The Moby Dick films
The goal of this list is to seek the top rated adaptation of Herman Melville's Magnum Opus: Moby-Dick.
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- DirectorJohn HustonStarsGregory PeckRichard BasehartLeo GennThe sole survivor of a lost whaling ship relates the tale of his captain's self-destructive obsession to hunt the white whale, Moby Dick.
- StarsHenry ThomasPatrick StewartHugh Keays-ByrneThe sole survivor of a lost whaling ship relates the tale of his Captain's self-destructive obsession to hunt the white whale, Moby Dick.
- DirectorTrey StokesStarsBarry BostwickRenée O'ConnorMatt LaganA modern-day adaptation of the classic novel featuring the captain of a high tech submarine and his obsessive quest to destroy the enormous prehistoric whale that maimed him.
- DirectorLloyd BaconStarsJohn BarrymoreJoan BennettLloyd HughesIn this extremely loose adaptation of Melville's classic novel, Ahab is revealed initially not as a bitter and vengeful madman, but as a bit of a lovable scamp. Ashore in New Bedford, he meets and falls for Faith Mapple, daughter of the local minister and beloved of Ahab's brother Derek. Faith herself quickly returns Ahab's love, as Derek is drab and ignoble. On his next voyage, however, Ahab loses a leg to the monstrous white whale Moby-Dick. When upon his return to New Bedford he mistakenly believes Faith wants nothing to do with him because of his disfigurement, Ahab returns to sea with only one goal in mind -- to find and kill the great white whale.
- DirectorOrson WellesStarsOrson Welles
- StarsWilliam HurtEthan HawkeCharlie CoxThe sole survivor of a lost whaling ship relates the tale of his captain's self-destructive obsession to hunt the white whale, Moby Dick.
- DirectorPaul StanleyStarsJack AransonCaptain Ahab's descent into madness destroys everyone around him. This powerful character drew John Barrymore, Orson Wells and John Huston. This film has been called the best, most authentic version of Herman Melville's MOBY DICK.
- DirectorAlbert McCleeryStarsVictor JoryLamont JohnsonHarvey StephensThe demented, ruthless Captain Ahab pursues the white whale which took off his leg years before.
- DirectorNatalya OrlovaStarsTim GuineeWilliam HootkinsWilliam Hope
- DirectorChristopher RowleyStarsGreg AtkinsJustin ChatwinCurtis HarrisonThe true story of the surviving sailors whose whaling ship was destroyed by a sperm whale.
- DirectorOrson WellesStarsGordon JacksonChristopher LeePatrick McGoohanA play-within-a-play of Moby Dick by Orson Welles.
- DirectorDave ZdonStarsStan BernardH.T. AltmanSasha AndreevMonsterQuest goes to the Azores in order to look for an albino sperm whale and investigate the theory that such an animal would be hostile.
- DirectorMillard WebbStarsJohn BarrymoreDolores CostelloGeorge O'HaraThis silent movie is based on Melville's classic Moby Dick. Ahab and his brother compete for the affections of minister's daughter Esther. But the great white whale has been eluding the harpooners, bearing many scars of failed attacks. Can our hero Ahab succeed where others have perished?
- DirectorJannik HastrupStarsJesper KleinHelle HertzPer PallesenSamson 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.
- StarsGregory PeckPatrick StewartHenry ThomasThis was a documentary on the 1998 TV version Documentary about the making of the 1998 TV version adaptation of Herman Melville's classic novel.
- DirectorDwayne Carey-HillPeter AvanzinoStarsBilly WestKatey SagalJohn DiMaggioWhile traveling through the Bermuda Tetrahedron, the crew encounters a giant four-dimensional space whale.
- DirectorRichard SlapczynskiStarsAlistair DuncanRon HaddrickBarbara FrawleyIn 1841 young Ishmael signs aboard the whaling ship Pequod, under the command of the strict, one-legged Capt. Ahab. Ishmael soon finds out that Ahab is searching for the legendary while whale Moby Dick, who cost Ahab his leg, and he will let nothing stand in the way of his getting his revenge on the beast.
- DirectorRyan LittleStarsDanny GloverVinnie JonesCorey SevierHerman Melville's classic novel Moby Dick, is recreated in a world where Captain Ahab and his crew search for a Great White Dragon.
- DirectorYoram GrossStarsKim DeaconRobyn MooreKeith ScottYoung girl Dot and her friend Nelson the dolphin find Tonga, a beached whale who lost her family in whalers attack and wants to die. Dot believes that Moby Dick could convince Tonga to live, so Nelson takes Dot to Antarctica to find him.
- DirectorPixote HuntJoe JohnstonStarsMacaulay CulkinChristopher LloydKanin HowellA cowardly boy, who buries himself in accident statistics, enters a library to escape a storm, only to be transformed into an animated illustration by the Pagemaster. He has to work through obstacles from classic books to return to real-life.