The Shape Of Water er et romantisk fantasy-drama regissert av Guillermo del Toro, med Sally Hawkins i hovedrollen. Bakteppet for filmen er den kalde krigen, og vi befinner oss i ca. 1962. Den ensomme Elisa (Hawkins) jobber som renholder i et laboratorium drevet av myndighetene, og lever et liv i isolasjon. Hennes liv forandrer seg for alltid når hun og hennes kollega Zelda (Octavia Spencer) kommer over et topp-hemmelig eksperiment på arbeidsplassen.

An old lighthouse keeper who lives with his daughter secretly keeps a prehistoric fish-man by feeding it scraps and fish. One day he misses the feeding and all hell breaks loose.

One decent citizen was having lunch and indifferently looking at the fish in his aquarium. But suddenly a real monster emerged from the muddy water. However, unwillingness to strain even to save his own life led the hero to slavery. Or maybe nothing has really changed in his life?

A pair of filmmakers and monster-hunters embark on a mission to capture and film a creature residing in a lake.