Directed by:
Guillermo del ToroCinematography:
Dan LaustsenComposer:
Alexandre DesplatCast:
Sally Hawkins, Michael Shannon, Richard Jenkins, Doug Jones, Michael Stuhlbarg, Octavia Spencer, David Hewlett, Nick Searcy, Nigel Bennett, Stewart Arnott (more)Plots(1)
From master story teller Guillermo del Toro, comes The Shape of Water – an other-worldly fairy tale, set against the backdrop of Cold War era America circa 1963. In the hidden high-security government laboratory where she works, lonely Elisa (Sally Hawkins) is trapped in a life of silence and isolation. Elisa's life is changed forver when she and co-worker Zelda (Octavia Spencer) discover a secret classified experiment. (Fox Searchlight Pictures US)
(more)Cast
Sally Hawkins
UK
Best movies:
The Hollow Crown (2012) (series)
Maudie (2016)
Desert Flower (2009)
Michael Shannon
USA
Best movies:
Groundhog Day (1993)
Knives Out (2019)
Bullet Train (2022)
Richard Jenkins
USA
Best movies:
Hannah and Her Sisters (1986)
The Man Who Wasn't There (2001)
Spotlight (2015)
Doug Jones
USA
Best movies:
Pan's Labyrinth (2006)
Batman Returns (1992)
Gainsbourg: A Heroic Life (2010)
Michael Stuhlbarg
USA
Best movies:
Dopesick (2021) (series)
Miss Sloane (2016)
Trumbo (2015)
Octavia Spencer
USA
Best movies:
The Help (2011)
Zootopia (2016)
Coach Carter (2005)
David Hewlett
UK
Best movies:
Stargate Atlantis: Rising (2004) (TV movie)
La Montée de la planète des singes (2011)
Treed Murray (2001)
Nick Searcy
USA
Best movies:
The Fugitive (1993)
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017)
Cast Away (2000)
Nigel Bennett
UK
Best movies:
Legends of the Fall (1994)
Harrison Bergeron (1995) (TV movie)
Gotti (1996) (TV movie)
Stewart Arnott
Best movies:
The Miracle Worker (2000) (TV movie)
Physical Evidence (1989)
In God's Country (2007) (TV movie)
Lauren Lee Smith
Canada
Best movies:
The Last Kiss (2006)
Helen (2009)
Ascension (2014) (series)
Martin Roach
Canada
Best movies:
Spotlight (2015)
The Christmas Chronicles (2018)
Paid in Full (2002)
John Kapelos
Canada
Best movies:
Tootsie (1982)
The Breakfast Club (1985)
Thief (1981)
Morgan Kelly
Canada
Best movies:
A History of Violence (2005)
The Secret Life of Marilyn Monroe (2015) (TV movie)
The Lookout (2007)
Marvin Kaye
Canada
Best movies:
Murdoch Mysteries: A Merry Murdoch Christmas (2015) (TV movie)
Rocky Marciano (1999) (TV movie)
Century Hotel (2001)
Dru Viergever
Canada
Best movies:
The Shape of Water (2017)
Saw 3D (2010)
V/H/S/94 (2021)
Wendy Lyon
Best movies:
Anne of Green Gables (1985) (TV movie)
Focus (2001)
Hello Mary Lou: Prom Night II (1987)
Madison Ferguson
Best movies:
The Shape of Water (2017)
Berkshire County (2014)
Dan Lett
Best movies:
Guns (2008) (TV movie)
The Comey Rule (2020) (series)
The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio (2005)
Cyndy Day
Best movies:
Spotlight (2015)
Miss Sloane (2016)
It (2017)