De film vertelt het waargebeurde verhaal van het BP-boorplatform Deepwater Horizon dat in 2010 het gezicht werd van een ecologische ramp in de Golf van Mexico. Het beruchte Britse booreiland vloog in brand en explodeerde op 20 april 2010 tijdens boringen.
Nee, helaas is Deepwater Horizon nog niet beschikbaar op Netflix in Nederland.
| Visual Effects | Hunter Elliott | Visual Effects Coordinator |
| Crew | Jessica Williams | Stunt Double |
| Writing | J.C. Chandor | Writer |
| Production | Robert Kessel | Executive In Charge Of Production |
| Visual Effects | Katherine Chambers | Visual Effects Production Manager |
| Directing | Peter Berg | Director |
| Writing | Matthew Michael Carnahan | Screenplay |
| Crew | Tim Trella | Stunt Coordinator |
| Art | Billy Sender | Set Dresser |
| Production | Mark Vahradian | Producer |
| Production | Mark Wahlberg | Producer |
| Production | Lorenzo di Bonaventura | Producer |
| Production | David Womark | Producer |
| Art | Marc Fisichella | Supervising Art Director |
| Costume & Make-Up | Kasia Walicka Maimone | Costume Design |
| Sound | Steve Jablonsky | Original Music Composer |
| Production | Todd Lewis | Co-Producer |
| Production | Jeff Skoll | Executive Producer |
| Writing | Matthew Sand | Screenstory |
| Production | Tricia Wood | Casting |
| Production | Cliff Lanning | Co-Producer |
| Production | Jonathan King | Executive Producer |
| Production | Deborah Aquila | Casting |
| Camera | Enrique Chediak | Director of Photography |
| Production | Lauren Downey | Associate Producer |
| Art | Douglas Cumming | Art Direction |
| Writing | Matthew Sand | Screenplay |
| Art | Erik Haraldsted | Art Direction |
| Editing | Colby Parker, Jr. | Editor |
| Production | Petra Holtorf | Co-Producer |
| Editing | Gabriel Fleming | Editor |
| Art | Chris Seagers | Production Design |
| Art | Victor J. Zolfo | Set Decoration |
| Camera | Phil Pastuhov | Helicopter Camera |
| Camera | Peter Zuccarini | Underwater Camera |
| Visual Effects | Tiffany Wu | Visual Effects Producer |
| Production | Kate Evans | Casting Associate |
| Art | Lauren Slatten | Assistant Art Director |
| Art | Carla S. Nemec | Art Department Coordinator |
| Sound | Ryan Rubin | Music Editor |
| Visual Effects | Samantha Dark | Visual Effects Coordinator |
| Visual Effects | Leslie Valentino | Visual Effects Producer |
| Lighting | Andy Ryan | Gaffer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Olivia Vestina Torres | Set Costumer |
| Visual Effects | Claudia Li | Visual Effects Coordinator |
| Directing | Alexander B. Hill | Script Supervisor |
| Lighting | Ferdinand Duplantier Jr. | Rigging Gaffer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Kelly Herdus | Set Costumer |
| Camera | Jacques Jouffret | Steadicam Operator |
| Visual Effects | Hugh Brompton | Visual Effects Coordinator |
| Camera | Karina Silva | Camera Operator |
| Lighting | Max Patrucco | Rigging Grip |
| Visual Effects | Petra Holtorf | Visual Effects Producer |
| Camera | Hans Bjerno | Helicopter Camera |
| Visual Effects | Joanie Croteau | Visual Effects Coordinator |
| Directing | Sam Sullivan | Script Supervisor |
| Sound | Del Spiva | Music Editor |
| Visual Effects | Lauren Fong | Visual Effects Coordinator |
| Lighting | Jaim O'Neil | Gaffer |
| Crew | Rob Andrews | CG Supervisor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Antoinette Scherer | Set Costumer |
| Camera | Michael Stumpf | Camera Operator |
| Visual Effects | Karina Mariano | Visual Effects Coordinator |
| Visual Effects | William Bartlett | Visual Effects Coordinator |
| Art | Brittany Loar | Assistant Art Director |
| Visual Effects | Martine Losier | Visual Effects Coordinator |
| Visual Effects | Rebecca Vujanovic | Visual Effects Coordinator |
| Directing | Dug Rotstein | Script Supervisor |
| Art | Rick Newsome | Storyboard Designer |
| Camera | Coy Aune | Camera Operator |
| Crew | Troy Brown | Stunts |
| Crew | Bob Brown | Stunts |
| Sound | Renée Tondelli | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Sound | Wylie Stateman | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Crew | Jeff 'JJ' Dashnaw | Stunts |
| Production | Stephen Levinson | Producer |
| Sound | Dror Mohar | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | Mike Prestwood Smith | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Crew | Marshall T. Broyles | Special Effects Technician |
| Directing | Cliff Lanning | First Assistant Director |
| Visual Effects | Craig Hammack | Visual Effects Supervisor |
| Visual Effects | Sophie Cullen | Visual Effects Producer |
| Visual Effects | Jeff Sutherland | Compositing Supervisor |
| Visual Effects | Jason Billington | Visual Effects Supervisor |
| Visual Effects | Jason H. Snell | Visual Effects Supervisor |
| Visual Effects | Burt Dalton | Special Effects Supervisor |
| Production | Tamara Bally | Associate Producer |
| Sound | David Wyman | Production Sound Mixer |