TOP 10: The best movies about pirates

Stories about the daring, sea robbers occupy a special place in the cinema. Sometimes pirates are associated with bloody showdowns, and sometimes with romance and adventure. Therefore, films about them are very popular among viewers around the world.

Black Sails

• Country: USA, South Africa
• Release year: 2014
• Genre: Adventure, Drama
• Cast: Toby Stevens, Hannah New, Luke Arnold, Jessica Parker Kennedy, Sean Michael, Zack McGone, Clara Paget, Hakim Kae-Kazim, Tom Hopper, Mark Ryan

The events of this series take place during the formation of piracy in the Caribbean. Complete lawlessness occurs on one of the islands belonging to the colony of New Providence. Many of the famous pirates hold control of this island. Captain Flint is one of them.

The British fleet is returning, and this threatens the well-known captain and his team. Romantic and deep motives drive Flint. His house is taken. Together with Eleanor Guthrie, he came up with a plan for liberation.

"Pirates of the Caribbean"

• Country: USA
• Release year: 2003
• Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Family, Romance
• Cast: Johnny Depp, Jeffrey Rush, Orlando Bloom, Keira Knightley, Jack Davenport, Kevin McNally, Jonathan Price, Lee Arenberg, Mackenzie Crook, David Bailey

Jack Sparrow is the main character of the film. Dangerous adventures - its natural element. On the ship "Black Pearl" passed the life of Jack. It was his house, here he lived and did not refuse himself anything. One day Barbossa outwitted Sparrow, as a result of which the latter lost his ship. In addition to the ship, Elizabeth, the daughter of the governor, was captured. The son of a blacksmith, Will Turner, rushed to save the girl. Jack Sparrow, in turn, is trying to return the "Black Pearl" and his team. Joining forces with Will, the pirate hijacks the best British ship they need to fulfill a common goal.

"Skull and Bones"

• Country: USA
• Release year: 2014
• Genre: Adventure, Drama
• Cast: John Malkovich, Richard Coyle, Claire Foy, Yasmin Al Massri, David Hoflin, Chris Perfetti, Traci Ifichor, Peter Stebbings, Julian Sands, Ezra Buzzington

On the picturesque Bahamas in one secret pirate republic, the action of the series “Skull and Bones” takes place. The famous pirate nicknamed Blackbeard was the ruler in this paradise. There are many legends about this sea lion. But now he does not even suspect the gift prepared by the British authorities. Will Blackbeard get out of the water this time?

Captain Phillips

• Country: USA
• Release year: 2013
• Genre: Action, Adventure, Biography, Drama, Thriller, Crime
• Cast: Tom Hanks, Barkhad Abdi, Barkhad Abdirahman, Faisal Ahmed, Mahat M. Ali, Michael Chernus, Yul Vazquez, Max Martini, Katherine Keener, Chris Malki

In the spring of 2009, off the coast of Africa, Somali pirates want to capture a large container ship. The ship's team is resisting these brave black guys. As a result of this fight, the ship was not captured, the pirates were rebuffed and they fled on a small ship. Only Richard Phillips, a middle-aged ship captain, was captured by Somali pirates.

"Island of the thugs"

• Country: USA, France, Italy, Germany
• Release Year: 1995
• Genre: Action, Romance, Adventure, Family
• Cast: Gina Davis, Matthew Modine, Frank Langella, Mori Chaykin, Patrick Malahide, Stan Shaw, Rex Lynn, Paul Dillon, Christopher Masterson, Jimmy F. Skaggs

The famous captain Morgan was killed by his own brother. Morgan's daughter wants at all costs to avenge the death of her father. On the Island of the Cutthroats, innumerable treasures of pirates are hidden. To find them, you need a map.After the death of her father, the girl got one of the three parts of this same card. To find treasures, she organizes a team of her father's old friends. The second part of the card is with the fraudster, whose name is William Shaw. The main problem is with the third part of the card. Uncle Morgan owns this part of the Cutthroat Island plan.

"Master of the Seas: At the Edge of the Earth"

• Country: USA
• Release year: 2013
• Genre: Action, Military, Adventure, Drama
• Cast: Russell Crowe, Paul Bettany, James D’Arcy, Edward Woodall, Chris Larkin, Max Pirkis, Jack Randall, Max Benitz, Lee Ingleby, Richard Pates

The film takes place during the time of Napoleon. The spaces of the Atlantic are plowed by the warship Surprise. Suddenly an unknown massive ship emerges from the fog and suddenly attacks the Surprise. But the coordinated actions, resourcefulness and courage of the ship's crew helped them avoid an imminent death. Jack Aubrey - the captain of a warship does not want to leave this incident unattended and decides to pursue the enemy. But this meeting can only happen at the ends of the world. Will a mysterious enemy be overtaken and defeated?

22 minutes

• Country Russia
• Release year: 2014
• Genre: Action
• Cast: Makar Zaporizhsky, Denis Nikiforov, Gael Camilindi, Ibrahim Tour, Viktor Sukhorukov, Alexander Galibin, Igor Taradaykin, Vladislav Demin, Ivan Porodnov, Vladislav Pogiba

Alexander Yezhov is the main character of the national film “22 Minutes”. Sanya, a marine, randomly finds himself on a tanker that was captured by pirates. He is sure that his comrades will not let him go and will surely help. He understands that he must survive, and most importantly - during the assault on the tanker to help the capture group. The plot of the film is based on real events. In 2010, the Russian ship Moscow University was hijacked by pirates. The Marines of the Marshal Shaposhnikov BOD managed to free the ship in 22 minutes.

"Hostages"

• Country: Denmark
• Release Year: 2012
• Genre: Drama, Thriller
• Cast: Johan Philip Asbeck, Søren Mulling, Dar Salim, Roland Muller, Gary Skiolmose Porter

Several parallel planes are used in the plot of this film. And only in the last episode of the film they intersect.

A ship with armed men drifts in the waters of the Indian Ocean. Seven crew members are held hostage. Every day the conditions only get worse, as does the diet. There is no hope of salvation. But at this time, the shipowner's company representative is between two fires. On the one hand, pirates put pressure on him, on the other hand, relatives and friends of captured sailors.

"Pirates"

• Country: South Korea
• Release year: 2014
• Genre: Adventure, Historical
• Cast: Kim Nam Gil, Song Yo Jin, Yu Hae Jin, Lee Kyung Yong, Tae-u Kim, Pak Chol Min, Kim Won-he, Cho Dal Hwan, Sin Jeong Geun, Choi Sol Ri

It so happened that two brothers fell in love with one woman without memory. One of them became a pirate, and the second serves as the captain of the royal ship as the king of France. Each of them took an oath that he would deal with his brother. And then one day at sea their fatal meeting took place. The battle has begun ...

"1492: The Conquest of Paradise"

• Country: United Kingdom, France, Spain
• Release Year: 1992
• Genre: Drama, Adventure, Biographical, Historical
• Cast: Gerard Depardieu, Armand Assante, Sigourney Weaver, Lauren Dean, Angela Molina, Fernando Rey, Michael Wincott, Cheki Cario, Kevin Dunn, Frank Langella

Christopher Columbus all his life was looking for a new path to India. People only laughed at his projects, but he did not give up and continued to look for a sea route. And finally, luck smiled at Columbus, the Queen of Spain agreed to pay for his expedition in search of distant lands. Three caravels were equipped with a researcher. On them he went to uncharted places. The film shows arrogance and courage, triumph and despair.