Pirate movies and TV shows

The list contains the best, new and most relevant pirate movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out exciting, captivating, humorous, serious, stylized and cult classic films and TV shows about / with pirate, escapades, ship, swashbuckler, rivalry, danger, treasure, captain, island and treasure hunt plots mostly in Adventure, Action and Fantasy genres shot in USA, UK, Germany and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as pirate: Black Sails (2014), The Pirates of Blood River (1962), Cutthroat Island (1995), Crossbones (2014), The Pirates (2014), Pan (2015), Treasure Island (2012), Treasure Island (2007), Edge of the World (2021), Black Lagoon (2006).

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 8.2
 112K
Black Sails (2014)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama
Country: South Africa, USA
Duration: 56 min.
TV show
Story: The pirate adventures of Captain Flint and his men twenty years prior to Robert Louis Stevenson’s classic “Treasure Island.” Flint, the most brilliant and most feared pirate captain of his day, takes on a fast-talking young addition to his ...
Style: exciting, stylized, suspense, historical drama, costume drama ...
Audience: teens
Plot: pirate, captain, pirate ship, swashbuckler, island, treasure, gold, treasure hunt, ship, graphic violence, danger, sea ...
Time: 18th century, 19th century, ancient times
Place: caribbean, syria, america, west indies
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The Pirates of Blood River (1962)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 87 min.
Story: A group of ruthless pirates attack a 17th Century Huguenot settlement on the Isle of Devon in search of treasure and will stop at nothing to obtain it.
Style: exciting, captivating, entertaining, light, tense ...
Plot: pirate, treasure hunt, swashbuckler, danger, rivalry, escapades, infidelity, island, village, gold, greed, penal colony ...
Time: 17th century
Place: caribbean
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Cutthroat Island (1995)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy
Country: USA, Italy, Germany, France
Duration: 124 min.
Story: Morgan Adams and her slave, William Shaw, are on a quest to recover the three portions of a treasure map. Unfortunately, the final portion is held by her murderous uncle, Dawg. Her crew is skeptical of her leadership abilities, so she must complete ...
Style: exciting, breathtaking, light, humorous, semi serious ...
Audience: boys' night, kids
Plot: pirate, treasure hunt, swashbuckler, island, ship, female protagonist, pirate ship, sword fight, treasure, adventurer, treasure map, heroine ...
Time: 17th century
Place: caribbean, fictional island
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 6.4
 7K
Crossbones (2014)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: It's 1715 on the Bahamian island of New Providence, the first functioning democracy in the Americas, where the diabolical pirate Edward Teach, a.k.a. Blackbeard, reigns over a rogue nation of thieves, outlaws and miscreant sailors. Part ...
Style: exciting, stylized, serious, historical drama, realistic ...
Plot: pirate, danger, escapades, notoriety, rivalry, medieval, terrorizing, sailing, criminal, captain, sorcery, revolution ...
Time: 18th century
Place: bahamas
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 6.5
 5K
The Pirates (2014)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: South Korea
Duration: 130 min.
Story: On the eve of the founding of the Joseon Dynasty, a whale swallows the Emperor's Seal of State being brought to Joseon by envoys from China. With a big reward on whoever brings back the royal seal, mountain bandits led by Jang Sa-jung go out to ...
Style: exciting, serious, humorous, captivating, tense ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: pirate, joseon dynasty, martial arts, rivalry, danger, battles, escapades, medieval, ship, ocean, sailing, asian history ...
Time: 14th century, middle ages
Place: korea, ancient china
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 5.7
 67K
Pan (2015)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, UK, Australia
Duration: 111 min.
Story: Living a bleak existence at a London orphanage, 12-year-old Peter finds himself whisked away to the fantastical world of Neverland. Adventure awaits as he meets new friend James Hook and the warrior Tiger Lily. They must band together to save ...
Style: fairy tale, visually appealing, stylized, serious, exciting ...
Audience: kids, teens, family outing, chick flick, adult
Plot: pirate, magic, fantasy world, childhood, mischievous children, young heroes, good versus evil, heroes, child in peril, child hero, orphan, treasure hunt ...
Time: 1940s, future, year 2015, 1930s
Place: vietnam, fictional island, london
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Treasure Island (2012)
Genre: Action, Adventure, History, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Ireland, UK
Duration: 180 min.
TV show
Story: Treasure Island is a two-part British television miniseries adaptation of the novel Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson. It was made by BSkyB and first shown in the United Kingdom on Sky1 on 1–2 January 2012. The screenplay was by Stewart ...
Style: captivating, suspenseful, atmospheric, epic, costume drama ...
Plot: treasure hunt, pirate, expedition, treasure map, island, ship, treasure, adventurer, heroes, rivalry, escapades, danger ...
Time: 18th century
Place: england, fictional island, caribbean
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Treasure Island (2007)
Genre: Adventure
Country: Germany
Duration: 186 min.
Story: A terrible storm is raging the night it all begins - with a knock on the door. 17-year-old Jim Hawkins helps his widowed mother run their little tavern on the coast of 19th century England. When the door is opened they are startled by a sight that ...
Style: serious, captivating, exciting, intense, talky
Audience: kids, teens
Plot: pirate, treasure map, ship, adventurer, young heroes, obsessive quest, heroes, daring rescue, rebelliousness, betrayal, escapades, danger ...
Time: 18th century, 21st century
Place: fictional island, caribbean
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Edge of the World (2021)
Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: Biopic about Sir James Brooke, the British adventurer who became King of Sarawak in the 1840's and embarked on a lifelong crusade to end piracy and head-hunting - only to face charges of murder and piracy himself.
Style: captivating, tense
Plot: pirate, fighting the system, murder, piracy, jungle, battles, escapades, showdown, fighting crime, fight, fight for supremacy, monster ...
Time: victorian era, 19th century, 1930s, 1840s
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Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (2011)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 137 min.
Story: Captain Jack Sparrow crosses paths with a woman from his past, and he's not sure if it's love -- or if she's a ruthless con artist who's using him to find the fabled Fountain of Youth. When she forces him aboard the Queen ...
Style: romantic, exciting, witty, semi serious, humorous ...
Audience: teens, girls' night, chick flick, boys' night, family outing ...
Plot: pirate, swashbuckler, mermaid, ship, chase, treasure hunt, fantasy world, treasure, captain, sword fight, mythical creature, adventurer ...
Time: 18th century, georgian era, year 2011
Place: london, iran, britain, fictional island, madagascar ...
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 7.9
 18K
Black Lagoon (2006)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 25 min.
TV show
Story: Black Lagoon is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Rei Hiroe. It has been published in Shogakukan's Monthly Sunday Gene-X since 2002, and nine collected volumes have been released so far. It was later adapted into an anime ...
Style: anime, exciting, suspenseful, humorous, psychological ...
Audience: kids
Plot: danger, gunfight, pirate, mercenary, kidnapping, team, rivalry, violence, arms dealer, gang, criminal, femme fatale ...
Time: 90s
Place: japan, colombia, asia, southeast asia, thailand
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 7.7
 296K
The Goonies (1985)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story: A young teenager named Mikey Walsh finds an old treasure map in his father's attic. Hoping to save their homes from demolition, Mikey and his friends Data Wang, Chunk Cohen, and Mouth Devereaux run off on a big quest to find the secret stash of ...
Style: feel good, funny, entertaining, intense, sentimental ...
Audience: kids, teens, family friendly, girls' night, date night ...
Plot: treasure hunt, childhood, treasure, pirate, treasure map, children, mischievous children, pirate ship, group of friends, map, friendship, cave ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: oregon, astoria oregon, usa
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 6.0
 9K
Pirates (1986)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Romance
Country: France, Tunisia
Duration: 121 min.
Story: Captain Red runs a hardy pirate ship with the able assistance of Frog, a dashing young French sailor. One day Capt. Red is captured and taken aboard a Spanish galleon, but thanks to his inventiveness, he raises the crew to mutiny, takes over the ...
Style: spoof, grindhouse, dramatic, action comedy, exciting ...
Audience: teens, family outing, boys' night
Plot: pirate, pirate ship, ship, swashbuckler, sailing, piracy, seafaring, knight, cannon, sorcery, captain, renaissance ...
Time: 17th century
Place: eastern europe, spain, europe
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Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 143 min.
Story: Jack Sparrow, a freewheeling 17th-century pirate, quarrels with a rival pirate bent on pillaging Port Royal. When the governor's daughter is kidnapped, Sparrow decides to help the girl's love save her.
Style: exciting, fairy tale, entertaining, dark fantasy, visually stunning ...
Audience: teens, kids, girls' night, family friendly, chick flick ...
Plot: pirate, treasure hunt, ship, sword fight, fantasy world, treasure, captain, pirate ship, pirate captain, swashbuckler, curses spells and rituals, escapades ...
Time: 18th century, year 2003, 2000s, georgian era
Place: caribbean, britain, iran, fictional island, haiti ...
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Frenchman's Creek (1998)
Genre: Drama, History, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 120 min.
Story: Seeking to escape the stifling London court society, the beautiful headstrong Lady Dona St. Columb flees to her family estate on the Cornish coast. Her new freedom swiftly brings her into contact with the dashingly handsome French privateer Jean ...
Style: realistic, captivating, serious, atmospheric, stylized
Plot: pirate, love and romance, strength, women, infidelity, dishonesty, escapades, master and servant, politics, estate, power relations, couples ...
Time: 17th century, 18th century
Place: england, europe, london, cornwall
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 6.3
 10K
Neverland (2011)
Genre: Adventure, Fantasy
Country: UK
Duration: 180 min.
TV show
Story: Raised on the streets of turn-of-the century London, orphaned Peter and his pals survive by their fearless wits as cunning young pickpockets. Now, they've been rounded up by their mentor Jimmy Hook to snatch a priceless, some believe, magical ...
Style: exciting, fairy tale, stylized, serious, captivating ...
Audience: family outing, kids
Plot: pirate, troubled teen, danger, fairy, mysterious place, peter pan, youth, orphan, young heroes, imaginary kingdom, treasure, rescue ...
Time: turn of the century, 20th century, 1900s, 18th century
Place: london
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Treasure Island (1990)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 132 min.
Story: Young Jim Hawkins, while running the Benbow Inn with his mother, meets Captain Billy Bones, who dies at the inn while it is beseiged by buccaneers led by Blind Pew. Jim and his mother fight off the attackers and discover Billy Bones' treasure ...
Style: cult classic, semi serious, suspenseful, exciting, surprise ending ...
Audience: kids, family outing
Plot: treasure, pirate, treasure hunt, ship, treasure map, swashbuckler, courage, blind character, siege, sailing, betrayal, chase ...
Time: 18th century
Place: fictional island, caribbean
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Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales (2017)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: USA, Australia, UK, Canada
Duration: 129 min.
Story: Thrust into an all-new adventure, a down-on-his-luck Capt. Jack Sparrow feels the winds of ill-fortune blowing even more strongly when deadly ghost sailors led by his old nemesis, the evil Capt. Salazar, escape from the Devil's Triangle. ...
Style: fairy tale, funny, dark fantasy, witty, entertaining ...
Audience: family outing, teens, chick flick
Plot: pirate, fantasy world, swashbuckler, sword fight, ship, treasure hunt, sea, sailboat, ship captain, revenge, jungle, dead man ...
Time: 18th century, year 2017
Place: caribbean
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 7.2
 132K
Treasure Planet (2002)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 95 min.
Story: When space galleon cabin boy Jim Hawkins discovers a map to an intergalactic "loot of a thousand worlds," a cyborg cook named John Silver teaches him to battle supernovas and space storms. But, soon, Jim realizes Silver is a pirate intent ...
Style: fairy tale, entertaining, exciting, futuristic, stylized ...
Audience: kids, family friendly, toddlers, teens, pre-teens ...
Plot: steampunk, treasure hunt, treasure, pirate, alien, space travel, outer space, fictional planet, adventurer, androids and robots, treasure map, betrayal ...
Time: future, year 2002, distant future
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Our Flag Means Death (2022)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Biography, Comedy, History, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: After trading in the seemingly charmed life of a gentleman for one of a swashbuckling buccaneer, Stede Bonnet becomes captain of the pirate ship Revenge. Struggling to earn the respect of his potentially mutinous crew, Stede’s fortunes change ...
Style: funny, feel good, laugh out loud, period piece, nautical ...
Audience: date night
Plot: lgbt, ship, gay, pirate, swashbuckler, lgbtq, captain, gay couple, villain, aristocrat, piracy, life ...
Time: 18th century
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Pirates: Blood Brothers (1999)
Genre: Action, Adventure
Country: Italy, Germany
Duration: 360 min.
TV show
Story: Two brothers fell in love with the same woman, who was nearly killed by one of them in an accident. After the two men parted in anger, they meet years later when one is a famous pirate and the other one is a soldier who needs to hunt him down...
Style: serious, realistic
Plot: pirate, treasure hunt, adventurer, escapades, vengeance, soldier, moral dilemma, rivalry, love and romance, spy, reconciliation, family relations ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: caribbean
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 6.2
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Blackbeard (2006)
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany, France, UK
Duration: 120 min.
Story: Go inside the cunning mind of Englishman Edward Teach. A charming criminal genius, the fearsome pirate who preyed on Caribbean trade routes: Blackbeard. An intelligent and charismatic leader who confounded the powers of England and Virginia as he ...
Style: thought provoking, captivating, disturbing
Plot: pirate, pirate captain, royal navy, swashbuckler, piracy, treasure hunt, murder, evil man, historical character, historical figure, pirate ship, conservative ...
Time: 18th century
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The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists! (2012)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: The luxuriantly bearded Pirate Captain is a boundlessly enthusiastic, if somewhat less-than-successful, terror of the High Seas. With a rag-tag crew at his side, and seemingly blind to the impossible odds stacked against him, the Captain has one ...
Style: colorful, humorous, entertaining, funny, claymation ...
Audience: kids
Plot: pirate, stop motion, mentor, rivalry, greed, treasure hunt, twists and turns, creativity, friendship, rescue, pirate ship, queen victoria ...
Time: 19th century, year 2012, 1800s, edwardian era, 2010s ...
Place: caribbean, fictional island, england, madagascar, london
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The Immortal Voyage of Captain Drake (2009)
Genre: Adventure, Fantasy
Country: Bulgaria, USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story: Sir Francis Drake goes on a quest to find the legendary Tree of Life, battling the Spanish Armada, sea monsters, sorceress and his bitter nemesis Captain Don Sandovate on the way.
Style: intense, entertaining, captivating, suspense, exciting ...
Plot: pirate, storm at sea, sailboat, pirate captain, queen, kidnapping, death, sultan, magic, puzzle, cave, scorpion ...
Time: 16th century
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Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas (2003)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 88 min.
Story: The sailor of legend is framed by the goddess Eris for the theft of the Book of Peace, and must travel to her realm at the end of the world to retrieve it and save the life of his childhood friend Prince Proteus.
Style: fairy tale, entertaining, exciting, colorful, humorous ...
Audience: kids, preschool
Plot: pirate, mythology, treasure hunt, sinbad, arabian nights, chase, treasure, swashbuckler, heroes, danger, good versus evil, friendship ...
Time: ancient times, year 2003, medieval times, middle ages, 8th century
Place: mediterranean sea, sicily
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 5.3
 5K
The Island (1980)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story: David Warner leads a band of modern day pirates who raid yachts and sail boats of people on vacation out in the Caribbean. Michael Caine is a reporter who goes out there with his son to investigate the mystery of the disappearing boats. He runs ...
Style: suspenseful, tense, suspense, rough, cult classic ...
Plot: island, survival, pirate, kidnapping, rescue, insanity, ship, father son relationship, brainwashing, violence, supernatural, ocean ...
Time: year 1980, 70s
Place: caribbean, miami, new york
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Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 151 min.
Story: Captain Jack Sparrow works his way out of a blood debt with the ghostly Davey Jones, he also attempts to avoid eternal damnation.
Style: exciting, humorous, entertaining, mystical, saga ...
Audience: family outing, teens, kids, girls' night, chick flick ...
Plot: pirate, sword fight, fantasy world, swashbuckler, ship, treasure, beast, supernatural, revenge, fortune teller, treasure hunt, magical ...
Time: 18th century, year 2006, georgian era, 2000s
Place: caribbean, britain, iran, fictional island, jamaica
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The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack (2008)
Genre: Animation, Short, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA, South Korea
Duration: 11 min.
TV show
Story: The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack is an American animated television series created by Thurop Van Orman for Cartoon Network that premiered on June 5, 2008, and ended on August 30, 2010. On April 20, 2012, this series returned to Cartoon ...
Style: humorous, feel good, captivating, adult cartoon, adult animation ...
Audience: kids, family outing, family friendly, teens, pre-teens
Plot: pirate, human animal relationship, friendship, mischievous children, disorder, youth, young heroes, family relations, animal life, captain, family life, island ...
Time: 2000s
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 5.5
 1K
Blackbeard (2006)
Genre: Adventure, Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: USA
Duration: 170 min.
TV show
Story: In the Golden Age of Piracy, at the dawn of the 18th century, Blackbeard stood out among the lawless rogues as the most fearsome and notorious seafarer of them all. He killed for the reputation, and his reputation has become legend. Now, for the ...
Style: serious, exciting, realistic, tense, suspenseful ...
Plot: pirate, treasure hunt, heroes, adventurer, daring rescue, rescue, rebelliousness, uninhibited rivalry, danger, escapades, good versus evil, male female relationship ...
Time: 18th century
Place: west indies, bahamas, caribbean
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The Tsunami Warrior (2008)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, History
Country: Thailand
Duration: 154 min.
Story: As sea pirates threaten to invade their kingdoms, three queens of Langkasuka must band together to defend their lands and peoples.
Style: serious, captivating, exciting, epic, stylized
Audience: boys' night, teens
Plot: pirate, martial arts, danger, imaginary, good versus evil, wizards and magicians, battles, medieval, master villain, master warrior, supernatural, vengeance ...
Time: 17th century
Place: asia, thailand
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