Maria, Henry en hun drie zoons gaan in de winter op vakantie en zoeken het mooie weer op in Thailand. Maar in de ochtend van 26 december, wanneer de familie rustig bij het zwembad zit, zien ze een grote zwarte vloedgolf hun kant op komen. Ze worden getroffen door een tsunami. Maria komt na een hevige klap weer boven water, maar weet zeker dat haar familie het niet gered heeft. Dan ziet ze haar oudste zoon Lucas verderop in het water...
Nee, helaas is The Impossible nog niet beschikbaar op Netflix in Nederland.
| Directing | J. A. Bayona | Director |
| Writing | Sergio G. Sánchez | Writer |
| Sound | Fernando Velázquez | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Óscar Faura | Director of Photography |
| Production | Belén Atienza | Producer |
| Production | Álvaro Augustin | Producer |
| Production | Ghislain Barrois | Producer |
| Production | Shaheen Baig | Casting |
| Costume & Make-Up | Anna Bingemann | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Sparka Lee Hall | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Maria Reyes | Costume Design |
| Art | Jaime Anduiza | Art Direction |
| Art | Dídac Bono | Art Direction |
| Art | Lek Chaiyan Chunsuttiwat | Art Direction |
| Art | Marina Pozanco | Art Direction |
| Costume & Make-Up | Itziar Arrieta | Hairstylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Rick Findlater | Hairstylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Giorgio Gregorini | Hairstylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Hilary Haines | Hairstylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Sarah Love | Hairstylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | David Martí | Special Effects Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Marta Roggero | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Chiara Ugolini | Makeup Artist |
| Production | Jaime Ortiz de Artiñano | Producer |
| Production | Eva Leira | Casting |
| Production | Howard Meltzer | Casting |
| Production | Yolanda Serrano | Casting |
| Sound | Nicolas Becker | Foley Artist |
| Sound | Mark DeSimone | ADR Mixer |
| Sound | Laura Díez Mora | Dialogue Editor |
| Sound | Nicolas Fioraso | Foley Artist |
| Sound | Jorge García Bastidas | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | Peter Glossop | Sound |
| Sound | Cyril Holtz | Foley Recordist |
| Sound | Marc Orts | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Art | Eugenio Caballero | Production Design |
| Production | Enrique López Lavigne | Producer |
| Production | Sandra Hermida | Executive Producer |
| Editing | Bernat Vilaplana | Editor |
| Editing | Elena Ruiz | Editor |
| Production | Javier Ugarte | Executive Producer |
| Writing | María Belón | Story |
| Art | Pilar Revuelta | Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | Alessandro Bertolazzi | Makeup Designer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Alessandro Bertolazzi | Hair Designer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Montse Ribé | Special Effects Makeup Artist |
| Sound | Oriol Tarragó | Sound Designer |
| Sound | Oriol Tarragó | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Sound | Stephen McLaughlin | Music Score Producer |
