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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: 495,188 | Gross: $659.68M
2. In the Heart of the Sea (2015)
PG-13 | 122 min | Action, Adventure, Biography
A recounting of a New England whaling ship's sinking by a giant whale in 1820, an experience that later inspired the great novel Moby-Dick.
Director: Ron Howard | Stars: Chris Hemsworth, Cillian Murphy, Brendan Gleeson, Ben Whishaw
Votes: 148,841 | Gross: $25.02M
3. 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: 16,384
4. Cosmos (1980)
TV-PG | 60 min | Documentary
Astronomer Carl Sagan leads us on an engaging guided tour of the various elements and cosmological theories of the universe.
Stars: Carl Sagan, Jaromír Hanzlík, Jonathan Fahn, Jean Charney
Votes: 44,221
5. The Cove (2009)
PG-13 | 92 min | Documentary, Biography, Crime
Using state-of-the-art equipment, a group of activists, led by renowned dolphin trainer Ric O'Barry, infiltrate a cove near Taijii, Japan to expose both a shocking instance of animal abuse and a serious threat to human health.
Director: Louie Psihoyos | Stars: Richard O'Barry, Louie Psihoyos, Hardy Jones, Michael Illiff
Votes: 51,464 | Gross: $0.87M
6. Earthlings (2005)
95 min | Documentary
Using hidden cameras and never-before-seen footage, Earthlings chronicles the day-to-day practices of the largest industries in the world, all of which rely entirely on animals for profit.
Director: Shaun Monson | Star: Joaquin Phoenix
Votes: 19,814
7. Big Miracle (2012)
PG | 107 min | Biography, Drama, Romance
In small-town Alaska, a news reporter recruits his Greenpeace-volunteer ex-girlfriend on a campaign to save a family of gray whales trapped by rapidly-forming ice in the Arctic Circle.
Director: Ken Kwapis | Stars: Drew Barrymore, John Krasinski, John Pingayak, Ahmaogak Sweeney
Votes: 20,524 | Gross: $20.11M
8. Moby Dick (1998)
PG | 90 min | Adventure, Drama, Thriller
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.
Stars: Henry Thomas, Patrick Stewart, Hugh Keays-Byrne, Piripi Waretini
Votes: 4,176
9. 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: 19,967 | Gross: $0.01M
10. Whale Wars (2008– )
TV-PG | 60 min | Documentary, Reality-TV
This stunning and dangerous limited series spotlights both the controversial Japanese whaling trade and the tactics that the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society and its staff and volunteers use to cripple it.
Stars: Chris Aultman, Paul Watson, Peter Hammarstedt, Benjamin Potts
Votes: 2,278
11. Men Vs Women (2010)
113 min | Comedy
The love lives of the friends Walter, Diego, Renato, Marcello and Piero.
Director: Fausto Brizzi | Stars: Paola Cortellesi, Fabio De Luigi, Lucia Ocone, Francesco Pannofino
Votes: 2,478
12. Down to the Sea in Ships (1949)
Approved | 120 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Whaling ship captain Bering Joy takes his grandson Jed on a whaling trip to teach him core life values while First Mate Dan Lunceford is tasked with tutoring Jed.
Director: Henry Hathaway | Stars: Richard Widmark, Lionel Barrymore, Dean Stockwell, Cecil Kellaway
Votes: 1,108
13. All the Brothers Were Valiant (1953)
Approved | 95 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance
In the South Pacific islands, two brothers, one good and one bad, fight over the same girl and over a bag of pearls.
Director: Richard Thorpe | Stars: Robert Taylor, Stewart Granger, Ann Blyth, Betta St. John
Votes: 1,109
14. Drawing Restraint 9 (2005)
Not Rated | 135 min | Fantasy
The film concerns the theme of self-imposed limitation and continues Matthew Barney's interest in religious rite, this time focusing on Shinto.
Director: Matthew Barney | Stars: Matthew Barney, Björk, Shigeru Akahori, Naomi Araki
Votes: 1,559 | Gross: $0.23M
15. Down to the Sea in Ships (1922)
Unrated | 83 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance
Story of the lives of the people in a small Quaker community and the adventures of a whaling ship.
Director: Elmer Clifton | Stars: Marguerite Courtot, Raymond McKee, William Walcott, Clara Bow
Votes: 401
16. Blue Water, White Death (1971)
G | 99 min | Documentary
Documentary focusing on great white sharks.
Directors: Peter Gimbel, James Lipscomb | Stars: Tom Chapin, Phil Clarkson, Stuart Cody, Peter Lake
Votes: 437 | Gross: $0.54M
17. Moby Dick (1930)
Passed | 80 min | Adventure, Drama
In this extremely loose adaptation of Melville's classic novel, Ahab is revealed initially not as a bitter and vengeful madman, but as a bit of a lovable scamp. Ashore in New Bedford, he ... See full summary »
Director: Lloyd Bacon | Stars: John Barrymore, Joan Bennett, Lloyd Hughes, Noble Johnson
Votes: 641
18. Of Whales, the Moon, and Men (1963)
105 min | Documentary
At the instigation of the filmmakers, the young men of the Ile-aux-Coudres in the middle of the St-Lawrence River try as a memorial to their ancestors to revive the fishing of the belugas interrupted in 1924.
Directors: Michel Brault, Pierre Perrault | Stars: Léopold Tremblay, Alexis Tremblay, Abel Harvey, Louis Harvey
Votes: 710
19. 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: 495
20. 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: 548
21. 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
22. Adventure's End (1937)
Approved | 60 min | Adventure, Drama
Pacific pearl diver Duke Slade escapes angry natives by joining a whaler whose dying captain persuades him to marry his daughter who is already being wooed by the first mate.
Director: Arthur Lubin | Stars: John Wayne, Diana Gibson, Montagu Love, Moroni Olsen
Votes: 128
23. Moby Dick (1978)
90 min | Drama
Captain Ahab's descent into madness destroys everyone around him. This powerful character drew John Barrymore, Orson Wells and John Huston. This film has been called the best, most authentic version of Herman Melville's MOBY DICK.
Director: Paul Stanley | Star: Jack Aranson
Votes: 90
24. The Islands and the Whales (2016)
81 min | Documentary
The whale hunters of the Faroe Islands believe that hunting is vital to their way of life, but, when a local professor makes a grim discovery about the effects of marine pollution, environmental changes threaten their way of life forever.
Director: Mike Day
Votes: 222
25. Moby-Dick (1977 TV Movie)
51 min | Animation, Adventure, Drama
In 1841 young Ishmael signs aboard the whaling ship Pequod, under the command of the strict, one-legged Capt. Ahab. Ishmael soon finds out that Ahab is searching for the legendary while ... See full summary »
Director: Richard Slapczynski | Stars: Alistair Duncan, Ron Haddrick, Barbara Frawley, Bevan Wilson
Votes: 45
26. Whaledreamers (2006)
Not Rated | 90 min | Documentary, History
Whaledreamers is the heartfelt story of the return of an aboriginal whale dreaming tribe from the edge of extinction and the equally, long journey of the whales, not only to survive the ... See full summary »
Director: Kim Kindersley | Stars: Pierce Brosnan, Terence Unity Freitas, John Hurt, Kim Kindersley
Votes: 141 | Gross: $0.01M
27. 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
28. 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
29. Battle History of the U. S. Coast Guard (2004– )
130 min | Documentary
This program chronicles the role of the Coast Guard in war and peace over its 200 years of service to the United States. The program details the Coast Guards critical roles in the Civil War... See full summary »
Star: Stan Watts
30. Eco-Terrorist: The Battle for Our Planet (2019)
78 min | Documentary
An in-depth examination of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, which was featured on the series Whale Wars (2008).
Director: Peter Brown | Stars: Peter Brown, Lon Haber, Peter Hammarstedt, Daryl Hannah
Votes: 22
31. 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
32. At the Edge of the World (2008)
PG | 90 min | Documentary, Action, Adventure
At the Edge of the World chronicles the controversial Sea Shepherd Antarctic Campaign against a Japanese whaling fleet. The international volunteer crew, under-trained and under-equipped, ... See full summary »
Directors: Dan Stone, Patrick Gambuti Jr. | Stars: Paul Watson, Alex Cornelissen, Peter Hammarstedt, Benjamin Baldwin
Votes: 894
33. The Whalers (1938)
Approved | 8 min | Animation, Family, Comedy
Mickey, Donald, and Goofy are crewing a whaling ship. Their mishaps include Donald fighting off some hungry birds, Mickey and a bucket of water that keeps doing a boomerang impression, and ... See full summary »
Directors: David Hand, Dick Huemer | Stars: Pinto Colvig, Walt Disney, Richard Edwards, Clarence Nash
Votes: 630
34. Your Mommy Kills Animals! (2007)
R | 105 min | Documentary
An in-depth look at the animal rights movement and the FBI's recent declaration calling them the number one domestic terrorist threat to the United States.
Director: Curt Johnson | Stars: Greg Kelly, Paul Watson, Annemarie Lucas, Suzanne Whang
Votes: 210
35. 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
36. The Sea Lion (1921)
63 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance
When his long-suffering wife leaves him, the hard-driving captain of a whaling ship turns bitter and takes out his anger, resentment and frustrations on all those around him, leading to ... See full summary »
Director: Rowland V. Lee | Stars: Hobart Bosworth, Emory Johnson, Bessie Love, Carol Holloway
Votes: 120
37. Three Cheers for the Whale (1972)
Not Rated | 17 min | Documentary, Short
THREE CHEERS FOR THE WHALE chronicles the history of mankind's relationship with the largest and most majestic of marine mammals, and graphically exposes their slaughter by the fishing ... See full summary »
Directors: Chris Marker, Mario Ruspoli | Stars: Casamayor, Valérie Mayoux, Lalan, Emily Hoffman
Votes: 440
38. 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
39. Eco-Pirate: The Story of Paul Watson (2011)
TV-PG | 110 min | Documentary
"Eco-Pirate" tells the story of a man on a mission to save the planet and its oceans. The film follows professional radical ecologist, Captain Paul Watson as he repeatedly flouts the law, ... See full summary »
Director: Trish Dolman | Stars: Paul Watson, Patrick Moore, Rex Weyler, Chris Aultman
Votes: 286
40. Monsters of the Deep (1931)
Not Rated | 60 min | Documentary
The expedition sets forth to Magdalena Bay in Baja California to look for fighting fish. The crew consists of Chinese, Irish, Russian and Swedish men as well as a cameraman. Pelicans nest ... See full summary »
Director: Harold Auten | Star: Harold Auten
41. Moby Dick: The True Story (2002 TV Movie)
60 min | Documentary, History
The true story of the surviving sailors whose whaling ship was destroyed by a sperm whale.
Director: Christopher Rowley | Stars: Greg Atkins, Justin Chatwin, Curtis Harrison, Lucas Madigan
Votes: 53
42. Ocean Warrior (1981)
Not Rated | 73 min | Documentary
"They have thrown four bombs at this vessel. Do you understand? Four bombs... Hurry up!' A number of frantic international reporters on board the Sea Shepherd desperately call on the US ... See full summary »
Director: Peter Brown | Stars: Paul Watson, Ray Willes
Votes: 17
43. Picturesque Massachusetts (1942)
Approved | 9 min | Documentary, Short
Traveltalks short exploring many of the historic and picturesque places in Massachusetts.
Stars: James A. FitzPatrick, Charles Alden, Hazel French
Votes: 87
44. The Washing of Tears (1994)
60 min | Documentary
A history of the Mowachaht people and how they revived their culture and rediscovered their pride.
Director: Hugh Brody | Stars: Jerry Jack, Terry Williams, Ambrose Maquinna, Beulah Jack
45. At the Time of Whaling (1974)
Not Rated | 20 min | Short
Gambell, Alaska is a Yupik-speaking community on St. Lawrence Island on the Bering Sea. Here, as on the coast, sea mammals are still the major source of food.
Directors: Sarah Elder, Leonard Kamerling
46. Whale Like Me
102 min | Documentary | Post-production
Malcolm dreams an arresting dream of a whale encounter. He cannot shake the feeling it leaves him with. In search of clues to the nature of whales, and our relationship with them, Malcolm ... See full summary »
Director: Malcolm Wright | Stars: Malcolm Wright, Jens Mortan Rasmussen, Petur Sigur Rasmussen, Hideki Fujii
47. Mobi Dik (1972 TV Movie)
107 min | Drama
Director: Viktor Shcheglov | Stars: Isaak Kastrel, Valentin Smirnitskiy, Yuriy Likhachyov, Leonid Kanevskiy
48. Havets storvilt (1939)
15 min | Documentary, Short
Director: Gunnar Fischer | Star: Gunnar Fischer
49. The Whalers
105 min | Documentary | Announced
For centuries, whaling ships sailed the seas hunting for great cetaceans, crewed largely by free Black, Indigenous, and Afro-Indigenous men, despite the slave trade and blatant discrimination. This is their story.
Directors: PJ Marcellino, Jerri Thrasher
50. Ocean Raider: Defenders of the Wild (1993 TV Movie)
Documentary
On the high seas, beyond the reach of the law, the ships that illegally kill whales, dolphins and seals can do so with little fear of punishment. But there is one sight that they have ... See full summary »
Director: Martin Belderson | Stars: Myra Finkelstein, Julian Pettifer, Paul Watson
Votes: 18