to Eastern Europe, and a country plagued by civil war.In the Heat of the Night
IMDB 7.6 | Aug , 1967
African-American Philadelphia police detective Virgil Tibbs is arrested on suspicion of murder by Bill Gillespie, the racist police chief of tiny Sparta, Mississippi. After Tibbs proves not only his own innocence but that of another man, he joins forces with Gillespie to track down the real killer. Their investigation takes them through every social level of the town, with Tibbs making enemies as well as unlikely friends as he hunts for the truth.The Little Mermaid
IMDB 6.3 | May , 2023
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 to experience life on land, but ultimately places her life – and her father’s crown – in jeopardy.Carnival of Souls
IMDB 6.9 | Nov , 1962
Mary Henry ends up the sole survivor of a fatal car accident through mysterious circumstances. Trying to put the incident behind her, she moves to Utah and takes a job as a church organist. But her fresh start is interrupted by visions of a fiendish man. As the visions begin to occur more frequently, Mary finds herself drawn to the deserted carnival on the outskirts of town. The strangely alluring carnival may hold the secret to her tragic past.The Wolf Man
IMDB 7 | Dec , 1941
After his brother's death, Larry Talbot returns home to his father and the family estate. Events soon take a turn for the worse when Larry is bitten by a werewolf.Christmas in Connecticut
IMDB 6.9 | Jul , 1945
While recovering in a hospital, war hero Jefferson Jones grows familiar with the "Diary of a Housewife" column written by Elizabeth Lane. Jeff's nurse arranges with Elizabeth's publisher, Alexander Yardley, for Jeff to spend the holiday at Elizabeth's bucolic Connecticut farm with her husband and child. But the column is a sham, so Elizabeth and her editor, Dudley Beecham, in fear of losing their jobs, hasten to set up the single, childless and entirely nondomestic Elizabeth on a country farm.An American Crime
IMDB 7.3 | Jul , 2007
The true story of suburban housewife Gertrude Baniszewski, who kept a teenage girl locked in the basement of her Indiana home during the 1960s.Only You
IMDB 6.8 | Mar , 1994
Two childhood paranormal incidents have convinced schoolteacher Faith Corvatch that her true love is a guy named "Damon Bradley," but she has yet to meet him. Preparing to marry podiatrist Dwayne in 10 days, Faith receives a phone call from Dwayne's old classmate named Damon Bradley who is on his way to Venice. Faith tries to catch him at the airport but just misses him so she impulsively decides to fly to Venice hoping to finally encounter the man of her dreams; accompanying her on the trip is her sister-in-law and childhood best friend, Kate, who has just left her husband, Faith's brother Larry.