Jesse is in een pleeggezin geplaatst, maar loopt weg en bekladt het bassin van een dolfinarium met spuitverf. De politie brengt hem terug naar de pleegouders met de opdracht dat hij alles schoonmaakt. Bij de uitvoering hiervan sluit hij vriendschap met Willy, een eigenwijze orka die niet veel van mensen moet hebben en al van jongs af aan in gevangenschap leeft.
Nee, helaas is Free Willy nog niet beschikbaar op Netflix in Nederland.
| Production | Jennie Lew Tugend | Producer |
| Editing | O. Nicholas Brown | Editor |
| Art | Charles Rosen | Production Design |
| Directing | Simon Wincer | Director |
| Production | Lauren Shuler Donner | Producer |
| Camera | Robbie Greenberg | Director of Photography |
| Art | Diane Yates | Art Direction |
| Writing | Corey Blechman | Screenplay |
| Sound | Basil Poledouris | Original Music Composer |
| Costume & Make-Up | April Ferry | Costume Design |
| Sound | Michael Jackson | Theme Song Performance |
| Sound | Tim Chau | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Sound | Tim Chau | Sound Designer |
| Writing | Keith Walker | Screenplay |
| Sound | Charles Ewing Smith | Sound Editor |
| Sound | Peter Tomaszewicz | Sound Editor |
| Crew | Thomas R. Ward | Special Effects Coordinator |
| Sound | Nils C. Jensen | Sound Editor |
| Production | Richard Donner | Executive Producer |
| Crew | Dennis Scott | Stunt Coordinator |
| Camera | Marty Snyderman | Underwater Camera |
| Art | Harold Fuhrman | Set Designer |
| Camera | Pete Romano | Underwater Camera |
| Crew | Bob Talbot | Cinematography |
| Sound | Bernard Weiser | Sound Editor |
| Sound | Albert Gasser | Sound Editor |
| Writing | Keith Walker | Story |
| Sound | David Kern | Sound Editor |
| Production | Arnon Milchan | Executive Producer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Pamela S. Westmore | Makeup Artist |
| Sound | Jeff Clark | Sound Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Cheri Ruff | Hairstylist |
| Sound | William Jacobs | Sound Editor |
| Sound | Thomas Milano | Music Editor |
| Sound | Chris Jargo | Supervising ADR Editor |
| Sound | Leonard T. Geschke | Sound Editor |
| Art | Mary Olivia McIntosh | Set Decoration |
| Production | Judy Taylor | Casting |
| Production | Douglas C. Merrifield | Associate Producer |
| Production | Mark Marshall | Associate Producer |
| Art | James W. Slater | Leadman |
| Production | Richard Solomon | Co-Producer |
| Production | Charles Skouras III | Unit Production Manager |
| Directing | Mark Cotone | Second Assistant Director |
| Art | Chas. Butcher | Art Direction |
| Production | Penelope L. Foster | Co-Producer |
| Production | Lynda Gordon | Casting |
| Sound | Joel Sill | Music Consultant |
| Production | Jim Van Wyck | Co-Producer |
| Directing | Jim Van Wyck | First Assistant Director |
