Whale Rider (2002), In the Heart of the Sea (2015), Big Miracle (2012), Drawing Restraint 9 (2005), Free Willy (1993), Orca (1977), Namu, the Killer Whale (1966), The Adventures of Pinocchio (1996) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Whale movies.
Storyline: 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, Whangara chiefs, always the first-born, always male, have been considered Paikea's direct descendants. Pai, an 11-year-old girl in a patriarchal New Zealand tribe, believes she is destined to be the new chief. But her grandfather Koro is bound by tradition to pick a male leader. Pai loves Koro more than anyone in the world, but she must fight him and a thousand years of tradition to fulfill her destiny.
Plot Keywords: drama, family, coming of age, culture, tradition, female, leadership ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: 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 Moby-Dick. But that told only half the story. "In the Heart of the Sea" reveals the encounter's harrowing aftermath, as the ship's surviving crew is pushed to their limits and forced to do the unthinkable to stay alive. Braving storms, starvation, panic and despair, the men will call into question their deepest beliefs, from the value of their lives to the morality of their trade, as their captain searches for direction on the open sea and his first mate still seeks to bring the great whale down.
Plot Keywords: adventure, history, drama, survival, nautical, 19th century, true story ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: October, 1988. Adam Carlson, a reporter for a local Anchorage television station, is currently in Barrow doing a series of pieces on the "local cultural color" of northern Alaska. While out on the sea ice filming a less than promising piece, he spots off in the distance what ends up being three California gray whales - a mother, father and son - who are literally imprisoned by ice which has surrounded them in the earlier than usual onset of winter. They are looking worse for wear as they have been ramming the ice surface to maintain a hole in the ice to be able to breathe and thus survive. The professional and cultural assessment he receives is that the whales, in their current situation, cannot survive for more than a few days, with the ice fives miles in distance to the open ocean with a vertical ice shelf that has developed midway. Adam's piece on the whales not only gets played on his station, but is picked up by news services throughout the States, including the national ...
Plot Keywords: drama, family, adventure, based on true story, animals, rescue, alaska ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: The film concerns the theme of self-imposed limitation and continues Matthew Barney's interest in religious rite, this time focusing on Shinto.
Plot Keywords: experimental film, art film, japanese culture, ritual, symbolism, surrealism, ocean ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Fishermen separate a young orca whale (Willy) from his parents and he ends up in a fish bowl at a marina. Meanwhile, a street kid runs afoul of the law and gets caught vandalising the marina, but his social worker gets him off the hook (so to speak) provided he cleans up his mess at the marina. While there, he befriends the whale and teaches him tricks, something the trainer hasn't been able to do. But when Willy is a dud in front of the audience, the marina owner plans some bad things, and the boy and his friends must try to (*** MAJOR SPOILERS ***) free Willy.
Plot Keywords: family, adventure, animal, friendship, orphan, ocean, rescue ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: After witnessing his mate and child's death from Nolan's hands, Orca, the killer whale, goes on a rampage in the fishermen's harbor. Under the villagers' pressure, Nolan, Rachel and an Indian sail after the great beast, who will bring them on his own turf.—M Lalonde
Plot Keywords: revenge, ocean, thriller, adventure, horror, survival, hunt ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Robert Lansing and Lee Meriwether star in this warm and compelling family drama about a compassionate scientist who forms an unlikely friendship with a magnificent killer whale. In HD.
Plot Keywords: ocean, nature, adventure, family, friendship, rescue, 1960s ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: One of puppet-maker Geppetto's creations comes magically to life. This puppet, Pinocchio, has one major desire and that is to become a real boy someday. In order to accomplish this goal he has to learn to act responsibly. This film shows you the adventures on which he learns valuable lessons.—Peter Huiskes <huiskes@westbrabant.net>
Plot Keywords: fantasy, adventure, family, children, puppet, fairy tale, coming of age ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Willy the smart and rebellious whale and Jessie the orphaned boy team up to escape Willy's captivity and horrible owner to get back to his pod. Can they succeed with the help of Annie and Glenn Jessie's foster parents, Randolph the spiritual friend of Willy and Jessie, and Rae Willy's trainer?
Plot Keywords: family, adventure, animals, friendship, ocean, rescue, sequel ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: With help from her friends, an orphaned girl (Bindi Irwin) races to return a baby whale to the open sea.
Plot Keywords: family, adventure, animal, ocean, friendship, rescue, courage ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Willy the whale is back, this time threatened by illegal whalers making money off sushi. Jesse, now 16 years old, has taken a job on an orca-researching ship, along with old friend Randolph and a sarcastic scientist, Drew. On the whaler's ship is captain John Wesley and his 10-year-old son, Max, who isn't really pleased about his father's job, but doesn't have the gut to say so. Along the way, Willy reunites with Jesse, who helps Max realize that whales are a little more than just cheese burgers.—Bryan Chiu
Plot Keywords: family, adventure, animals, ocean, friendship, rescue, environmentalism ...
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