Whale movies and TV shows

The list contains the best, new and most relevant whale movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out serious, realistic, exciting, captivating, feel good and touching films and TV shows about / with whale, ocean, ship, water, animal, danger, escapades, boat, boy and sea plots mostly in Drama, Adventure and Family genres shot in USA, UK, France and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as whale: In the Heart of the Sea (2015), The Whale (2013), Moby Dick (2011), Whale Rider (2002), Big Miracle (2012), Orca (1977), Free Willy 2 (1995), When the Whales Came (1989), Finding Dory (2016), Kon-Tiki (2012).

List of whale movies

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In the Heart of the Sea (2015)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Biography, Drama, History
Country: USA, Australia, Spain
Duration: 122 min.
Story: In the winter of 1820, the New England whaling ship Essex was assaulted by something no one could believe: a whale of mammoth size and will, and an almost human sense of vengeance. The real-life maritime disaster would inspire Herman Melville’s ...
Style: scenic, suspense, exciting, realistic, inspirational ...
Audience: kids, teens, adult
Plot: survival, ocean, ship, whale, sea, boat, disaster, whaling, starvation, man versus nature, shipwreck, dangerous animal ...
Time: 19th century, victorian era, year 2015, 1800s, future ...
Place: new england, america, pacific ocean, ecuador, massachusetts ...
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 6.3
 533
The Whale (2013)
Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Dramatic retelling of the fateful last voyage of the Nantucket whaleship Essex. When the Essex is attacked and sunk by a sperm whale in November 1820, her crew take to three fragile whalers. Alone in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, the men must ...
Style: captivating, exciting, serious, suspense, scenic ...
Plot: whale, lost at sea, ship, survival, danger, dangerous animal, ocean, escapades, shipwreck, rescue, isolation, catastrophe ...
Time: 19th century
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Reykjavik Whale Watching Massacre (2009)
Genre: Comedy, Horror
Country: Iceland
Duration: 87 min.
Story: An epic tale about a group of whale watchers, whose ship breaks down and they get picked up by a whale fisher vessel. The Fishbillies on the vessel has just gone bust, and everything goes out of control.
Style: scary, serious, realistic, rough, suspenseful ...
Plot: ship, survival, psychopath, confined, escapades, gory, danger, murder, death, water, shipwreck, guts ...
Time: 21st century
Place: europe, iceland
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 6.2
 2K
Moby Dick (2011)
Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 184 min.
TV show
Story: The sole survivor of a lost whaling ship relates the tale of his captain's self-destructive obsession to hunt the white whale, Moby Dick.
Style: exciting, realistic, captivating, psychological, serious ...
Plot: ocean, ship, whale, survival, hunt down, obsessive quest, danger, rivalry, dangerous animal, sea, self destructing, escapades ...
Time: 19th century, 1800s, victorian era
Place: nova scotia
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 7.5
 44K
Whale Rider (2002)
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: New Zealand, Germany
Duration: 101 min.
Story: On the east coast of New Zealand, the Whangara people believe their presence there dates back a thousand years or more to a single ancestor, Paikea, who escaped death when his canoe capsized by riding to shore on the back of a whale. From then on, ...
Style: touching, emotional, thought provoking, atmospheric, poignant ...
Audience: kids, girls' night, teens, family friendly, date night ...
Plot: sexism, whale, tradition, coming of age, childhood, culture clash, empowerment, youth, society, female protagonist, women, loss of son ...
Time: 2000s, year 2002, 21st century
Place: new zealand, oceania
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 6.5
 20K
Big Miracle (2012)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 107 min.
Story: Based on an inspiring true story, a small-town news reporter (Krasinski) and a Greenpeace volunteer (Barrymore) enlist the help of rival superpowers to save three majestic gray whales trapped under the ice of the Arctic Circle. ‘Big Miracle’ is ...
Style: realistic, serious, uplifting, feel good, touching ...
Audience: girls' night, family outing, adult
Plot: animal rescue, journalism, rescue, volunteer, media, animal, ocean, whale, environmentalism, danger, ecology, sailing ...
Time: 20th century, year 2012, year 1988, 80s
Place: alaska, los angeles, new york
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 5.7
 13K
Orca (1977)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Netherlands, Italy, Canada
Duration: 92 min.
Story: After witnessing the killing of his mate and offspring at Captain Nolan's hands, a vengeful killer whale goes on a rampage in the fisherman's Newfoundland harbor. Under pressure from the villagers, Nolan, Rachel and Umilak sail after the ...
Style: suspense, serious, suspenseful, natural horror, scary ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: killer whale, whale, ocean, survival, killer animal, dangerous animal, ship, revenge, sea, fish, animal attack, obsession ...
Time: 20th century, 70s
Place: newfoundland
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 5.1
 19K
Free Willy 2 (1995)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: France, USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Jesse becomes reunited with Willy three years after the whale's jump to freedom as the teenager tries to rescue the killer whale and other orcas from an oil spill.
Style: sentimental, touching, feel good, sweet, retro ...
Audience: kids, girls' night, family friendly, family outing, pre-teens ...
Plot: killer whale, whale, friendship, childhood, animal, human animal relationship, rescue, daring rescue, kids and family, greed, ecology, water ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: astoria oregon, usa
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When the Whales Came (1989)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 100 min.
Story: A pair of children befriend an eccentric old man, who lives isolated on the far shore of their island home. But it turns out that the old man knows a terrible secret about the island and the whales who sometimes come. Meanwhile WWI is making life ...
Style: independent film
Plot: whale, youth, recluse, beach, island, eccentricity, family relations, weirdo, boy, girl, anti war, deafness ...
Time: 1910s, year 1989
Place: cornwall
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 7.2
 301K
Finding Dory (2016)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: USA, China
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Dory is reunited with her friends Nemo and Marlin in the search for answers about her past. What can she remember? Who are her parents? And where did she learn to speak Whale?
Style: feel good, light, humorous, touching, entertaining ...
Audience: kids, family outing, teens, family friendly, pre-teens ...
Plot: memory loss, underwater, fish, kids and family, amnesia, animal, ocean, shark, friendship, talking animal, children, beautiful scenery ...
Time: year 2016, 2010s, 21st century
Place: california, usa
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 7.1
 52K
Kon-Tiki (2012)
Genre: Adventure, Biography, Drama, History
Country: UK, Norway, Denmark, Germany, Sweden
Duration: 118 min.
Story: The true story about legendary explorer Thor Heyerdahl and his epic crossing of the Pacific on a balsa wood raft in 1947, in an effort to prove it was possible for South Americans to settle in Polynesia in pre-Columbian times.
Style: harsh, realistic, inspirational, epic, exciting ...
Audience: teens, family outing
Plot: ocean, survival, sea voyage, shark, boat, expedition, raft, obsessive quest, adventurer, sailing, travel, lost at sea ...
Time: 1940s, year 1947, 20th century, year 2012, 2010s ...
Place: pacific ocean, polynesia, peru, usa, south america ...
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 6.0
 82K
Free Willy (1993)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 112 min.
Story: When maladjusted orphan Jesse vandalizes a theme park, he is placed with foster parents and must work at the park to make amends. There he meets Willy, a young Orca whale who has been separated from his family. Sensing kinship, they form a bond and, ...
Style: sentimental, touching, uplifting, feel good, sweet ...
Audience: kids, family outing, teens, family friendly, girls' night ...
Plot: human animal relationship, freedom, animal, killer whale, friendship, animal life, animal training, kids and family, whale, happy ending, ocean, childhood ...
Time: 90s, year 1993, 20th century
Place: astoria oregon, portland oregon, oregon
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Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio (2022)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Musical, Mystery, War
Country: USA, Mexico, France, Australia
Duration: 117 min.
Story: A darker version of the classic children's fairy tale of a wooden puppet that transforms into a real living boy.
Style: dark fantasy, fairy tale, 3d animation, touching, entertaining ...
Audience: kids, date night
Plot: stop motion, magic, pinocchio, monkey, grief, church, whale, puppet, father son relationship, boy, doll, children ...
Time: 2020s, 1940s, 1930s, 1910s, 20th century ...
Place: italy
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The Tadpole and the Whale (1988)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: Canada
Duration: 91 min.
Story: The adventures of Elvira, a 12-year-old girl obsessed with the sea who develops the ability to breathe underwater. Elvira and her dolphin friend Elvar meet a friendly whale, among other creatures, while back on land all is not as it should be.
Plot: whale, dolphins, human animal relationship, environmental, girl, animal, grandfather granddaughter relationship
Time: 80s
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 6.6
 6K
The Odyssey (2016)
Genre: Adventure, Biography, Drama
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 122 min.
Story: Biopic of the great French ocean-going adventurer and filmmaker
Style: factual, exciting, thought provoking, disturbing, captivating ...
Audience: kids
Plot: explorer, sea, biopic, ocean, environmental, diver, love, ship, airplane accident, ecology, fish, diving ...
Time: 1940s, 20th century, year 1972, 1950s, 60s ...
Place: paris france, france, new york, antarctica
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 6.4
 4K
Moby Dick (1998)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, Australia, USA
Duration: 180 min.
TV show
Story: The sole survivor of a lost whaling ship relates the tale of his captain's self-destructive obsession to hunt the white whale, Moby Dick.
Style: exciting, tense, serious, suspenseful, suspense ...
Audience: kids
Plot: ship, sea, ocean, captain, dangerous animal, obsessive quest, whale, friendship, danger, water, shipwreck, creature ...
Time: 19th century, victorian era
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The Snail and the Whale (2019)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: UK, Germany
Duration: 27 min.
Story: A half hour animated film for all the family based on the much-loved book written by Julia Donaldson and illustrated by Axel Scheffler. The Snail and the Whale is the much loved classic that shows us a restless young snail who has ambitions to ...
Style: christmas special, thought provoking, captivating, entertaining, humorous ...
Audience: kids, family outing
Plot: whale, snail, animal rescue, animal, saving a life, travel, friendship, animal life, friends, creature, journey, beach ...
Is relevant ?
 7.9
 663K
Life of Pi (2012)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Country: USA, Taiwan, UK, Canada, India, France
Duration: 127 min.
Story: The story of an Indian boy named Pi, a zookeeper's son who finds himself in the company of a hyena, zebra, orangutan, and a Bengal tiger after a shipwreck sets them adrift in the Pacific Ocean.
Style: philosophical, motivational, visually appealing, scenic, touching ...
Audience: kids, family outing, girls' night, chick flick, date night ...
Plot: survival, ocean, animal, human animal relationship, life & death, stranded, survivor, beautiful scenery, lost at sea, hopes, storm at sea, journey ...
Time: year 2012, 2010s, 70s
Place: india, pacific ocean, america, montreal, toronto ontario canada ...
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Namu, the Killer Whale (1966)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: Based on the amazing true story of a marine biologist (Robert Lansing) who befriends a six-ton Orcawhale, this "honest, fascinating and vigorously wholesome film" (Citizen-News) is heartwarming fun for the whole family. Like all close ...
Style: semi serious, psychotronic
Audience: pre-teens
Plot: ocean, orca, animal, whale, shark, underwater, youth, killer whale, friends, animal life, danger, dangerous animal ...
Time: year 1966, 60s
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Pinocchio in Outer Space (1965)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Belgium, USA
Duration: 71 min.
Story: Pinocchio tries to save the Earth from Astro the Space Whale
Style: anime, independent film
Audience: kids
Plot: giant lizard, space, whale, spacesuit, pinocchio, space travel, outer space, killer, boy, giant spider, giant monster, giant crab
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Braking for Whales (2019)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story: Star and Brandon, estranged brother and sister, are brought together after their mother's recent death and her absurd final request to dispose of her ashes in the body of a whale. With no choice or face losing their much-needed inheritance - ...
Style: crying, independent film
Plot: gay bashing, gay brother, gay, brother sister relationship, family relations, sibling rivalry, women, lgbtq, road trip, repressed homosexual, gay interest, closeted homosexual ...
Place: missouri, texas, iowa, oklahoma
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The Whaler Boy (2020)
Genre: Drama
Country: Russia, Poland, Belgium
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Everything changes in the life of a young 15-year-old Chukchi hunter Lyoshka with the advent of the Internet in the village. He falls in love – for the first time and deeply – with the silent video chat girl. Upon learning that she lives in ...
Style: captivating, independent film
Audience: family outing
Plot: sea voyage, village life, coming of age, journey, animal, escapades, road trip, fishing, fall in love, fishing boat, weather, life ...
Place: russia, alaska
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Where'd You Go, Bernadette (2019)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story: When architect-turned-recluse Bernadette Fox goes missing prior to a family trip to Antarctica, her 15-year-old daughter Bee goes on a quest with Bernadette's husband to find her.
Style: exciting, disturbing, light, humorous, scenic ...
Audience: chick flick, girls' night, family outing, teens
Plot: journey, female protagonist, panic attack, agoraphobia, psychologist, mansion, adaptation, teenager, feminist, triad, magic, women ...
Time: year 2019
Place: seattle, washington state, antarctica, south pole, antarctic
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The Legend of the Titanic (1999)
Genre: Animation, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Italy, USA, Spain, South Korea, North Korea
Duration: 84 min.
Story: Old Grandpa mouse tells to his grandchildren the "real" story of the Titanic disaster, including evil sharks, a giant octopus, and an evil whaling scheme.
Style: funny
Plot: titanic, ship, fish, water, boat, giant octopus, iceberg, lifeboat, octopus, whale, mouse, sea voyage ...
Time: 1910s, year 1912
Is relevant ?
 6.0
 198K
Shark Tale (2004)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Thriller
Country: USA, France, North Korea
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Oscar is a small fish whose big aspirations often get him into trouble. Meanwhile, Lenny is a great white shark with a surprising secret that no sea creature would guess: He's a vegetarian. When a lie turns Oscar into an improbable hero and ...
Style: computer animated, entertaining, feel good, humorous, funny ...
Audience: kids, family outing, family friendly, teens, girls' night ...
Plot: fish, underwater, shark, gangster, anthropomorphism, loss of son, talking animal, animal, crime boss, vegetarian, anthropomorphic animal, lie ...
Time: year 2004, 2000s, 21st century
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 7.8
 634K
Cast Away (2000)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 143 min.
Story: Chuck, a top international manager for FedEx, and Kelly, a Ph.D. student, are in love and heading towards marriage. Then Chuck's plane to Malaysia ditches at sea during a terrible storm. He's the only survivor, and he washes up on a tiny ...
Style: suspense, captivating, psychological, inspirational, serious ...
Audience: family outing, date night, kids, teens
Plot: survival, loneliness, isolation, island, desert island, stranded on an island, lost at sea, courage, air disaster, determination, solitude, survivor ...
Time: year 2000, 20th century, y2k, year 1995, year 1999 ...
Place: fictional island, persia, america, moscow russia, russia
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I Shall Never Return (2017)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: A surreal adaptation of Moby Dick. Lake, obsessed with finding the ultimate truth, is led down a path into the horrifying depths of his own subconscious.
Plot: moby dick, travel, truth, beach, captain, death, ocean, obsession, suffering, water, traveler, prophet ...
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 7.1
 41K
Fantasia 2000 (1999)
Genre: Animation, Family, Fantasy, Music
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 75 min.
Story: Blending lively music and brilliant animation, this sequel to the original 'Fantasia' restores 'The Sorcerer's Apprentice' and adds seven new shorts.
Style: fairy tale, stylized, entertaining, surreal, witty ...
Audience: kids, family outing, preschool
Plot: classical music, music, art, pianist, couple relations, buddies, imaginary, friendship, musician, trippy, winter, dancing ...
Time: 1930s, 90s
Place: usa, rome italy, new york, grand central station manhattan new york city, europe ...
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The Fabulous Baron Munchausen (1962)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Romance, Sci-Fi, War
Country: Czechoslovakia
Duration: 83 min.
Story: The 20th century's first man lands on the moon and discovers - that Baron Munchausen has already beaten him to it, along with Cyrano and characters from Jules Verne's lunar-landing novel. The Baron spirits the young cosmonaut by ...
Style: experimental, claymation, cult classic, psychedelic, adult animation ...
Audience: family friendly
Plot: giant bird, trippy, european, psychology, spacesuit, moon, palace, steampunk, baron, beauty, princess, turkish army ...
Place: czechoslovakia, czech republic, constantinople
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 5.8
 14K
Amelia (2009)
Genre: Adventure, Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story: A look at the life of legendary American pilot Amelia Earhart, who disappeared while flying over the Pacific Ocean in 1937 in an attempt to make a flight around the world.
Style: factual, serious, stylized, sentimental, realistic ...
Plot: airplane, female pilot, biopic, flying, adventurer, aviation, ambition, depression, unlikely friendships, self fulfillment, follow your dream, lifestyle ...
Time: 20th century, 1930s, year 2009, 1920s, year 1931 ...
Place: usa, chicago, long beach california, paris france, hawaii ...
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