YO HO HO AND A BOTTLE OF RUM! Pirate films worth watching!
Pirates from the Golden Age of Piracy may not always be portrayed accurately, but at least they'e fun to watch! What follows is a list of pirate films (considered both good and bad) that are worth watching. This list is in no particular order of preference.
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- DirectorByron HaskinStarsBobby DriscollRobert NewtonBasil SydneyThe treasure seeking adventures of young Jim Hawkins and pirate captain Long John Silver.Probably the ultimate version of the Stevenson story and the man who set the bar for film pirates...Robert Newton!
- DirectorMichael CurtizStarsErrol FlynnOlivia de HavillandLionel AtwillAfter treating a Monmouth rebel against King James II in 1680s England, a young Irish doctor is exiled as a slave to Jamaica where he captures a Spanish galleon and becomes the most feared pirate of the Caribbean.Probably the ultimate in the romantic pirate film mode and the film that shot Errol Flynn's career sky-high!
- DirectorGore VerbinskiStarsJohnny DeppGeoffrey RushOrlando BloomBlacksmith Will Turner teams up with eccentric pirate "Captain" Jack Sparrow to save Elizabeth Swann, the governor's daughter and his love, from Jack's former pirate allies, who are now undead.With this film, the pirate film was reborn and a new pirate legend created.
- DirectorTim ProkopStarsKimberly AdairPierre AndréFrankie AngelBlackbeard, 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 Caribbean Pirates recreates the rise of piracy in the Caribbean and its climactic, inevitable downfall.I consider this to be the best documentary of all about the Golden Age of Piracy...and every fact and event portrayed in this film is true!
- DirectorMel DamskiStarsGraham ChapmanPeter BoyleCheech MarinAfter 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.A fine pastische of the classic pirate film.
- DirectorRobert SiodmakStarsBurt LancasterNick CravatEva BartokDuring the 1700s, pirate Captain Vallo seizes a British warship and gets involved in various money-making schemes involving Caribbean rebels led by El Libre, British envoy Baron Jose Gruda, and a beautiful courtesan named Consuelo.
- DirectorRenny HarlinStarsGeena DavisMatthew ModineFrank LangellaA female pirate and her companion race against their rivals to find a hidden island that contains a fabulous treasure.Not many people give this film much credit acting-wise, but it provides plenty pirate action and Frank Langella is one of the best pirate villains I've seen.
- DirectorFraser C. HestonStarsCharlton HestonChristian BaleOliver ReedThe treasure seeking adventures of young Jim Hawkins and pirate Captain Long John Silver.THIS version ranks among the best, with Charlton Heston as one of the best and darkest versions of Long John Silver I've ever seen.
- DirectorRoman PolanskiStarsWalter MatthauCris CampionDamien ThomasThe adventures of pirate Captain Red and his first mate Frog.This film, at least to me, is an acquired taste and not too easy to follow, but should be seen if only to see Walter Matthau as a pirate captain.
- DirectorRaoul WalshStarsRobert NewtonLinda DarnellWilliam BendixHonest Edward Maynard finds himself serving as ship's surgeon under the infamous pirate Blackbeard.Another standard-setter and another triumph for Robert Newton.
- DirectorHenry KingStarsTyrone PowerMaureen O'HaraLaird CregarAn ex-pirate contends with rowdy buccaneers and a love/hate relationship with an aristocratic woman who's tougher than she seems.
- DirectorJames GoldstoneStarsRobert ShawJames Earl JonesPeter BoyleA pirate and a hot-tempered noblewoman join forces to protect Jamaica from a tyrant.There are three reasons to see this film: James Earl Jones before he became Darth Vader's voice, Genevieve Bujold's both cat-fighting and wielding a sword and Beau Bridges' laughable excuse for a British accent.
- DirectorBrian HensonStarsTim CurryBilly ConnollyJennifer SaundersThe Muppets set sail in search of treasure, with Jim Hawkins and Long John Silver.
- StarsAngus MacfadyenMark UmbersRichard ChamberlainIn 1717, Royal Navy Lieutenant Robert Maynard is sent to the West Indies on a secret mission to destroy notorious pirate ship The Queen Anne's Revenge and its crew.
- CreatorRobert LevineJonathan E. SteinbergStarsJessica Parker KennedyToby StephensHannah NewFollows Captain Flint and his pirates twenty years prior to Robert Louis Stevenson's classic novel "Treasure Island."While not a feature film, this series provides enough sea battle action and enough historical characters to satisfy, and it does take place during the Golden Age of Piracy.
- DirectorPeter RoweStarsSarah HollandPax LohanAnthony BoothAn adaptation of the Robert Lewis Stevenson adventure classic, in which a young boy sets off on a voyage armed with a map to buried treasure.A lot of people don't like this version, since it veers in a different direction from Stevenson's story, but I give it credit for being different and for Jack Palance as a pretty good Long John Silver.
- DirectorRichard DaleTilman RemmeStarsJames PurefoyTyler ButterworthMark NobleIt's a movie about Blackbeard.