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1. Finding Nemo (2003)
G | 100 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
After his son is captured in the Great Barrier Reef and taken to Sydney, a timid clownfish sets out on a journey to bring him home.
Directors: Andrew Stanton, Lee Unkrich | Stars: Albert Brooks, Ellen DeGeneres, Alexander Gould, Willem Dafoe
Votes: 1,113,466 | Gross: $380.84M
2. Nim's Island (2008)
PG | 96 min | Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Imagination and reality collide when young Nim's father goes missing at sea. Fate brings to her the author of the Alex Rover series, her favorite books, and together they try to find Nim's father.
Directors: Jennifer Flackett, Mark Levin | Stars: Jodie Foster, Gerard Butler, Abigail Breslin, Michael Carman
Votes: 36,887 | Gross: $48.01M
3. David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet (2020 TV Movie)
PG | 83 min | Documentary, Biography
One man has seen more of the natural world than any other. This unique feature documentary is his witness statement.
Directors: Alastair Fothergill, Jonathan Hughes, Keith Scholey | Stars: David Attenborough, Max Hughes
Votes: 34,559
4. Swinging Safari (2018)
R | 97 min | Comedy, Drama
A teenager comes of age in a small Australian town during the 1970s when a 200-ton blue whale gets washed up on a local beach.
Director: Stephan Elliott | Stars: Guy Pearce, Kylie Minogue, Jesse Denyer, Kotan Jacob
Votes: 2,694
5. The Blue Planet (2001)
TV-G | 49 min | Documentary
Mammoth series, five years in the making, taking a look at the rich tapestry of life in the world's oceans.
Stars: David Attenborough, Pierce Brosnan, Peter Scoones
Votes: 42,703
6. Racing Extinction (2015)
Not Rated | 90 min | Documentary, Adventure, News
A documentary that follows undercover activists trying to stave off a man-made mass extinction.
Director: Louie Psihoyos | Stars: Elon Musk, Joel Sartore, Louie Psihoyos, Charles Hambleton
Votes: 8,194
7. Samson & Sally (1984)
Not Rated | 59 min | Animation, Family, Romance
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 becomes fascinated about it and decides to go on a journey to find Moby Dick.
Director: Jannik Hastrup | Stars: Jesper Klein, Helle Hertz, Per Pallesen, Bodil Udsen
Votes: 861
8. 50 or Two Whales Meet on the Beach (2020)
122 min | Drama
Two 17-year-olds, Félix and Elisa, meet playing the Blue Whale Challenge, fall in love and decide to take on together the game's final challenge: suicide.
Director: Jorge Cuchi | Stars: Karla Coronado, José Antonio Toledano, Gerardo Trejoluna, Monica Jimenez
Votes: 232
9. Blue Whale (2019)
TV-14 | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A shy, innocent, and perfectionist boy is studying computer science at university.
Stars: Leila Hatami, Vishka Asayesh, Saed Soheili, Hosein Yari
Votes: 830
10. Black Mirror - Blue Whale (2022)
18 min | Short, Drama
A curious teenager decides to take part in a deadly online challenge. Where he has to complete daily tasks for 50 days, with the 50th task being to end his life.
Director: Jamie J. Wright | Stars: Finlay Dennis, Jamie J. Wright
Votes: 21
12. El tesoro (2008 TV Movie)
90 min | Adventure
When his mother dies, Fran is taken to an orphanage. He soon runs away to Galicia, the land where his parents were born. While taking a coastal walk, he is trapped by the tide, and is unable to get back home.
Director: Manuel Martín Cuenca | Stars: Xúlio Abonjo, María Blanco-Fafián, Paula Charlín, Antonio de la Torre
Votes: 46
13. How Life Began (2008 TV Movie)
Documentary, History
Was life triggered by some event, like lightning hitting a pond full of amino acids? Earth was teeming with life billions of years before the dinosaurs existed. Single celled organisms ... See full summary »
Director: Luke Ellis | Stars: Robert Hazen, Neil deGrasse Tyson, Marcelo Gleiser, George Coyne
Votes: 40
14. Pardon Us for Living But the Graveyard Is Full (2009)
Not Rated | 64 min | Documentary
30 years ago a gang of suburban teens stumbled across a bunch of abandoned instruments and formed The Fleshtones
Director: Geoffray Barbier | Stars: Joe Bonomo, Peter Buck, Steve Coleman, Dave Faulkner
Votes: 39
15. The Big Blue (2006 TV Movie)
Documentary
For years lobster and tuna fishermen knew about a unique spot in the ocean just off southern Australia. They also knew they were not the only ones reaping the riches of this treasure trove ... See full summary »
Votes: 6
16. The Three Different Ways Mammals Give Birth (2017)
5 min | Documentary, Animation, Short
Director: Petya Zlateva | Star: Julianna Zarzycki
17. Barry the Bear (1994 Video Game)
Family
Barry the Bear and his Eskimo friend teach kids a little bit about polar bears and Eskimos in this simple activity center in which you can play several simple mini-games.
18.
Timon & Pumbaa (1995–1999)
Episode:
Be More Pacific/Going Uruguay
(1995)
TV-Y | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
Pumba is an enchanted whale that allows you to ask for three wishes. Some wishes can be dangerous. Timon helps an insect to return home.
Directors: Tony Craig, Bobs Gannaway | Stars: Jim Cummings, Debi Derryberry, Quinton Flynn, Ernie Sabella
Votes: 59
19.
QI (2003– )
Episode:
Rubbish
(2020)
TV-PG | 29 min | Comedy, Game-Show
This week host Sandi Toksvig talks rubbish with Alan Davies, Bridget Christie, Johnny Vegas and Holly Walsh.
Director: Diccon Ramsay | Stars: Sandi Toksvig, Alan Davies, Bridget Christie, Johnny Vegas
Votes: 69
20.
The Essex Serpent (2022)
Episode:
I Break Things
(2022)
TV-14 | 47 min | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
Cora tries to put things behind her, but a chance encounter makes that complicated. Stella gets some bad news.
Director: Clio Barnard | Stars: Claire Danes, Tom Hiddleston, Frank Dillane, Clémence Poésy
Votes: 300
21.
The Essex Serpent (2022)
Episode:
Surfacing
(2022)
TV-14 | 50 min | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
Luke processes the incident. Cora has a realization. Will struggles with Stella's illness.
Director: Clio Barnard | Stars: Claire Danes, Tom Hiddleston, Frank Dillane, Clémence Poésy
Votes: 288
22.
Last Chance to See (2009–2010)
Episode:
Blue Whale
(2009)
60 min | Documentary
The San Ignacio Lagoon, Baja, is the mid-point in a 10,000 mile long migration route for the grey whale - one of the longest migrations of all mammals. They come here to mate, give birth ... See full summary »
Director: Tim Green | Stars: Stephen Fry, Mark Carwardine, Scott Cassell, Fernando Elorriaga
Votes: 26
23.
Toon in with Me (2021– )
Episode:
Fan-Tastic Friday #1
(2021)
TV-PG | Animation, Comedy
On the first-ever Fan-Tastic Friday episode, the show is dedicated to the fans at home, featuring their questions, suggestions, and submissions: The Wabbit Who Came to Supper (1942), Flirty Birdy (1945), Feud with a Dude (1968), Homesteader Droopy (1954), Walky Talky Hawky (1946).
Director: Mike Schmiedeler | Stars: Bill Leff, Kevin Fleming, Leila Gorstein, Sarah Rhodes
Votes: 7
24.
Sealab 2020 (1972)
Episode:
The Singing Whale
(1972)
TV-Y7 | 23 min | Animation, Adventure, Family
A new world opens up for Roger Cummings, a disabled boy whose father is doing research at Sealab, when Bobby befriends him and teaches him how to dive.
Directors: Joseph Barbera, William Hanna | Stars: Ross Martin, John Stephenson, Josh Albee, William Callaway
Votes: 13
25.
Nature (1982– )
Episode:
Nature's Biggest Beasts
(2019)
TV-PG | 53 min | Documentary, Family
The survival stories of the world's biggest beasts, including the Komodo dragon, whose appetite demands it take on prey 10 times its weight, and the giraffe, whose long neck presents a challenge to control blood pressure.
Star: Allan Peck
Votes: 11
26.
Nature (1982– )
Episode:
Portugal: Wild Land on the Edge
(2022)
TV-G | 53 min | Documentary, Family
Discovering the wildlife and landscapes of Portugal, including wild horses, storks, monk seals and more, from forests to coasts.
Director: Gernot Lercher | Star: James Lurie
Votes: 31
27.
MetaBallStudios (2013– )
Episode:
Sea Monsters Size Comparison
(2021)
10 min | Documentary, Animation
Here is an extensive presentation of fiction sea monsters along side their real world cousins living and extinct.
28.
PBS Eons (2017– )
Episode:
How Ancient Whales May Have Changed the Deep Ocean
(2021)
11 min | Documentary
In a whale fall a dead whale falls to the ocean floor becoming a rich habitat for bottom dwelling creatures. Whale falls are well know in shallow water but a group of scientists propose ... See full summary »
Star: Michelle Barboza-Ramirez
29.
Be Smart (2012– )
Episode:
What is Impossible in Evolution?
(2021)
20 min | Family
To help understand evolution better Joe looks at evolution from the perspective of what is impossible instead of what is possible. He introduces the fitness-landscape that postulates a ... See full summary »
Star: Joe Hanson
30.
Planet California (2022– )
Episode:
Rivers of Gold
(2022)
Documentary
California's wildlife adjusts to a world where drought, dams, and fire pose dire threats to an ecosystem connected by rivers on land, in the air, and in the sea.
Director: Rick Rosenthal | Stars: Amy Cordalis, Jeff Davis, Tom Stephenson, Valerie Zavala
Votes: 8
31.
Planet California (2022– )
Episode:
Close Encounters
(2022)
53 min | Documentary
A wild and spectacular cast of creatures on land and sea are ready for their close-up.
Director: Rick Rosenthal | Stars: Estrella Navarro, Mark Romanov, Ryan Seelbach, Valerie Zavala
Votes: 7
32.
Nature (1982– )
Episode:
The Whale Detective
(2020)
TV-PG | 53 min | Documentary, Family
Filmmaker Tom Mustill returns to California to investigate whales after a 30-ton humpback whale breached and landed on his kayak.
Director: Tom Mustill | Stars: Tom Mustill, Charlotte Kinloch, Joy Reidenberg, John Ryan
Votes: 13
33.
Beasters (2021– )
Episode:
Orca - Superpredator Whale and Shark Killer
(2021)
13 min | Documentary
Orcas are creative as well as powerful hunters using innovative techniques and organized group strategies to overcome the the largest prey in the ocean and even animals on shore.
34.
Trey the Explainer (2015– )
Episode:
Paleo Profile - Megalodon
(2015)
7 min | Documentary, History
Trey strives to find superlatives to describe Megalodon, an enormous shark that live alongside early human ancestors. Yet, he still debunks the exaggerations of several supposed documentaries.
Star: Trey Swenton
35.
Outrageous Acts of Science (2012– )
Episode:
Power Junkies
(2012)
TV-PG | 45 min | Documentary
Science is taking to the streets as amateur and professional scientists conduct experiments and post their exploits online, competing with other backyard scientists to go bigger and bolder.... See full summary »
Stars: Tim Dadabo, Helen Arney, Debbie Berebichez, Carin Bondar
Votes: 10
36.
Raptor Chatter (2018– )
Episode:
Perucetus: the Largest Whale Ever?
(2023)
6 min | Documentary, History
Paleontologists have discovered a partial skeleton for a whale-like basilosaur dubbed Pericetus Colossus that seems to be on par with the Blue Whale in size and mass. It though to have ... See full summary »
Star: Ezekiel O'Callaghan
37.
Out There Learning (2020– )
Episode:
The Incredible Truth About Krill that Scientists Got Wrong
(2023)
11 min | Documentary
Despite the decades long moratorium on hunting Antarctic blue whales their population has not recovered. The reason is in the life cycle of phytoplankton, krill and whales.
Director: John Willer | Star: Mathew Savoca
38.
EDGE Science (2017– )
Episode:
Prehistoric Manatee Whale Was Heaviest Animal to Ever Live | Perucetus
(2023)
22 min | Documentary, Animation
In 2010 Mario Urbina discovered a whale fossil in Peru which he named Perucetus. It may be heavier than the blue whale, long thought to be the largest animal to ever live. But the bones of Perucetus are bigger and denser.
39.
Be Smart (2012– )
Episode:
How Your Brain Makes Its Own Electricity
(2021)
20 min | Family
The cells in our bodies can communicate by exchanging chemicals. But that's too slow when quick action is needed. That's why neuron's use electricity. This is how they do it.
Star: Joe Hanson
40.
Deadly 60 (2009– )
Episode:
Sri Lanka, Part 1
(2012)
Documentary
Steve and his crew visit Sri Lanka for a rare encounter with the largest mammal on Earth, the blue whale. On land he comes face-to-face with a giant Asian elephant and finds two of Asia's deadliest snakes.
Director: Ruth Harries | Stars: Steve Backshall, Nick Allinson, Johnny Rogers
41.
Warski Live (2017– )
Episode:
#AllHailBlueWhale - Ghastly & Angry Pepe
(2017)
Comedy, Talk-Show
Andy and Chris talk to the YouTubers, Ghastly (of Fright Supremacy) and Angry Pepe.
Stars: Andy Warski, Chris Warski, Ghastly, Angry Pepe
42.
La planète des Géants (2017)
Episode:
La conquête des océans
(2017)
Documentary
Follow François Sarana and his diving team as he swims with a pod of sperm whales and samples one's excrement. Then watch a mother humpback whale train her calf. A romanticized narrative ... See full summary »
Director: Guillaume Vincent | Stars: Aldo Ferrucci, René Heuzey, Sharon Mann, François Sarano
43.
One Strange Rock (2018)
Episode:
Escape
(2018)
TV-14 | 47 min | Documentary
Astronaut Chris Hadfield believes the only chance for human survival is to escape from Earth and build a space colony, but there are real barriers.
Director: Graham Booth | Stars: Will Smith, Chris Hadfield, Ty Bowen, Iain Kerr
Votes: 300
44.
Beautiful Excursions (2006– )
Episode:
Açores, Les îles portugaises
(2017)
90 min | Documentary
A nice journey of Jérôme from Ponta Delgada (the meeting with Joao, the statue of Cabral , the church of Saint-Sebastian and the walk in the mountain) to Angra do Heroismo in the Terceira ... See full summary »
Director: Damien Pourageaux | Star: Jérôme Pitorin
45.
Our Planet (2019–2023)
Episode:
One Planet
(2019)
TV-PG | 50 min | Documentary
Witness the planet's breathtaking diversity -- from seabirds carpet-bombing the ocean to wildebeests eluding the wild dogs of the Serengeti.
Director: Adam Chapman | Star: David Attenborough
Votes: 2,570
46.
Beautiful Excursions (2006– )
Episode:
San Francisco, Los Angeles
(2010)
91 min | Documentary
A nice journey from Los Angeles (the meeting with Luca at Venice Beach , the mural painter, the graffiti wall, the Hall of Fame) to Pescadero and San Francisco (the meeting with Freddy, the... See full summary »
Director: Laurent Lichtensztajn | Star: Jérôme Pitorin