Free Willy: watch order
The movies in the series, sorted by release date. Total runtime: 4 h 53 min. The series primarily follows an orphan boy named Jesse who befriends a killer whale named Willy, and eventually develops a strong connection. While trying to juggle his newly found life, he and Willy are challenged with overcoming or defeating various hazards to the ocean or Willy himself including corporate greed, hunters, poachers and oil disasters.
Movie 1Free Willy (1993)
1 h 52 min · ★ 6.2
When maladjusted orphan Jesse vandalizes a theme park, he is placed with foster parents and must work at the park to make amends. There he meets Willy, a young Orca whale who has been separated from his family. Sensing…
Movie 2Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home (1995)
1 h 35 min · ★ 5.9
Jesse becomes reunited with Willy three years after the whale's jump to freedom as the teenager tries to rescue the killer whale and other orcas from an oil spill.
Movie 3Free Willy 3: The Rescue (1997)
1 h 26 min · ★ 6.1
Willy the whale is back, this time threatened by illegal whalers making money off sushi. Jesse, now 16, has taken a job on an orca-researching ship, along with old friend Randolph and a sarcastic scientist, Drew. On the…
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