1950s 17th-18thC Piracy
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- DirectorRobert SiodmakStarsBurt LancasterNick CravatEva BartokDuring the 1700s, pirate Captain Vallo seizes a British warship and gets involved in various money-making schemes involving Caribbean rebels led by El Libre, British envoy Baron Jose Gruda, and a beautiful courtesan named Consuelo.
- DirectorCharles BartonStarsDonald O'ConnorHelena CarterWill GeerAfter being falsely accused of dishonesty, a young man decides to become a pirate.
- DirectorGordon DouglasStarsLouis HaywardPatricia MedinaGeorge MacreadyWhen 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.
- DirectorJacques TourneurStarsJean PetersLouis JourdanDebra PagetIn order to recover his ship impounded by the British, former pirate captain LaRochelle agrees to spy on the notorious Caribbean Sea pirates Blackbeard and Anne Providence.
- DirectorPrimo ZeglioStarsJean-Pierre AumontMaria MontezMilly VitaleRevenge 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.
- DirectorCharles LamontStarsBud AbbottLou CostelloCharles LaughtonRocky 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.
- DirectorGeorge ShermanStarsErrol FlynnMaureen O'HaraAnthony QuinnBrian Hawke of the Royal Navy versus the pirates of Madagascar.
- DirectorRaoul WalshStarsRobert NewtonLinda DarnellWilliam BendixHonest Edward Maynard finds himself serving as ship's surgeon under the infamous pirate Blackbeard.
- DirectorRalph MurphyStarsLouis HaywardPatricia MedinaJohn SuttonIn 1690, pardoned pirate Captain Blood's quiet existence is shaken when the Crown re-arrests him on fresh piracy charges but the captain suspects he's being set up.
- DirectorEdward LudwigStarsJohn PayneArlene DahlCedric HardwickeFrancis 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 Lindsay, to help him invade MacAllister's fortified island. The latter falls in love with MacAllister's daughter Christine. Complications arise as the man thought to be a nephew of one man may not be, and the daughter of one man may be the other man's daughter.
- DirectorSidney SalkowStarsRhonda FlemingSterling HaydenHelena CarterThe seafaring adventures of French privateer Kit 'The Hawk' Gerardo during the Franco-Spanish-English war of the 17th century.
- DirectorMario SoldatiStarsMay BrittMarc LawrenceRenato SalvatoriCollected at the age of two, under extreme conditions, by a company of Gypsies, Jolly grew up among them, together with the man who accompanied her.
- DirectorDerwin AbrahamsCharles S. GouldStarsRichard CraneDavid BruceJohn CrawfordThe British Admirality assigns two officers, Richard Dale and Alan Duncan, to gather evidence to convict Captain Kidd of piracy in the English courts. They sail for New York to learn the whereabouts of Kidd, and posing as ordinary seamen, they join his crew. They learn that Kidd, the legendary swashbuckler of the seven seas, is not a a villain who scourges and plunders at will, but a man whose loyalty to England knows no bounds, a maritime adventurer who attacks only enemy French vessels and those of the pirates that sail against the British Empire. But can they keep him from being betrayed by his enemies and hanged?
- DirectorWilliam KeighleyStarsErrol FlynnRoger LiveseyAnthony SteelTwo noble Scottish brothers deliberately take opposite sides when Bonnie Prince Charlie returns to claim the throne of Scotland in order to preserve the family fortune.
- DirectorLew LandersStarsAnthony DexterEva GaborAlan Hale Jr.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 treasure. The Earl thinks the best method is to put a woman confederate (Jeanine Duvall) aboard Kidd's ship as a slave girl to wrest or wrestle the information from him. They fight a lot as a prelude to falling in love, and then work together against the evil Earl's none-too-well laid plan. Alan Hale, Jr. (Simpson) is along as Kidd's trusted friend, while Sonia Sorrell (as Ann Bonney) displays a lot of what the best-undressed female pirate wasn't wearing on pirate ships of the time.
- DirectorByron HaskinStarsRobert NewtonConnie GilchristLloyd BerrellIn this sequel to Treasure Island, Long John hopes to rescue his friend Jim from a rival pirate and return for more treasure.
- DirectorFritz LangStarsStewart GrangerGeorge SandersJoan GreenwoodA young orphan is sent to the village of Moonfleet in Dorset, England to stay with his mother's former lover, who has the facade of a gentleman but leads a gang of swashbuckling bootleggers; the duo go on a treasure hunt.
- StarsRobert ShawPaul HansardBrian RawlinsonThe Crown takes Tempest's stronghold. The ex-pirate wins a pardon and becomes a privateer. He and Deputy Gov. Beamish fight Spanish raiders despite their unease. They defend the Caribbean.
- DirectorGeorges CombretStarsBelinda LeeAlain SauryDarío MorenoIn 1635, Jacques du Parquet, the nephew of the well known explorer Belain d'Esnambic, enters a tavern in Dieppe, and falls in love with the daughter of the bartender, Marie Bonnard. He knows his noble family would disaprove such a marriage; besides, he is nominated for the post of governor in Martinica. He promised never to forget Marie, but as time goes by, she will accept to marry a rich and unscrupulous man, Monsieur de Saint-André. When her husband is appointed to serve in Martinica as General Commissioner, Marie demands to go with him. At her arrival, all sorts of trouble arrive: pirates take action against travellers and goods, rotten deals set the two officers against each other, and finally jealousy settles to make things worse.
- DirectorPrimo ZeglioStarsLex BarkerSylvia LopezVira SilentiEnrico 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.
- DirectorByron HaskinStarsBobby DriscollRobert NewtonBasil SydneyThe treasure seeking adventures of young Jim Hawkins and pirate captain Long John Silver.
- DirectorEdward LudwigStarsFernando LamasArlene DahlPatricia MedinaLamas plays an indentured servant who rises to power in Georgia shortly after the Revolutionary War.
- StarsRobert NewtonConnie GilchristKit TaylorSwashbuckling made for TVs episodes staring 'Legend' Robert newton as Long John Silver and argh 'Jim Larrd' as they face many new adventures......
- DirectorSidney SalkowStarsJohn PayneDonna ReedGerald MohrA legendary pirate captures a Spanish galleon and tries to claim a countess as his bride.
- DirectorEwald André DupontStarsTab HunterDawn AddamsPorter HallA descendant of Jim Hawkins (Dawn Addams) visits Treasure Island with a priceless map.
- DirectorYuri YegorovStarsNikolay KryuchkovValentin GrachyovGennadi YudinXVIII century, the White Sea. The crew of the Pomors is going to fish. During their stay on Svalbard, pirates attack the boat and lower it to the bottom. Only four Pomors survive on the island and spend difficult 6 years there.
- DirectorAusten JewellStarsHuntz HallStanley ClementsJane NighSach and Duke set out to expose a stage hypnotist as a phony. In order to do so, Sach allows himself to be hypnotized and "regressed" to a past life--which he discovers was as a tax collector who gets a map of buried treasure from Blackbeard the Pirate. The hypnotist gets Sach to reveal the location of the map and the treasure, planning to lock up the boys and get the treasure for himself.
- DirectorHarry HornerStarsClaude AkinsLeo BrittRuss ConwayBlackbeard the Pirate meets his match in a battle against Lt. Robert Maynard off the Carolina coast in 1718.