Unfinished: Best Pirate Movies: Worst to Best
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1. Treasure Island (1912)
Short, Adventure
Young Jim Hawkins is caught up with the pirate Long John Silver in search of the buried treasure of the buccaneer Captain Flint, in this adaptation of the classic novel by Robert Louis Stevenson.
Director: J. Searle Dawley | Stars: Addison Rothermel, Laura Sawyer, Ben F. Wilson, Richard Neill
Votes: 18
2. A Submarine Pirate (1915)
Not Rated | 24 min | Comedy, Short
An inventor and his accomplice plan to rob a ship carrying gold bullion by using a submarine. A waiter overhears their plans, buys himself an admiral's uniform, tricks his way into command of the sub and plots to take the ship himself.
Directors: Charles Avery, Syd Chaplin | Stars: Syd Chaplin, Phyllis Allen, Glen Cavender, Wesley Ruggles
Votes: 194
3. Daphne and the Pirate (1916)
50 min | Adventure, Drama
Philip de Mornay, a courtier in the French royal court of the 18th century, falls in love with Daphne La Tour, the daughter of a nobleman. Knowing that her family would never approve of ... See full summary »
Director: Christy Cabanne | Stars: Lillian Gish, Elliott Dexter, Walter Long, Howard Gaye
Votes: 85
4. The Sea Panther (1918)
50 min | Adventure
Paul Le Marsan captains his seventeenth-century French pirate ship, the Cygnet, with an iron hand, but is all graciousness and charm with the ladies. When his crew captures the British ship... See full summary »
Director: Thomas N. Heffron | Stars: William Desmond, Mary Warren, Jack Richardson, Arthur Millett
Votes: 18
5. Jolanda, la figlia del corsaro nero (1920)
Adventure
Director: Vitale Di Stefano | Stars: Anita Faraboni, Emilio Liguon
Votes: 12
6. The Pirate's Gold (1908)
16 min | Short, Action
Young Wilkinson is leaving his dear old mother for a journey to seek his fortune in a foreign clime. Now, the little cottage is situated near the coast. The waters of the sea have been ... See full summary »
Director: D.W. Griffith | Stars: George Gebhardt, Linda Arvidson, Charles Inslee, Arthur V. Johnson
Votes: 19
7. Pirate Gold (1920)
200 min | Adventure, Action
Director: George B. Seitz | Stars: Marguerite Courtot, George B. Seitz, Frank Redman, William P. Burt
Votes: 22
8. La regina dei Caraibi (1921)
Adventure
Director: Vitale Di Stefano | Stars: La Bella Argentina, Rodolfo Badaloni
Votes: 10
9. Gli ultimi filibustieri (1921)
Adventure
Director: Vitale Di Stefano | Stars: La Bella Argentina, Nera Badaloni, Riccardo Tassani
Votes: 10
10. Captain Kidd (1922)
200 min | Adventure
Directors: Burton L. King, J.P. McGowan | Stars: Eddie Polo, Kathleen Myers, Leslie Casey, Sam Polo
Votes: 25
11. Clothes Make the Pirate (1925)
90 min | Adventure
The film is a comedy that centers on a disgruntled 18th century Bostonian, played by Errol, who while wishing that he was a pirate, dons the clothes and play-acts the part. He is mistaken ... See full summary »
Director: Maurice Tourneur | Stars: Leon Errol, Dorothy Gish, Nita Naldi, George F. Marion
Votes: 22
12. The Love Pirate (1925)
60 min | Adventure
Director: Arthur Robison | Stars: Paul Richter, Aud Egede-Nissen, Rudolf Klein-Rogge, Fritz Richard
Votes: 16
13. Breed of the Sea (1926)
Passed | 73 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Tom and Tod Pembroke are the twin sons of Jefferson Pembroke, a Virginia Bishop, and are divinity-school students. Tom is serious and Tod carefree and adventurous, and both are in love with... See full summary »
Director: Ralph Ince | Stars: Ralph Ince, Margaret Livingston, Pat Harmon, Alphonse Ethier
Votes: 21
14. The Modern Pirates (1906)
9 min | Short, Crime
Crooks in an armoured car crash into a police car, speed downhill into a river where the car explodes.
Director: Arthur Melbourne Cooper
Votes: 25
15. The Delightful Rogue (1929)
Passed | 64 min | Adventure, Romance
Lastro (Rod La Rocque), a rogue pirate sails to Tapit where he encounters Nydra (Rita La Roy), an Americana singer in a waterfront dive, who is the object of of the jealous affections on ... See full summary »
Directors: Lynn Shores, Leslie Pearce | Stars: Rod La Rocque, Rita La Roy, Charles Byer, Ed Brady
Votes: 66
16. The Pirate of Panama (1929)
Passed | 220 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Tale of old-time pirates and of modern love, hate and adventure.
Director: Ray Taylor | Stars: Jay Wilsey, Natalie Kingston, Al Ferguson, George Ovey
Votes: 24
17. Hell Harbor (1930)
Passed | 93 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance
Lovely Anita dreams of escaping the monotony of her island home and sailing to bustling Havana. But when her abusive father promises her to the greasy local merchant, Anita does everything in her power to make her dream a reality.
Director: Henry King | Stars: Lupe Velez, Jean Hersholt, John Holland, Gibson Gowland
Votes: 267
18. Corsair (1931)
Passed | 75 min | Adventure, Crime, Romance
A stockbroker plans to liven up his boring life by taking up piracy on the high seas.
Director: Roland West | Stars: Chester Morris, Thelma Todd, Fred Kohler, Ned Sparks
Votes: 298
19. Pirate Treasure (1934)
Passed | 240 min | Adventure, Family
A young man looking for buried treasure on a tropical island fights against thieves trying to steal his map, and then his treasure.
Director: Ray Taylor | Stars: Richard Talmadge, Lucille Lund, Walter Miller, Pat O'Malley
Votes: 74
20. Dancing Pirate (1936)
Approved | 83 min | Adventure, Comedy, Music
The story of a Boston dance teacher who gets shanghaied by buccaneers who might make his next steps be off the plank!
Director: Lloyd Corrigan | Stars: Charles Collins, Frank Morgan, Steffi Duna, Luis Alberni
Votes: 385
21. The Eagle of the Sea (1926)
80 min | Adventure
In early-1800s New Orleans, a ball is being given to honor General Andrew Jackson. Among the attendees is a certain Captain Sazarac, who is actually the notorious buccaneer Jean Lafitte. ... See full summary »
Director: Frank Lloyd | Stars: Florence Vidor, Ricardo Cortez, Sam De Grasse, George Beranger
Votes: 32
22. La figlia del corsaro verde (1940)
76 min | Adventure
Director: Enrico Guazzoni | Stars: Fosco Giachetti, Doris Duranti, Camillo Pilotto, Enrico Glori
Votes: 27
23. Barbary Pirate (1949)
Approved | 65 min | Action, Adventure
The U.S. government sends Major Thomas Blake on a secret mission when the Bey of Tripoli starts demanding tribute from American merchant ships in the Mediterranean in the early 1800's. His ... See full summary »
Director: Lew Landers | Stars: Donald Woods, Trudy Marshall, Lenore Aubert, Stefan Schnabel
Votes: 69
24. Fortunes of Captain Blood (1950)
Approved | 91 min | Action, Adventure, Romance
When some of his crew are captured by the Spaniards in Rio De La Hacha, pirate Captain Peter Blood enters the city in disguise in order to free his men from Marquis De Riconete's prison.
Director: Gordon Douglas | Stars: Louis Hayward, Patricia Medina, George Macready, Alfonso Bedoya
Votes: 383
25. Last of the Buccaneers (1950)
Passed | 79 min | Action, Adventure, History
Swashbuckler about the adventures of pirate Jean Lafitte after he helped save New Orleans from a British invasion during the War of 1812.
Director: Lew Landers | Stars: Paul Henreid, Jack Oakie, Karin Booth, Mary Anderson
Votes: 166
26. The Buccaneer (1958)
Approved | 119 min | Adventure, Drama, History
During the War of 1812, Louisiana buccaneer Jean Lafitte assists the Americans in defending New Orleans against the attacking British war fleet.
Director: Anthony Quinn | Stars: Yul Brynner, Claire Bloom, Charles Boyer, Inger Stevens
Votes: 2,758
27. Flame of Araby (1951)
Approved | 77 min | Adventure
An Arabian-nights princess and a Bedouin chief contend over possession of a stallion, but unite to oppose the Corsair Lords.
Director: Charles Lamont | Stars: Maureen O'Hara, Jeff Chandler, Maxwell Reed, Lon Chaney Jr.
Votes: 339
28. Revenge of the Pirates (1951)
95 min | Adventure
Revenge of the Pirates (Italian: La vendetta del corsaro) is a 1951 Italian adventure film directed by Primo Zeglio. It was the last movie of Maria Montez. It is also known as The Pirates Revenge.
Director: Primo Zeglio | Stars: Jean-Pierre Aumont, Maria Montez, Milly Vitale, Roberto Risso
Votes: 30
29. Abbott and Costello Meet Captain Kidd (1952)
Approved | 70 min | Adventure, Comedy, Musical
Rocky and Puddin' Head are waiting tables at an inn on Tortuga when a letter given them by Lady Jane for delivery to Martingale gets switched with a treasure map. Kidd and Bonney kidnap them to Skull Island to find said treasure.
Director: Charles Lamont | Stars: Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Charles Laughton, Hillary Brooke
Votes: 2,309
30. 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: 231
31. I tre corsari (1952)
88 min | Adventure
Director: Mario Soldati | Stars: Ettore Manni, Marc Lawrence, Barbara Florian, Renato Salvatori
Votes: 41
32. Yankee Buccaneer (1952)
Approved | 86 min | Adventure, History, Romance
Captain David Porter of the fledgling American Navy receives orders to masquerade as a privateer in order to corral some Caribbean pirates.
Director: Frederick De Cordova | Stars: Jeff Chandler, Scott Brady, Suzan Ball, Joseph Calleia
Votes: 365
33. Fair Wind to Java (1953)
Approved | 92 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
In 1883, an American merchant ship's captain is searching for a treasure in diamonds from a sunken Dutch ship in the vicinity of a volcanic island in the Dutch East Indies.
Director: Joseph Kane | Stars: Fred MacMurray, Vera Ralston, Robert Douglas, Victor McLaglen
Votes: 404
34. Raiders of the Seven Seas (1953)
Approved | 88 min | Adventure
A legendary pirate captures a Spanish galleon and tries to claim a countess as his bride.
Director: Sidney Salkow | Stars: John Payne, Donna Reed, Gerald Mohr, Lon Chaney Jr.
Votes: 524
35. Alvaro piuttosto corsaro (1954)
90 min | Musical
Alvaro hunts for a treasure, of which he owns only half the map.
Director: Camillo Mastrocinque | Stars: Renato Rascel, Tina De Mola, Flora Medini, Peppino De Martino
Votes: 20
36. The Black Pirates (1954)
74 min | Adventure
Pirates searching for treasure take over a small town in Central America where they believe the loot is buried, but discover that a church has been built over the spot. They force the ... See full summary »
Director: Allen H. Miner | Stars: Anthony Dexter, Martha Roth, Lon Chaney Jr., Robert Clarke
Votes: 77
37. Captain Kidd and the Slave Girl (1954)
Approved | 82 min | Action, Adventure
Anthony Dexter---bare-chested most of the film with the smoldering nostrils from "Valentino"---as "Captain Kidd" is saved from hanging by an Earl who wants to get his hand on Kidd's ... See full summary »
Director: Lew Landers | Stars: Anthony Dexter, Eva Gabor, Alan Hale Jr., James Seay
Votes: 177
38. Return to Treasure Island (1954)
Approved | 75 min | Adventure, Family
A descendant of Jim Hawkins (Dawn Addams) visits Treasure Island with a priceless map.
Director: Ewald André Dupont | Stars: Tab Hunter, Dawn Addams, Porter Hall, James Seay
Votes: 247
39. Long John Silver's Return to Treasure Island (1954)
Not Rated | 106 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
In this sequel to Treasure Island, Long John hopes to rescue his friend Jim from a rival pirate and return for more treasure.
Director: Byron Haskin | Stars: Robert Newton, Connie Gilchrist, Lloyd Berrell, Grant Taylor
Votes: 873 | Gross: $0.14M
40. Il corsaro della mezzaluna (1957)
95 min | Adventure, Drama
16th century: pirate Paolo, in the guise of a poet, enters a castle hoping to find his parents' murderer. He kidnaps Angela, thinking she is Emperor Charles V.'s sister Caterina. A battle ensues with evil Carmona who wants to marry Angela.
Director: Giuseppe Maria Scotese | Stars: John Derek, Gianna Maria Canale, Ingeborg Schöner, Alberto Farnese
Votes: 58
41. The Amorous Corporal (1958)
87 min | Adventure
Director: Robert Darène | Stars: François Périer, Rossana Podestà, Robert Hirsch, Jean Lefebvre
Votes: 37
42. Ghost in the Noonday Sun (1974)
90 min | Adventure, Comedy
In the 17th century, a pirate captain is murdered by his cook after he buries his treasure and marks it on a map but the poor-memory cook must rely on the captain's ghost to re-track the loot, since the map was drawn in disappearing ink.
Directors: Peter Medak, Spike Milligan, Peter Sellers | Stars: Peter Sellers, Anthony Franciosa, Spike Milligan, Clive Revill
Votes: 350
43. The Pirate of the Black Hawk (1958)
72 min | Adventure
Manfred, backed by Saracen pirates, deposes the Duke of Montfort, takes over the throne and kidnapped the Duke's young son. Capt. Riccardo, the leader of a pirate band on the ship Black ... See full summary »
Director: Sergio Grieco | Stars: Gérard Landry, Pina Bottin, Andrea Aureli, Mijanou Bardot
Votes: 91
44. Il corsaro (1970)
90 min | Adventure, Action
After famous pirate Jeffrey Brook frees himself from captivity, he lands with on a Caribbean island. A lot of gold is said to be stored there. In order to get to the treasure, Brook accepts an offer from the British officer Jackson.
Director: Antonio Mollica | Stars: Robert Woods, Tania Alvarado, Armando Calvo, Cris Huerta
Votes: 69
45. The Little Savage (1959)
Not Rated | 73 min | Adventure
After burying stolen treasure on a desert island, a pirate shoots his partner and leaves him for dead. After recovering, the man finds a 10-year-old boy on the island. Years later, the pirates meet again and shoot it out.
Director: Byron Haskin | Stars: Pedro Armendáriz, Christiane Martel, Rodolfo Hoyos Jr., Terry Rangno
Votes: 37
46. Blackie the Pirate (1971)
99 min | Comedy, Action, Adventure
Captain Blackie conceives a plan to acquire a shipment of Spanish gold after he discovers about it when he stumbles upon Don Pedro. Three other pirate captains want the gold for themselves and try to foil Blackie's plan.
Director: Lorenzo Gicca Palli | Stars: Terence Hill, Silvia Monti, Jorge Martín, Diana Lorys
Votes: 2,215
47. The Pirate and the Slave Girl (1959)
99 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
When a ship carrying the daughter of Rhodes' governor and secret documents is captured by Mediterranean pirate Dragut, the governor tasks captain Diego with their recovery before they can be sold to Sultan Selim.
Director: Piero Pierotti | Stars: Lex Barker, Chelo Alonso, Massimo Serato, Graziella Granata
Votes: 113
48. Son of the Red Corsair (1959)
96 min | Adventure
Enrico di Ventimiglia, the Son of the Red Corsair, travels through the Spanish conquests of Central America in search of the stepsister he has never met.
Director: Primo Zeglio | Stars: Lex Barker, Sylvia Lopez, Vira Silenti, Luciano Marin
Votes: 98
49. The Boy and the Pirates (1960)
Not Rated | 82 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
A young boy is magically transported back in time to a pirate ship on the high seas.
Director: Bert I. Gordon | Stars: Charles Herbert, Susan Gordon, Murvyn Vye, Paul Guilfoyle
Votes: 451
50. Morgan the Pirate (1960)
93 min | Adventure
A Welsh pirate raids up and down the Caribbean, battling the Spanish, the English and other pirates.
Directors: André De Toth, Primo Zeglio | Stars: Steve Reeves, Valérie Lagrange, Ivo Garrani, Lidia Alfonsi
Votes: 422
51. Pirates of the Coast (1960)
102 min | Adventure
(1960) Lex Barker, Estella Blain, Livion Lorenzon, Liana Orfei. A great, colorful Italian costume epic with Barker as a ship captain who is pitted against a crafty pirates. There are some ... See full summary »
Director: Domenico Paolella | Stars: Lex Barker, Estella Blain, Livio Lorenzon, Liana Orfei
Votes: 178
52. The Queen of the Pirates (1960)
80 min | Action, Adventure, History
In the 16th century, a sea captain and his daughter escape a false by running away to become pirates.
Director: Mario Costa | Stars: Gianna Maria Canale, Massimo Serato, Scilla Gabel, Livio Lorenzon
Votes: 145
53. Fury at Smugglers' Bay (1961)
82 min | Adventure
Pirate wreckers ravage a small seaside community while the ineffectual local squire tries to discourage his son's romance with a smuggler's pretty daughter.
Director: John Gilling | Stars: Peter Cushing, John Fraser, Bernard Lee, Michèle Mercier
Votes: 282
54. Guns of the Black Witch (1961)
81 min | Adventure
In the 17th century, a village was the refuge of several French buccaneers. One day, the Spanish under the command of Guzmán, attacked the village and killed everybody, adults and children ... See full summary »
Director: Domenico Paolella | Stars: Don Megowan, Silvana Pampanini, Emma Danieli, Livio Lorenzon
Votes: 49
55. Jules Verne's Mysterious Island (2010)
91 min | Adventure, Fantasy, Horror
March 1865. A group of Union soldiers escape from Confederate hands in a balloon, accompanied by their former Confederate captor. The balloon crashes on a sinister island where they encounter all manner of oddities and dangers.
Director: Mark Sheppard | Stars: Gina Holden, Lochlyn Munro, Pruitt Taylor Vince, Susie Abromeit
Votes: 1,222
56. Pirates of Tortuga (1961)
Not Rated | 97 min | Adventure
An English captain and his crew are dispatched to the Spanish-controlled island of Tortuga, where famed privateer Henry Morgan has defected from his support of the English Empire and is ... See full summary »
Director: Robert D. Webb | Stars: Ken Scott, Letícia Román, Dave King, John Richardson
Votes: 426
57. Rage of the Buccaneers (1961)
88 min | Drama, Adventure
Gordon, The Black Pirate, battles the slavery trade.
Director: Mario Costa | Stars: Ricardo Montalban, Vincent Price, Giulia Rubini, Liana Orfei
Votes: 217
58. The Secret of the Black Falcon (1961)
92 min | Adventure
A secret document has fallen into the hands of pirates. Spain and England are both interested. The English commissioned a notorious pirate and the Spaniards procure their best officer, Carlos de Herrera, to retrieve the document for them.
Director: Domenico Paolella | Stars: Lex Barker, Livio Lorenzon, Nadia Marlowa, Germano Longo
Votes: 89
59. Queen of the Seas (1961)
87 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Redhead Mary is a girl who dresses like a man to better approach, and rob the jewels worn by the pretty ladies of her time. The King's Guard captures her, and she finds herself in the same ... See full summary »
Director: Umberto Lenzi | Stars: Lisa Gastoni, Jerome Courtland, Walter Barnes, Agostino Salvietti
Votes: 164
60. Avenger of the Seven Seas (1962)
90 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
It's 1790 and British Naval Commander Redway is driven by greed for money and will stop at nothing to get it. His second in command, David Robinson, questions his allegiance when Redway ... See full summary »
Director: Domenico Paolella | Stars: Michèle Mercier, Richard Harrison, Roldano Lupi, Marisa Belli
Votes: 171
61. Caribbean Hawk (1962)
115 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
In the mid-1500s, a ship containing Spanish prisoners being sent to a Spanish penal colony in the Caribbean sinks at sea, but some of the prisoners manage to survive and make it to shore at... See full summary »
Director: Piero Regnoli | Stars: Johnny Desmond, Yvonne Monlaur, Armando Francioli, Piero Lulli
Votes: 50
62. Hero's Island (1962)
Approved | 94 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
In 1718, on a small island off the Carolina coast, a recently freed family of indentured servants plans to settle and homestead there but they run into conflict with a group of fishermen also claiming ownership of the island.
Director: Leslie Stevens | Stars: James Mason, Neville Brand, Kate Manx, Rip Torn
Votes: 322
63. Caesar Against the Pirates (1962)
Not Rated | 93 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Julius Caesar flees Rome because of a conspirary against him and is given refuge the king of Bithnyia. He finds a woman there and while he escorts her to Rhodes their ship is attacked. ... See full summary »
Director: Sergio Grieco | Stars: Gustavo Rojo, Abbe Lane, Gordon Mitchell, Piero Lulli
Votes: 112
64. Musketeers of the Sea (1962)
116 min | Adventure
Three pirates are saved from a shipwreck and seize a galleon bound for Maracaibo, where they will save the governor from a conspiracy
Directors: Massimo Patrizi, Steno | Stars: Pier Angeli, Channing Pollock, Aldo Ray, Philippe Clay
Votes: 83
65. The Pirates of Blood River (1962)
Approved | 87 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
A group of ruthless pirates attack a seventeenth century Huguenot settlement on the Isle of Devon in search of treasure and will stop at nothing to obtain it.
Director: John Gilling | Stars: Kerwin Mathews, Glenn Corbett, Christopher Lee, Peter Arne
Votes: 1,198
66. Seven Seas to Calais (1962)
Approved | 102 min | Adventure
Sir Francis Drake goes on an expedition to the New World and steals gold from the Spaniards. After making a daring getaway, he returns to England where he protects Queen Elizabeth I from a ... See full summary »
Directors: Rudolph Maté, Primo Zeglio | Stars: Rod Taylor, Keith Michell, Edy Vessel, Terence Hill
Votes: 503
67. The Son of Captain Blood (1962)
88 min | Action, Adventure, History
The son of a notorious pirate is placed on the path of righteousness by his love for a beautiful young woman.
Director: Tulio Demicheli | Stars: Sean Flynn, Alessandra Panaro, Ann Todd, José Nieto
Votes: 191
68. The Lion of St. Mark (1963)
106 min | Adventure
In 1620 pirates are terrorizing the Adriatic coast. Our hero sets out to defeat them.
Director: Luigi Capuano | Stars: Gordon Scott, Gianna Maria Canale, Rik Battaglia, Alberto Farnese
Votes: 141
69. Sansone contro i pirati (1963)
89 min | Adventure
A terrible pirate terrorizes the Antilles plundering ships, slaughtering their crews and selling women as slaves. One of the women asks Sansone for help.
Director: Tanio Boccia | Stars: Kirk Morris, Margaret Lee, Daniele Vargas, Aldo Bufi Landi
Votes: 69
70. Sansone contro il corsaro nero (1964)
Not Rated | 93 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Brave and noble Samson fights pirates as a soldier in the royal army. He wants to marry lovely fair maiden Rosita, but her haughty governor father disapproves. Meanwhile, the cunning and ... See full summary »
Director: Luigi Capuano | Stars: Sergio Ciani, Rosalba Neri, Piero Lulli, Andrea Aureli
Votes: 126
71. The Masked Man Against the Pirates (1964)
105 min | Adventure
In 1659, pirate captain Garcia and his crew sink a Spanish ship, taking Anna, the princess of Aragon, prisoner. Juarez, having protected Garcia's life during the fight, gains her as his ... See full summary »
Director: Vertunnio De Angelis | Stars: George Hilton, Claude Dantes, Giovanni Vari, Pietro De Vico
Votes: 57
72. I pirati della Malesia (1964)
Not Rated | 110 min | Action, History
Filmed in Singapore it tells the story of Sandokan who is a Malaysian rebel who, with a group of renegades, goes up against a British General who is trying to force the King to resign.
Director: Umberto Lenzi | Stars: Steve Reeves, Jacqueline Sassard, Mimmo Palmara, Andrea Bosic
Votes: 331
73. Totò contro il pirata nero (1964)
96 min | Comedy
José is a Neapolitan petty thief who escapes from the guards and hides himself in a barrel of Jamaican rum on the quay of the port of Naples.
Director: Fernando Cerchio | Stars: Totò, Mario Petri, Maria Grazia Spina, Aldo Giuffrè
Votes: 173
74. L'avventuriero della Tortuga (1965)
97 min | Adventure
(1964) Guy Madison, Nadia Gray, Rik Battaglia. In the New World, a rugged pirate leader and a corrupt governor vie for the affections of a beautiful Indian heiress. She falls in love with ... See full summary »
Director: Luigi Capuano | Stars: Guy Madison, Ingeborg Schöner, Rik Battaglia, Nadia Gray
Votes: 91
75. Giant of the Evil Island (1965)
80 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
A Spanish sea captain is sent to clean out Evil Island, from where pirate bands are raiding Spanish shipping under the leadership of a pirate named Moloch.
Director: Piero Pierotti | Stars: Peter Lupus, Halina Zalewska, Arturo Dominici, Monique Renaud
Votes: 49
76. Assault on a Queen (1966)
Approved | 106 min | Adventure, Crime, Thriller
A motley crew of treasure hunters plan to rob the cruise-liner RMS Queen Mary, using a recovered WW2 German submarine.
Director: Jack Donohue | Stars: Frank Sinatra, Virna Lisi, Anthony Franciosa, Richard Conte
Votes: 1,238
77. The Sea Pirate (1966)
85 min | Adventure
A famous scientist vanishes after falling into a trap set by swindlers using treasure as a lure.
Directors: Sergio Bergonzelli, Roy Rowland | Stars: Gérard Barray, Antonella Lualdi, Terence Morgan, Frank Oliveras
Votes: 156
78. Il grande colpo di Surcouf (1966)
97 min | Adventure
Charged with a secret mission by Napoleon, privateer Robert Surcouf attacks the English who hold the citadel of the island of Mahé. He succeeds in his mission, but his younger brother Nicolas is captured.
Directors: Sergio Bergonzelli, Roy Rowland | Stars: Gérard Barray, Antonella Lualdi, Geneviève Casile, Terence Morgan
Votes: 133
79. The King's Pirate (1967)
Approved | 100 min | Adventure
A Royal Navy officer, posing as a deserter, joins a crew of pirates in an effort to infiltrate and destroy from within the notorious pirate stronghold of Diego Suarez.
Director: Don Weis | Stars: Doug McClure, Jill St. John, Guy Stockwell, Mary Ann Mobley
Votes: 218
80. Franco, Ciccio and Blackbeard the Pirate (1969)
97 min | Adventure, Comedy
Franco and Ciccio embark on a journey to find Pirate Flint's lost treasure, hunted by the fearsome Pirate Blackbeard.
Director: Mario Amendola | Stars: Franco Franchi, Ciccio Ingrassia, Fernando Sancho, Mimmo Palmara
Votes: 118
81. Los corsarios (1971)
102 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
After the death of her father, the viceroy of a small Caribbean island, the beautiful young Isabella is in big danger. Fortunately, a group of pirates stranded after a shipwreck are hired to protect Isabella and the adventure begins.
Director: Ferdinando Baldi | Stars: Dean Reed, Alberto de Mendoza, Annabella Incontrera, Paca Gabaldón
Votes: 79
82. Captain Calamity (1936)
Passed | 66 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
A South Seas skipper fights off thieves and pirates who are after a lost treasure.
Director: John Reinhardt | Stars: George Houston, Marian Nixon, Vince Barnett, Crane Wilbur
Votes: 158
83. La rebelión de los bucaneros (1972)
Adventure
Former pirate chief MacDonald has gone to England and won amnesty for his band of buccaneers, promising to reform them into peaceful colonial ways. But what follows is an engaging and ... See full summary »
Director: José Luis Merino | Stars: Stelvio Rosi, Carlos Quiney, Maria Pia Conte, Isarco Ravaioli
Votes: 41
84. Treasure Island (1972)
G | 94 min | Adventure, Family
Young Jim Hawkins has an unforgettable encounter with pirate Captain Long John Silver and his murderous mates.
Directors: John Hough, Andrea Bianchi, Antonio Margheriti | Stars: Orson Welles, Kim Burfield, Lionel Stander, Walter Slezak
Votes: 1,497
85. Peg Leg, Musket & Sabre (1973)
G | 92 min | Adventure, Western
A peg legged pirate is searching for treasure with the help of a young boy, teen girl and a parrot. They'll have to fight Natives and his former crew on the way.
Directors: Kirk Douglas, Zoran Calic | Stars: Kirk Douglas, Mark Lester, Neville Brand, George Eastman
Votes: 405
86. The Demoniacs (1974)
R | 100 min | Horror
A gang of pirates rape the two sole survivors of a ship wreck. The violated girls are rescued by the strange inhabitants of a supposedly haunted island, where they are granted supernatural powers to strike revenge against the pirates.
Director: Jean Rollin | Stars: Joëlle Coeur, John Rico, Willy Braque, Paul Bisciglia
Votes: 1,537
87. The Ghost Galleon (1974)
R | 89 min | Horror
The living corpses of the Satan-worshiping Knights Templar hunt for human victims in a 16th century galleon.
Director: Amando de Ossorio | Stars: Maria Perschy, Jack Taylor, Bárbara Rey, Carlos Lemos
Votes: 2,974
88. Red Gold (1978)
88 min | Adventure, Drama
Director: Alberto Vázquez Figueroa | Stars: José Sacristán, Isela Vega, Hugo Stiglitz, Patricia Adriani
Votes: 35
89. Il figlio del corsaro rosso (1943)
80 min | Adventure
Director: Marco Elter | Stars: Vittorio Sanipoli, Luisa Ferida, Memo Benassi, Loredana
Votes: 11
90. Gli ultimi filibustieri (1943)
82 min | Adventure
Director: Marco Elter | Stars: Vittorio Sanipoli, Loredana, Osvaldo Valenti, Nerio Bernardi
Votes: 12
91. Golden Rendezvous (1977)
PG | 101 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
On a cargo ship converted into a cruise-liner, First Officer John Carter foils the plan of international hijackers to use his vessel as bait for a passing U.S. Treasury ship carrying gold bullion.
Directors: Ashley Lazarus, Freddie Francis | Stars: Richard Harris, Ann Turkel, Gordon Jackson, John Vernon
Votes: 594
92. The Island (1980)
R | 114 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
A journalist takes his son with him to investigate pirate activity off the coast of Florida. But he gets stranded on a mysterious island--where he might not be alone.
Director: Michael Ritchie | Stars: Michael Caine, David Warner, Angela Punch McGregor, Frank Middlemass
Votes: 4,726 | Gross: $15.72M
93. The Pirate Movie (1982)
PG | 98 min | Adventure, Comedy, Musical
A 1980s take-off of The Pirates of Penzance which centers on a noble pirate who leaves his profession and falls in love with a fiery young maiden.
Directors: Ken Annakin, Richard Franklin | Stars: Kristy McNichol, Christopher Atkins, Ted Hamilton, Bill Kerr
Votes: 4,802
94. Nate and Hayes (1983)
PG | 99 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
A swashbuckling adventure which takes place in the mid-1800's on the South Pacific islands where bloody raids and battles were once the rule of the day.
Director: Ferdinand Fairfax | Stars: Tommy Lee Jones, Michael O'Keefe, Max Phipps, Jenny Seagrove
Votes: 2,395 | Gross: $1.96M
95. Space Raiders (1983)
PG | 84 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
A futuristic, sensitive tale of adventure and confrontation when a 10 year old boy is accidentally kidnapped by a spaceship filled with a motley crew of space pirates.
Director: Howard R. Cohen | Stars: Vince Edwards, David Mendenhall, Patsy Pease, Thom Christopher
Votes: 1,651
96. 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: 8,544 | Gross: $4.30M
97. The Ice Pirates (1984)
PG | 94 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
In a distant future scarce of water, space pirates get caught after stealing ice from a spaceship. They are sold to a princess looking for her dad. He might have found a planet abundant with water.
Director: Stewart Raffill | Stars: Robert Urich, Mary Crosby, Michael D. Roberts, Anjelica Huston
Votes: 11,843 | Gross: $14.26M
98. The Lightship (1985)
PG-13 | 89 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A trio of robbers, two brothers and their twisted genius leader, invade a lightship, but don't reckon on the crew fighting back.
Director: Jerzy Skolimowski | Stars: Robert Duvall, Klaus Maria Brandauer, Michal Skolimowski, Tom Bower
Votes: 1,062
99. Treasure Island (1986)
115 min | Adventure, Fantasy
Raúl Ruiz's fabulist modern-day riff on Robert Louis Stevenson's classic novel.
Director: Raúl Ruiz | Stars: Vic Tayback, Martin Landau, Anna Karina, Jean-Pierre Léaud
Votes: 258
100. Pirates (1986)
PG-13 | 121 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
The adventures of pirate Captain Red and his first mate Frog.
Director: Roman Polanski | Stars: Walter Matthau, Cris Campion, Damien Thomas, Olu Jacobs
Votes: 9,450 | Gross: $1.64M
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