whaling movies

In the Heart of the Sea (2015)
6.8 / 10

Thriller, Drama, Adventure, Action, History

In the winter of 1820, the New England whaling ship Essex is assaulted by something no one could believe—a whale of mammoth size and will, and an...

The Cove (2009)
7.9 / 10

Documentary

The Cove tells the amazing true story of how an elite team of individuals, films makers and free divers embarked on a covert mission to penetrate the...

The Whalers (1938)
6 / 10

Animation, 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...

Down to the Sea in Ships (1949)
6.9 / 10

Drama, Adventure, Action

During a whaling expedition in the late 1800's, the aging Captain Bering Joy (Lionel Barrymore) and his new first mate, Dan Lunceford (Richard...

Into the Deep: America, Whaling & The World (2010)
0 / 10

Documentary, History

Examine the American whaling industry from its 17th-century origins in drift and shore whaling off the coast of New England and Cape Cod, through the...

Samson & Sally (1984)
6.1 / 10

Animation

Samson is a young whale that doesn't have friends. He spends his time listening to his mother's stories about the legendary whale Moby Dick. Samson...

The Whale God (1962)
7.333 / 10

Adventure, Drama

A fishing village is terrorized by a giant whale, and the fishermen are determined to kill it.

Defend, Conserve, Protect (2019)
0 / 10

Documentary

Narrated by Dan Aykroyd, Defend, Conserve, Protect, pits the marine conservation group, Sea Shepherd, against the Japanese whaling fleet, in an epic...

Moby-Dick (1975)
6 / 10

Adventure, Drama, Animation, TV Movie

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...

At the Edge of the World (2008)
6.7 / 10

Documentary

At the Edge of the World chronicles the controversial Sea Shepherd Antarctic Campaign against a Japanese whaling fleet. The international volunteer...

Pirate for the Sea (2008)
5 / 10

Documentary

A documentary on Paul Watson, who takes the law into his own hands on the open seas, confronting, by any nonviolent means necessary, the hunters who...

The Book of the Sea (2018)
0 / 10

Documentary, Animation

In the frigid waters off of Russia’s Bering Strait, Inuit and Chukchi hunters today still seek out the giant sea mammals that have provided their...

Za tučňáky, lvouny a velrybami (1953)
0 / 10

Documentary

I Conquer the Sea! (1936)
0 / 10

Drama

1936 was a different world in Newfoundland - the bigotry and the unexpected ending will give you plenty to talk about and think about in this...

The last whale hunters (2021)
0 / 10

Documentary

The Lamalera village is located in a small volcanic Island, a poor, barren land, and they catch whales to eat. It is the only way for them to...

Encounter at Trinity (1957)
0 / 10

The big whale round-up at Trinity Bay, Newfoundland, is brought to the screen with a realism not often found in fish stories. Cameras are on hand to...

One with the Whale (2023)
0 / 10

Documentary

Modern technology confronts ancient ritual in this profound and moving documentary. Teenager Chris Apassingok and his Yupik family live in Gambell,...

Madulu, the Seaman (2023)
0 / 10

Documentary

A youngster begins to understand the wisdom hidden within legendary whaler-man Tall 12's sea shanty songs in the whaling town of Barrouallie, St....

Whale Fishing (1909)
4 / 10

Documentary

A whale is hunted in the southern hemisphere by the crew of a sailing ship: it is harpooned twice, using a cannon, and taken back to the shore. In...

Whaler out of New Bedford (1961)
0 / 10

Documentary

Pictures made from an 1800-foot panorama painted in 1848 and authentic songs of the period sung and played by Peggy Seeger and Ewan MacCall are used...