The Water Man is a 2020 American drama film directed by David Oyelowo, in his feature directorial debut, from a screenplay by Emma Needell.

The film stars Oyelowo, Rosario Dawson, Lonnie Chavis, Amiah Miller, Alfred Molina and Maria Bello.

The woods are full of curious things: strange sounds far off, wild horse stampedes, shiny, dark rocks hung along the way (like breadcrumbs) through the forest, a river of beetles, and at one moment it seems to snow, although it's July.

Gunner's sketch and comic books "come to life" as he wishes himself into a magical world where a watery immortal being may save his mother.

[7] In March 2019, it was announced Rosario Dawson, Lonnie Chavis, Amiah Miller, Alfred Molina, and Maria Bello had joined the cast of the film, with Disney no longer attached to distribute.

[8] Oyelowo said he reached out to Angelina Jolie, Nate Parker, Joel Edgerton, and Mel Gibson about acting in films they directed.

[12] According to Metacritic, which sampled 21 critics and calculated a weighted average score of 68 out of 100, the film received "generally favorable reviews".