Do you like pirate stories? The narratives describing the daring adventures in search of hidden treasures and the battles on the high seas of these corsairs have fascinated the public over time. And in the cinema there are also works that tell the funny journeys of pirates in search of hidden treasures and much more.
Inspired by this, we have created a list of the eight best pirate movies for you. Check now!
Pirates: the best films of the genre
This stop motion animation is produced by British studio Aardman Animations, known for works such as “Chicken Run” and “Wallace & Gromit: Battle of the Vegetables.”
With a comedic and familiar approach to the pirate theme, the plot follows a group of bumbling pirates led by the Pirate Captain. The gang’s main goal is to win the Pirate of the Year award.
This film, without a doubt, stands out as one of the most curious productions involving pirates, and for a particular reason. High production costs and extremely low box office returns place it among the biggest failures in Hollywood history.
Additionally, the film is believed to be responsible for halting the production of new pirate films, at least until the arrival of “Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl” in 2003.
However, this adventure starring Geena Davis and Matthew Modine features exciting action scenes. The film follows a pirate (Davis) who inherits a ship and crew from her father and sets out in search of treasure. However, the map is in Latin, which leads her to acquire a prisoner (Modine) to help with her translation.
Since we have mentioned the first film of this successful Disney franchise, it is time to list it, as it cannot be left out.
Inspired by one of Disney’s theme park attractions, the series starring Johnny Depp as the iconic Captain Jack Sparrow revitalized the pirate film genre. The franchise has 5 films to date.
This pirate film is a cinema classic starring Errol Flynn, one of the most famous actors of the golden age of Hollywood.
Directed by Michael Curtiz (best known for directing “Casablanca”), this adventure follows a wrongly convicted doctor who escapes captivity to become a West Indian pirate.
Directed by cult director Jacques Tourneur, “Pirates’ Revenge” is a Technicolor adventure film. Actress Jean Peters plays the lead role of Anne Providence, the captain of a pirate ship.
The film also stars Louis Jourdan, Debra Paget, Thomas Gomez and Herbert Marshall.
In the plot, Captain Anne Providence spares the life of a Frenchman (Jourdan) captured by the English and recruits him into her pirate crew. However, she ends up falling in love with him. However, problems arise when her mentor, Captain Blackbeard (Gomez), reveals the man’s true identity.
This film is one of the film adaptations of Robert Louis Stevenson’s famous novel, “Treasure Island”, a classic of children’s literature about pirates and buried treasure.
Directed by Byron Haskin, the film stars Bobby Driscoll as Jim Hawkins and Robert Newton as Long John Silver, one of the most memorable pirates in fiction. The plot follows the classic story of the famous pirate Captain Flint’s search for treasure.
Another pirate film directed by Michael Curtiz and starring Errol Flynn, “The Sea Hawk” is considered one of the best Swordsman films of all time.
Flynn plays Geoffrey Thorpe, an English privateer captain fighting his country’s enemies on the high seas.
Produced by Walt Disney Productions, “Blackbeard’s Ghost” is an adventure and comedy film for the whole family. The film is directed by Robert Stevenson, the same director of “Mary Poppins”, and is an adaptation of the novel of the same name by Ben Stahl.
The film follows the pirate Blackbeard (Peter Ustinov), who has been cursed to wander like a ghost until he does a good deed. His chance comes when he decides to help a discredited college track team.
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