Fish out of water movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant fish out of water movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out feel good, humorous, entertaining, light, funny and clever films and TV shows about / with fish out of water, disorder, dialogue, culture clash, mentor, destiny, misfit, storytelling, love and love and romance plots mostly in Comedy, Romance and Drama genres shot in USA, Canada, UK and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as fish out of water: What If... (2010), Michael (1996), The Family Man (2000), Switch (1991), Back to the Future (1985), King Ralph (1991), New in Town (2009), Alice (2009), Outlander (2014), Coming to America (1988).
Best films
List of fish out of water movies
Genre: Drama, Family, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Fifteen years ago, Ben Walker made a decision to leave his college sweetheart and ultimately his faith, in order to pursue a lucrative business opportunity. Now with a high-paying career and a trophy fiancé, he is visited by an angel, who gives him ...
Style:
semi serious, sentimental, touching, light, independent film ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
fish out of water, spirituality, angel, faith, christian, family relations, religious, destiny, disorder, family life, lifestyle, parents and children ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Is relevant?
47K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Tabloid reporters are sent by their editor to investigate after the paper recieves a letter from a woman claiming an angel is living with her.
Style:
feel good, uplifting, humorous, romantic, entertaining ...
Audience:
date night, kids, family friendly, chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
angel, road trip, happy ending, fish out of water, love, death, god, dog, reporter, on the road, dancing, small town ...
Place:
iowa, chicago, illinois, usa, texas
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
Jack's lavish, fast-paced lifestyle changes one Christmas night when he stumbles into a grocery store holdup and disarms the gunman. The next morning he wakes up in bed lying next to Kate, his college sweetheart he left in order to pursue his ...
Style:
feel good, touching, inspirational, sweet, sentimental ...
Audience:
family outing, date night, chick flick, teens, girls' night
Plot:
christmas, road not taken, midlife crisis, alternate reality, lost love, life changing experience, lifestyle change, fish out of water, parallel universe, destiny, time travel, family man ...
Time:
year 2000, 90s, 20th century, year 1987, 2000s ...
Place:
new jersey, usa, manhattan new york city, new york
Is relevant?
11K
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Steve Brooks, a sexist womanizer, is killed by a group of his angry former lovers. In heaven, he makes a bargain with God for redemption and agrees to return to Earth. Once there, he must have a sincere relationship with a female and make her fall ...
Style:
sexy, humorous, parody, satirical, semi serious ...
Audience:
date night, girls' night, chick flick
Plot:
body swapping, gender, murder, fish out of water, afterlife, reincarnation, gender bending, switching bodies, womanizer, transsexual, divine intervention, soul transference ...
Time:
80s, year 1991, 90s
Place:
new york
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
Eighties teenager Marty McFly is accidentally sent back in time to 1955, inadvertently disrupting his parents' first meeting and attracting his mother's romantic interest. Marty must repair the damage to history by rekindling his ...
Style:
feel good, exciting, funny, light, cult classic ...
Audience:
family outing, teens, kids, family friendly, girls' night ...
Plot:
time travel, time machine, mad scientist, time, time loop, destiny, teenager, scientist, changing the past or future, inventor, fish out of water, high school ...
Time:
future, 80s, 1950s, year 1985, 20th century ...
Place:
california, los angeles, usa, north america
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
As the only relative to take over the Royal throne, a down on his luck American slob must learn the ways of the English.
Style:
funny, feel good, satirical, light, humorous ...
Audience:
kids, date night, girls' night
Plot:
fish out of water, culture clash, love and romance, american abroad, king, nobility, head of state, goofy hero, rise to the top, love at first sight, dishonesty, misfit ...
Time:
year 1991, 90s, 80s
Place:
england, usa, europe, buckingham palace, las vegas ...
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Lucy Hill is an ambitious up-and-coming executive living in Miami. She loves her shoes, she loves her cars and she loves climbing the corporate ladder. When she is offered a temporary assignment – in the middle of nowhere – to restructure a ...
Style:
feel good, humorous, sweet, light, entertaining ...
Audience:
chick flick, date night, girls' night, teens, teen drama
Plot:
small town, fish out of water, fall in love, opposites attract, love and romance, moral dilemma, winter, factory worker, creativity, social relations, happy ending, prejudice ...
Time:
year 2009, 21st century
Place:
minnesota, miami, usa, california, new jersey
Is relevant?
10K
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: UK, Canada
Duration: 92 min.
TV show
Story:
Everything you know about Alice's adventures in Wonderland is about to be turned upside down in this modern-day miniseries event. Stars Kathy Bates, Caterina Scorsone, Matt Frewer, Harry Dean Stanton and Tim Curry.
Style:
fairy tale, atmospheric, offbeat, exciting, absurd ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
fantasy world, fish out of water, imaginary kingdom, curses spells and rituals, insanity, imaginary, surrealism, female protagonist, alice in wonderland, transformation, chase, love story ...
Is relevant?
197K
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
The story of Claire Randall, a married combat nurse from 1945 who is mysteriously swept back in time to 1743, where she is immediately thrown into an unknown world where her life is threatened. When she is forced to marry Jamie, a chivalrous and ...
Style:
historical drama, stylized, exciting, captivating, serious ...
Audience:
chick flick, teens, girls' night
Plot:
time travel, fall in love, couples, love affair, true love, danger, life turned upside down, love and romance, battles, rivalry, escapades, couple relations ...
Time:
18th century, year 1945, 20th century, 1940s, georgian era
Place:
scotland, scottish highlands, britain, syria, europe ...
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
Prince Akeem, heir to the throne of Zamunda, leaves the tropical paradise kingdom in search of his queen. What better place than Queens, New York, to find his bride? Joined by his loyal servant and friend, Semmi, Akeem attempts to blend in as an ...
Style:
feel good, funny, humorous, entertaining, witty ...
Audience:
kids, chick flick, date night, girls' night, adult
Plot:
fish out of water, african american, heir to the throne, love, comedy of errors, royalty, wedding, fall in love, hidden identity, prince, fictional country, destiny ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
africa, new york, america, usa, new york state ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Trying to rescue her home planet from destruction, a gorgeous extraterrestrial named Celeste arrives on Earth and begins her scientific research. She woos quirky scientist Dr. Steve Mills, a widower with a young daughter. Before long, Celeste finds ...
Style:
feel good, parody, humorous, light, funny ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, date night, teens
Plot:
alien, fish out of water, female alien, space and aliens, benign alien, alien disguised as human, transformation, stepmother, porn actress, sexual humor, friendship, fall in love ...
Time:
20th century, 80s
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
When her scientist ex-boyfriend discovers a portal to travel through time -- and brings back a 19th-century nobleman named Leopold to prove it -- a skeptical Kate reluctantly takes responsibility for showing Leopold the 21st century. The more time ...
Style:
romantic, feel good, sweet, touching, light ...
Audience:
chick flick, date night, girls' night, teens
Plot:
time travel, love story, fall in love, love and romance, fish out of water, love, manners, dating, destiny, supernatural romance, couple relations, couples ...
Time:
19th century, year 2001, 2000s, 1870s, victorian era ...
Place:
new york, usa, manhattan new york city, san francisco, new jersey
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Hard-edged cop John Kimble gets more than he bargained for when he goes undercover as a kindergarten teacher to get the goods on a brutal drug lord while at the same time protecting the man's young son. Pitted against a class of boisterous ...
Style:
funny, humorous, light, detective, crying ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, girls' night, teens, chick flick
Plot:
teacher, fish out of water, children, kindergarten, small town, elementary school, school, witness protection, bullying, working undercover, drug dealer, police ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, year 1990, 80s
Place:
astoria oregon, california, oregon, los angeles, north america
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
Men in Trees is an American romantic television comedy-drama series which premiered on September 12, 2006 on ABC and starred Anne Heche who played relationship coach Marin Frist. The series was set in the fictional town of Elmo, Alaska and concerned ...
Style:
touching, realistic, semi serious, humorous, clever ...
Audience:
date night, girls' night
Plot:
love and romance, looking for love, starting over, fish out of water, social relations, dating, village life, fall in love, hopes, lifestyle, writer's life, family problems ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
alaska, usa
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK, France, USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Rebellious 16 year old Poppy from Mailibu is sent to an English boarding school. Realising her Father isn't coming back to rescue her she tries to get expelled.
Style:
romantic, feel good, sweet, light, rom com ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, date night, chick flick, kids ...
Plot:
boarding school, teenager, teenage girl, school, youth, teenage life, girls' boarding school, love and romance, rebellious daughter, popularity, friendship, girls' school ...
Time:
year 2008, 2000s
Place:
england, europe, california, malibu california, yorkshire ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
A snobbish investor and a wily street con-artist find their positions reversed as part of a bet by two callous millionaires.
Style:
funny, cult classic, black comedy, dark comedy, laugh out loud ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
prostitute, stock market, revenge, fish out of water, rags to riches, social satire, manipulation, wrongful arrest, beggar, wager, poverty, christmas ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 1983
Place:
pennsylvania, philadelphia, manhattan new york city, bronx new york city, arizona ...
Is relevant?
119K
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
After the lord of darkness decides he will not cede his thrown to any of his three sons, the two most powerful of them escape to Earth to create a kingdom for themselves. This action closes the portal filtering sinful souls to Hell and causes Satan ...
Style:
parody, funny, humorous, not serious, slapstick ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, date night
Plot:
devil, fish out of water, dark humor, imaginary, mind control, heaven, satanist, father son relationship, fantasy world, sarcasm, hell, love affair ...
Time:
year 2000, 2000s, y2k, 20th century, 90s ...
Place:
manhattan new york city, new york, grand central station manhattan new york city, usa, empire state building manhattan new york city
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
After her sister and brother-in-law's tragic death, an American woman who is the guardian for her young niece and nephew is invited to a royal European castle for Christmas by her late brother-in-law's father, the Duke of Castlebury. ...
Style:
feel good, sentimental, semi serious, humorous, cute ...
Audience:
family outing, chick flick, kids
Plot:
holiday, christmas, prince, butler, life turned upside down, love and romance, fall in love, christmas eve, fish out of water, family relations, unlikely couple, castle ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Two lost souls visiting Tokyo -- the young, neglected wife of a photographer and a washed-up movie star shooting a TV commercial -- find an odd solace and pensive freedom to be real in each other's company, away from their lives in America.
Style:
melancholic, atmospheric, cerebral, intellectual, sexy ...
Audience:
girls' night, date night, family friendly, chick flick
Plot:
loneliness, midlife crisis, older man younger woman relationship, age difference, friendship, character study, alienation, fish out of water, melancholy, unlikely couple, actor, hotel room ...
Time:
2000s, year 2003, 21st century
Place:
japan, tokyo, asia, yale university, america ...
Is relevant?
117K
Genre: Comedy, Family, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A Reno singer witnesses a mob murder and the cops stash her in a nunnery to protect her from the hitmen. The mother superior does not trust her, and takes steps to limit her influence on the other nuns. Eventually the singer rescues the failing ...
Style:
feel good, funny, teen, black comedy, light ...
Audience:
chick flick, teens, kids, girls' night, family outing
Plot:
nun, music, fish out of water, convent, church choir, friendship, blues, women, murder, choir, murder witness, witness protection ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, year 1992, year 1968
Place:
san francisco, usa, california, nevada, las vegas ...
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
North & South is a British television drama serial, produced by the BBC and originally broadcast in four episodes on BBC One in November and December 2004. It follows the story of Margaret Hale, a young woman from southern England who has to ...
Style:
touching, period piece, serious, sincere, captivating ...
Audience:
girls' night, chick flick
Plot:
prejudice, initially antagonists, social differences, love and romance, pride and honor, society, young woman, rich and poor, fall in love, couple relations, love affair, owner ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, 50s, turn of the century, 1850s ...
Place:
england, britain, london
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy
Country: Germany
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
A comedy that follows an ex-con who lands a position at a school that sits over the spot where money from one of his earlier robberies was stashed.
Style:
funny, romantic, humorous, entertaining, not serious ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
teacher, high school, high school life, teachers and students, happy ending, fish out of water, school, sister sister relationship, robbery, released from prison, cons and scams, female teacher ...
Time:
year 2013, 2010s, future, 18th century, 21st century
Place:
germany, berlin germany
Is relevant?
62K
Genre: Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
With enormous cone-shaped heads, robotlike walks and an appetite for toilet paper, aliens Beldar and Prymatt don't exactly blend in with the population of Paramus, N.J. But for some reason, everyone believes them when they say they're from ...
Style:
funny, humorous, absurd, light, not serious ...
Audience:
kids, teens, family outing, adult
Plot:
fish out of water, satire, alien, outer space, humanity, benign alien, family life, parents and children, space and aliens, interspecies romance, transformation, dysfunctional family ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, year 1993, future
Place:
usa, new jersey
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Country girl Rebecca has spent most of her life on a farm in South Dakota, and, when she goes away to college in Los Angeles, Rebecca immediately feels out of place in the daunting urban setting. She is befriended by a savvy party animal named ...
Style:
funny, humorous, feel good, slapstick comedy, slapstick ...
Audience:
teens, kids, girls' night
Plot:
college, thanksgiving, culture clash, fish out of water, engagement, slacker, friendship, unlikely couple, romantic rivalry, farmer, makeover, brother sister relationship ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, year 1993
Place:
south dakota, california, turkey, los angeles, las vegas
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
A naive male prostitute and his sickly friend struggle to survive on the streets of New York City.
Style:
controversial, realistic, cult classic, depressing, sexual ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
friendship, fish out of water, dream, loneliness, friendship between men, marijuana, flashback, sex, sexuality, homosexuality, homelessness, prostitute ...
Time:
20th century, 1950s, 60s, year 1969, 50s ...
Place:
texas, new york, usa, manhattan new york city, florida ...
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
When a woman is rescued from a doomsday cult and lands in New York City, she must navigate a world she didn’t think even existed anymore.
Style:
sitcom, sincere, humorous, funny, entertaining ...
Audience:
chick flick, adult
Plot:
fish out of water, strong female lead, gay lead character, hopes, gay relationship, coping, misfit, atheism, abduction, nanny, female protagonist, new in town ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Baby George got into a plane crash in a jungle, stayed alive and was adopted by a wise ape. Ursula Stanhope, US noble woman is saved from death on safari by grown-up George, and he takes her to jungle to live with him. He slowly learns a rules of ...
Style:
parody, slapstick comedy, humorous, spoof, slapstick ...
Audience:
family outing, teens, family friendly, chick flick, pre-teens ...
Plot:
jungle, fish out of water, childhood, jungle adventure, gorilla, tarzan, monkey, happy ending, beefcake, bully comeuppance, elephant, heiress ...
Time:
90s, year 1997
Place:
san francisco, africa, usa, las vegas
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
Oversized African-American, Michael Oher, the teen from across the tracks and a broken home, has nowhere to sleep at age 16. Taken in by an affluent Memphis couple, Michael embarks on a remarkable rise to play for the NFL.
Style:
touching, inspirational, sentimental, emotional, motivational ...
Audience:
chick flick, family outing, teens, kids, family friendly ...
Plot:
american football, adoption, life, african american, football, christian, interracial relations, human spirit, family drama, rising to stardom, interracial adoption, strong female character ...
Time:
year 2009, 20th century, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
usa, boston, tennessee, america, mississippi ...
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Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
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 father that real love exists, and enlists the girls' help in winning ...
Style:
fairy tale, feel good, teen, romantic, cute ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, date night, kids, teen fantasy ...
Plot:
mermaid, teenager, friendship, teenage girl, adolescence, fish out of water, teenage life, fall in love, youth, lifeguard, swimming, true love ...
Time:
year 2006, 2000s, 80s
Place:
florida, australia, usa
Is relevant?
481K
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Cady Heron is a hit with The Plastics, the A-list girl clique at her new school, until she makes the mistake of falling for Aaron Samuels, the ex-boyfriend of alpha Plastic Regina George.
Style:
teen, feel good, light, funny, satirical ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night, date night, teen drama
Plot:
teenager, high school, teenage girl, teenage life, fish out of water, adolescence, high school life, bullying, popularity, jealousy, friendship, female friendship ...
Time:
2000s, year 2004, 80s, 21st century
Place:
illinois, chicago, africa, usa, pennsylvania ...
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