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Deepwater Horizon

When faced with our darkest hour, hope is not a tactic.

2016 • 107 min • Drama · Action

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Synopsis

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.

Our family guide

Best from age 13

Movie Knight Score

4981 reviews

100 Reviewers · 3 · 53%
69 Audience · 4978 · 47%

Based on true events, this film depicts the catastrophic explosion and fire on the Deepwater Horizon oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico, focusing on the crew members fighting for survival and attempting to prevent further disaster.

Violence & peril: 8/10
Language: 7/10
Drinking, drugs & smoking: 3/10
Romance & sensuality: 0/10
Scary moments: 8/10

Heads up

Intense disaster sequences
Frequent strong language
Graphic injuries and deaths
Depiction of PTSD

What it models well

Courage under pressure
Teamwork and sacrifice
Resilience in crisis

Talk about it after

The real-life Deepwater Horizon incident
Environmental consequences of oil spills
Heroism of ordinary people

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Top billed cast

Director: Peter Berg • Crew: Matthew Michael Carnahan, Matthew Sand

Trailers & clips

Deepwater Horizon (2016) Official Movie Trailer – ‘Heroes’

Deepwater Horizon (2016) – Official Teaser Trailer - Mark Wahlberg

Reviewer notes

Recommended
**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.…
Filipe Manuel Neto, TMDB Community

RecommendedTrusted family reviewers
**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.…
Reno, TMDB Community

RecommendedTrusted family reviewers
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.…
Dark Jedi, TMDB Community