Andrew is een veelbelovende 19-jarige drummer die studeert aan een berucht conservatorium in Manhattan. Hij wil echter niet zo maar een muzikant zijn. Achtervolgd door de mislukte carrière van zijn vader, die schrijver was, en de angst dat het wel eens genetisch kan zijn, droomt hij ervan om de top te bereiken.
Nee, helaas is Whiplash nog niet beschikbaar op Netflix in Nederland.
| Writing | Damien Chazelle | Writer |
| Production | Jason Blum | Producer |
| Directing | Damien Chazelle | Director |
| Production | Michel Litvak | Producer |
| Camera | Sharone Meir | Director of Photography |
| Production | Helen Estabrook | Producer |
| Production | David Lancaster | Producer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Lisa Norcia | Costume Design |
| Production | Gary Michael Walters | Executive Producer |
| Production | Couper Samuelson | Executive Producer |
| Production | Jason Reitman | Executive Producer |
| Production | Jeanette Volturno | Executive Producer |
| Production | Terri Taylor | Casting |
| Art | Melanie Jones | Production Design |
| Editing | Tom Cross | Editor |
| Sound | Justin Hurwitz | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | Andy Ross | Music Supervisor |
| Production | Nicholas Britell | Co-Producer |
| Production | Mark David Katchur | Unit Production Manager |
| Directing | Nicolas Harvard | First Assistant Director |
| Directing | Rachel Jensen | Second Assistant Director |
| Production | Mark David Katchur | Line Producer |
| Production | Garrick Dion | Co-Producer |
| Production | Stephanie Wilcox | Co-Producer |
| Production | Sarah Potts | Co-Producer |
| Production | Phillip Dawe | Associate Producer |
| Crew | Mark Riccardi | Stunt Coordinator |
| Crew | Brady Romberg | Stunt Double |
| Crew | Kevin Patrick Burke | Stunt Double |
| Crew | Chester E. Tripp III | Stunt Double |
| Crew | Tamara Gagarin | Post Production Supervisor |
| Crew | Steven Stone | Stunts |
| Sound | Richard Henderson | Music Editor |
| Editing | John To | First Assistant Editor |
| Editing | Eugene Lok | Editorial Production Assistant |
| Camera | Chris Squires | "A" Camera Operator |
| Camera | Chris Squires | Steadicam Operator |
| Camera | Eric Leach | "B" Camera Operator |
| Camera | Rocker Meadows | First Assistant "A" Camera |
| Camera | Stephen Pazanti | First Assistant "B" Camera |
| Camera | Keith Rash | Second Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Chase A. Abrams | Digital Imaging Technician |
| Camera | Shane Duckworth | First Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Daniel C. McFadden | Still Photographer |
| Sound | Thomas Curley | Production Sound Mixer |
| Sound | David Stark | Boom Operator |
| Art | Hunter Brown | Art Direction |
| Art | Zak Faust | Art Department Coordinator |
| Sound | Michael O'Heney | Utility Sound |
| Production | Lianir Lopez | Art Department Production Assistant |
| Production | Katie Singleton | Art Department Production Assistant |
| Production | Cate Devaney | Art Department Production Assistant |
| Art | Karuna Karmarkar | Set Decoration |
| Art | Brian Chapman | Leadman |
| Art | Tim Dodge | Set Dresser |
| Art | Chris Maxson | Set Dresser |
| Costume & Make-Up | Jeremy Cisneros | On Set Dresser |
| Art | Annie Brandt | Property Master |
| Art | Nicole Ruby | Assistant Property Master |
| Crew | Zak Knight | Special Effects Coordinator |
| Crew | Ron Rosegard | Special Effects Technician |
| Lighting | Elan Yaari | Gaffer |
| Lighting | Kevin Perry | Best Boy Electric |
| Camera | Sean C. Mehen | Key Grip |
| Camera | Joseph Teague | Best Boy Grip |
| Camera | Wayne Stroud | Dolly Grip |
| Camera | Francisco Sonic Kim | Grip |
| Camera | Kris White | Grip |
| Costume & Make-Up | Nacoma Whobrey | Makeup Department Head |
| Costume & Make-Up | Heather Plott | Key Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Traci E. Smithe | Hair Department Head |
| Costume & Make-Up | David Larson | Key Hair Stylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Tobe West | Makeup Department Head |
| Costume & Make-Up | Tobe West | Hair Department Head |
| Art | Drew Rebelein | Construction Coordinator |
| Crew | Bob Fox | Key Scenic Artist |
| Crew | Scott Shauger | Propmaker |
| Crew | Patrick Butcher | Propmaker |
| Production | Kandice Billingsley | Location Manager |
| Production | Brigette Pope | Assistant Location Manager |
| Production | Jillian Stricker | Location Manager |
| Crew | Lynn Johnson | Set Medic |
| Production | Christopher H. Warner | Production Supervisor |
| Production | Josh Sathre | Production Coordinator |
| Directing | Arek Bagboudarian | Second Second Assistant Director |
| Directing | Nicolas Harvard | Second Unit Director |
| Crew | John Betts | Set Production Assistant |
| Production | Drew Sykes | Production Assistant |
| Production | Ali Wilber | Production Assistant |
| Production | Thealonious Dickerson | Key Set Production Assistant |
| Crew | Boman Modine | Set Production Assistant |
| Crew | Dan Bierbower | Set Production Assistant |
| Directing | Tracy Scott | Script Supervisor |
| Production | Sarah Domeier Lindo | Casting Associate |
| Production | Andrew Stubblefield | Extras Casting |
| Production | Heather Sirota | Extras Casting |
| Production | Niccole Ostonio | Post Production Coordinator |
| Crew | Hershel Cohen | Post Production Assistant |
| Sound | Craig Mann | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Sound | Ben Wilkins | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Sound | Ben Wilkins | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | Craig Mann | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | Joe Schiff | Dialogue Editor |
| Sound | Lauren Hadaway | Sound Editor |
| Sound | Eric Flickinger | Sound Mix Technician |
| Sound | Laura Wiest | Sound Mix Technician |
| Sound | Judah Getz | ADR Mixer |
| Sound | Alicia Hadaway | Foley Artist |
| Sound | Dawn Fintor | Foley Artist |
| Sound | Scott Curtis | Foley Mixer |
| Production | Barbara Harris | ADR Voice Casting |
| Visual Effects | Jamison Scott Goei | Visual Effects Supervisor |
| Visual Effects | David Lebensfeld | Visual Effects Supervisor |
| Visual Effects | Grant Miller | Visual Effects Supervisor |
| Editing | Natasha Leonnet | Digital Intermediate Colorist |
| Art | Rafi Pogosyan | Title Designer |
| Editing | Parker Laramie | Assistant Editor |
