Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "piracy"

1. One Piece (2023– )

TV-14 | 60 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

In a seafaring world, a young pirate captain sets out with his crew to attain the title of Pirate King, and to discover the mythical treasure known as 'One Piece.'

Stars: Iñaki Godoy, Emily Rudd, Mackenyu, Morgan Davies

Votes: 149,864

2. The Martian (2015)

PG-13 | 144 min | Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi

An astronaut becomes stranded on Mars after his team assume him dead, and must rely on his ingenuity to find a way to signal to Earth that he is alive and can survive until a potential rescue.

Director: Ridley Scott | Stars: Matt Damon, Jessica Chastain, Kristen Wiig, Kate Mara

Votes: 926,320 | Gross: $228.43M

3. Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales (2017)

PG-13 | 129 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy

Captain Jack Sparrow is pursued by old rival Captain Salazar and a crew of deadly ghosts who have escaped from the Devil's Triangle. They're determined to kill every pirate at sea...notably Jack.

Directors: Joachim Rønning, Espen Sandberg | Stars: Johnny Depp, Geoffrey Rush, Javier Bardem, Orlando Bloom

Votes: 346,278 | Gross: $172.56M

4. Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (2011)

PG-13 | 136 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy

Jack Sparrow and Barbossa embark on a quest to find the elusive fountain of youth, only to discover that Blackbeard and his daughter are after it too.

Director: Rob Marshall | Stars: Johnny Depp, Penélope Cruz, Ian McShane, Geoffrey Rush

Votes: 564,579 | Gross: $241.06M

5. 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: 694,033 | Gross: $309.42M

6. Our Flag Means Death (2022–2023)

TV-MA | 30 min | Action, Adventure, Biography

The year is 1717. Wealthy land-owner Stede Bonnet has a midlife crisis and decides to blow up his cushy life to become a pirate. It does not go well. Based on a true story.

Stars: Rhys Darby, Joel Fry, Samson Kayo, Matthew Maher

Votes: 43,040

7. Aquaman (2018)

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

Arthur Curry, the human-born heir to the underwater kingdom of Atlantis, goes on a quest to prevent a war between the worlds of ocean and land.

Director: James Wan | Stars: Jason Momoa, Amber Heard, Willem Dafoe, Patrick Wilson

Votes: 521,102 | Gross: $335.06M

8. Captain Phillips (2013)

PG-13 | 134 min | Action, Biography, Crime

The true story of Captain Richard Phillips and the 2009 hijacking by Somali pirates of the U.S.-flagged MV Maersk Alabama, the first American cargo ship to be hijacked in two hundred years.

Director: Paul Greengrass | Stars: Tom Hanks, Barkhad Abdi, Barkhad Abdirahman, Catherine Keener

Votes: 492,958 | Gross: $107.10M

9. Porco Rosso (1992)

PG | 94 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy

In 1930s Italy, a veteran World War I pilot is cursed to look like an anthropomorphic pig.

Director: Hayao Miyazaki | Stars: Shûichirô Moriyama, Tokiko Katô, Bunshi Katsura VI, Tsunehiko Kamijô

Votes: 102,252

10. The Phantom (1996)

PG | 100 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

The Phantom, descendent of a line of African superheroes, travels to New York City to thwart a wealthy criminal genius from obtaining three magic skulls which would give him the secret to ultimate power.

Director: Simon Wincer | Stars: Billy Zane, Kristy Swanson, Treat Williams, Catherine Zeta-Jones

Votes: 35,832 | Gross: $17.30M

11. A High Wind in Jamaica (1965)

Approved | 103 min | Adventure, Drama

In 1870, a Jamaican colonial family sends its children to Britain for proper schooling but their ship is taken over by pirates who become fond of the kids.

Director: Alexander Mackendrick | Stars: Anthony Quinn, James Coburn, Dennis Price, Lila Kedrova

Votes: 2,337

12. Yellowbeard (1983)

PG | 96 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

After serving two decades in prison, Yellowbeard (Graham Chapman) breaks out determined to recover the treasure that he buried so long ago, alongside his son, old crew, and the British Navy.

Director: Mel Damski | Stars: Graham Chapman, Peter Boyle, Cheech Marin, Tommy Chong

Votes: 8,547 | Gross: $4.30M

13. Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead (1990)

PG | 117 min | Comedy, Drama

Two minor characters from the play 'Hamlet' stumble around unaware of their scripted lives and unable to deviate from them.

Director: Tom Stoppard | Stars: Gary Oldman, Tim Roth, Richard Dreyfuss, Livio Badurina

Votes: 23,865 | Gross: $0.74M

14. The Roaring Twenties (1939)

Passed | 106 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

Three men attempt to make a living in Prohibitionist America after returning home from fighting together in World War I.

Director: Raoul Walsh | Stars: James Cagney, Humphrey Bogart, Priscilla Lane, Gladys George

Votes: 15,545

15. New York Minute (I) (2004)

PG | 91 min | Adventure, Comedy, Crime

Two sisters who just can't get along have to travel to New York City together and find themselves on numerous misadventures in order to accomplish their goals.

Director: Dennie Gordon | Stars: Mary-Kate Olsen, Ashley Olsen, Eugene Levy, Andy Richter

Votes: 24,968 | Gross: $14.02M

16. 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 the attack on England and Thorpe surprises them with attacks on their galleons where he shows his skills on the sword.

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

Votes: 10,749

17. The Shipping News (2001)

R | 111 min | Drama

An emotionally beaten man with his young daughter moves to his ancestral home in Newfoundland to reclaim his life.

Director: Lasse Hallström | Stars: Kevin Spacey, Julianne Moore, Judi Dench, Cate Blanchett

Votes: 33,925 | Gross: $11.43M

18. A Hijacking (2012)

R | 103 min | Drama, Thriller

The crew of a Danish cargo ship is hijacked by Somali pirates who proceed to engage in escalating negotiations with authorities in Copenhagen.

Director: Tobias Lindholm | Stars: Pilou Asbæk, Søren Malling, Dar Salim, Roland Møller

Votes: 17,446 | Gross: $0.41M

19. In Search of the Castaways (1962)

Approved | 98 min | Adventure, Family, Fantasy

In 19th century England, young Mary Grant and her brother, Robert, embark on a dangerous quest to find their missing father, a sea captain who vanished somewhere along the Chilean coast.

Director: Robert Stevenson | Stars: Hayley Mills, Maurice Chevalier, George Sanders, Wilfrid Hyde-White

Votes: 3,457 | Gross: $21.75M

20. Kill Speed (2010)

R | 113 min | Action, Crime, Thriller

Best friends fly home-built, high-tech planes to deliver drugs from Mexico to California in order to fund their Hollywood life-style.

Director: Kim Bass | Stars: Andrew Keegan, Brandon Quinn, Natalia Cigliuti, Nick Carter

Votes: 1,987

21. Decoder (1984)

Not Rated | 87 min | Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi

A noise enthusiast discovers that by changing the background music from pleasantly calming to industrial "noise" music, he can incite riots and a revolution against the looming power of the government.

Director: Muscha | Stars: FM Einheit, William Rice, Christiane Felscherinow, Britzhold Baron De Belle

Votes: 1,048

22. Beneath the 12-Mile Reef (1953)

Approved | 102 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance

Fierce competition among sponge fishermen forces a Greek-American family to fish in the dangerous 12-mile reef area off the western coast of Florida.

Director: Robert D. Webb | Stars: Robert Wagner, Terry Moore, Gilbert Roland, J. Carrol Naish

Votes: 1,612

23. China Seas (1935)

Passed | 87 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

When earthy Dolly Portland is rejected by Captain Gaskell in favor of a socialite, she aids Jamesy McCardle, in league with Malay pirates, in his plot to seize Gaskell's ship.

Director: Tay Garnett | Stars: Clark Gable, Jean Harlow, Wallace Beery, Lewis Stone

Votes: 2,947

24. Shor in the City (2010)

112 min | Crime, Drama

Various residents and career-criminals face challenges in crime-laden Mumbai.

Directors: Krishna D.K., Raj Nidimoru | Stars: Tusshar Kapoor, Sendhil Ramamurthy, Nikhil Dwivedi, Preeti Desai

Votes: 4,114

25. Skull and Bones (2024 Video Game)

M | Action, Adventure

Pirates have refused the King's Pardon and decide to leave the Caribbean to reach a new frontier: the lucrative waters of the Indian Ocean. Players must thrive in order to survive in a place where everyone wants a bigger slice.

Directors: Bill Money, Elisabeth Pellen | Stars: John Hopkins, Dewi Sarginson, Cameron Bernard Jones, Kieran E. Sims

Votes: 130

26. Passage to Marseille (1944)

Passed | 109 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance

Five patriotic convicts are helped to escape imprisonment in Devil's Island so they can fight for occupied Free French forces against the Nazis.

Director: Michael Curtiz | Stars: Humphrey Bogart, Claude Rains, Michèle Morgan, Philip Dorn

Votes: 5,042

27. Jamaica Inn (1983 TV Movie)

187 min | Drama, Thriller

The respected vicar of a quiet Cornish village is in reality the leader of a gang of murderous pirates who attack passing ships, kill their crews and steal their cargoes.

Director: Lawrence Gordon Clark | Stars: Jane Seymour, Patrick McGoohan, Trevor Eve, John McEnery

Votes: 329

28. Captain Kidd (1945)

Passed | 90 min | Adventure, Biography, Drama

The unhistorical adventures of pirate Captain Kidd revolve around treasure and treachery.

Director: Rowland V. Lee | Stars: Charles Laughton, Randolph Scott, Barbara Britton, John Carradine

Votes: 2,069

29. Chuck Norris vs. Communism (2015)

Not Rated | 78 min | Documentary, Comedy, History

In the oppressive 1980s communist Romania, the smuggled VHS tapes of banned Hollywood films become an inspirational ray of hope. A hybrid feature about the magic of film and the power it has to change lives.

Director: Ilinca Calugareanu | Stars: Irina Margareta Nistor, Teodor Zamfir, Mircea Cojocaru, Vlad Craioveanu

Votes: 2,460

30. Pasión (2007–2008)

40 min | Drama, Romance

An epic love story set in Mexico during the 1740s about a poor girl named Camila and a pirate named Ricardo.

Stars: Susana González, Fernando Colunga, Daniela Castro, Sebastián Rulli

Votes: 469

31. Whale Wars (2008– )

TV-PG | 60 min | Documentary, Reality-TV

This stunning and dangerous limited series spotlights both the controversial Japanese whaling trade and the tactics that the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society and its staff and volunteers use to cripple it.

Stars: Chris Aultman, Paul Watson, Peter Hammarstedt, Benjamin Potts

Votes: 2,278

32. Sly Cooper and the Thievius Raccoonus (2002 Video Game)

E | Action, Adventure, Comedy

Sly is set on a path that tests his strength and abilities to see whether he can take the mantle of a master thief like his ancestors before him, and retrieve all pages of the Thievius Raccoonus and claim his birth right as a Cooper.

Director: Nate Fox | Stars: Kevin Miller, Matt Olsen, Chris Murphy, Roxana Ortega

Votes: 1,411

33. Salome, Where She Danced (1945)

Approved | 90 min | Adventure, Drama, Music

A famous Viennese ballerina flees Europe during the Austro-Prussian War and falls in love with an American bandit who looks like her deceased royal lover.

Director: Charles Lamont | Stars: Yvonne De Carlo, Rod Cameron, David Bruce, Walter Slezak

Votes: 373

34. Paskal (2018)

TV-14 | 115 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

A story of true piracy based on an elite unit of the Royal Malaysian Navy's mission.

Director: Adrian Teh | Stars: Hairul Azreen, Ammar Alfian, Henley Hii, Taufiq Hanafi

Votes: 3,265

35. Tarkan: Viking Kani (1971)

86 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy

The Vikings wish to kidnap a beautiful girl to sacrifice her to their demigod, but the heroic Tarkan, aided by his dog, Kurt, is there to save the day.

Director: Mehmet Aslan | Stars: Kartal Tibet, Eva Bender, Seher Seniz, Bilal Inci

Votes: 2,382

36. ¡El que no corre... vuela! (1982)

85 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

After mistakenly going to jail, Maria makes friends with a woman whose kids live in the streets and Maria gets the idea to help them.

Director: Gilberto Martínez Solares | Stars: María Elena Velasco, Evita Muñoz 'Chachita', Freddy Fernández, Mario Alberto Rodríguez

Votes: 104

37. Frenchman's Creek (1944)

Approved | 110 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance

An English lady falls madly in love with a French pirate.

Director: Mitchell Leisen | Stars: Joan Fontaine, Arturo de Córdova, Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce

Votes: 817

38. Coming Soon (2008)

95 min | Horror, Thriller

What kind of scenes in a horror film scares you the most? When a ghost appears totally unexpectedly? When the main character does not see the ghost sneaking up behind him? When at the very ... See full summary »

Director: Sophon Sakdaphisit | Stars: Vorakarn Rojjanavatchra, Chantavit Dhanasevi, Sarinrat Thomas, Thanatorn Oudsahakul

Votes: 3,130

39. Pilgrimage (2017)

Not Rated | 108 min | Adventure, Drama

A remarkable imagining of the historic voyages of 16th-century explorer and writer Fernão Mendes Pinto, one of the first Europeans to sail to and travel the Orient-- India, Japan, and ... See full summary »

Director: João Botelho | Stars: Cláudio da Silva, Cassiano Carneiro, Pedro Inês, Catarina Wallenstein

Votes: 212

40. Final Voyage (1999)

R | 95 min | Action, Drama, Thriller

This is the story of a modern day pirate mad man and his crew of 8, searching for fortune on a cruise ship but a small group of passengers fight back.

Director: Jim Wynorski | Stars: Dylan Walsh, Ice-T, Erika Eleniak, Claudia Christian

Votes: 861

41. Captain Pirate (1952)

Passed | 85 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

In 1690, pardoned pirate Captain Blood's quiet existence is shaken when the Crown re-arrests him on fresh piracy charges but the captain suspects he's being set up.

Director: Ralph Murphy | Stars: Louis Hayward, Patricia Medina, John Sutton, Charles Irwin

Votes: 350

42. The Mystery of D.B. Cooper (2020)

TV-14 | 85 min | Documentary, Crime, History

A documentary that looks at the well-known case, which is largely regarded as the greatest unsolved heist in American history.

Director: John Dower | Stars: Jo Weber, Duane Weber, Tim Collins, Tina Mucklow

Votes: 2,222

43. Jack Holborn (1982)

60 min | Action, Adventure, Mystery

Jack Holborn is 13-year-old orphan in the 1700's that wants to get a job on a sailing ship to avoid foster homes. Jack was found on the steps of the Holborn catholic church in London, when ... See full summary »

Stars: Patrick Bach, Matthias Habich, Andreas Mannkopff, Monte Markham

Votes: 448

44. The Living Skeleton (1968)

80 min | Horror

About a young woman living in a seaside town haunted by the ghosts of a ship's crew murdered by modern-day pirates.

Director: Hiroki Matsuno | Stars: Kikko Matsuoka, Yasunori Irikawa, Masumi Okada, Asao Uchida

Votes: 828

45. Seven Seas Pirates (2012)

Not Rated | 80 min | Animation, Adventure, Family

A swashbuckling adventure aboard a pirate ship, turns into a battle for survival when Selkirk and Pupi, find themselves captive and marooned on a deserted island after the crew steals their treasure map and discovers their true identities.

Director: Walter Tournier | Stars: Ariel Cister, Mariano Chiesa, Karin Zavala, Gabriel Rovito

Votes: 236

46. The Last Days of Joe Blow (2013)

88 min | Documentary, Biography

Richard Wolstencroft directs this documentary about actor and independent filmmaker Michael Tierney, his transformation into porn actor Joe Blow, and his last days in the industry.

Director: Richard Wolstencroft | Stars: Michael Tierney, William Margold, Ron Jeremy, Bruce La Bruce

Votes: 24

47. Gerak Khas the Movie (2001)

117 min | Action, Adventure, Crime

A special police unit, headed by Inspectors Mazlan and Aleeza, which was set up to battle major crime syndicates dealing in pirated porn VCDs and ecstasy pills. Two of the major rival ... See full summary »

Director: Yusof Haslam | Stars: AC Mizal, Abby Abadi, Erra Fazira, Normala Shamsuddin

Votes: 94

48. Caribbean (1952)

Approved | 91 min | Action, Adventure, Romance

Francis Barclay, a former member of the British Admiralty, who was captured in the early 1700s and sold into slavery by Andrew MacAllister, and forced into piracy, enlists the aid of Dick ... See full summary »

Director: Edward Ludwig | Stars: John Payne, Arlene Dahl, Cedric Hardwicke, Francis L. Sullivan

Votes: 232

49. Jacob's Trouble

Adventure, Biography, Drama | Post-production

One of the most famous Bible stories of all time retold against the backdrop of the Spanish Inquisition, the conquest of the New World, the birth of the slave trade, and the rise of piracy in the Caribbean between 1565-1575.

Director: Dalton Thomas | Stars: Nick Romano, Andres Morales, Dalton Thomas, Henry Twohy

50. Pueblo (1973 TV Movie)

100 min | Drama, War

A Cold War incident, told in flashbacks, regarding the capture of the American spy ship, U.S.S. Pueblo and its crew by North Korean naval units off the North Korean coast on January 23, 1968.

Director: Anthony Page | Stars: Hal Holbrook, Ronny Cox, Andrew Duggan, Stephen Elliott

Votes: 153