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Pirate Films
A Comprehensive List

Compiled by Lisa Jensen,
Film Critic and Author of The Witch from the Sea

Whether you saw these movies at the theater in original release or on the tube, each one--good and bad--portrayed the unforgettable image of pirates roistering across the screen. Our imaginations are captured by these characters facing the challenge of the sea, living rough and wild.

I've put this list together, compiling from many different sources, of all the pirate films that I know about. Some I have reviewed and these are noted by the star rating. Clicking on the stars will link you to the full review, or you can scroll through all my reviews on the Jensen's Reviews page. I will be adding to these reviews when possible. Many of these movies are available. Just click on the DVD or VHS marker and you'll be at the appropriate Amazon.com page. Enjoy!

Films In Alphabetical Order
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

Title Year Stars Available Formats Jensen's Review Rating
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Abbott and Costello Meet Captain Kidd 1952      
Against All Flags 1952 Errol Flynn, Maureen O’Hara, Anthony Quinn and Mildred Natwick VHS

 

 
Anne of the Indies 1951 Jean Peters, Louis Jourdan, and Thomas Gomez  not available  1/2
[B]

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The Black Buccaneer 1926      
The Black Pirate 1926 Douglas Fairbanks VHS / DVD 1/2
The Black Swan 1942 Tyrone Power, Maureen O’Hara VHS 1/2
Blackbeard the Pirate 1952 Raoul Walsh VHS  
Blackbeard's Ghost 1968 Peter Ustinov, Dean Jones VHS / DVD  
The Boy and the Pirates 1960      
Breed of the Sea 1926      
The Buccaneer 1938      
The Buccaneer 1958 Yul Brenner, Charleton Heston, Lorne Greene VHS 1/2
The Buccaneers 1924      
The Buccaneers 1956      
Buccaneer's Girl  1950      
Buccaneer Bunny 1948      
[C]

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Captain Blood 1924      
Captain Blood 1935 Errol Flynn, Olivia de Haviland VHS
Captain Blood 1960      
Captain Blood, Fugitive 1952      
Captain Calamity 1936      
Captain Hareblower 1954 Animated, Bugs Bunny    
Captain Horatio Hornblower 1951 Gregory Peck, Virginia Mayo VHS  
Captain Kidd 1922      
Captain Kidd 1945 Charles Laughton VHS  
Captain Kidd and the Slave Girl 1954      
Captain Ron 1992 Kurt Russell, Martin Short VHS / DVD 1/2
Caribbean Gold 1952      
China Seas 1935 Clark Gable, Jean Harlow VHS  
Clothes Make the Pirate 1925      
Colonel Heeza Liar and the Pirates 1916      
Cold Steel 1921      
Cold Steel for Tortuga  1965      
Cold Steel for Tortuga 1998 Guy Madison VHS  
El Corsario Negro 1944 Chano Urueta VHS  
The Crimson Pirate 1952 Burt Lancaster VHS
Cutthroat Island 1995 Geena Davis, Mathew Modine VHS / DVD
[D]

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Daphne and the Pirate 1916      
The Devil-Ship Pirates 1964      
Los Diablos del mar 1981      
Dr. Syn 1937 Roy William Neill VHS  
Double Crossbones 1950      
[F]

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Fair Wind to Java 1953      
Finding Neverland 2004 Johnny Depp, Kate Winslet, Dustin Hoffman
DVD
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The First Kiss 1928      
Fortunes of Captain Blood  1950      
Frenchman's Creek 1944 Joan Fontaine, Basil Rathbone VHS
[G]

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The Golden Hawk 1952      
The Goonies 1985 Sean Astin, Josh Brolin, Martha Plimpton VHS / DVD  
The Great Adventures of Captain Kidd 1953      
[H]

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Hell Harbor 1930      
Hero's Island 1962      
A High Wind in Jamaica 1965 Anthony Quinn, James Coburn, Deborah Baxter DVD
Hook  1991 Dustin Hoffman, Robin Williams VHS / DVD 1/2
Hurricane Island  1951      
[I]

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The Ice Pirates 1984 Stewart Raffill VHS  
The Island 1980 Michael Caine VHS
[J]

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Jim and the Pirates 1987      
[K]

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The King's Pirate 1967      
[L]

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Last of the Buccaneers 1950      
The Lion of St. Mark  1963      
Long John Silver's Return to Treasure Island  1953 Robert Newton VHS  
[M]

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Magic Island 1995  Sam Irvin VHS / DVD  
The Master of Ballantrae 1953 Eroll Flynn VHS  
The Master of Ballantrae (TV) 1984      
Master and Commander 2003 Russell Crowe DVD / VHS 1/2
Matusalem  1993      
Matusalem II  1998      
Moonfleet  1955      
Morgan the Pirate 1961      
Muppet Treasure Island 1996 The Muppets, Tim Curry VHS / DVD
[N]

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Nate and Hayes 1983 Tommy Lee Jones, Michael O’Keefe  VHS
[O]

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Old Ironsides 1926 Walter Beery VHS 1/2
Oro Rojo 1978      
[P]

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Peter Pan  1924      
Peter Pan (Disney) 1953 Animated  VHS / DVD
Peter Pan (TV) 1960 Mary Martin VHS / DVD  
Peter Pan 1997 Cathy Rigby VHS / DVD  
Peter Pan 2000 Guy Halvorsen VHS  
Peter Pan 2003 Jeremy Sumpter, Rachel Hurd-Wood DVD / VHS 1/2
The Pirate 1948 Gene Kelly, Judy Garland VHS
Pirates 1986 Walter Mathau (Roman Polanski, Director) VHS 1/2
Pirates  1994 TV series    
Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl 2003 Johnny Depp, Geoffrey Rush, Orlando Bloom VHS / DVD
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest 2006 Johnny Depp, Orlando Bloom, Keira Knightley,  Bill Nighy  
Pirate Gold 1913