If you loved Hans Christian Andersen's The Little Mermaid, try Twelve Months
A bridge between a film you've already seen and one most people haven't. Twelve Months has roughly 3.1× fewer votes than Hans Christian Andersen's The Little Mermaid — it's a deeper cut, not a mainstream recommendation. Here's what they share, and what the second one does that the first one doesn't.
What they share
Theyboth carry the bittersweet, tender mood tags, and they sit in Animation / Family / Fantasy territory. If that's the register that drew you to Hans Christian Andersen's The Little Mermaid, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.
What Twelve Months is
A royal bouquet request becomes a stepdaughter’s impossible errand, turned surreal by calendar spirits. She trades frostbite for winter defiance when spring blooms on command. The reward promptly causes more trouble than it’s worth.

