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1. Avatar: The Way of Water (2022)
PG-13 | 192 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Jake Sully lives with his newfound family formed on the extrasolar moon Pandora. Once a familiar threat returns to finish what was previously started, Jake must work with Neytiri and the army of the Na'vi race to protect their home.
Director: James Cameron | Stars: Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldana, Sigourney Weaver, Stephen Lang
Votes: 495,750 | Gross: $659.68M
2. The North Water (2021)
TV-MA | 300 min | Adventure, Drama, Mystery
A disgraced former military doctor embarks as a surgeon aboard a whaler bound for the Arctic, where his quest for redemption becomes a fight for survival.
Stars: Jack O'Connell, Colin Farrell, Sam Spruell, Roland Møller
Votes: 16,406
3. Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986)
PG | 119 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
To save Earth from an alien probe, Admiral James T. Kirk and his fugitive crew go back in time to San Francisco in 1986 to retrieve the only beings who can communicate with it: humpback whales.
Director: Leonard Nimoy | Stars: William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley, James Doohan
Votes: 91,578 | Gross: $109.71M
4. Moby Dick (1956)
Not Rated | 116 min | Adventure, Drama
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.
Director: John Huston | Stars: Gregory Peck, Richard Basehart, Leo Genn, James Robertson Justice
Votes: 21,972 | Gross: $10.40M
5. King of Devil's Island (2010)
Not Rated | 116 min | Action, Drama
Norwegian winter, early 20th century. On the boys home Bastoy, a new inmate leads the boys to a violent uprising against a brutal regime. How far is he willing to go to attain freedom?
Director: Marius Holst | Stars: Benjamin Helstad, Trond Nilssen, Stellan Skarsgård, Kristoffer Joner
Votes: 19,971 | Gross: $0.01M
6. The White Dawn (1974)
PG | 110 min | Adventure, Drama, History
In 1896, three survivors of a whaling ship-wreck in the Canadian Arctic are saved and adopted by an Eskimo tribe but frictions arise when the three start misbehaving.
Director: Philip Kaufman | Stars: Warren Oates, Timothy Bottoms, Louis Gossett Jr., Joanasie Salamonie
Votes: 894 | Gross: $0.40M
7. The Legend of Sea Wolf (1975)
PG | 92 min | Adventure
A tale of the brutal sea captain of the Ghost who is ruthless with his crew. It becomes more than they can tolerate.
Director: Giuseppe Vari | Stars: Chuck Connors, Giuseppe Pambieri, Barbara Bach, Rik Battaglia
Votes: 161
8. The Love Nest (1923)
Unrated | 20 min | Short, Comedy
In an attempt to forget his lost sweetheart, Buster takes a long trip at sea where he boards a whaling ship with a strict captain.
Directors: Buster Keaton, Edward F. Cline | Stars: Buster Keaton, Joe Roberts, Virginia Fox, Steve Murphy
Votes: 2,573
9. Dicky Moe (1962)
TV-Y7 | 7 min | Animation, Short, Adventure
The captain's obsession with the white whale Dicky Moe led his crew to abandon ship. He abducts Tom and enlists him as crew but Jerry's already on board to help make Tom's life miserable.
Director: Gene Deitch | Star: Allen Swift
Votes: 496
10. Hell Below Zero (1954)
Approved | 90 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
The captain of an Antarctic whaling ship falls overboard in mysterious circumstances and his daughter, aided by a sympathetic American, decides to investigate the accident.
Director: Mark Robson | Stars: Alan Ladd, Joan Tetzel, Basil Sydney, Stanley Baker
Votes: 549
11. The Sea Around Us (1953)
Approved | 62 min | Documentary
Oscar-winning documentary based on Rachel L. Carson's pioneering study of ocean life chronicled in her award-winning and best-selling 1951 book of the same name.
Director: Irwin Allen | Stars: Don Forbes, Theodore von Eltz
Votes: 379
12. Enchanted Island (1958)
93 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Two 19th-century sailors jump ship only to discover their tropical paradise is a cannibal stronghold.
Director: Allan Dwan | Stars: Dana Andrews, Jane Powell, Don Dubbins, Arthur Shields
Votes: 371
13. Way for a Sailor (1930)
Passed | 85 min | Romance, Drama
Jack is a sailor who lives to go to sea. A typical sailor, he is always broke and has been in seven jails in the last seven ports. The one girl he tries to impress the most is in London and... See full summary »
Director: Sam Wood | Stars: John Gilbert, Wallace Beery, Jim Tully, Leila Hyams
Votes: 623
14. Dream (VII) (2016)
3 min | Animation, Short, Music
A movie about four animals facing extinction tell their stories through the words which captures the plight of four distinct animals suffering at the hands of humans...The emotional ... See full summary »
Stars: Ryan Merchant, Keenan O'Meara, Natalie Bergman, Tal Altman
Votes: 31
15. Cabo de Hornos (1956)
100 min | Drama, Family, Fantasy
Antonio, a whale ship captain, has an affair with a woman who runs away convinced that her ill fate will fall upon him. He is sent to Cabo de Hornos, picking the ship owner and his wife, ... See full summary »
Director: Tito Davison | Stars: Jorge Mistral, Silvia Pinal, Eugenio Retes, Myriam Thorud
Votes: 31
16. Behind the Mask (2006)
Not Rated | 72 min | Documentary
Behind the Mask: The Story Of The People Who Risk Everything To Save Animals is a 2006 documentary film about the Animal Liberation Front. It took three years of filming, interviewing, and editing to complete.
Director: Shannon Keith | Stars: Shannon Keith, Keith Mann, Kevin Kjonaas, Rod Coronado
Votes: 201
17. Confessions of an Eco-Terrorist (2010)
Not Rated | 90 min | Documentary
A film portraying the dedicated activists of Sea Shepherd, who have committed their lives to the global fight against crimes inflicted on marine life.
Director: Peter Brown | Stars: Peter Brown, Robert Hunter, Paul Watson
Votes: 366
18. Alice the Whaler (1927)
Not Rated | 6 min | Animation, Family, Short
Alice is dancing aboard her ship with a veritable zoo of a crew. Meanwhile, in the galley, the chef (a cat) is preparing food while his assistant, a mouse, is peeling potatoes. When the ... See full summary »
Director: Walt Disney | Star: Lois Hardwick
Votes: 234
19. Paramount-Bray Pictographs, No. 90 (1917)
Documentary, Short
Subjects include: "Humpback Whaling in the Pacific", "Uncle Sam's Hints to Housewives, No. 3 - The Meatless Meat Loaf", and "Operation of the Aeroplane Gun".
Director: P.D. Hugon
20. Whale Heart (2017)
8 min | Animation, Short, Drama
Silas has developed an unspeakable method to detach himself from his emotions to kill whales, his profession. When he has to teach his son the trade and how to kill without hesitation, his method seems to be failing him.
Director: Robert Allen
Votes: 28
22. War Story (1995)
Documentary, Short
Stars: Flip Benham, Ingrid Newkirk, Cheryl Sullenger, Randall Terry
23. En djevel med harpun (2022)
76 min | Documentary
Before WW2 Norwegian whaler, Lars "Faen" Andersen was both rich and a national hero. But then he became a member of the Norwegian Nazi party and was sentenced for treason.
Director: Mirko Stopar
Votes: 20
24.
Animaniacs (1993–1998)
Episode:
Moby or Not Moby/Mesozoic Mindy/The Good, the Boo and the Ugly
(1993)
Not Rated | 22 min | Animation, Short, Adventure
The Warner siblings save the great white whale, Moby Dick, from Captain Ahab. Next, in "Mesozoic Mindy," Buttons rescues cave girl Mindy from prehistoric peril.
Directors: Michael Gerard, Greg Reyna | Stars: Rob Paulsen, Jess Harnell, Tress MacNeille, Frank Welker
Votes: 161
25.
Psychic Kids: Children of the Paranormal (2008– )
Episode:
Haunted Attic
(2010)
TV-14 | 44 min | Documentary, Reality-TV
Peri and Devon, two teens, explore a haunted whaling ship in order to overcome their fears of encountering spirits.
Stars: Jill Graham Adams, Matthew Ryan Kondracki, Edy Nathan, Kim Russo
Votes: 11
26.
A Cow, a Cat and the Ocean (2006)
Episode:
Espèce Protégée
(2006)
11 min | Animation, Family
Amid the foggy ocean, the Cow and the Cat stumble upon a whale who has lost her calf because of a dangerous fleet of whaling ships. As they distract them, the Cow tries to locate the baby boy. Will the mother and son escape from danger?
Director: Prakash Topsy | Stars: Laura Préjean, Donald Reignoux