

Deepwater Horizon
When faced with our darkest hour, hope is not a tactic.
A story set on the offshore drilling rig Deepwater Horizon, which exploded during April 2010 and created the worst oil spill in U.S. history.
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6.9/10
5,080 votes
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- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $110M
- Box office
- $121.8M
- Language
- English
- rescue
- sea
- post-traumatic stress disorder (ptsd)
- based on true story
- disaster
- explosion
- oil spill
- trapped
- oil rig
- disaster movie
- gulf of mexico
- bp
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Produced in
United States of America, Hong Kong
Where to watch
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Release dates
IndiaIN
- Digital / OTT9 Oct 2020
United StatesUS
- PremiereNew Orleans, Louisiana19 Sept 2016
- TheatricalPG-1330 Sept 2016
- PhysicalPG-1310 Jan 2017
United KingdomGB
- Theatrical12A29 Sept 2016
United Arab EmiratesAE
- Theatrical29 Sept 2016
AustraliaAU
- TheatricalM6 Oct 2016
CanadaCA
- Premiere14AToronto International Film Festival13 Sept 2016
- Theatrical14A30 Sept 2016
ArgentinaAR
- Theatrical29 Sept 2016
AzerbaijanAZ
- Theatrical29 Sept 2016
BahrainBH
- Theatrical29 Sept 2016
BelgiumBE
- Theatrical1412 Oct 2016
BrazilBR
- Theatrical12Estréia10 Nov 2016
BulgariaBG
- TheatricalC30 Sept 2016
Frequently asked questions
Deepwater Horizon was released on 28 September 2016.
Audience reviews
3- D6/10
Dark Jedi
3/3/2017
As expected this is a bit of a propaganda movie against BP but that was of course rather expected. It is still watchable. The dramatization is fairly well done and the effects are believable as well as enjoyable. If you watch it as a disaster drama and special effects movie it is definitely okay. As a documentary, well I would say that it falls short. The movie only covers the initial explosion. Once the platform …
- R8/10
Reno
3/16/2017
**To remind us our errors and limits.** It was a surprising film. Because it was based on a real event, but there's nothing much about heroism which is essential for most of this kind of film and its success to inspire the viewers. I liked that. They just wanted to tell the story. Not to create a hero nor a villain. But due to the casting, Mark Wahlberg looks the centre of the story. And also points out a negative…
- F6/10
Filipe Manuel Neto
11/18/2022
**Very well-balanced, the film does not tire us and provides good entertainment.** Disaster and accident films are common, although I feel that, for the last ten years, this has been an underexplored genre. The film is based on a true incident where a massive oil drilling rig suffered critical safety failures, eventually catching fire and collapsing. After investigations, the inadequate operation of a team that wa…
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