Groundhog Day vs The Shape of Water

Groundhog Day has the higher audience score (7.6/10 against 7.2/10 for The Shape of Water). Groundhog Day is the shorter watch at 1h 41m compared with 2h 3m. Groundhog Day is the older of the two (1993 against 2017). Both are drama, fantasy, romance movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Groundhog Day posterGroundhog Day1993 VS The Shape of Water posterThe Shape of Water2017
Groundhog DayThe Shape of Water
Audience score★ 7.6/10★ 7.2/10
Year19932017
Length1h 41m2h 3m
GenresComedy, Drama, Fantasy, RomanceDrama, Fantasy, Romance
Country––
DirectorHarold RamisGuillermo del Toro
Main castKen Hudson Campbell, Bill Murray, Rick Ducommun, Stephen Tobolowsky, Chris ElliottDoug Jones, Michael Shannon, Nick Searcy, Richard Jenkins, Michael Stuhlbarg

Synopsis

Groundhog Day

A narcissistic TV weatherman, along with his attractive-but-distant producer, and his mawkish cameraman, is sent to report on Groundhog Day in the small town of Punxsutawney, where he finds himself repeating the same day over and over.

The Shape of Water

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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