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1. Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)

PG-13 | 143 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy

Blacksmith Will Turner teams up with eccentric pirate "Captain" Jack Sparrow to save his love, the governor's daughter, from Jack's former pirate allies, who are now undead.

Director: Gore Verbinski | Stars: Johnny Depp, Geoffrey Rush, Orlando Bloom, Keira Knightley

Votes: 1,214,720 | Gross: $305.41M

2. Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (2007)

PG-13 | 169 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy

Captain Barbossa, Will Turner and Elizabeth Swann must sail off the edge of the map, navigate treachery and betrayal, find Jack Sparrow, and make their final alliances for one last decisive battle.

Director: Gore Verbinski | Stars: Johnny Depp, Orlando Bloom, Keira Knightley, Geoffrey Rush

Votes: 695,728 | Gross: $309.42M

3. The Fall (I) (2006)

R | 117 min | Adventure, Drama, Fantasy

In 1920s Los Angeles, a bedridden patient in a hospital captivates a young girl with a fantastic tale of heroes, myths, and villains on a desert island.

Director: Tarsem Singh | Stars: Lee Pace, Catinca Untaru, Justine Waddell, Kim Uylenbroek

Votes: 116,904 | Gross: $2.28M

4. The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004)

R | 119 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

With a plan to exact revenge on a legendary shark that killed his partner, oceanographer Steve Zissou (Bill Murray) rallies a crew that includes his estranged wife, a journalist, and a man who may or may not be his son.

Director: Wes Anderson | Stars: Bill Murray, Owen Wilson, Anjelica Huston, Cate Blanchett

Votes: 211,418 | Gross: $24.01M

5. The Adventures of Tintin (2011)

PG | 107 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

Intrepid reporter Tintin and Captain Haddock set off on a treasure hunt for a sunken ship commanded by Haddock's ancestor.

Director: Steven Spielberg | Stars: Jamie Bell, Andy Serkis, Daniel Craig, Simon Pegg

Votes: 243,720 | Gross: $77.59M

6. Treasure Island (1950)

PG | 96 min | Adventure, Family

The treasure seeking adventures of young Jim Hawkins and pirate captain Long John Silver.

Director: Byron Haskin | Stars: Bobby Driscoll, Robert Newton, Basil Sydney, Walter Fitzgerald

Votes: 9,509

7. Nim's Island (2008)

PG | 96 min | Adventure, Family, Fantasy

Imagination and reality collide when young Nim's father goes missing at sea. Fate brings to her the author of the Alex Rover series, her favorite books, and together they try to find Nim's father.

Directors: Jennifer Flackett, Mark Levin | Stars: Jodie Foster, Gerard Butler, Abigail Breslin, Michael Carman

Votes: 36,960 | Gross: $48.01M

8. The Sea Hawk (1940)

Approved | 127 min | Action, Adventure, History

Geoffrey Thorpe, a buccaneer, is hired by Queen Elizabeth I to nag the Spanish Armada. The Armada is waiting for an attack on England and Thorpe surprises them with attacks on their galleons where he shows his skills with the sword.

Director: Michael Curtiz | Stars: Errol Flynn, Brenda Marshall, Claude Rains, Donald Crisp

Votes: 10,789

9. Treasure Island (2012)

90 min | Action, Adventure, History

In 1765, young English boy Jim Hawkins gets involved with buccaneers during his quest to find pirate Captain Flint's treasure buried on a secret island.

Stars: Barnaby Kay, Elijah Wood, Madhur Mittal, Daniel Mays

Votes: 6,328

10. The Pirate Fairy (2014 Video)

G | 78 min | Animation, Adventure, Family

When Zarina steals Pixie Hollow's Blue Pixie Dust and flies away, Tinker Bell and her friends sets on a journey to get them back.

Director: Peggy Holmes | Stars: Mae Whitman, Christina Hendricks, Tom Hiddleston, Lucy Liu

Votes: 14,706

11. The Spanish Main (1945)

Passed | 100 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance

After being wronged by the Caribbean authorities, a Dutch captain turns pirate to wage war.

Director: Frank Borzage | Stars: Paul Henreid, Maureen O'Hara, Walter Slezak, Binnie Barnes

Votes: 1,895

12. Swashbuckler (1976)

PG | 101 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

A pirate and a hot-tempered noblewoman join forces to protect Jamaica from a tyrant.

Director: James Goldstone | Stars: Robert Shaw, James Earl Jones, Peter Boyle, Geneviève Bujold

Votes: 1,886

13. Mysterious Island (2005 TV Movie)

172 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy

To escape evils of the Civil War, Cyrus removes his small family and random war prisoners by way of hot air balloon. Once landing on an island, the group finds they are surrounded by danger... See full summary »

Director: Russell Mulcahy | Stars: Kyle MacLachlan, Danielle Calvert, Gabrielle Anwar, Patrick Stewart

Votes: 2,336

14. Nate and Hayes (1983)

PG | 99 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

A swashbuckling adventure which takes place in the mid-1800's on the South Pacific islands where bloody raids and battles were once the rule of the day.

Director: Ferdinand Fairfax | Stars: Tommy Lee Jones, Michael O'Keefe, Max Phipps, Jenny Seagrove

Votes: 2,401 | Gross: $1.96M

15. Pirates of Tortuga (1961)

Not Rated | 97 min | Adventure

An English captain and his crew are dispatched to the Spanish-controlled island of Tortuga, where famed privateer Henry Morgan has defected from his support of the English Empire and is ... See full summary »

Director: Robert D. Webb | Stars: Ken Scott, Letícia Román, Dave King, John Richardson

Votes: 429

16. The Buccaneers (1956–1957)

30 min | Adventure, Drama

The Crown takes Tempest's stronghold. The ex-pirate wins a pardon and becomes a privateer. He and Deputy Gov. Beamish fight Spanish raiders despite their unease. They defend the Caribbean.

Stars: Robert Shaw, Paul Hansard, Brian Rawlinson, Edwin Richfield

Votes: 189

17. Ghost in the Noonday Sun (1974)

90 min | Adventure, Comedy

In the 17th century, a pirate captain is murdered by his cook after he buries his treasure and marks it on a map but the poor-memory cook must rely on the captain's ghost to re-track the loot, since the map was drawn in disappearing ink.

Directors: Peter Medak, Spike Milligan, Peter Sellers | Stars: Peter Sellers, Anthony Franciosa, Spike Milligan, Clive Revill

Votes: 351

18. Against All Flags (1952)

Approved | 84 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

Brian Hawke of the Royal Navy versus the pirates of Madagascar.

Directors: George Sherman, Douglas Sirk | Stars: Errol Flynn, Maureen O'Hara, Anthony Quinn, Alice Kelley

Votes: 2,968

19. Treasure Island (1934)

Passed | 110 min | Adventure, Family

Young Jim Hawkins is torn between his loyalty to his benefactors and his affection for lovable rogue Long John Silver in their struggle to recover a buried pirate treasure.

Director: Victor Fleming | Stars: Wallace Beery, Jackie Cooper, Lionel Barrymore, Otto Kruger

Votes: 3,177 | Gross: $2.54M

20. Planet of the Vampire Women (2011)

Not Rated | 95 min | Comedy, Sci-Fi

Led by a lethal space-pirate Captain, a band of dangerous intergalactic corsairs manage to pull off an impossible heist at a space casino, only to find themselves chest-deep into trouble, as cosmic bloodsuckers pick them off one by one.

Director: Darin Wood | Stars: Liesel Hanson, Jawara Duncan, Stephanie Hyden, Keith Letl

Votes: 187

21. John Paul Jones (1959)

126 min | Action, Biography, History

The career of Revolutionary War naval hero from his youth in Scotland through his service to Catherine the Great of Russia.

Director: John Farrow | Stars: Robert Stack, Marisa Pavan, Charles Coburn, Erin O'Brien

Votes: 1,445

22. The Pirates of Blood River (1962)

Approved | 87 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

A group of ruthless pirates attack a seventeenth century Huguenot settlement on the Isle of Devon in search of treasure and will stop at nothing to obtain it.

Director: John Gilling | Stars: Kerwin Mathews, Glenn Corbett, Christopher Lee, Peter Arne

Votes: 1,206

23. The Devil-Ship Pirates (1964)

Approved | 86 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller

A damaged privateer deserts the Spanish Armada and makes land for repairs near a village on the British coast, terrorizing the local inhabitants.

Director: Don Sharp | Stars: Christopher Lee, Andrew Keir, John Cairney, Duncan Lamont

Votes: 921

24. Buccaneer's Girl (1950)

Approved | 77 min | Action, Adventure, Romance

A New Orleans entertainer falls for a pirate who has another identity.

Director: Frederick De Cordova | Stars: Yvonne De Carlo, Philip Friend, Robert Douglas, Elsa Lanchester

Votes: 689

25. The Pirates of Penzance (1980 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 122 min | Comedy, Musical

A young man named Frederick leaves the zany band of pirates he was raised by to find true love and respectability, but when the Pirate King turns up to call on an old debt, Frederick must ... See full summary »

Directors: Wilford Leach, Joshua White | Stars: Kevin Kline, G. Eugene Moose, Rex Smith, Patricia Routledge

Votes: 451

26. The Sea Hawk (1924)

Passed | 123 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance

A wrongly-convicted English gentleman goes from galley slave to pirate captain.

Director: Frank Lloyd | Stars: Milton Sills, Enid Bennett, Lloyd Hughes, Wallace Beery

Votes: 644 | Gross: $0.78M

27. Captain Pugwash (1957–1975)

5 min | Animation, Family

The adventures of Captain Pugwash and his crew aboard the pirate ship - the Black Pig.

Stars: Peter Hawkins, Noel Coleman

Votes: 246

28. The Adventures of Captain Pugwash (1998–2001)

12 min | Animation, Adventure, Family

Set sail with Captain Pugwash and his madcap crew of misfits who have been delighting readers for over 40 years. New animation, original stories and a wider array of characters provide the ... See full summary »

Stars: Nigel Davenport, David Rintoul, Colin McFarlane, Brian Bowles

Votes: 40

29. The King's Pirate (1967)

Approved | 100 min | Adventure

A Royal Navy officer, posing as a deserter, joins a crew of pirates in an effort to infiltrate and destroy from within the notorious pirate stronghold of Diego Suarez.

Director: Don Weis | Stars: Doug McClure, Jill St. John, Guy Stockwell, Mary Ann Mobley

Votes: 219

30. Morgan the Pirate (1960)

93 min | Adventure

A Welsh pirate raids up and down the Caribbean, battling the Spanish, the English and other pirates.

Directors: André De Toth, Primo Zeglio | Stars: Steve Reeves, Valérie Lagrange, Ivo Garrani, Lidia Alfonsi

Votes: 425

31. Yankee Buccaneer (1952)

Approved | 86 min | Adventure, History, Romance

Captain David Porter of the fledgling American Navy receives orders to masquerade as a privateer in order to corral some Caribbean pirates.

Director: Frederick De Cordova | Stars: Jeff Chandler, Scott Brady, Suzan Ball, Joseph Calleia

Votes: 366

32. Double Crossbones (1951)

Approved | 76 min | Adventure

After being falsely accused of dishonesty, a young man decides to become a pirate.

Director: Charles Barton | Stars: Donald O'Connor, Helena Carter, Will Geer, John Emery

Votes: 361

33. From Hare to Eternity (1997)

TV-PG | 7 min | Animation, Short, Adventure

When pirate Yosemite Sam discovers Bugs Bunny's treasure chest, the rabbit, unwilling to part with his riches, pursues Sam aboard his ship and proceeds to pester the pirate until he pleads for mercy.

Director: Chuck Jones | Stars: Frank Gorshin, Greg Burson, Jeff McCarthy

Votes: 320

34. True Caribbean Pirates (2006 TV Movie)

120 min | History

Blackbeard, Henry Morgan, Ann Bonny and Black Bart Roberts. Larger than life, more dangerous than legend - pirates and buccaneers set sail for plunder. Shot in high definition - True ... See full summary »

Director: Tim Prokop | Stars: Kimberly Adair, Pierre André, Frankie Angel, Bruno Angelico

Votes: 159

35. The Great Adventures of Captain Kidd (1953)

Approved | 230 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

The British Admirality assigns two officers, Richard Dale and Alan Duncan, to gather evidence to convict Captain Kidd of piracy in the English courts. They sail for New York to learn the ... See full summary »

Directors: Derwin Abrahams, Charles S. Gould | Stars: Richard Crane, David Bruce, John Crawford, George D. Wallace

Votes: 56

36. The Chef's Kitchen (2008– )

23 min | Reality-TV

Tips and techniques from the nation's top chefs done in a reality television format.

Stars: Tinamarie Nicolo, Hope Cohen

37. Pirates (1998)

104 min | Documentary, History

Discovery examines the history of "Golden age of Piracy." The program takes a detailed look at the harsh lives of pirates, their tactics, motivations and why they would choose such a life. ... See full summary »

Director: Henry Chancellor | Stars: Lorna Bennett, Rachel Ferjani, Gabriel Byrne, Chris Jarman

Votes: 70

38. Carmela, Saved by the Buccaneers (2012)

76 min | Adventure, Drama

Based on the novel Jolanda, the daughter of the Black Corsar by Emilio Salgari.

Directors: Giovanni Maderna, Mauro Santini | Stars: Mimmo Boccuni, Sussò Boccuni, Carmela Lupoli, Grazia Solfrizzi

Votes: 8

39. Kings of the Atlantic (2020)

95 min | Adventure, Thriller

A British family in the 1730s shipwrecks on an island inhabited by bloodthirsty pirates.

Director: Michael Fredianelli | Stars: Keely Dervin, Bryan Hurd, Robert Paine, Wyatt Tithof

Votes: 13

40. A Wicky, Wacky Romance (1939)

Approved | 8 min | Animation, Short, Romance

Pirates take a hula dancer as captive and it's up to her beloved to rescue her.

Directors: Mannie Davis, Connie Rasinski

Votes: 22

41. Moop and Dreadly in the Treasure on Bing Bong Island (2002 Video Game)

E | Animation, Adventure, Comedy

Kid buccaneer Dreadly and his best friend, a silent big cute purple creature called Moop, find a treasure map that leads to the Golden Glockenspiel, but pirate captain James Trench plans to get to it first.

Director: Ron Gilbert | Stars: Dex Manley, Kelly Wright, Jock Blaney, Klem Daniels

42. Heavy Metal: The Evolution of the Naval Warship (2009 TV Movie)

90 min | Documentary, History, War

This two-hour series covers the evolution of the design and armament of ocean-going warships. From wooden hulls and sails to nuclear powered floating naval bases, Heavy Metal has it all. ... See full summary »

Votes: 13

43. Elizabeth R (1971)
Episode: The Enterprise of England (1971)

TV-14 | 90 min | Biography, Drama, History

The infirm King Philip II of Spain is eager to avenge the death of Mary, Queen of Scots and incidentally, make good on his inheritance from Mary as the Catholic claimant to the English ... See full summary »

Director: Donald McWhinnie | Stars: Glenda Jackson, Robert Hardy, Ronald Hines, Stephen Murray

Votes: 86

44. Winsome Witch (1965–1967)
Episode: Sea-Dogged (1966)

Animation, Comedy, Family

Winnie is captured by pirates and forced to serve as a scullery maid by their scurvy captain. The witch decides to teach the buccaneer some manners.

Directors: Joseph Barbera, William Hanna | Star: Jean Vander Pyl

45. Globe Trekker (1994– )
Episode: Galleons, Pirates and Treasure (2007)

TV-14 | 47 min | Documentary, Adventure

The traveler follows historical routs that Spaniards had used for transporting gold from Americas to Spain until the late 16th century, as well as the routs of most famous pirates that raided the shipments and the colonies' ports.

Director: Dominic Allan | Star: Megan McCormick

Votes: 7

46. Terra X - Rätsel alter Weltkulturen (1982– )
Episode: Imperium - Das Gold der Piraten (2011)

Documentary, History

Modern archaeologists and treasure hunters still dive in the Caribbean for remnants of the once immense piracy activity there, peeking around 1600. half a billion Euro . Tordesillas ... See full summary »

Directors: Günther Klein, Andrea Oster | Stars: Maximilian Schell, Gert Heidenreich, Hartmut Roder

47. The Great Ships (1996– )
Episode: The Pirate Ships (1997)

Not Rated | 47 min | Documentary, History

A history brief of piracy through eighteen centuries, with emphasis on ship building and maneuvering in the eighteenth century.

Director: Monte Markham | Stars: Monte Markham, Stuart Frank, David Cordingly, Richard Luckett

Votes: 17

48. The Chef's Kitchen (2008– )
Episode: Buccaneer Blends Sauce (2008)

23 min | Reality-TV

Chef Tony Clark uses Buccaneer Blends BBQ Sauce in a variety of family favorite dishes.

Director: Steven Horn | Star: Tinamarie Nicolo

49. A Cow, a Cat and the Ocean (2006)
Episode: Marins d'eau Douce (2006)

11 min | Animation, Family

In search of a unique treasure, the Cow and the Cat join an aspiring pirate and his only crew member, a colourful Toucan bird, in their rickety ship. Can the Cow and the Cat come up with a clever solution in exchange for their freedom?

Director: Prakash Topsy | Stars: Laura Préjean, Donald Reignoux