Quoyle is een zwijgzame veertiger met weinig zelfvertrouwen. Hij heeft genoeg van zijn huwelijk met de egoïstische Petal en keert met zijn tante en zijn dochtertje terug naar zijn geboorteplaats. In dit rustige vissersdorp gaat hij werken als verslaggever en al snel groeit zijn zelfvertrouwen. Na zijn ontmoeting met de jonge, leuke weduwe Wavey, lijkt ook de echte liefde in zijn leven te komen. Zijn geluk lijkt geen grenzen te kennen. Is Quoyle nu helemaal vrij en kan hij de rest van zijn leven genieten, of staan hem nog verrassingen te wachten...
Nee, helaas is The Shipping News nog niet beschikbaar op Netflix in Nederland.
| Writing | Robert Nelson Jacobs | Screenplay |
| Camera | Oliver Stapleton | Director of Photography |
| Directing | Lasse Hallström | Director |
| Sound | Christopher Young | Original Music Composer |
| Writing | Annie Proulx | Novel |
| Editing | Andrew Mondshein | Editor |
| Crew | Roger Maunder | Driver |
| Lighting | Barry Newhook | Rigging Grip |
| Lighting | Tim Murphy | Electrician |
| Camera | Sean Doran | Best Boy Grip |
| Crew | Rod Jerrett | Driver |
| Lighting | Flora Planchat | Electrician |
| Camera | Nigel Markham | Camera Loader |
| Lighting | John Roche | Electrician |
| Camera | Mark O'Neill | Camera Trainee |
| Directing | John Vatcher | Assistant Director Trainee |
| Directing | Paul Pope | Second Unit First Assistant Director |
| Directing | Kelly Stone | Second Unit First Assistant Director |
| Directing | Cara Powell | Second Assistant Director |
| Directing | Stephen P. Dunn | First Assistant Director |
| Camera | Keith Burgess | Second Assistant Camera |
| Art | David Gropman | Production Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Deborah Clarke | Costume Supervisor |
| Production | Linda Goldstein Knowlton | Producer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Christine Hart | Makeup Artist |
| Art | Karen Schulz Gropman | Art Direction |
| Production | Suzanne Smith Crowley | Casting |
| Production | Leslie Holleran | Producer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Elaine L. Offers | Makeup Artist |
| Art | Dusty Reeves | Art Department Coordinator |
| Art | Peter Rogness | Art Direction |
| Production | Irwin Winkler | Producer |
| Production | Billy Hopkins | Casting |
| Directing | Susanna David | Script Supervisor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Tania McComas | Makeup Artist |
| Production | Kerry Barden | Casting |
| Costume & Make-Up | Carol A. O'Connell | Hairstylist |
| Art | Gretchen Rau | Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | Renee Ehrlich Kalfus | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Emanuel Millar | Hairstylist |
| Production | Harvey Weinstein | Executive Producer |
| Production | Bob Weinstein | Executive Producer |
| Production | Diana Pokorny | Co-Producer |
| Production | Meryl Poster | Executive Producer |
| Production | Michele Platt | Co-Producer |
| Production | Rob Cowan | Producer |
| Production | Michelle Raimo Kouyate | Associate Producer |
| Production | Stephen P. Dunn | Associate Producer |
| Crew | Rick Gosse | Driver |
| Crew | Gerry Jackman | Cableman |
| Sound | Gerry Jackman | Boom Operator |
| Crew | Greg Thomas | Driver |
| Crew | Jamie Alcorn | Carpenter |
| Crew | Robert Whelan Jr. | Driver |
| Camera | Karl Simmons | Key Grip |
| Art | Kathee Reardigan | Set Buyer |
| Crew | Tim Murphy | Generator Operator |
