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The Shape of Water

DramaFantasyRomance

The Shape of Water

2017 · 123 min · Mexico · English

The Shape of Water (2017) has a goodrecmovies Score of 73.0, ranked #1,452 among movies on goodrecmovies (goodrecmovies tier: solid). It's a Drama, Fantasy and Romance movie rated 7.3/10 on IMDb from 482,449 votes. Updated

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#1,452rank on siterank
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★ 7.3IMDb · 482k

An other-worldly story, set against the backdrop of Cold War era America circa 1962, where a mute janitor working at a lab falls in love with an amphibious man being held captive there and devises a plan to help him escape.

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Sally Hawkins
Elisa Esposito
Octavia Spencer
Zelda Fuller
Michael Shannon
Richard Strickland
Doug Jones
Amphibian Man
Richard Jenkins
Giles
Michael Stuhlbarg
Dr. Robert Hoffstetler
David Hewlett
Fleming
Nick Searcy
General Hoyt
Stewart Arnott
Bernard
Nigel Bennett
Mihalkov

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