When the Whales Came

When the Whales Came (1989)

March 28th, 19891h 40min

Drama
63%

Overview

A pair of children befriend an eccentric old man, who lives isolated on the far shore of their island home. But it turns out that the old man knows a terrible secret about the island and the whales who sometimes come. Meanwhile WWI is making life hard in the village.


Make sure to check your pop-up blocker!!

Trailer

Similar Movies

Queen Marie of Romania

Queen Marie of Romania


Released on: 2019-11-08
Drama, History

Devastated by the First World War and plunged into political controversy, Romania's every hope accom...

Tuulinen päivä

Tuulinen päivä


Released on: 1962-11-09
Drama

The strange, disjointed love story in the existentialist film Windy Day transported the young lovers...

Gallipoli

Gallipoli


Released on: 1981-08-13
War, History, Drama

Two Australian sprinters face the brutal realities of war when they are sent to fight in the Gallipo...

Joyeux Noel

Joyeux Noel


Released on: 2005-11-09
Drama, War, Romance, History

France, 1914, during World War I. On Christmas Eve, an extraordinary event takes place in the bloody...

Orpopojan valssi

Orpopojan valssi


Released on: 1949-10-20
Drama, History

A biographical film about Finnish singer J. Alfred Tanner and his path through a failed career as a ...

gül

gül


Released on: 2024-01-24
Family, Drama, Comedy

A summer day amidst languages, meals, and misunderstandings. Gül, far away from home, works in a Tu...

Pretty Baby

Pretty Baby


Released on: 1978-04-05
Drama

Hattie, a New Orleans prostitute, meets a photographer named Bellocq at her brothel one night and, a...

Come Undone

Come Undone


Released on: 2000-06-07
Romance, Drama

Story of two gorgeous, young French boys who begin a passionate relationship that boils over and thr...

Eban and Charley

Eban and Charley


Released on: 2000-06-12
Drama

29-year-old Eban has retreated home to his parent's house in Seaside Oregon after the dissolution of...

Hagedorn

Hagedorn


Released on: 1996-01-09
Action, Drama

A biopic movie based on the titular figure.

Princess Protection Program

Princess Protection Program


Released on: 2009-06-08
Family, TV Movie, Comedy, Drama

When her nation is invaded, a young princess is taken into the Princess Protection Program. She is r...

Silmido

Silmido


Released on: 2003-12-24
Action, Drama

On 31 January 1968, 31 North Korean commandos infiltrated South Korea in a failed mission to assassi...

The Island of Contenda

The Island of Contenda


Released on: 1999-07-09
Drama

Cape Verde, 1964. At the feet of a mighty volcano, the traditional Cape Verdean society is undergoin...

Testament of Youth

Testament of Youth


Released on: 2015-01-16
History, Drama, War

Testament of Youth is a powerful story of love, war and remembrance, based on the First World War me...

Heartless

Heartless


Released on: 2014-05-22
Drama

Léo goes on vacation at his cousin's, in a fishing village. There, he meets a girl who goes by the n...

Red Morning

Red Morning


Released on: 1934-12-14
Adventure, Drama

A captain's daughter become marooned on an island after the ship is taken over by a mutinous crew.

Cookies

Cookies


Released on: 1975-08-20
Romance, Drama, Comedy

Henri Serin (Jean-Pierre Marielle), an umbrella salesman, leads a quiet life between his work, his f...

The Lost Battalion

The Lost Battalion


Released on: 2001-12-02
History, Drama, War, TV Movie

Fact-based war drama about an American battalion of over 500 men which gets trapped behind enemy lin...

The Wedding Game

The Wedding Game


Released on: 2009-01-25
Comedy, Drama

A black comedy centered on a recently engaged celebrity couple and the fans who have been following ...

Madeline

Madeline


Released on: 1998-07-10
Family, Comedy, Drama

Horrified at the prospect of her beloved school being sold, a young French girl named Madeline uses ...