| Released | Title | Country | Director | Notable cast | Notes |
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| 1911 | Blackbeard | United States | Francis Boggs | Sydney Ayres, Hobart Bosworth | Short film about Blackbeard (– 1718) |
| 1912 | Treasure Island | United States | J. Searle Dawley | Addison Rothermel, Ben F. Wilson, Charles Ogle | Short film based on Treasure Island |
| 1913 | Pirate Gold | United States | Wilfred Lucas | Blanche Sweet, Charles Hill Mailes, J. Jiquel Lanoe | Short Film |
| 1915 | The Footsteps of Capt. Kidd | United States | Rex Beach, Edward A. Salisbury | | Documentary |
| On the Spanish Main | United States | Rex Beach, Edward A. Salisbury | | Documentary |
| Pirate Haunts | United States | Rex Beach, Edward A. Salisbury | | Documentary |
| A Submarine Pirate | United States | Charles Avery, Sydney Chaplin | Sydney Chaplin, Wesley Ruggles | Short film featuring submarine piracy |
| 1916 | Colonel Heeza Liar and the Pirates | United States | John Randolph Bray | | Animated comedy short film |
| Daphne and the Pirate | United States | Christy Cabanne | Lillian Gish, Elliott Dexter, Walter Long | |
| 1918 | The Sea Panther | United States | Thomas N. Heffron | William Desmond, Mary Warren, Jack Richardson | |
| Treasure Island | United States | Chester M. Franklin, Sidney Franklin | Francis Carpenter, Virginia Lee Corbin, Violet Radcliffe | Based on Treasure Island |
| 1919 | Störtebeker | | Ernst Wendt | | Film about Klaus Störtebeker (– 1401), set in the North Sea and Baltic Sea | |
| Released | Title | Country | Director | Notable cast | Notes |
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| 1920 | Jolanda, la figlia del Corsaro Nero | Italy | Vitale De Stefano | Anita Faraboni | Based on Yolanda, the Black Corsair's Daughter |
| Pirate Gold | United States | George B. Seitz | Marguerite Courtot, George B. Seitz, Frank Redman | Film serial |
| Treasure Island | United States | Maurice Tourneur | Shirley Mason, Josie Melville, Al W. Filson | Based on Treasure Island |
| 1921 | The Black Corsair | Italy | Vitale De Stefano | Rodolfo Badaloni | Based on The Black Corsair |
| Cold Steel | United States | Sherwood MacDonald | J. P. McGowan, Kathleen Clifford, Stanhope Wheatcroft | |
| Il figlio del corsaro rosso | Italy | Vitale De Stefano | | Based on Son of the Red Corsair |
| La regina dei Caraibi | Italy | Vitale De Stefano | La Bella Argentina, Rodolfo Badaloni | Based on The Queen of the Caribbean |
| Gli ultimi filibustieri | Italy | Vitale Di Stefano | Riccardo Tassani | Based on the sequel novels of The Black Corsair |
| 1922 | Captain Kidd | United States | Burton L. King, J. P. McGowan | Eddie Polo, Kathleen Myers, Leslie Casey | Film serial |
| Le Fils du Flibustier | France | Louis Feuillade | Aimé Simon-Girard | Film serial |
| Masters of the Sea | Austria | Alexander Korda | Victor Varconi | |
| 1924 | The Buccaneers | | Mark Goldaine, Robert F. McGowan | Joe Cobb, Jackie Condon, Mickey Daniels | |
| 1924 | Captain Blood | United States | David Smith | J. Warren Kerrigan, Jean Paige, Charlotte Merriam | Based on Captain Blood |
| Peter Pan | United States | Herbert Brenon | Betty Bronson, Ernest Torrence, George Ali | Based on Peter and Wendy |
| The Sea Hawk | United States | Frank Lloyd | Milton Sills, Enid Bennett | Based on The Sea Hawk, set in the Elizabethan era in the Mediterranean Sea |
| 1925 | Clothes Make the Pirate | United States | Maurice Tourneur | Leon Errol, Dorothy Gish, Nita Naldi | Comedy |
| Peter the Pirate | Germany | Arthur Robison | Paul Richter, Aud Egede Nissen, Rudolf Klein-Rogge | Set in the Mediterranean Sea |
| Satan's Sister | United Kingdom | George Pearson | Betty Balfour | |
| Surcouf | France | Luitz-Morat | Jean Angelo | Film serial about Robert Surcouf (1773 – 1827), set in the Napoleonic Wars |
| 1926 | The Black Pirate | United States | Albert Parker | Douglas Fairbanks, Billie Dove, Anders Randolf | Also known as The Black Buccaneer |
| Breed of the Sea | United States | Ralph Ince | Ralph Ince, Margaret Livingston, Pat Harmon | |
| The Eagle of the Sea | United States | Frank Lloyd | Florence Vidor, Ricardo Cortez | Film about Jean Lafitte (–) |
| Old Ironsides | United States | James Cruze | Charles Farrell, Esther Ralston, Wallace Beery | Also known as Sons of the Sea.
Set in the Mediterranean Sea, in the early 19th century. |
| 1927 | The Road to Romance | United States | John S. Robertson | Ramon Novarro, Marceline Day, Marc McDermott | Based on Romance |
| 1928 | The Beautiful Corsair | Italy | Wladimiro De Liguoro | Rina De Liguoro | |
| The First Kiss | United States | Rowland V. Lee | Fay Wray, Gary Cooper, Lane Chandler | |
| Modern Pirates | Germany | Manfred Noa | Jack Trevor | |
| 1929 | The Delightful Rogue | United States | Leslie Pearce | Rod La Rocque | |
| The Pirate of Panama | United States | Ray Taylor | Jay Wilsey, Natalie Kingston, Al Ferguson | Film serial | |
| Released | Title | Country | Director | Notable cast | Notes |
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| 1930 | Hell Harbor | United States | Henry King | Lupe Vélez, Jean Hersholt, John Holland | |
| 1931 | Corsair | United States | Roland West | Chester Morris | |
| 1934 | Pirate Treasure | United States | Ray Taylor | Richard Talmadge, Lucille Lund, Walter Miller | Film serial |
| Treasure Island | United States | Victor Fleming | Wallace Beery, Jackie Cooper, Lionel Barrymore | Based on Treasure Island |
| 1935 | Captain Blood | United States | Michael Curtiz | Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland, Basil Rathbone, Lionel Atwill | Based on Captain Blood |
| China Seas | United States | Tay Garnett | Clark Gable, Jean Harlow, Wallace Beery | |
| Naughty Marietta | United States | Robert Z. Leonard, W. S. Van Dyke | Jeanette MacDonald, Nelson Eddy | Musical |
| Pirate Party on Catalina Isle | | | Charles 'Buddy' Rogers, Sterling Young, The Fanchonettes | Pirate-themed variety show held of Catalina Isle starring a number of Hollywood comics. |
| 1936 | Captain Calamity | United States | John Reinhardt | Marian Nixon, George Houston, Vince Barnett | |
| Dancing Pirate | United States | Lloyd Corrigan | Charles Collins, Frank Morgan, Steffi Duna | Musical comedy. Set in the 1820s. |
| 1937 | The Black Corsair | Italy | Amleto Palermi | Ciro Verratti, Silvana Jachino | Based on The Black Corsair |
| Doctor Syn | United Kingdom | Roy William Neill | George Arliss, Margaret Lockwood, John Loder | Film about smugglers in England in the late 18th century. Based on . |
| 1938 | The Buccaneer | United States | Cecil B. DeMille | Fredric March, Franciska Gaal, Akim Tamiroff | Film about Jean Lafitte (–) |
| Spawn of the North | United States | Henry Hathaway | George Raft, Henry Fonda, Dorothy Lamour | Set in the coast of Alaska |
| 1939 | Jamaica Inn | United Kingdom | Alfred Hitchcock | Charles Laughton, Maureen O'Hara, Robert Newton | Set in England in 1819. Based on Jamaica Inn | |
| Released | Title | Country | Director | Notable cast | Notes |
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| 1940 | The Daughter of the Green Pirate | Italy | Enrico Guazzoni | Doris Duranti, Fosco Giachetti | Based on the sequel novels of The Black Corsair |
| The Sea Hawk | United States | Michael Curtiz | Errol Flynn, Brenda Marshall, Claude Rains | Set in the Elizabethan era, but unlike the novel The Sea Hawk it is set in the Caribbean Sea |
| 1942 | The Black Swan | United States | Henry King | Tyrone Power, Maureen O'Hara, Laird Cregar | Film about Henry Morgan (– 1688) |
| Reap the Wild Wind | United States | Cecil B. DeMille | Ray Milland, John Wayne, Paulette Goddard | Set in the 1840s along the Florida coast |
| 1943 | Gli ultimi filibustieri | Italy | Marco Elter | Vittorio Sanipoli | Based on the sequel novels of The Black Corsair |
| The Son of the Red Corsair | Italy | Marco Elter | Vittorio Sanipoli | Based on Son of the Red Corsair |
| 1944 | El Corsario Negro | Mexico | Chano Urueta | Pedro Armendáriz, María Luisa Zea, June Marlowe | Based on The Black Corsair |
| Frenchman's Creek | United States | Mitchell Leisen | Joan Fontaine, Arturo de Córdova, Basil Rathbone | Based on Frenchman's Creek |
| The Princess and the Pirate | United States | David Butler | Bob Hope, Virginia Mayo, Walter Brennan, Victor McLaglen, Walter Slezak | Comedy |
| 1945 | Captain Kidd | United States | Rowland V. Lee | Charles Laughton, Randolph Scott, Barbara Britton | Film about Captain William Kidd (1654 – 1701) |
| Manhunt of Mystery Island | United States | Spencer Gordon Bennet, Yakima Canutt, Wallace Grissell | Richard Bailey, Linda Stirling | Film serial |
| The Spanish Main | United States | Frank Borzage | Paul Henreid, Maureen O'Hara, Walter Slezak | |
| 1947 | The Sea Hound | United States | W. B. Eason, Mack V. Wright | Buster Crabbe, Jimmy Lloyd (actor), Pamela Blake | Film serial |
| Sinbad the Sailor | United States | Richard Wallace | Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Maureen O'Hara, Walter Slezak, Anthony Quinn | Set at the time of Caliph Harun al-Rashid (ruled from 786 to 809), in the Indian Ocean. |
| 1948 | Buccaneer Bunny | United States | Friz Freleng | Mel Blanc (voice) | Animated comedy short film |
| The Pirate | United States | Vincente Minnelli | Judy Garland, Gene Kelly, Walter Slezak | Musical |
| 1949 | Barbary Pirate | United States | Lew Landers | Donald Woods, Trudy Marshall | Film about the begin of the First Barbary War. Set in 1801 |
| Rosvo-Roope (Raunchy Ropey) | Finland | Hannu Leminen | Tauno Palo, Helena Kara, Ghedi Lönnberg | | |
| Released | Title | Country | Director | Notable cast | Notes |
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| 1950 | Buccaneer's Girl | United States | Frederick de Cordova | Yvonne De Carlo, Philip Friend, Robert Douglas | Set around 1810 |
| Double Crossbones | United States | Charles Barton | Donald O'Connor, Helena Carter, Will Geer | Comedy |
| Fortunes of Captain Blood | United States | Gordon Douglas | Louis Hayward, Patricia Medina, George Macready | Based on Captain Blood |
| Last of the Buccaneers | United States | Lew Landers | Paul Henreid, Jack Oakie, Karin Booth | Film about Jean Lafitte (–) |
| Pirates of the High Seas | United States | Spencer Gordon Bennet, Thomas Carr | Buster Crabbe, Lois Hall, Tommy Farrell | Film serial |
| Treasure Island | United StatesUnited Kingdom | Byron Haskin | Robert Newton, Bobby Driscoll, Basil Sydney | Based on Treasure Island |
| Two Lost Worlds | United States | Norman Dawn | James Arness, Kasey Rogers, Bill Kennedy | Set in the year 1830 |
| 1951 | Anne of the Indies | United States | Jacques Tourneur | Jean Peters, Louis Jourdan, Debra Paget | With Blackbeard (– 1718) |
| Captain Horatio Hornblower R.N. | United Kingdom | Raoul Walsh | Gregory Peck, Virginia Mayo, Robert Beatty | Based on the Horatio Hornblower novels. Set in the Napoleonic Wars |
| Flame of Araby | United States | Charles Lamont | Maureen O'Hara, Jeff Chandler, Lon Chaney Jr., Buddy Baer | Film about the Brothers Barbarossa (Oruç Reis, – 1518, and Hayreddin Barbarossa, – 1546) |
| Hurricane Island | United States | Lew Landers | Jon Hall, Marie Windsor, Romo Vincent | Set in Florida in the year 1513 |
| Revenge of the Pirates | Italy | Primo Zeglio | Jean-Pierre Aumont, Maria Montez | |
| 1952 | Abbott and Costello Meet Captain Kidd | United States | Charles Lamont | Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Charles Laughton | Comedy |
| Against All Flags | United States | George Sherman | Errol Flynn, Maureen O'Hara, Anthony Quinn | Set in Madagascar |
| Blackbeard the Pirate | United States | Raoul Walsh | Robert Newton, Linda Darnell, William Bendix | Film about Blackbeard (– 1718) |
| Captain Pirate | United States | Ralph Murphy | Louis Hayward, Patricia Medina, John Sutton | Based on Captain Blood.
Also known as Captain Blood, Fugitive.
Sequel to Fortunes of Captain Blood (1950). |
| Caribbean Gold | United States | Edward Ludwig | John Payne, Arlene Dahl, Cedric Hardwicke | Set in 1728 |
| The Crimson Pirate | United States | Robert Siodmak | Burt Lancaster, Nick Cravat, Eva Bartok | |
| The Golden Hawk | United States | Sidney Salkow | Sterling Hayden, Rhonda Fleming, Helena Carter | |
| Jolanda, the Daughter of the Black Corsair | Italy | Mario Soldati | May Britt, Marc Lawrence, Renato Salvatori | Based on Yolanda, the Black Corsair's Daughter |
| I tre corsari | Italy | Mario Soldati | Ettore Manni, Marc Lawrence, Renato Salvatori, Cesare Danova | Based on The Black Corsair |
| Yankee Buccaneer | United States | Frederick de Cordova | Jeff Chandler, Scott Brady, Suzan Ball | Film about David Porter (1780 – 1843) |
| 1953 | Fair Wind to Java | United States | Joseph Kane | Fred MacMurray, Vera Ralston, Robert Douglas | Set in 1883 |
| The Great Adventures of Captain Kidd | United States | Derwin Abrahams, Charles S. Gould | Richard Crane, David Bruce, John Crawford | Film serial about Captain William Kidd (1654 – 1701) |
| The Master of Ballantrae | United Kingdom | William Keighley | Errol Flynn, Roger Livesey, Anthony Steel, Beatrice Campbell, Yvonne Furneaux | Set after 1745, based on The Master of Ballantrae |
| Peter Pan | United States | Clyde Geronimi, Wilfred Jackson, Hamilton Luske | Bobby Driscoll, Kathryn Beaumont, Hans Conried (voices) | Animated film based on Peter and Wendy |
| Prince of Pirates | United States | Sidney Salkow | John Derek, Barbara Rush, Carla Balenda | Set in the 16th century in the Netherlands |
| Raiders of the Seven Seas | United States | Sidney Salkow | John Payne, Donna Reed, Gerald Mohr | Film about Barbarossa (Oruç Reis, – 1518) |
| 1954 | Alvaro piuttosto corsaro | | Camillo Mastrocinque | Renato Rascel | Musical |
| The Black Pirates | United States MexicoEl Salvador | Allen H. Miner | Anthony Dexter, Martha Roth, and Lon Chaney Jr. | |
| Captain Hareblower | United States | Friz Freleng | Mel Blanc (voice) | Animated comedy short film |
| Captain Kidd and the Slave Girl | United States | Lew Landers | Anthony Dexter, Eva Gabor, Alan Hale Jr. | |
| His Majesty O'Keefe | United States | Byron Haskin | Burt Lancaster | Film about David O'Keefe (1824 – 1901) and Bully Hayes (1827 – 1877) |
| Long John Silver | United States | Byron Haskin | Robert Newton, Connie Gilchrist, Lloyd Berrell | Also known as Long John Silver's Return to Treasure Island
Sequel to Treasure Island |
| Return to Treasure Island | United States | Ewald André Dupont | Tab Hunter, Dawn Addams, Porter Hall | Sequel to Treasure Island |
| 1955 | Moonfleet | United States | Fritz Lang | Stewart Granger, George Sanders, Joan Greenwood | Film about smugglers in England in the 18th century |
| Pirates of Tripoli | United States | Felix E. Feist | Paul Henreid, Patricia Medina, Paul Newlan | Set in the Mediterranean Sea |
| 1956 | Davy Crockett and the River Pirates | United States | Norman Foster | Fess Parker, Buddy Ebsen, Jeff York | Film about Davy Crockett (1786 – 1836), set on the Mississippi River |
| 1957 | Pirate of the Half Moon | Italy | Giuseppe Maria Scotese | John Derek, Gianna Maria Canale, Ingeborg Schöner | Set in the 16th century in the Mediterranean Sea |
| 1958 | The Amorous Corporal | France | Robert Darène | François Périer, Rossana Podestà, Robert Hirsch | Set in Madagascar |
| The Buccaneer | United States | Anthony Quinn | Yul Brynner, Claire Bloom, Charles Boyer, Charlton Heston | Film about Jean Lafitte (–) |
| The Fabulous World of Jules Verne | Czechoslovakia | Karel Zeman | Lubor Tokoš, Arnost Navrátil, Miroslav Holub | Fantasy and science fiction film based on Facing the Flag by Jules Verne |
| Pirate of the Black Hawk | ItalyFrance | Sergio Grieco | Gérard Landry, Mijanou Bardot | Set in the 16th century in the Mediterranean Sea |
| 1959 | The Little Savage | United States | Byron Haskin | Pedro Armendáriz | |
| Marie of the Isles | FranceItaly | Georges Combret | Belinda Lee, Alain Saury, Magali Noël, Folco Lulli | Set in 1635 |
| The Pirate and the Slave Girl | Italy | Piero Pierotti | Lex Barker, Chelo Alonso, Massimo Serato, Graziella Granata | Set in the 16th century in the Mediterranean Sea |
| Son of the Red Corsair | Italy | Primo Zeglio | Lex Barker | Based on Son of the Red Corsair | |
| Released | Title | Country | Director | Notable cast | Notes |
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| 1960 | The Boy and the Pirates | United States | Bert I. Gordon | Charles Herbert, Susan Gordon, Murvyn Vye | Fantasy film with Blackbeard (– 1718) |
| Morgan, the Pirate | ItalyFrance | André de Toth, Primo Zeglio | Steve Reeves, Valérie Lagrange, Ivo Garrani | Film about Henry Morgan (– 1688) |
| Pirates of the Coast | Italy | Domenico Paolella | Lex Barker | |
| Queen of the Pirates | Italy | Mario Costa | Gianna Maria Canale, Massimo Serato, Scilla Gabel | Set in the 16th century in the Mediterranean Sea |
| Robin Hood and the Pirates | Italy | Giorgio Simonelli | Lex Barker, Walter Barnes | Set in England in the 12th century |
| Swiss Family Robinson | United States | Ken Annakin | John Mills, Dorothy McGuire, James MacArthur | Set in the early 19th century, based on The Swiss Family Robinson |
| 1961 | Il conquistatore di Maracaibo | | Eugenio Martín | Hans von Borsody, Luisella Boni | |
| Fury at Smugglers' Bay | United Kingdom | John Gilling | Peter Cushing, Bernard Lee, Michèle Mercier, John Fraser | Set in England in the 1790s. |
| Guns of the Black Witch | ItalyFrance | Domenico Paolella | Don Megowan, Silvana Pampanini | |
| Jules Verne's Mysterious Island | United StatesUnited Kingdom | Cy Endfield | Michael Craig, Joan Greenwood, Michael Callan, Herbert Lom | Based on The Mysterious Island, set in 1865 |
| Pirates of Tortuga | United States | Robert D. Webb | Ken Scott, Letícia Román, Dave King | |
| Queen of the Seas | ItalyFrance | Umberto Lenzi | Lisa Gastoni, Jerome Courtland, Walter Barnes | Also known as The Adventure of Mary Read
Film about Mary Read (– 1721) |
| Rage of the Buccaneers | Italy | Mario Costa | Ricardo Montalbán, Vincent Price, Giulia Rubini | |
| The Secret of the Black Falcon | Italy | Domenico Paolella | Lex Barker, Walter Barnes | |
| 1962 | Avenger of the Seven Seas | ItalyFrance | Domenico Paolella | Richard Harrison, Michèle Mercier, Walter Barnes | Set in 1790 |
| Hawk of the Caribbean | Italy | Piero Regnoli | Johnny Desmond, Yvonne Monlaur | |
| Hero's Island | United States | Leslie Stevens | James Mason, Neville Brand, Kate Manx | Set in 1718 at the Outer Banks of North Carolina |
| Julius Caesar Against the Pirates | Italy | Sergio Grieco | Gustavo Rojo, Abbe Lane, Gordon Mitchell | An adventure of the young Julius Caesar, based on a true story. Set in the Mediterranean Sea in the years 75 BC and 74 BC. |
| Musketeers of the Sea | Italy | Steno | Pier Angeli, Channing Pollock, Aldo Ray, Philippe Clay, Robert Alda | |
| The Pirates of Blood River | United Kingdom | John Gilling | Kerwin Mathews, Glenn Corbett, Christopher Lee | |
| Seven Seas to Calais | Italy | Rudolph Maté, Primo Zeglio | Rod Taylor, Keith Michell, Edy Vessel | |
| The Son of Captain Blood | Italy | Tulio Demicheli | Sean Flynn, Alessandra Panaro, John Kitzmiller | Based on Captain Blood |
| Tiger of the Seven Seas | Italy | Luigi Capuano | Gianna Maria Canale, Anthony Steel, John Kitzmiller | |
| 1963 | The Lion of St. Mark | Italy | Luigi Capuano | Gordon Scott, Gianna Maria Canale, Alberto Farnese | Set in the 1620 in the Mediterranean Sea |
| Samson and the Sea Beast | Italy | Tanio Boccia | Kirk Morris, Margaret Lee | |
| 1964 | Captain Clegg | United Kingdom | Peter Graham Scott | Peter Cushing, Yvonne Romain, Patrick Allen | Also known as Night Creatures.
Film about smugglers in England in the late 18th century. Based on . |
| The Devil-Ship Pirates | United Kingdom | Don Sharp | Christopher Lee, Andrew Keir, John Cairney | Set in England in 1588 |
| Hercules and the Black Pirates | Italy | Luigi Capuano | Alan Steel, Rosalba Neri | |
| The Masked Man Against the Pirates | Italy | Vertunnio De Angelis | George Hilton, Tony Kendall | |
| The Pirates of Malaysia | ItalyFranceSpain | Umberto Lenzi | Steve Reeves, Andrea Bosic, Jacqueline Sassard | Set in the 19th century in Malaysia |
| Toto vs. the Black Pirate | Italy | Fernando Cerchio | Totò, Mario Petri | Comedy |
| Treasure Island | China | Hsin-yan Chang, Qi Fu | Tseng Chang, Sisi Chen, Qi Fu | |
| 1965 | The Adventurer of Tortuga | Italy | Luigi Capuano | Guy Madison, Ingeborg Schöner, Rik Battaglia | |
| Giant of the Evil Island | Italy | Piero Pierotti | Peter Lupus, Halina Zalewska | |
| A High Wind in Jamaica | United Kingdom | Alexander Mackendrick | Anthony Quinn, James Coburn, Dennis Price | Set in 1870 |
| 1966 | Assault on a Queen | United States | Jack Donohue | Frank Sinatra, Virna Lisi, Alf Kjellin | Submarine piracy |
| The Sea Pirate | Italy | Sergio Bergonzelli, Roy Rowland | Gérard Barray, Antonella Lualdi | Film about Robert Surcouf (1773 – 1827), set in the Napoleonic Wars |
| Tonnerre sur l'océan Indien | | Sergio Bergonzelli, Roy Rowland | Gérard Barray, Antonella Lualdi | Film about Robert Surcouf (1773 – 1827), set in the Napoleonic Wars |
| 1967 | The King's Pirate | United States | Don Weis | Doug McClure, Jill St. John, Guy Stockwell | |
| The Rover | Italy | Terence Young | Anthony Quinn, Rosanna Schiaffino, Rita Hayworth | Based on The Rover, set in France in the Napoleonic Wars |
| 1968 | Blackbeard's Ghost | United States | Robert Stevenson | Peter Ustinov, Dean Jones, Suzanne Pleshette | Fantasy comedy |
| 1969 | Franco, Ciccio e il pirata Barbanera | Italy | Mario Amendola | Franco and Ciccio, Fernando Sancho | Comedy | |
| Released | Title | Country | Director | Notable cast | Notes |
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| 1970 | | | Antonio Mollica | Robert Woods | |
| Pippi in the South Seas | SwedenWest Germany | Olle Hellbom | Inger Nilsson | Comedy, based on Pippi in the South Seas |
| 1971 | Blackie the Pirate | Italy | Enzo Gicca | Terence Hill, George Martin, Bud Spencer | |
| Los corsarios | | Ferdinando Baldi | Dean Reed, Alberto de Mendoza, Annabella Incontrera | |
| The Light at the Edge of the World | United StatesSpain | Kevin Billington | Kirk Douglas, Yul Brynner, Samantha Eggar | Set at Cape Horn in the year 1865. Based on The Lighthouse at the End of the World |
| 1972 | | | René Cardona Jr. | Hugo Stiglitz, René Cardona III, Christa Linder | |
| | José Luis Merino | Carlos Quiney, Stelvio Rosi | |
| Treasure Island | United States | Hal Sutherland | Richard Dawson, Davy Jones, Dal McKennon (voices) | Animated film based on Treasure Island |
| Treasure Island | United KingdomFranceWest GermanyItalySpain | John Hough | Orson Welles, Kim Burfield, Lionel Stander | Based on Treasure Island |
| 1973 | Ghost in the Noonday Sun | United Kingdom | Peter Medak | Peter Sellers | Comedy |
| Scalawag | United Kingdom | Kirk Douglas | Kirk Douglas | Set in California in the 19th century |
| 1974 | Les Démoniaques | France | Jean Rollin | Joëlle Cœur, Lieva Lone, Patricia Hermenier, John Rico, Willy Braque | Horror. Set at the end of the 19th century, on the north European coast. |
| The Ghost Galleon | Spain | Amando de Ossorio | Maria Perschy, Jack Taylor | Horror film |
| 1976 | The Black Corsair | | Sergio Sollima | Kabir Bedi, Carole André, Mel Ferrer | Based on The Black Corsair |
| Noroît | France | Jacques Rivette | Geraldine Chaplin, Bernadette Lafont, Kika Markham | Avant-garde and experimental film |
| Swashbuckler | United States | James Goldstone | Robert Shaw, James Earl Jones, Peter Boyle, Geneviève Bujold | Also known as Scarlet Buccaneer |
| 1977 | Oro rojo | Spain Mexico | Alberto Vázquez Figueroa | José Sacristán, Isela Vega, Hugo Stiglitz | |
| Golden Rendezvous | South Africa | Ashley Lazarus | Richard Harris, Ann Turkel, Gordon Jackson | | |
| Released | Title | Country | Director | Notable cast | Notes |
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| 1980 | The Island | United States | Michael Ritchie | Michael Caine, David Warner, Angela Punch McGregor | |
| 1981 | Los Diablos del mar | | Juan Piquer Simón | Ian Sera, Patty Shepard, Frank Braña | |
| 1982 | The Pirate Movie | Australia | Ken Annakin | Kristy McNichol, Christopher Atkins, Ted Hamilton | Musical |
| 1983 | Nate and Hayes | New ZealandUnited States | Ferdinand Fairfax | Tommy Lee Jones, Michael O'Keefe, Jenny Seagrove | Film about Bully Hayes (1827 – 1877) |
| The Pirates of Penzance | United KingdomUnited States | Wilford Leach | Kevin Kline, Angela Lansbury, Linda Ronstadt | Musical |
| Space Raiders | United States | Howard R. Cohen | Vince Edwards, David Mendenhall | Science fiction |
| Yellowbeard | United States | Mel Damski | Graham Chapman, Peter Boyle | Comedy |
| Project A | Hong Kong | Jackie Chan | Jackie Chan, Sammo Hung, Yuen Biao | Action comedy |
| 1984 | The Ice Pirates | United States | Stewart Raffill | Robert Urich, Mary Crosby, Michael D. Roberts | Science fiction |
| The Master of Ballantrae | United StatesUnited Kingdom | Douglas Hickox | Michael York, Timothy Dalton, John Gielgud | Television film set after 1745, based on The Master of Ballantrae |
| The Pirate (1984 film) by Jacques Doillon with Jane Birkin, Maruschka Detmers and Philippe Léotard is not a pirate film | |
| 1985 | The Goonies | United States | Richard Donner | Sean Astin, Josh Brolin and Jeff Cohen, Corey Feldman |
| 1985 | The Lightship | United States | Jerzy Skolimowski | Robert Duvall, Arliss Howard, Klaus Maria Brandauer | |
| The Pirates of Penzance | | Norman Campbell | Brent Carver, Jeff Hyslop, Caralyn Tomlin | Television film musical |
| Treasure Island | United KingdomFrance United States
| Raúl Ruiz | Melvil Poupaud, Martin Landau, Vic Tayback | Based on Treasure Island |
| 1986 | Castle in the Sky | Japan | Hayao Miyazaki | | Animated science fiction film |
| Pirates | FranceTunisia Poland
| Roman Polanski | Walter Matthau, Cris Campion, Damien Thomas | |
| 1987 | Jim & Piraterna Blom | Sweden | Hans Alfredson | Johan Åkerblom, Ewa Fröling, Jan Malmsjö | |
| The Princess Bride | United States | Rob Reiner | Cary Elwes, Mandy Patinkin, Robin Wright, André the Giant |
| Project A Part II | Hong Kong | Jackie Chan | Jackie Chan, Maggie Cheung, Rosamund Kwan, Bill Tung | Action comedy |
| 1988 | Deep Rising | United States | Stephen Sommers | Treat Williams, Famke Janssen, Anthony Heald | |
| Iguana | Italy | Monte Hellman | Everett McGill, Fabio Testi, Michael Madsen | Set in the 19th century on a remote island of the Galápagos Islands |
| Act of Piracy | United States | John Cardos | Gary Busey, Belinda Bauer, Ray Sharkey | | |
| Released | Title | Country | Director | Notable cast | Notes |
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| 1990 | Shipwrecked | NorwayUnited States | Nils Gaup | Stian Smestad, Gabriel Byrne, Louisa Milwood-Haigh | |
| Treasure Island | United KingdomUnited States | Fraser Clarke Heston | Charlton Heston, Christian Bale, Oliver Reed, Christopher Lee | Television film based on Treasure Island |
| United StatesGermanyItalyFrance | Alberto Negrin | Burt Lancaster, Eva Marie Saint, Robert Culp, Renzo Montagnani, Rebecca Schaeffer | Television film |
| Pirate Prince | | Alan Horrox | Sean Blowers, Danny Cerqueira, Mona Hammond | Television film |
| Pirate's Island | Australia | Viktors Ritelis | Beth Buchanan, Brian Rooney, Sancho Gracia | Television film |
| 1991 | Matusalem | Canada | Roger Cantin | Marc Labrèche, Jessica Barker, Maxime Collin | |
| Hook | United States | Steven Spielberg | Dustin Hoffman, Robin Williams, Julia Roberts | Based on Peter and Wendy |
| 1992 | Under Siege | United States | Andrew Davis | Steven Seagal, Tommy Lee Jones, Gary Busey | |
| 1994 | | | Scott Garen | Anthony Zerbe, Corey Carrier, Jason Beghe | Television film based on Treasure Island |
| 1995 | Cutthroat Island | United StatesFrance | Renny Harlin | Geena Davis, Matthew Modine, Frank Langella | |
| Magic Island | United States | Sam Irvin | Zachery Ty Bryan, Andrew Divoff, Edward Kerr | |
| Waterworld | United States | Kevin Reynolds | Kevin Costner, Dennis Hopper | Science fiction |
| 1996 | Muppet Treasure Island | United States | Brian Henson | Tim Curry, Kevin Bishop, Billy Connolly | Comedy, based on Treasure Island |
| 1998 | | Japan | Tsutomu Shibayama | | Animated film based on Doraemon anime |
| Matusalem II | | Roger Cantin | Manuel Aranguiz, Jean Pierre Bergeron, Pierre-Luc Brillant | |
| Six Days, Seven Nights | United States | Ivan Reitman | Harrison Ford, Anne Heche, David Schwimmer, Temuera Morrison | |
| 1999 | Pirates of the Plain | United States | John R. Cherry III | Tim Curry, Seth Adkins, Dee Wallace, Charles Napier | Fantasy comedy |
| I predatori delle Antille | Italy | Joe D'Amato | Anita Skultéty | |
| Treasure Island | United States | Peter Rowe | Jack Palance | Based on Treasure Island |
| Final Voyage | United States | Jim Wynorski | Dylan Walsh, Ice-T, Erika Eleniak, Claudia Christian | | |
| Released | Title | Country | Director | Notable cast | Notes |
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| 2000 | | Japan | Junji Shimizu | Mayumi Tanaka, Kazuya Nakai, Akemi Okamura, Kappei Yamaguchi | Based on One Piece and its anime adaptation |
| Agent Red | United States | Damian Lee | Dolph Lundgren, Alexander Kuznetov, Natalie Radford | Submarine piracy |
| 2001 | The Abrafaxe – Under The Black Flag | Germany | | | Animated fantasy film with Blackbeard (– 1718) |
| 2002 | Treasure Planet | United States | Ron Clements, John Musker | Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Emma Thompson, Martin Short (voices) | Animated science fiction film, based on Treasure Island |
| 2003 | Captain Sabertooth | Norway | Stig Bergqvist, Rasmus A. Sivertsen | Terje Formoe, Ole Alfsen, Nina Lund Feste (voices) | Comedy |
| Japan | Kōnosuke Uda | | Based on One Piece and its anime adaptation |
| Peter Pan | United States | P. J. Hogan | Jeremy Sumpter, Jason Isaacs, Olivia Williams | Based on Peter and Wendy |
| United States | Gore Verbinski | Johnny Depp, Geoffrey Rush, Orlando Bloom, Keira Knightley | |
| United States | Tim Johnson, Patrick Gilmore | | Animated comedy film. Set in the Mediterranean Sea |
| Singing Behind Screens | | Ermanno Olmi | Jun Ichikawa, Bud Spencer | Film about Ching Shih (1775–1844) |
| 2004 | | Japan | Kazuhisa Takenouchi | | Based on One Piece and its anime adaptation |
| 2005 | The Pirate's Curse | | Mark Roper | Thomas Ian Griffith | |
| Submerged | United States | Anthony Hickox | Steven Seagal, William Hope, Vinnie Jones | Submarine piracy |
| Pirates | United States | Joone | Jesse Jane, Carmen Luvana, Janine, Teagan Presley, Devon, Jenaveve Jolie and Evan Stone | Pornographic film |
| United States | Gary Jones | Rhett Giles, Tom Nagel, Kristina Korn | Slasher film about a vengeful undead pirate. Set in modern times.[1] |
| 2006 | Pirates of Treasure Island | United States | Leigh Scott | Lance Henriksen | Based on Treasure Island |
| United States | Gore Verbinski | Johnny Depp, Orlando Bloom, Keira Knightley | |
| Pirates of the Great Salt Lake | United States | E. R. Nelson | Kirby Heyborne, Trenton James, Larry Bagby | |
| | Miguel Alexandre | Ken Duken, Claire Keim, Gottfried John, Gudrun Landgrebe, Frank Giering | Television film about Klaus Störtebeker (– 1401), set in the North Sea and Baltic Sea |
| 2007 | L'Île aux trésors | France | Alain Berbérian | Gérard Jugnot, Alice Taglioni, Jean-Paul Rouve | Based on Treasure Island |
| Japan | Takahiro Imamura | | Based on One Piece and its anime adaptation |
| United States | Gore Verbinski | Johnny Depp, Orlando Bloom, Keira Knightley, Chow Yun-Fat, Geoffrey Rush | |
| Treasure Island | Germany | Hansjörg Thurn | Tobias Moretti, François Goeske, Diane Willems, Christian Tramitz, Jürgen Vogel | A German television film, German: Die Schatzinsel, based on the novel by R.L. Stevenson, it adds a character, Captain Flint's daughter |
| 2008 | | United States | Joone | Jesse Jane, Belladonna, Evan Stone | Pornographic film |
| United States | Mike Nawrocki | | Animated comedy film |
| 2009 | 12 Paces Without a Head | Germany | Sven Taddicken | Ronald Zehrfeld, Matthias Schweighöfer | Film about Klaus Störtebeker (– 1401), set in the North Sea and Baltic Sea |
| Japan | Munehisa Sakai | | Based on One Piece and its anime adaptation | |
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| 2011 | The Pirate Tapes | Canada | Andrew Moniz, Rock Baijnauth | | Documentary film |
| United States | Rob Marshall | Johnny Depp, Penélope Cruz, Ian McShane, Geoffrey Rush | |
| 2012 | A Hijacking | Denmark | Tobias Lindholm | Pilou Asbæk, Søren Malling, Dar Salim | |
| Japan | Tatsuya Nagamine | | Based on One Piece and its anime adaptation |
| The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists! | United KingdomUnited States | Peter Lord | Hugh Grant, Salma Hayek, Jeremy Piven (voices) | Animated comedy film. Based on The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists |
| United States | Steve Martino and Michael Thurmeier | Ray Romano, John Leguizamo, Denis Leary, Drake, Nicki Minaj, Jennifer Lopez, Queen Latifah, Peter Dinklage | Animated film |
| 2013 | Captain Phillips | United States | Paul Greengrass | Tom Hanks, Barkhad Abdi | |
| 2014 | Captain Sabertooth and the Treasure of Lama Rama | Norway | John Andreas Andersen, Lisa Marie Gamlem | Kyrre Haugen Sydness | Captain Sabertooth series |
| The Pirate Fairy | United States | Peggy Holmes | Mae Whitman, Christina Hendricks, Tom Hiddleston (voices) | Animated film based on Peter and Wendy |
| 2015 | Pirate's Passage | Canada | Mike Barth, Jamie Gallant | Donald Sutherland, Gage Munroe, Carrie-Anne Moss | Animated film |
| United States | Paul Tibbitt
Mike Mitchell | Antonio Banderas | Live-action/animated film based on SpongeBob SquarePants television series |
| Pan | United States | Joe Wright | Hugh Jackman, Levi Miller, Garrett Hedlund, Rooney Mara, Amanda Seyfried | Based on Peter and Wendy |
| 2016 | | Japan | Hiroaki Miyamoto | | Based on One Piece and its anime adaptation |
| 2017 | | United States | Joachim Rønning and Espen Sandberg | Johnny Depp, Geoffrey Rush, Javier Bardem | |
| 2018 | | Japan | Kazuaki Imai | | Based on Doraemon anime, and on Treasure Island |
| Aquaman | United States | James Wan | Jason Momoa, Amber Heard, Willem Dafoe | Submarine piracy |
| Thugs of Hindostan | India | Vijay Krishna Acharya | Aamir Khan, Fatima Sana Shaikh, Amitabh Bachchan | Set in 1795, the film follows a band of Thugs led by Khudabaksh Azaad, who aspires to free Hindostan (the Indian subcontinent) from the rule of the expanding British East India Company. |
| 2019 | Kaptein Sabeltann og den magiske diamant | Norway | Marit Moum Aune, Rasmus A. Sivertsen | | Animated film based on the Captain Sabertooth series | |
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| 1954 | The Adventures of Long John Silver | Australia | Byron Haskin | Robert Newton, Connie Gilchrist, Kit Taylor | Television series based on Treasure Island |
| 1956 | The Buccaneers | United Kingdom | C.M. Pennington-Richards | Robert Shaw, Paul Hansard, Brian Rawlinson | |
| 1986 | Return to Treasure Island | United Kingdom | Alan Clayton | Brian Blessed, Christopher Guard, Reiner Schöne | Television miniseries based on Treasure Island |
| 1987 | Treasure Island in Outer Space | Italy | Antonio Margheriti | Anthony Quinn, Ernest Borgnine, Klaus Löwitsch | Science fiction miniseries, based on Treasure Island |
| 1990 | Peter Pan and the Pirates | United States | | Tim Curry, Kath Soucie, Chris M. Allport (voices) | Animated series based on Peter and Wendy |
| 1991 | The Pirates of Dark Water | United States | | Jodi Benson, Héctor Elizondo, George Newbern (voices) | Animated television series |
| 1994 | Pirates | United Kingdom | Peter Tabern | Mem Ferda, Benjamin Rennis, June Brown | Children's television series |
| 1996 | Return to Treasure Island | | Steve La Hood | Jed Brophy, Will Clannachan, Richard Condon | Based on Treasure Island |
| 1997 | | France | | | Animated television series |
| Pirate Tales | United States | Kevin McCarey | Chuck Shamata, Roger Daltrey, Richard Schumann | Television miniseries |
| 1998 | Mad Jack the Pirate | United States | | | Animated television series |
| 1999 | Caraibi | | Lamberto Bava | Paolo Seganti, Nicholas Rogers, Mario Adorf, Padma Lakshmi, Jennifer Nitsch | Television miniseries also known as Pirates: Blood Brothers |
| One Piece | Japan | | | Anime adaptation of the manga One Piece |
| France
Germany
Canada | | | Animated television series |
| 2003 | Pirate Islands | Australian | | Brooke Harman, Nicholas Donaldson, Eliza Taylor | |
| 2006 | Blackbeard | United States | Kevin Connor | Angus Macfadyen, Richard Chamberlain, Rachel Ward, Stacy Keach | TV miniseries about Blackbeard (– 1718) |
| United Kingdom | Richard Dale, Tilman Remme | James Purefoy | TV miniseries about Blackbeard (– 1718) |
| 2011 | Jake and the Never Land Pirates | United States | | | Animated television series |
| Piratas | Spain | | | |
| 2012 | Treasure Island | United Kingdom
Ireland | Steve Barron | Eddie Izzard, Toby Regbo, Elijah Wood, Donald Sutherland | Television miniseries based on Treasure Island |
| 2014 | Black Sails | United States | 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. |
| Crossbones | United States | Neil Cross, James V. Hart and Amanda Welles | John Malkovich, Richard Coyle, Claire Foy, Yasmine Al Masri, David Hoflin, Chris Perfetti, Tracy Ifeachor | Based on Colin Woodard's book The Republic of Pirates. |
| 2017 | | France | | | Animated television series |
| 2021 | The Lost Pirate Kingdom | United States | Stan Griffin, Justin Rickett, Patrick Dickinson | Sam Callis, James Oliver Wheatley, Derek Jacobi | Netflix docuseries portraying the rise and fall of the 18th century pirate republic based in Nassau, Bahamas. |
| 2022 | Our Flag Means Death | United States | David Jenkins | Rhys Darby, Taika Waititi, Kristian Nairn, Rory Kinnear | Period comedy semi-based on the story of Stede Bonnet, an aristocrat who abandons his life to become a pirate. |
| 2023 | One Piece | United States
Japan | | | Live-action adaptation of the manga One Piece |
| 2024 | Lootere | India | Jai Mehta | Vivek Gomber, Rajat Kapoor, Amruta Khanvilkar, Martial Batchamen Tchana | Television series based on Somalian pirates | |
