Movie · 123 min · 12 · drm, fnt, rma, scf
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.
Where to watch The Shape of Water
- Disney Plus
- Apple TV Store
- Rakuten TV
- Amazon Video
- Sky Store
- VRT MAX
- VIVA by videofutur
- Viaplay
- Timvision
- SF Anytime
- Pathé Home
- Premiere Max
- HBO Max
- MovistarTV
- Disney+
- Blockbuster
Available on 16 platforms across 12 countries.
Chart positions today
Currently charting in 10 countries, best placed at #64 in Italy.
Available languages
Audio: Czech, ES-419, English, French, German, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, PT-BR, Polish, Russian, Slovak, Spanish, Turkish
Subtitles: Arabic, Bulgarian, Chinese, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, ES-419, English, Estonian, FR-CA, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hungarian, Icelandic, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Latvian, Lithuanian, MK, Malay, NB, Norwegian, PT-BR, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish, Swedish, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese
Chart history
The Shape of Water has spent 14 days in a top 3, 41 days in a top 10 and 355 days in a top 100 across the markets we track. Its best position anywhere is #1.
Cast
Sally Hawkins, Michael Shannon, Richard Jenkins, Octavia Spencer, Michael Stuhlbarg, Doug Jones, David Hewlett, Nick Searcy, Stewart Arnott, Nigel Bennett, Lauren Lee Smith, Martin Roach, Allegra Fulton, John Kapelos, Morgan Kelly, Marvin Kaye, Dru Viergever, Wendy Lyon
Crew
Vanessa Taylor (screenplay), J. Miles Dale (producer), Guillermo del Toro (director,producer,screenplay)
Awards
6 wins from 20 nominations.
- Academy Award for Best Picture 2018 — won
- Academy Award for Best Production Design 2018 — won
- Academy Award for Best Director 2018 — won
- Academy Award for Best Original Score 2018 — won
- Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award for Best Film 2017 — won
- Golden Lion 2017 — won
- IFFR audience award 2018 — nominated
- Academy Award for Best Actress 2018 — nominated
- Academy Award for Best Sound Editing 2018 — nominated
- Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor 2018 — nominated
- Academy Award for Best Writing, Original Screenplay 2018 — nominated
- Academy Award for Best Original Score 2018 — nominated
- Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress 2018 — nominated
- Academy Award for Best Film Editing 2018 — nominated
- Academy Award for Best Cinematography 2018 — nominated
- Academy Award for Best Costume Design 2018 — nominated
- Academy Award for Best Sound 2018 — nominated
- Academy Award for Best Director 2018 — nominated
- Academy Award for Best Production Design 2018 — nominated
- Academy Award for Best Picture 2018 — nominated