The Best Mermaid Movies

The best mermaid movie without a doubt is Splash (1984). The movie starred Tom Hanks and Darryl Hannah. The movie begins in 1959 when a young mermaid rescues a little boy on the verge of drowning. Twenty-five years later Tom Hanks, who plays the grown up boy, is a fine young man in bustling New York City. The mermaid played by Darryl Hannah, is the equally grown up half fish woman. She has come out of the watery depths in search of Tom Hanks, who she has fallen in love with.

Once on dry land, Darryl Hannah calls herself Madison. She gets this name from a New York street sign. She has legs and can walk around like a normal human. The big problem is that if she has any contact at all with salt water, she will revert to her mermaid status.

They do find each other and both are in love when a sinister mastermind (Eugene Levy) believes he can kidnap the mermaid and dissect her. He manages to capture her and begins testing. Tom Hanks, with the help of his brother (John Candy) set forth an operation to rescue his love. He succeeds in his endowers and the two escape to be blissfully joined in the ocean.