Movies like The Shape of Water
The Shape of Water (2017) is a fantasy movie directed by Guillermo del Toro. The list below collects the movies that people who loved it enjoyed most, best known first.
1. CODA (2021)
★ 7.9 · 2,748 votes · Drama, Music, Romance
As a CODA (Child of Deaf Adults), Ruby is the only hearing person in her deaf family. When the family's fishing business is threatened, Ruby finds herself torn between pursuing her love of music and her fear of abandoning her parents.
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2. Pan's Labyrinth (2006)
★ 7.8 · 11,817 votes · Fantasy, Drama, War
In post–civil war Spain, 10-year-old Ofelia moves with her pregnant mother to live under the control of her cruel stepfather. Drawn into a mysterious labyrinth, she meets a faun who reveals that she may be a lost princess from an underground kingdom. To return to her true father, she must complete a series of surreal and perilous tasks that blur the line between reality and fantasy.
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3. Big Fish (2003)
★ 7.7 · 7,988 votes · Adventure, Fantasy, Drama
Throughout his life Edward Bloom has always been a man of big appetites, enormous passions and tall tales. In his later years, he remains a huge mystery to his son, William. Now, to get to know the real man, Will begins piecing together a true picture of his father from flashbacks of his amazing adventures.
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4. The Green Mile (1999)
★ 8.5 · 19,962 votes · Fantasy, Drama, Crime
A supernatural tale set on death row in a Southern prison, where gentle giant John Coffey possesses the mysterious power to heal people's ailments. When the cell block's head guard, Paul Edgecomb, recognizes Coffey's miraculous gift, he tries desperately to help stave off the condemned man's execution.
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5. Cinderella (2015)
★ 6.8 · 7,529 votes · Romance, Fantasy, Family
When her father unexpectedly passes away, young Ella finds herself at the mercy of her cruel stepmother and her daughters. Never one to give up hope, Ella's fortunes begin to change after meeting a dashing stranger in the woods.
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6. Moonrise Kingdom (2012)
★ 7.7 · 6,524 votes · Comedy, Drama, Romance
Set on an island off the coast of New England in the summer of 1965, Moonrise Kingdom tells the story of two twelve-year-olds who fall in love, make a secret pact, and run away together into the wilderness. As various authorities try to hunt them down, a violent storm is brewing off-shore – and the peaceful island community is turned upside down in more ways than anyone can handle.
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7. The Immigrant (2013)
★ 6.3 · 899 votes · Drama, Romance
1921 New York. An immigrant woman is tricked into a life of burlesque and vaudeville until a dazzling magician tries to save her and reunite her with her sister who is being held in the confines of Ellis Island.
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8. The Unbearable Lightness of Being (1988)
★ 6.8 · 545 votes · Drama, Romance
Successful surgeon Tomas leaves Prague for an operation, meets a young photographer named Tereza, and brings her back with him. Tereza is surprised to learn that Tomas is already having an affair with the bohemian Sabina, but when the Soviet invasion occurs, all three flee to Switzerland. Sabina begins an affair, Tom continues womanizing, and Tereza, disgusted, returns to Czechoslovakia. Realizing his mistake, Tomas decides to chase after her.
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9. The Year of Living Dangerously (1982)
★ 6.7 · 378 votes · Romance, Drama
A young Australian reporter tries to navigate the political turmoil of Indonesia during the rule of President Sukarno with the help of a diminutive photographer.
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10. Allied (2016)
★ 6.8 · 4,913 votes · Action, Drama, War
In 1942, an intelligence officer in North Africa encounters a female French Resistance fighter on a deadly mission behind enemy lines. When they reunite in London, their relationship is tested by the pressures of war.
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11. Fifty Shades Darker (2017)
★ 6.5 · 8,028 votes · Drama, Romance
When a wounded Christian Grey tries to entice a cautious Ana Steele back into his life, she demands a new arrangement before she will give him another chance. As the two begin to build trust and find stability, shadowy figures from Christian’s past start to circle the couple, determined to destroy their hopes for a future together.
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12. The Shipping News (2001)
★ 6.4 · 438 votes · Drama, Romance
An emotionally-beaten man with his young daughter moves to his ancestral home in Newfoundland to reclaim his life.
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13. Time Is Up (2021)
★ 6.5 · 740 votes · Romance, Drama
Vivien, an accomplished student with a passion for physics, and Roy, a troubled young man, are involved in an accident that forces them to reclaim their lives one minute at the time.
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