

In the Heart of the Sea
Based on the incredible true story that inspired Moby Dick
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 almost human sense of vengeance.
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6.8/10
4,550 votes
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- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $100M
- Box office
- $93.9M
- Language
- English
- sea
- suicide
- ship
- ocean
- whale
- shipwreck
- hunger
- based on true story
- survival
- stranded
- cannibal
- whaling
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Spain, United States of America, Italy
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IndiaIN
- Theatrical4 Dec 2015
United StatesUS
- PremierePG-13New York City7 Dec 2015
- TheatricalPG-1311 Dec 2015
- PhysicalPG-138 Mar 2016
United KingdomGB
- PremiereLondon2 Dec 2015
- Theatrical12A26 Dec 2015
- Physical12DVD & Blu-ray2 May 2016
AustraliaAU
- TheatricalM3 Dec 2015
ArgentinaAR
- Theatrical10 Dec 2015
AustriaAT
- Theatrical10 Dec 2015
BelgiumBE
- Theatrical169 Dec 2015
Bosnia & HerzegovinaBA
- Theatrical3 Dec 2015
BrazilBR
- Theatrical143 Dec 2015
BulgariaBG
- Theatrical4 Dec 2015
CambodiaKH
- Theatrical3 Dec 2015
ChileCL
- Theatrical3 Dec 2015
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In the Heart of the Sea was released on 3 December 2015.
Audience reviews
4- R7/10
Reno
7/24/2016
> We actually know this story, but not the truth until now! Ron Howard's latest sea adventure, stars Chris Hemsworth in an important role. So the people comparing it with 'Moby Dick', because both the film is about the same story, but one was inspired and the other one was, I mean this film was based on the actual event. I had seen the BBC film 'The Whale', not a bad film for a low budget television film. Most imp…
- S8/10
StbMDB
5/7/2017
I love these type of 18th century film flair, and the whole pirate-like or merchant crew voyaging to the open sea looking for a non-abundant resource later to be topped with an impossible foe because of the technology at the time thus lead to strand in mother nature. Good stuff!
- P6/10
Peter McGinn
4/3/2022
This movie never really grabbed me. I was impressed by I guess what real critics call the cinematography. Some of the scenes of the action on the ship and the ocean vistas, were realistic and placed me there in the same way I felt like I was there. With Master and Commander. The plot was adequate to the task as well. A familiar story thanks to Moby Dick, but that was the point. My problem was with the characters. …
- J10/10
James
8/13/2026
I think this is a film more people should see to understand how fragile our world is there are other films that show this, too. In this movie, nature fights back after most of the whales have been killed for their oi that killer whale only exists because humans hunted them for such a long time.
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