If You Liked The Shape of Water, Watch These Next
Finished The Shape of Water (2017) and want more of the same? These 20 movies are what its fans watched next, ranked by how often people who liked it also liked these. Like The Shape of Water, most of them are drama, fantasy, romance.
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20 titles · updated 2nd October 2026
1.The Immigrant(2013)
6.3DramaRomanceAlso drama and 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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2.The Future(2011)
5.9DramaFantasyRomanceAlso drama and fantasy
When a couple decides to adopt a stray cat their perspective on life changes radically, literally altering the course of time and space and testing their faith in each other and themselves.
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3.The Unbearable Lightness of Being(1988)
6.8DramaRomanceAlso drama and 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…
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4.The Year of Living Dangerously(1982)
6.7RomanceDramaAlso romance and 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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5.Fingernails(2023)
5.9RomanceScience FictionDramaAlso romance and drama
Anna and Ryan have found true love together. It's been proven by a controversial test. There's just one problem: Anna still isn't sure. Then she meets Amir.
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6.Winter Spring Summer or Fall(2024)
7.3RomanceDramaAlso romance and drama
Remi and Barnes, two very different teenagers, meet by chance in the winter of their senior year, then spend four days together over the course of a year that will change their lives forever.
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7.Ashes in the Snow(2018)
6.4DramaRomanceAlso drama and romance
The coming-of-age tale of 16-year-old Lina Vilkas who is deported to Siberia amid Stalin's reign of terror in the Baltic region during WWII. An aspiring artist, she secretly documents her harrowing journey with her drawings.
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9.Beasts of the Southern Wild(2012)
6.8DramaFantasyAdventureAlso drama and fantasy
Hushpuppy, an intrepid six-year-old girl, lives with her father, Wink, in 'the Bathtub', a southern Delta community at the edge of the world. Wink’s tough love prepares her for the unraveling of the universe—for a time when he’s no longer there to protect her. When Wink contracts a mysterious illness, nature flies…
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10.Fifty Shades Darker(2017)
6.5DramaRomanceAlso drama and 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…
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11.The Fugitive Kind(1960)
6.9RomanceDramaAlso romance and drama
Val Xavier, a drifter of obscure origins, arrives at a small town and gets a job in a store run by Lady Torrence. Her husband, Jabe M. Torrance, is dying of cancer. Val is pursued by Carol Cutere, the enigmatic local tramp-of-good-family.
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12.White Palace(1990)
6.6DramaRomanceAlso drama and romance
Max Baron is a Jewish advertising executive in his 20s who's still getting over the death of his wife. Nora Baker is a 40-something diner waitress who enjoys the wilder side of life. Mismatched or not, their attraction is instant and smoldering. With time, however, their class and age differences become an obstacle…
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13.Time Is Up(2021)
6.5RomanceDramaAlso romance and 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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14.The Human Stain(2003)
6.0DramaRomanceAlso drama and romance
Coleman Silk is a worldly and admired professor who loses his job after unwittingly making a racial slur. To clear his name, Silk writes a book about the events with his friend and colleague Nathan Zuckerman, who in the process discovers a dark secret Silk has hidden his whole life. All the while, Silk engages in an…
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17.On the Edge(2001)
6.7DramaRomanceAlso drama and romance
A suicidal young man is committed to a Dublin psychiatric hospital where he meets new friends who greatly influence his life.
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18.The Shipping News(2001)
6.4DramaRomanceAlso drama and romance
An emotionally-beaten man with his young daughter moves to his ancestral home in Newfoundland to reclaim his life.
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20.Circle of Friends(1995)
6.3DramaRomanceAlso drama and romance
Three girlhood friends now at college share first loves, first kisses and first betrayals. At the center of it all is the best-looking boy on campus. Can a self-conscious dreamer hook the biggest fish in the pond?
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