The Abyss (1989)

#1623 worldwide · charting in 7 countries

Movie · 140 min · PG-13 · act, drm, trl, scf

The Abyss poster

A civilian oil rig crew is recruited to conduct a search and rescue effort when a nuclear submarine mysteriously sinks. One diver soon finds himself on a spectacular odyssey 25,000 feet below the ocean's surface where he confronts a mysterious force that has the power to change the world or destroy it.

  • 7.5 IMDb
  • 7.4 TMDB
  • 75% Rotten Tomatoes
  • 93 JustWatch

Where to watch The Abyss

Available on 11 platforms across 8 countries.

Chart positions today

Currently charting in 7 countries, best placed at #186 in Denmark.

Available languages

Audio: English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, PT-BR, Polish, Spanish

Subtitles: Arabic, Chinese, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, ES-419, English, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hungarian, Icelandic, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, PT-BR, Polish, Portuguese, Slovenian, Spanish, Swedish

Chart history

The Abyss has spent 4 days in a top 3, 10 days in a top 10 and 72 days in a top 100 across the markets we track. Its best position anywhere is #1.

Netflix viewing figures

Netflix has published 2,452,400,000 views for The Abyss across 5 weeks in its official global Top 10.

Cast

Ed Harris, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Michael Biehn, Leo Burmester, Todd Graff, John Bedford Lloyd, Kimberly Scott, Chris Elliott, J.C. Quinn, Pierce Oliver Brewer, Jr., George Robert Klek, Christopher Murphy, Adam Nelson, Dick Warlock, Jimmie Ray Weeks, J. Kenneth Campbell, Peter Ratray, Michael Beach

Crew

Gale Anne Hurd (producer), Van Ling (producer), James Cameron (director)

Awards

1 wins from 5 nominations.

  • Academy Award for Best Visual Effects 1990 — won
  • Academy Award for Best Cinematography 1990 — nominated
  • Academy Award for Best Production Design 1990 — nominated
  • Academy Award for Best Sound 1990 — nominated
  • Academy Award for Best Visual Effects 1990 — nominated