Movies Like Treading Water

Loved Treading Water? These 24 movies and shows share its DNA — surfaced by our semantic engine from theme, mood, cast and genre, then ranked by how closely they match. Every pick includes cast, ratings, trailers and streaming options.

24 titles

Troubled Water 2008 ★ 7.1

Manchester by the Sea 2016 ★ 7.6

The Shape of Water 2017 ★ 7.2

Close to the Horizon 2019 ★ 7.8

Cool Hand Luke 1967 ★ 7.7

Breathing 2011 ★ 6.6

Escape at Dannemora 2018 ★ 7.5

I May Destroy You 2020 ★ 7.2

Damnation 1988 ★ 7.6

Titicut Follies 1967 ★ 7.2

Inside Man 2022 ★ 6.9

Restraint 2008 ★ 5.9

The North Water 2021 ★ 7.4

Shelter 2007 ★ 7.7

Rectify 2013 ★ 7.6

Twisted 2013 ★ 7.3

Falling Water 2016 ★ 6.4

Wasteman 2026 ★ 7.3

The Return 2003 ★ 6.8

The Hours 2002 ★ 7.3

Mud 2013 ★ 7.1

Enlightened 2011 ★ 7.0

Turn of the Tide 2023 ★ 7.0

The River 1997 ★ 6.8