What is the iRankMovies score for Deepwater Horizon?

Name: Deepwater Horizon
Director: Peter Berg
Genre: action, drama
Released: 2016
Duration: 1 h 47 min
Rating: 7.1

Deepwater Horizon has an iRankMovies score of 73.1/100, based on a weighted combination of IMDb (×3.0), Rotten Tomatoes (×2.0), Metacritic (×1.5), and TMDb (×1.0).

Deepwater Horizon (2016)

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

Release:2016

Runtime:1h 47m

Country:United States

Director:Peter Berg

Language:English

Genre

ActionDrama

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Keywords

RescueSeaPost Traumatic Stress Disorder PtsdBased On True StoryDisasterExplosionOil SpillTrapped

iRank73

Deepwater Horizon rating: IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic

IMDb7.1/10· 198K votes

Rotten Tomatoes82%

Metacritic68%

TMDb6.898/10· 5K votes

With 82% on Rotten Tomatoes, backed by 7.1/10 on IMDb and 68/100 on Metacritic, critical reception of this film has been positive.

About Deepwater Horizon

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.

Cast of Deepwater Horizon

Mark Wahlberg
as Mike Williams
Kurt Russell
as Jimmy Harrell
John Malkovich
as Donald Vidrine
Gina Rodriguez
as Andrea Fleytas
Dylan O'Brien
as Caleb Holloway
Kate Hudson
as Felicia Williams
J.D. Evermore
as Dewey Revette
Ethan Suplee
as Jason Anderson
Dave Maldonado
as Capt. Curt Kuchta
Henry Frost
as Shane Roshto
J
Jeremy Sande
as Adam Weise
Brad Leland
as Robert Kaluza

Deepwater Horizon facts

Budget: $110M
Box office: $121.8M

Ranked by the iRankMovies editorial teamUpdated August 2026Methodology Data sources

Audience opinions

What the audience liked

•Peter Berg delivers explosive disaster action based on authentic true events
•Gulf of Mexico catastrophe premise combines spectacle with environmental stakes
•Ensemble cast conveys urgency and human cost within action-drama framework

What the audience disliked

•Disaster-action focus may overshadow corporate accountability narrative complexity
•True story adaptation sometimes prioritizes thrills over substantive commentary