| Title |
Director |
Notable cast |
Summary |
Released |
Notes |
| The Pirate's Gold |
D. W. Griffith |
George Gebhardt, Linda Arvidson, Charles Inslee |
|
1908 |
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| Treasure Island |
J. Searle Dawley |
Addison Rothermel, Ben F. Wilson, Charles Ogle |
|
1912 |
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| Pirate Gold |
Wilfred Lucas |
Blanche Sweet, Charles Hill Mailes, J. Jiquel Lanoe |
|
1913 |
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| Pirate Haunts |
Edward A. Salisbury |
Rex Beach |
|
1915 |
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| Colonel Heeza Liar and the Pirates |
John Randolph Bray |
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|
1916 |
Animated comedy short |
| Daphne and the Pirate |
Christy Cabanne |
Lillian Gish, Elliott Dexter, Walter Long |
|
1916 |
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| The Sea Panther |
Thomas N. Heffron |
William Desmond, Mary Warren, Jack Richardson |
|
1918 |
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| Treasure Island |
Chester M. Franklin, Sidney Franklin |
Francis Carpenter, Virginia Lee Corbin, Violet Radcliffe |
|
1918 |
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| Pirate Gold |
George B. Seitz |
Marguerite Courtot, George B. Seitz, Frank Redman |
|
1920 |
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| Treasure Island |
Maurice Tourneur |
Shirley Mason, Josie Melville, Al W. Filson |
|
1920 |
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| Cold Steel |
Sherwood MacDonald |
J. P. McGowan, Kathleen Clifford, Stanhope Wheatcroft |
|
1921 |
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| Captain Kidd |
Burton L. King, J. P. McGowan |
Eddie Polo, Kathleen Myers, Leslie Casey |
|
1922 |
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| The Buccaneers |
Mark Goldaine, Robert F. McGowan |
Joe Cobb, Jackie Condon, Mickey Daniels |
|
1924 |
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| Captain Blood |
David Smith |
J. Warren Kerrigan, Jean Paige, Charlotte Merriam |
|
1924 |
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| Peter Pan |
Herbert Brenon |
Betty Bronson, Ernest Torrence, George Ali |
|
1924 |
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| Clothes Make the Pirate |
Maurice Tourneur |
Leon Errol, Dorothy Gish, Nita Naldi |
|
1925 |
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| The Black Pirate |
Albert Parker |
Douglas Fairbanks, Billie Dove, Anders Randolf |
|
1926 |
Also known as The Black Buccaneer |
| Breed of the Sea |
Ralph Ince |
Ralph Ince, Margaret Livingston, Pat Harmon |
|
1926 |
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| Old Ironsides |
James Cruze |
Charles Farrell, Esther Ralston, Wallace Beery |
|
1926 |
Also known as Sons of the Sea |
| The Road to Romance |
John S. Robertson |
Ramon Novarro, Marceline Day, Marc McDermott |
|
1927 |
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| The First Kiss |
Rowland V. Lee |
Fay Wray, Gary Cooper, Lane Chandler |
|
1928 |
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| The Pirate of Panama |
Ray Taylor |
Jay Wilsey, Natalie Kingston, Al Ferguson |
|
1929 |
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| Hell Harbor |
Henry King |
Lupe Vélez, Jean Hersholt, John Holland |
|
1930 |
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| Pirate Treasure |
Ray Taylor |
Richard Talmadge, Lucille Lund, Walter Miller |
|
1934 |
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| Treasure Island |
Victor Fleming |
Wallace Beery, Jackie Cooper, Lionel Barrymore |
|
1934 |
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| Captain Blood |
Michael Curtiz |
Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland, Lionel Atwill |
|
1935 |
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| China Seas |
Tay Garnett |
Clark Gable, Jean Harlow, Wallace Beery |
|
1935 |
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| Pirate Party on Catalina Isle |
|
Charles 'Buddy' Rogers, Sterling Young, The Fanchonettes |
|
1935 |
This was a pirate-themed variety show held of Catalina Isle which starred a number Hollywood comics. |
| Captain Calamity |
John Reinhardt |
Marian Nixon, George Houston, Vince Barnett |
|
1936 |
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| Doctor Syn |
Roy William Neill |
George Arliss, Margaret Lockwood, John Loder |
|
1937 |
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| The Buccaneer |
Cecil B. DeMille |
Fredric March, Franciska Gaal, Akim Tamiroff |
|
1938 |
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| Spawn of the North |
Henry Hathaway |
George Raft, Henry Fonda, Dorothy Lamour |
|
1938 |
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| The Sea Hawk |
Michael Curtiz |
Errol Flynn, Brenda Marshall, Claude Rains |
|
1940 |
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| The Black Swan |
Henry King |
Tyrone Power, Maureen O'Hara, Laird Cregar |
|
1942 |
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| Reap the Wild Wind |
Cecil B. DeMille |
Ray Milland, John Wayne, Paulette Goddard |
|
1942 |
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| El Corsario Negro |
Chano Urueta |
Pedro Armendáriz, María Luisa Zea, June Marlowe |
|
1944 |
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| Frenchman's Creek |
Mitchell Leisen |
Joan Fontaine, Arturo de Córdova, Basil Rathbone |
|
1944 |
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| The Princess and the Pirate |
David Butler |
Bob Hope, Virginia Mayo, Walter Brennan |
|
1944 |
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| Captain Kidd |
Rowland V. Lee |
Charles Laughton, Randolph Scott, Barbara Britton |
|
1945 |
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| The Spanish Main |
Frank Borzage |
Paul Henreid, Maureen O'Hara, Walter Slezak |
|
1945 |
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| The Sea Hound |
W. B. Eason, Mack V. Wright |
Buster Crabbe, Jimmy Lloyd, Pamela Blake |
|
1947 |
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| Sinbad the Sailor |
Richard Wallace |
Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., Maureen O'Hara, Walter Slezak |
|
1947 |
|
| Buccaneer Bunny |
Friz Freleng |
Mel Blanc (voice) |
|
1948 |
Animated comedy short |
| The Pirate |
Vincente Minnelli |
Judy Garland, Gene Kelly, Walter Slezak |
|
1948 |
|
| Rosvo-Roope (Raunchy Ropey) |
Hannu Leminen |
Tauno Palo, Helena Kara, Ghedi Lönnberg |
|
1949 |
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| Buccaneer's Girl |
Frederick de Cordova |
Yvonne De Carlo, Philip Friend, Robert Douglas |
|
1950 |
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| Double Crossbones |
Charles Barton |
Donald O'Connor, Helena Carter, Will Geer |
|
1950 |
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| Fortunes of Captain Blood |
Gordon Douglas |
Louis Hayward, Patricia Medina, George Macready |
|
1950 |
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| Last of the Buccaneers |
Lew Landers |
Paul Henreid, Jack Oakie, Karin Booth |
|
1950 |
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| Pirates of the High Seas |
Spencer Gordon Bennet, Thomas Carr |
Buster Crabbe, Lois Hall, Tommy Farrell |
|
1950 |
|
| Two Lost Worlds |
Norman Dawn |
James Arness, Kasey Rogers, Bill Kennedy |
|
1950 |
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| Treasure Island |
Byron Haskin |
Bobby Driscoll, Robert Newton, Basil Sydney |
|
1950 |
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| Captain Horatio Hornblower R.N. |
Raoul Walsh |
Gregory Peck, Virginia Mayo, Robert Beatty |
|
1951 |
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| Anne of the Indies |
Jacques Tourneur |
Jean Peters, Louis Jourdan, Debra Paget |
|
1951 |
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| Hurricane Island |
Lew Landers |
Jon Hall, Marie Windsor, Romo Vincent |
|
1951 |
|
| Abbott and Costello Meet Captain Kidd |
Charles Lamont |
Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Charles Laughton |
|
1952 |
|
| Against All Flags |
George Sherman |
Errol Flynn, Maureen O'Hara, Anthony Quinn |
|
1952 |
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| Blackbeard the Pirate |
Raoul Walsh |
Robert Newton, Linda Darnell, William Bendix |
|
1952 |
|
| Captain Pirate |
Ralph Murphy |
Louis Hayward, Patricia Medina, John Sutton |
|
1952 |
Also known as Captain Blood, Fugitive. Sequel to Fortunes of Captain Blood (1950) |
| The Crimson Pirate |
Robert Siodmak |
Burt Lancaster, Nick Cravat, Eva Bartok |
|
1952 |
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| The Golden Hawk |
Sidney Salkow |
Sterling Hayden, Rhonda Fleming, Helena Carter |
|
1952 |
|
| Caribbean Gold |
Edward Ludwig |
John Payne, Arlene Dahl, Cedric Hardwicke |
|
1952 |
|
| Yankee Buccaneer |
Frederick de Cordova |
Jeff Chandler, Scott Brady, Suzan Ball |
|
1952 |
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| Peter Pan |
Clyde Geronimi, Wilfred Jackson, Hamilton Luske |
Bobby Driscoll, Kathryn Beaumont, Hans Conried |
|
1952 |
|
| Fair Wind to Java |
Joseph Kane |
Fred MacMurray, Vera Ralston, Robert Douglas |
|
1953 |
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| The Great Adventures of Captain Kidd |
Derwin Abrahams, Charles S. Gould |
Richard Crane, David Bruce, John Crawford |
|
1953 |
|
| Prince of Pirates |
Sidney Salkow |
John Derek, Barbara Rush, Carla Balenda |
|
1953 |
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| Raiders of the Seven Seas |
Sidney Salkow |
John Payne, Donna Reed, Gerald Mohr |
|
1953 |
|
| The Black Pirates |
Allen H. Miner |
Anthony Dexter, Martha Roth, and Lon Chaney, Jr. |
|
1954 |
|
| Captain Hareblower |
Friz Freleng |
Mel Blanc (voice) |
|
1954 |
Animated comedy short |
| Captain Kidd and the Slave Girl |
Lew Landers |
Anthony Dexter, Eva Gabor, Alan Hale, Jr. |
|
1954 |
|
| Long John Silver |
Byron Haskin |
Robert Newton, Connie Gilchrist, Lloyd Berrell |
|
1954 |
Also known as Long John Silver's Return to Treasure Island |
| Return to Treasure Island |
Ewald André Dupont |
Tab Hunter, Dawn Addams, Porter Hall |
|
1954 |
|
| Moonfleet |
Fritz Lang |
Stewart Granger, George Sanders, Joan Greenwood |
|
1955 |
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| Pirates of Tripoli |
Felix E. Feist |
Paul Henreid, Patricia Medina, Paul Newlan |
|
1955 |
|
| The Buccaneers |
C.M. Pennington-Richards |
Robert Shaw, Paul Hansard, Brian Rawlinson |
|
1956 |
Television series |
| Davy Crockett and the River Pirates |
Norman Foster |
Fess Parker, Buddy Ebsen, Jeff York |
|
1956 |
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| La Bigorne |
Robert Darène |
François Périer, Rossana Podestà, Robert Hirsch |
|
1958 |
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| The Buccaneer |
Anthony Quinn |
Yul Brynner, Claire Bloom, Charles Boyer |
|
1958 |
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| The Fabulous World of Jules Verne |
Karel Zeman |
Lubor Tokoš, Arnost Navrátil, Miroslav Holub |
|
1958 |
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| Swiss Family Robinson |
Ken Annakin |
John Mills, Dorothy McGuire, James MacArthur |
|
1960 |
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| The Boy and the Pirates |
Bert I. Gordon |
Charles Herbert, Susan Gordon, Murvyn Vye |
|
1960 |
|
| Captain Blood |
André Hunebelle |
Jean Marais, Bourvil, Elsa Martinelli |
|
1960 |
|
| Queen of the Pirates |
Mario Costa |
Gianna Maria Canale, Massimo Serato, Scilla Gabel |
|
1960 |
|
| The Adventure of Mary Read |
Umberto Lenzi |
Lisa Gastoni, Jerome Courtland, Walter Barnes |
|
1961 |
Also known as Queen of the Seas |
| Rage of the Buccaneers |
Mario Costa |
Ricardo Montalbán, Vincent Price, Giulia Rubini |
|
1961 |
|
| Morgan, the Pirate |
André de Toth, Primo Zeglio |
Steve Reeves, Valérie Lagrange, Ivo Garrani |
|
1961 |
|
| Pirates of Tortuga |
Robert D. Webb |
Ken Scott, Letícia Román, Dave King |
|
1961 |
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| Jules Verne's Mysterious Island |
Cy Endfield |
Michael Craig, Joan Greenwood, Michael Callan |
|
1961 |
|
| Hero's Island |
Leslie Stevens |
James Mason, Neville Brand, Kate Manx |
|
1962 |
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| The Pirates of Blood River |
John Gilling |
Kerwin Mathews, Glenn Corbett, Christopher Lee |
|
1962 |
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| Seven Seas to Calais |
Rudolph Maté, Primo Zeglio |
Rod Taylor, Keith Michell, Edy Vessel |
|
1962 |
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| The Son of Captain Blood |
Tulio Demicheli |
Sean Flynn, Alessandra Panaro, John Kitzmiller |
|
1962 |
|
| The Lion of St. Mark |
Luigi Capuano |
Gordon Scott, Gianna Maria Canale, Alberto Farnese |
|
1963 |
|
| Captain Clegg |
Peter Graham Scott |
Peter Cushing, Yvonne Romain, Patrick Allen |
|
1964 |
Also known as Night Creatures |
| The Devil-Ship Pirates |
Don Sharp |
Christopher Lee, Andrew Keir, John Cairney |
|
1964 |
|
| Treasure Island |
Hsin-yan Chang, Qi Fu |
Tseng Chang, Sisi Chen, Qi Fu |
|
1964 |
|
| The Pirates of Malaysia |
Umberto Lenzi |
Steve Reeves, Andrea Bosic, Jacqueline Sassard |
|
1964 |
|
| Cold Steel for Tortuga |
Luigi Capuano |
Guy Madison, Ingeborg Schöner, Rik Battaglia |
|
1965 |
|
| A High Wind in Jamaica |
Alexander Mackendrick |
Anthony Quinn, James Coburn, Dennis Price |
|
1965 |
|
| The King's Pirate |
Don Weis |
Doug McClure, Jill St. John, Guy Stockwell |
|
1967 |
|
| Blackbeard's Ghost |
Robert Stevenson |
Peter Ustinov, Dean Jones, Suzanne Pleshette |
|
1967 |
|
| Pippi Longstocking on the Seven Seas |
Olle Hellbom |
Inger Nilsson, Maria Persson, Pär Sundberg |
|
1970 |
|
| The Light at the Edge of the World |
Kevin Billington |
Kirk Douglas, Yul Brynner, Samantha Eggar |
|
1971 |
|
| Treasure Island |
John Hough |
Orson Welles, Kim Burfield, Lionel Stander |
|
1972 |
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| The Black Corsair |
Sergio Sollima |
Kabir Bedi, Carole André, Mel Ferrer |
|
1976 |
|
| Swashbuckler |
James Goldstone |
Robert Shaw, James Earl Jones, Peter Boyle |
|
1976 |
Also known as Scarlet Buccaneer |
| Oro rojo |
Alberto Vázquez Figueroa |
José Sacristán, Isela Vega, Hugo Stiglitz |
|
1978 |
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| The Island |
Michael Ritchie |
Michael Caine, David Warner, Angela Punch McGregor |
|
1980 |
|
| Los Diablos del mar |
Juan Piquer Simón |
Ian Sera, Patty Shepard, Frank Braña |
|
1981 |
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| The Pirate Movie |
Ken Annakin |
Kristy McNichol, Christopher Atkins, Ted Hamilton |
|
1982 |
|
| Nate and Hayes |
Ferdinand Fairfax |
Tommy Lee Jones, Michael O'Keefe, Max Phipps |
|
1983 |
|
| Yellowbeard |
Mel Damski |
Graham Chapman, Peter Boyle |
|
1983 |
|
| The Pirates of Penzance |
Wilford Leach |
Kevin Kline, Angela Lansbury, Linda Ronstadt |
|
1983 |
|
| The Ice Pirates |
Stewart Raffill |
Robert Urich, Mary Crosby, Michael D. Roberts |
|
1984 |
|
| The Master of Ballantrae (1984 film) |
Douglas Hickox |
John Gielgud, Ian Richardson, Finola Hughes |
|
1984 |
Television film |
| The Pirate |
Jacques Doillon |
Jane Birkin, Maruschka Detmers, Philippe Léotard |
|
1984 |
|
| The Goonies |
Richard Donner |
Sean Astin, Josh Brolin and Jeff Cohen, Corey Feldman |
|
1985 |
|
| The Pirates of Penzance |
Norman Campbell |
Brent Carver, Jeff Hyslop, Caralyn Tomlin |
|
1985 |
|
| Treasure Island |
Raúl Ruiz |
Melvil Poupaud, Martin Landau, Vic Tayback |
|
1985 |
|
| Return to Treasure Island |
Alan Clayton |
Brian Blessed, Christopher Guard, Reiner Schöne |
|
1986 |
Television miniseries |
| Pirates |
Roman Polanski |
Walter Matthau, Cris Campion, Damien Thomas |
|
1986 |
|
| Jim & Piraterna Blom |
Hans Alfredson |
Johan Åkerblom, Ewa Fröling, Jan Malmsjö |
|
1987 |
|
| The Princess Bride |
Rob Reiner |
Cary Elwes, Mandy Patinkin, Robin Wright, André the Giant |
|
1987 |
|
| Peter Pan and the Pirates |
|
Tim Curry, Kath Soucie, Chris M. Allport (voices) |
|
1990 |
Animated television series |
| Shipwrecked |
Nils Gaup |
Stian Smestad, Gabriel Byrne, Louisa Milwood-Haigh |
|
1990 |
|
| Treasure Island |
Fraser Clarke Heston |
Charlton Heston, Christian Bale, Oliver Reed |
|
1990 |
Television film |
| Hook |
Steven Spielberg |
Dustin Hoffman, Robin Williams, Julia Roberts |
|
1991 |
|
| Pirate's Island |
Viktors Ritelis |
Beth Buchanan, Brian Rooney, Sancho Gracia |
|
1991 |
Television film |
| Pirate Prince |
Alan Horrox |
Sean Blowers, Danny Cerqueira, Mona Hammond |
|
1991 |
Television film |
| The Pirates of Dark Water |
|
Jodi Benson, Héctor Elizondo, George Newbern (voices) |
|
1991 |
Animated television series |
| Matusalem |
Roger Cantin |
Marc Labrèche, Jessica Barker, Maxime Collin |
|
1993 |
|
| Pirates |
Peter Tabern |
Mem Ferda, Benjamin Rennis, June Brown |
|
1994 |
Children's television series |
| Treasure Island: The Adventure Begins |
Scott Garen |
Anthony Zerbe, Corey Carrier, Jason Beghe |
|
1994 |
Television film |
| Cutthroat Island |
Renny Harlin |
Geena Davis, Matthew Modine, Frank Langella |
|
1995 |
|
| Magic Island |
Sam Irvin |
Zachery Ty Bryan, Andrew Divoff, Edward Kerr |
|
1995 |
|
| Muppet Treasure Island |
Brian Henson |
Tim Curry, Kevin Bishop, Billy Connolly |
|
1996 |
|
| Return to Treasure Island |
Steve La Hood |
Jed Brophy, Will Clannachan, Richard Condon |
|
1996 |
|
| Pirate Tales |
Kevin McCarey |
Chuck Shamata, Roger Daltrey, Richard Schumann |
|
1997 |
Television miniseries |
| Matusalem II |
Roger Cantin |
Manuel Aranguiz, Jean Pierre Bergeron, Pierre-Luc Brillant |
|
1998 |
|
| Treasure Planet |
Ron Clements, John Musker |
Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Emma Thompson, Martin Short (voices) |
|
1999 |
| Band of Pirates: Buccaneer Island |
Bruce Mercury, TL Jones |
Bruce Mercury, TL Jones |
|
|
| Blood Royale (Hentai) |
Ben Dover |
Harrison Balz, Jasmine Greer, Kay Shaw, Lotus and Lunar Moth |
The perverted pirate sails the seven seas, armed with a torture chamber and his depraved imagination. Nothing is off limits in this bizarre excursion into a world of erotic peril. |
2002 |
Based on the PC Game of a similar title, Hentai. |
| Peter Pan |
P. J. Hogan |
Jeremy Sumpter, Jason Isaacs, Olivia Williams |
|
2003 |
|
| Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl |
Gore Verbinski |
Johnny Depp, Geoffrey Rush, Orlando Bloom, Keira Knightley |
|
2003 |
|
| Captain Sabertooth |
Stig Bergqvist, Rasmus A. Sivertsen |
Terje Formoe, Ole Alfsen, Nina Lund Feste (voices) |
|
2003 |
|
| Pirates |
Joone |
Jesse Jane, Carmen Luvana, Janine, Teagan Presley, Devon, Jenaveve Jolie and Evan Stone |
In 1763, Captain Edward Reynolds is hunting pirates, or at least trying to do so. He does not consider himself a great commander, and neither does most of his crew. |
2005 |
Pornographic film |
| Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest |
Gore Verbinski |
Johnny Depp, Orlando Bloom, Keira Knightley |
|
2006 |
|
| Pirates of the Great Salt Lake |
E. R. Nelson |
Kirby Heyborne, Trenton James, Larry Bagby |
|
2006 |
|
| Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End |
Gore Verbinski |
Johnny Depp, Orlando Bloom, Keira Knightley, Chow Yun-Fat, Geoffrey Rush |
|
2007 |
|
| Treasure Island |
Hansjörg Thurn |
François Goeske, Diane Willems, Tobias Moretti, Christian Tramitz, Silke Bodenbender |
A German television fiilm, Die Schatzinsel, based on the novel by R.L. Stevenson, it adds a character, Captain Flint's daughter |
2007 |
Television film |
| Pirates II: Stagnetti's Revenge |
Joone |
Jesse Jane, Belladonna, Evan Stone |
Captain Edward Reynolds brags about his victory over the dreaded pirate Victor Stagnetti to his loyal companion Jules; he has even assembled a new crew for his ship, including Ai Chow and Olivia, Serena's cousin. It is Olivia who informs the crew that the governor of Jamaica has ordered Serena's arrest and Olivia is on board to protect the crew from enemies, and to convince Edward and Jules to ask for Serena's pardon. When they finally go to Jamaica and ask Governor Littleton to pardon Serena, he is more interested in Jules' appearance than anything else. They convince the governor, who first sends them on a mission to kill another group of pirates and find another hidden treasure. |
2008 |
Pornographic film |
| Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides |
Rob Marshall |
Johnny Depp, Penélope Cruz, Ian McShane, Geoffrey Rush |
|
2011 |
|
| The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists! |
Peter Lord |
Hugh Grant, Salma Hayek, Jeremy Piven |
|
2012 |
|
| Treasure Island |
Steve Barron |
Eddie Izzard, Toby Regbo, Elijah Wood, Donald Sutherland |
|
2012 |
Television film |
| Black Sails |
Jonathan E. Steinberg and Robert Levine |
Toby Stephens, Hannah New, Luke Arnold |
Set roughly two decades before the events of Treasure Island and during the Golden Age of Piracy, the feared Captain Flint brings on a younger crew member as they fight for the survival of New Providence Island. |
2014 |
Television film |
| Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales |
Joachim Rønning and Espen Sandberg |
Johnny Depp, Geoffrey Rush, Javier Bardem |
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2017 |
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| Pirate Latitudes |
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