Since it arrived on Netflix,In the Heart of the Seahas become a streaming hit.

ButHustons film would parallel the story ofIn the Heart of the Seain really interesting waysin a double feature.

There are over a dozen film and TV adaptations of Melvilles book.

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But Hustons effort from 1956 remains the best movie version ofMoby Dick.

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Collage of Chris Hemsworth in In the Heart of the Sea and Gregory Peck in Moby Dick

Moby Dick (1956): This film adaptation of Herman Melville’s classic novel follows Ishmael, a sailor on the whaling ship Pequod, commanded by Captain Ahab. Obsessed with revenge, Ahab sets the crew on a perilous journey in relentless pursuit of the elusive great white whale, Moby Dick.

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Moby Dick (1956): This film adaptation of Herman Melville’s classic novel follows Ishmael, a sailor on the whaling ship Pequod, commanded by Captain Ahab. Obsessed with revenge, Ahab sets the crew on a perilous journey in relentless pursuit of the elusive great white whale, Moby Dick.

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