Greedy and belligerent sea robbers will kill any man who tries to stop them from getting a little richer. They have their own laws and rules, no morals. These gentlemen rely on luck and believe that all treasures belong to them. Watch movies about pirates and enjoying the beauty of the oceans, give an assessment of their adventures, dangerous battles and unconventional decisions of the captains.
Captain Phillips
- IMDB Rating – 7.8
- Genre: Thriller, Drama, Crime, Action Movie
- Production: USA / 2013
- Budget: $55,000,000
- Worldwide Box Office: $218,791,811
- Director: Paul Greengrass
- Starring: Tom Hanks, Barkhad Abdi, Barkhad Abdirahman, Faisal Ahmed, Mahat M. Ali, Michael Chernus, Yul Vasquez, Max Martini, Catherine Keener, Chris Mulkey
The action of this American thriller takes place in 2009. Container ship, headed by Captain Richard Phillips, sails from Oman to Mombasa. On the way the ship is attacked by Somali pirates. They want to get all the money on the ship and take the captain and his closest assistants hostage.
The movie was filmed in Malta. It is based on a book of memoirs written by R. Phillips “Captain’s Duty.” Performing the main role of Tom Hanks twice flew to him in Vermont and discussed the upcoming work.
Pirates of the Caribbean (film series)
- IMDB Rating – 8.1
- Genre: Fantasy, Action, Adventure
- Production: USA / 2003
- Budget: $140,000,000
- Worldwide Box Office: $654,264,015
- Director: Gore Verbinski
- Starring: Johnny Depp, Geoffrey Rush, Orlando Bloom, Keira Knightley, Jack Davenport, Kevin McNally, Jonathan Pryce, Lee Arenberg, Mackenzie Crook, David Bailey.
This bright and colorful series includes 5 of the best pirate movies. Screenwriters Ted Elliot and Terry Rossio, who worked on the franchise, conceived the idea to tell about the adventures of sea robbers a long time ago, back in the 90s of the last century, but the producers did not like their idea then.
The authors took the mega-popular Disney attraction as a basis. Later it was finalized and fully corresponded to the movies.
By the way, the uniqueness of Jack Sparrow’s costume is that it completely hid all the tattoos of Johnny Depp, and on the hand of the pirate captain was a fake tattoo – a bird. After the premiere, the actor made the same one, but the direction of the flight was changed.
Black Sails (serial)
- IMDB Rating – 8.3
- Genre: Action, Drama, Adventure
- Production: USA, South Africa / 2014
- Director: Steve Boyum, Alik Sakharov, Lucas Ettlin
- Starring: Toby Stephens, Hannah New, Luke Arnold, Jessica Parker Kennedy, Sean Michael, Zach McGowan, Clara Padgett, Hakim Kae-Kazim, Tom Hopper, Mark Ryan
In the 18th century, the island of New Providence became home to many pirate captains. Here they buy food for their long voyages and sell their loot. The pirates want the island to secede from the British Empire, they want independence. Flint, the most dangerous pirate captain, needs to capture the galleon Urca de Lima, which belongs to Spain.
The series features characters from the novel Treasure Island, by R.L. Stevenson, as it is a prequel.
In South Africa, where the filming took place, a life-size model of the ship was created.
Kapringen
- IMDB Rating – 7.2
- Genre: Thriller, Drama
- Production: Denmark / 2012
- Budget: DKK 15,500,000
- US box office: $414,437
- Director: Tobias Lindholm
- Starring: Pilu Asbæk, Søren Malling, Dar Salim, Roland Møller, Gary Skjolmose Porter, Abdihakin Asgar, Amalia Ihle Alstrup, Amalia Wolff Andersen, Linda Leursen, Keith Pearson.
The Danish ship “Rosen” has been seized by Somali pirates, with seven crew members held hostage. Their lives hang in the balance – the pirates demand 15 million dollars for their return. The president of the company starts negotiations, but they are clearly dragging on. The captives have less and less hope for their return, the conditions of their detention are deteriorating every day, and their families are also under psychological pressure.
Starring Danish actor Pilu Asbæk, who played Euron Greyjoy in the famous Game of Thrones saga.
Störtebeker
- IMDB Rating – 5.4
- Genre: Adventure
- Production: Spain, Germany / 2006
- Director: Miguel Alexander
- Starring: Ken Duken, Claire Keim, Gottfried Yon, Miguel Herz-Kestranek, Stefan Hornung, Frank Gearing, Timo Dirkes, Jochen Nickel, Antonio Wanneck, Gudrun Landgrebe.
The fourteenth century is coming to an end, but there are many brigands in the neighborhood. Two teenagers leave their parents’ home. Jan goes to study in Hamburg, and Klaus – in one of the monasteries. The brothers manage to drive a short distance from the house and see bandits kill their father and mother, and set the house on fire.
The monk Wigbold helps the children to survive what has happened. As an adult, Klaus finds his brother and childhood friend Elisabeth Pren in Hamburg. He learns that Simon von Wallenrod likes the girl, and he will be announced as her fiancé. But Klaus gets a suspicion….
It is believed that Klaus Störtebecker later became one of the leaders of the Vital Brothers, the famous pirates of the Middle Ages.
Treasure Island
- IMDB Rating – 6.2
- Genre: Action, Thriller, Detective, Adventure, History
- Production: Ireland, UK / 2011
- Director: Steve Barron
- Starring: Eddie Izzard, Toby Regbo, Rupert Penry-Jones, Daniel Mays, Philip Glenister, Donald Sutherland, Elijah Wood, Shirley Henderson, Nina Sosanya, Joff Bell.
Jim Hawkins didn’t notice how he had fallen headlong into the pirate life. He is the focus of the most notorious thugs, and it was only to discover the map, with marked on it the treasure of Captain Flint. One-legged John Silver is ready to remove all obstacles to get to the gold. He will not stop at anything, because even the parrot on his shoulder and that one is constantly shouting: “Piastres!”
Interestingly, there are references to Silver in the memoirs of his contemporaries. One of the prototypes is the writer’s friend, W.E. Hemley.
De piraten van hiernaast
- IMDB Rating – 5.9
- Genre: Family, Adventure
- Production: Netherlands / 2020
- Worldwide Box Office: $1,900,298
- Director: Pim van Heuwe
- Starring: Matti Stucker, Samuel Bo Roirekas, Celeste Holsheimer, Egbert Jan Weber, Tigo Gernandt, Sarah Janne, David Lucier, Ninke Bekhuizen, Bert Hana, Sitzke van der Steer
In a small Dutch town there is peace and quiet. But teenager Mikhil Brugman is not satisfied with this state of affairs, because he dreams of adventure. And here on the central street appears a ship with pirates.
This strange Donderbus family has come to Zandwijk to lead a quiet life and hide from the enemy – Bony Krelis. The well-meaning townspeople are upset, but Myhill is delighted with Billy’s new friend. But Krelis is already preparing to strike.
The author of a series of books about the Donderbus family played the role of a policeman in the movie.
Caraibi (mini-series)
- IMDB Rating – 7.8
- Genre: Action, Adventure
- Production: Italy, Germany / 1999
- Budget: ITL 15,000,000,000
- Director: Lamberto Bava
- Starring: Nicholas Rogers, Paolo Seganti, Remo Girone, Mario Adorf, Francesco Casale, Girolamo Di Stolfo, Anna Falchi, Gianni Musi, Jose Antonio Rodriguez, Aramis Delgado.
The brothers Ferrante and Ippolito Albrizzi are at war because the Marquis of Cornero wants their family’s land. In time, however, Ferrante takes notice of Livia, the daughter of the all-powerful Marquis. Ippolito is also captivated by her beauty.
What does Livia feel and to whom does she want to give her heart? Why has she lost her former beauty and turned into a cruel avenger? The fate of the brothers has tragically changed. Now they are forced to survive on their own.
The project immediately stood out from many due to its original script and general atmosphere.
Blackbeard (mini-series)
- IMDB Rating – 5.5
- Genre: Drama, Adventure, Military, Biography, History
- Production: USA / 2006
- Budget: $2,500,000
- Director: Kevin Connor
- Starring: Angus Macfadyen, Mark Ambers, Richard Chamberlain, Jessica Chastain, Stacy Keach, Rachel Ward, Anthony Green, Danny Midwinter, Billy Fellows, Jasper Britton.
Edward Teach, a cruel and uncompromising pirate nicknamed “Blackbeard”, is feared not only by the crews of merchant ships traveling through the Caribbean Sea, but also by other corsairs. There is no limit to his omnipotence, it is pointless and dangerous to argue with him, and no one even tries.
But only in Britain think differently. A large-scale operation is being prepared, during which the pirates will simply disappear forever from the ocean and stop robbing peaceful caravels and schooners. The decree has already been prepared. The main thing is to deal with Blackbeard.
The movie is based on real events.
Pan
- IMDB Rating – 5.7
- Genre: Fantasy, Comedy, Adventure, Family
- Production: USA, UK, Australia / 2015
- Budget: $150,000,000
- Worldwide Box Office: $128,388,320
- Director: Joe Wright
- Starring: Hugh Jackman, Levi Miller, Garrett Hedlund, Rooney Mara, Adil Akhtar, Nonso Anozie, Amanda Saifred, Kathy Burke, Lewis MacDougall, Cara Delevigne
A basket containing a baby is found under the door of a London orphanage. A note says his name is Peter. The orphanage’s caretaker, Nun Barnabas, has aroused the suspicions of the grown-up Pan. He and the other orphans break into her room and they discover rations she has been withholding from the children, papers on each of them, and a stash of gold.
Barnabas has long supplied the orphans to pirates from the magical land of Netland, where there is no time and they don’t grow up. They all become Blackbeard’s slaves and work in the mines. But will Peter really accept captivity?
This prequel to the well-known tale is a fantasy adventure designed for family viewing.
Crossbones (serial)
- IMDB Rating – 6.5
- Genre: Action, Drama, Adventure
- Production: USA / 2014
- Director: Daniel Attitude, Ciaran Donnelly, Deran Sarafian
- Starring: John Malkovich, Richard Coyle, Claire Foy, Yasmine El Massri, David Hoflin, Chris Perfetti, Tracy Iphicor, Peter Stebbings, Omar Cruz Soto, Julian Sands
A secret pirate republic is established in the Bahamas, the island of New Providence is completely ruled by these freedom-loving gentlemen of fortune. The brutality of the self-assured and overbearing Tich knows no bounds. He is a clever and cunning opponent, so he can stand on equal footing against warships. But what if there’s a whole squadron of them?
The basis of this fascinating series was formed by the events that took place in reality, as well as numerous legends about “Blackbeard” – pirate Edward Teach.
Haejeok: badaro gan sanjeok
- IMDB Rating – 6.5
- Genre: Adventure, comedy, action movie
- Production: Korea South / 2014
- Budget: $13,000,000
- Worldwide Box Office: $64,858,224
- Director: Lee Seok-hoon
- Starring: Kim Nam-gil, Son Ye-jin, Yoo Hae-jin, Lee Kyung-yong, Kim Tae-woo, Park Chul-min, Kim Won-hee, Jo Dal-hwan, Shin Jong-geun, Solly
Officials lose a special state seal, a gift from the Chinese emperor of the Ming dynasty. In 1374, he gives the Korean state the name Joseon and confirms his will with an official charter and seal.
However, a whale attacks the ship and strangely swallows the valuable seal. The ambassador blames it on the pirates. And now those who wish to do so have only 15 days given by the Emperor to return the seal.
There is a lot of computer graphics in the movie – after all, it is a historical fantasy. And spectacular sets and colorful costumes raise the visual component of the film to a rather high level.
Moonfleet (мини-сериал)
- IMDB Rating – 5.4
- Genre: Adventure
- Production: UK / 2013
- Director: Andy de Emmony
- Starring: Ray Winston, Anairine Barnard, Sophie Cookson, Anthony Ofoegbu, Phil Daniels, Lorcan Cranitch, Pippa Haywood, Nick Lee, Ian McElhinney, Leslie Vickerage
The inhabitants of the fishing village of Moonfleet, located on the sea coast in the south-western part of England, not only catch fish, but also smuggle. However, Judge Mahone is not slumbering and wants to destroy illegal activities at the root.
The old smuggler loses his only son, but takes young John under his guardianship and the adventure continues. The teenager notices only good things in the old man’s character, and he suddenly begins to change. Treasure hunt and spectacular shipwreck will not leave anyone indifferent.
Hook
- IMDB Rating – 6.8
- Genre: Fantasy, Comedy, Adventure, Family
- Production: USA / 1991
- Budget: $70,000,000
- Worldwide Box Office: $300,854,823
- Director: Steven Spielberg
- Starring: Dustin Hoffman, Robin Williams, Julia Roberts, Bob Hoskins, Maggie Smith, Caroline Goodall, Charlie Korsmo, Amber Scott, Gwyneth Paltrow, Laurel Cronin.
Peter Pan has long since grown up and stopped flying. He has long since had a different name and a responsible job. Lawyer Peter Benning is a family man and doesn’t remember Netlandia at all. He finds it difficult to establish a relationship with his own son.
Because of his tardiness, Peter failed to support Jack during an important baseball game and things got even worse. Soon the children are kidnapped and the note left behind is signed “Captain Hook”. The fairy Tinker Bell arrives and asks him to return to the land of eternal childhood to rescue Jack and Maggie.
Shortly after the release of this movie, Robin Williams, who played the lead role, became friends with Steven Spielberg.
Cutthroat Island
- IMDB Rating – 5.7
- Genre: Action, Comedy, Adventure
- Production: USA, France, Italy, Germany / 1995
- Budget: $98,000,000
- US box office receipts: $10,017,322
- Director: Renny Harlin
- Starring: Geena Davis, Matthew Modine, Frank Langella, Maury Chaykin, Patrick Malahide, Stan Shaw, Rex Lynn, Paul Dillon, Christopher Masterson, Jimmy F. Skaggs.
In 1668, pirates in Jamaica are at odds with each other. Three brothers engaged in a deadly battle to collect the entire map of Cutthroat Island and learn the exact location of the treasure of a Spanish galleon.
The daughter of one of them, after the death of her father continued his work. But will the girl be able to subdue his crew? And what are their chances against the rest of the flibusters and the governor’s men?
Despite an intriguing storyline and a wonderful cast, the movie flopped at the box office.
12 Meter ohne Kopf
- IMDB Rating – 5.4
- Genre: Drama, Comedy, Adventure, Biography, History
- Production: Germany / 2009
- Director: Sven Taddiken
- Starring: Ronald Zerfeld, Matthias Schweighöfer, Oliver Bröcker, Hinnerk Schoenemann, Ferris M.S., Jakob Machenz, Jana Pallaske, Franziska Wolf, David Strisov, Peter Kurt
A movie about two German pirates, Klaus and Godek in the form of an adventure comedy with many modern elements – diction, pop and punk music. This peculiar interpretation of the historical myth has many funny and hilarious episodes. The life of sea brothers is aimed at robberies, which are interspersed with abundant drinking and interest in beautiful ladies.
But the Hanseatic League has already grown stronger and has tightened the fight against piracy. What should these freedom-loving people do? For they will have to pay too high a price for true freedom.
Captain Blood’s Odyssey
- IMDB Rating – 7.0
- Genre: Adventure
- Production: USSR, France / 1991
- Director: Andrei Prachenko
- Starring: Yves Lambrecht, Valerie Jeanneret, Leonid Yarmolnik, Albert Filozov, Mindaugas Tsapas, Victor Demertash, Georgy Dvornikov, Rasmi Dzhabrailov, Alexander Pashutin, Pavel Remezov.
In 1865, the English doctor Peter Blood had terrible bad luck – he was sold into slavery in Barbados. The judges who sent him there did not take into account that he happened to be among the rebels. But a year later he and his friends manage to capture the Spanish frigate “Cinco Llagas” with 40 guns on board and rush to the pirate island of Tortuga.
Not always luck smiles on the heroes – ahead of them awaits a lot of losses and bloody battles. And the beloved Arabella is not too sorry for Blood. He agrees with Lord Julian and accepts an officer’s patent. But will it help him to free himself from Jamaican captivity?
Die Schatzinsel (serial)
- IMDB Rating – 4.8
- Genre: Adventure
- Production: Germany / 2007
- Budget: €7,000,000
- Director: Hansjorg Thurn
- Starring: François Gesck, Diane Simons-Willems, Tobias Moretti, Christian Rödl, Alexander Jovanovic, Christian Tramitz, Jürgen Vogel, Silke Bodenbender, Andre Hennicke, Rihi Muller.
Teenage Jim helps his mother run a small tavern. They live in a sparsely populated part of England, on the coast, so they have very few guests. He has no prospects, things can be improved only by successful marriage, and who would be interested in such a groom?
But one day a mysterious stranger comes to stay with them. And then events began to unfold as if in a kaleidoscope. And now Jim has the map to Flint’s treasure that everyone wants. Which means he now has a chance to get rich. But he just has to get it right…
22 minutes
- IMDB Rating – 5.3
- Genre: Action
- Production: Russia / 2014
- Budget: $6,500,000
- Worldwide Box Office: $669,601
- Director: Vasily Serikov
- Starring: Makar Zaporozhsky, Denis Nikiforov, Gael Camilindi, Ibra Touré, Viktor Sukhorukov, Alexander Galibin, Igor Taradaikin, Vladislav Demin, Ivan Porodnov, Vladislav Pogiba
On May 5, 2010, the gas tanker Yamal was seized by pirates in the Gulf of Aden. The Somalis, led by Amin Nur Bare, set tough terms. The ransom amount is so large that the shipowner company refuses to pay it. That means the hostages on the tanker will have to be released. The Admiral of the Navy gives Captain Tarasov an assignment.
The story was based on real events that occurred with the tanker “Moscow University”. The work on the project was accompanied by scandals, the creative team expressed dissatisfaction with the actions of the film company supervising the production.
Haakon Haakonsen
- IMDB Rating – 6.6
- Genre: Adventure, Family
- Production: Norway, Sweden, USA / 1990
- Budget: NOK 60 000 000
- US box office receipts: $15,104,156
- Director: Nils Göup
- Starring: Stian Smedstad, Gabriel Byrne, Louise Milwood-Haig, Trond Peter Stamse Münch, Bjorn Sundqvist, Eva von Hanno, Kjell Stormoen, Carl Sundby. Knut Valle, Harold Brenna
The events of the movie take place in 1850. An ordinary voyage becomes a real test for the ship’s young man Haakon Haakonsen. And from the very beginning many things made him suspicious. And when Lieutenant Merrick mutinied and seized the ship with his pirates, all Haakon’s fears came true.
But he was lucky. The strongest storm carried him away from the brutal gang and threw him on the deserted shore of an uninhabited island. But the young man can not relax, this is where the corsairs hide their treasure and now he must be ready for anything.
Blackbeard
- IMDB Rating – 6.2
- Genre: Drama
- Production: Germany, France, Great Britain / 2005
- Director: Richard Dale, Tilman Remm
- Starring: James Purefoy, Tyler Butterworth, Mark Noble, Jack Galloway, James Hiller, Jimmy Ekinbola, Antonia Campbell-Hughes, Robert Rickards, James Merchant, Simon Koontz.
In the 18th century, the English pirate Edward Teach was known throughout the world. He was nicknamed “Blackbeard” and fished the waters of the West Indies. Teach did not always use force, but tried to use his formidable appearance to intimidate the robbed sailors and passengers. He and his crew were well known to the people of the east coast of North America. And it was there that he found his death in November 1718 in battle with Lieutenant R. Maingard’s detachment.
In 2010, underwater archaeologists were able to find and identify among the wreckage a fragment of a gold hilt of a saber believed to have belonged to Edward Teach.
Treasure Island
- IMDB Rating – 7.1
- Genre: Action, Crime, Adventure
- Production: UK, USA / 1990
- Budget: Fraser Clark Heston
- Director: Fraser Clark Heston
- Starring: Charlton Heston, Christian Bale, Oliver Reed, Christopher Lee, Richard Johnson, Julian Glover, Isla Blair, Clive Wood, Nicholas Amer, John Abbott.
This popular TV movie is considered the closest adaptation to Stevenson’s novel. The Admiral Benbow Tavern opened its doors to an elderly stranger with a scar across his cheek. He introduced himself as Billy Bones and asked Jim, the landlady’s son, to serve him.
And then revealed to the teenager the secret of a distant Atlantic island, on which he and his crew buried a very valuable treasure. After his death, Jim suddenly becomes the owner of a map, with the coordinates of the treasure plotted on it. Together with his friends he sets off on a journey.
There are many battle scenes in the movie, involving many more people than the novel indicates.
Cantando dietro i paraventi
- IMDB Rating – 6.3
- Genre: Drama, Military, History, Music
- Production: Italy, Great Britain, France / 2003
- Director: Ermanno Olmi
- Starring: Bud Spencer, Jun Ichikawa, Sallie Min Zeo Ni, Camillo Grassi, Yang Li Xing, Wen Li Guang, Chen Ruhao, David Dragonetti, Alberto Capone, Carlin Ko
The commander of a Chinese fleet of sea pirates has been killed. But his widow, the beautiful Ching, has no time to weep and grieve. She decides to avenge his death. The brave woman becomes the head of fierce and ruthless corsairs, and they swear to rob and sink the ships of the Emperor who ordered the destruction of their leader.
The powerful ruler of China becomes concerned when he learns of his losses and declares an implacable war on the brigands who know no fear.
Kaptein Sabeltann og skatten i Lama Rama
- IMDB Rating – 5.2
- Genre: Action, Drama, Comedy, Adventure, Family
- Production: Norway, UK / 2014
- Budget: $6,970,000
- Director: Jon Andreas Andersen, Lisa Marie Hamlem
- Starring: Tuva Novotny, Jon Eygarden, Niels Jørgen Kaalstad, Fridtjof Soheim, Anders Baasmo Christiansen, Pia Tjelta, Becky Wright, Karre Hagen Sydness, Odd Magnus Williamson, Robert Skjærstad
The brave sea captain Sabertooth likes to navigate through a variety of seas and oceans. Together with his crew, he is looking for treasure. And on the way the corsairs get into various stories.
They barely coped with a huge pack of ferocious monkeys, and then it turned out that their ship was stolen by other pirates. And then there was a coup d’état and the crew could not stay away. Pinky is a young boy who can’t swim at all, but dreams of visiting the kingdom of Lama Rama.
Thugs of Hindostan
- IMDB Rating – 4.1
- Genre: Action, History, Drama
- Production: India / 2018
- Budget: $31,000,000
- Worldwide Box Office: $23,499,201
- Director: Vijay Krishna Acharya
- Starring: Aamir Khan, Amitabh Bachchan, Fatima Sana Shaikh, Katrina Kaif, Lloyd Owen, Ronit Roy, Terence J. Rotolo, Satyadev Kancharana, Joe Azzopardi
Thanks to the East India Company, Britain succeeds in turning the Indian state into a colony. But not everyone is happy with the new order.
The leader of the sea robbers Azaad does not want to put up with what is happening, he needs freedom. A British officer decides to hire the most unscrupulous bandit to deal with him and eliminate the threat to stability posed by Azaad by handing him over to the local authorities.
In order to reflect Firangi’s looks more relevantly, actor Aamir Khan, who played him, decided to get his ears and nose pierced.
The Immortal Voyage of Captain Drake
- IMDB Rating – 4.1
- Genre: Fantasy, Adventure
- Production: Bulgaria, USA / 2009
- Director: David Flores
- Starring: Adrian Paul, Temuera Morrison, Wes Ramsey, Daniel Cash, Sofia Pernas, Nick Harvey, Vlado Mazhanaov, Yana Marinova, Ivo Simeonov, Valentin Ganev.
To save his dying heir, the Syrian Sultan kidnaps his daughter from Francis Drake himself, a famous English captain, privateer and explorer of military rank. The sultan forces him to embark on a long and dangerous journey to find and obtain a magical cure, the only remedy that can help the sick.
The captain and crew have a difficult time on this dangerous voyage. The ship is attacked by fearsome sea monsters. Can the brave sailors find the Tree of Life or will they surrender to their enemies?
The New Swiss Family Robinson
- IMDB Rating – 4.8
- Genre: Adventure, Family
- Production: USA / 1998
- Director: Stuart Raffiel
- Starring: Jane Seymour, David Carradine, James Keach, John Mallory Asher, Blake Bashoff, Jamie Renee Smith, Yumi Iwama, Simone Griffeth, Billy Bates, Rick Kahana.
Jack Robinson had always wanted to visit Australia. He was lucky enough to buy the yacht Albatross from a Sheldon. And now he sails from Hong Kong to the faraway country with his family.
Suddenly the yacht is attacked by corsairs on the high seas. The merchant Sheldon is their leader, he hid jewelry on board the sold ship, as he assumed that this family will not arouse suspicion and it will not be checked for contraband. Sheldon is anxious to get his riches back. A battle begins, the pirates pursue the yacht and it crashes on the rocks of a deserted island. What happens next, will they all survive?
Gangsters in the ocean
- IMDB Rating – 4.6
- Genre: Action, melodrama
- Production: South Korea, USA, Russia / 1992
- Director: Stepan Puchinyan
- Starring: Anna Samokhina, Alexander Mikhailov, Lev Durov, Peteris Gaudinsh, Armen Jigarkhanyan, Leonid Kuravlevlev, Yuri Katin-Yartsev, Vitaly Yakovlev, Oleg Lee, Dalius Mertinas.
An American ship in the ocean is attacked by unknown gangsters. The nearby ship Berdyansk, which delivers ore to San Francisco, comes to the rescue. His crew saves the crew of the sunken ship, but it doesn’t end there.
The “Berdyansk” is also attacked. Filipino pirates capture it too, put all the people on a deserted island and put in deep dungeons. And the senior assistant captain has his own misfortune. He has lost his favorite people – his wife and son.
Stranded
- IMDB Rating – 6.5
- Genre: Drama, Adventure
- Production: USA / 2002
- Director: Charles Beeson
- Starring: Liam Cunningham, Brana Bayich, Roger Allam, Jesse Spencer, Neil Newbon, Andrew Lee Potts, Charlie Lucas, Raidid Lardpanna, Jenna Harrison, Emma Pearson.
In the early 19th century, the Robinson family from England decided to move to Australia. But the crab boat carrying the parents and four children gets caught in a violent storm. They entrusted their fate to Providence near Indonesia and after a few exhausting days the ship ends up on a green island.
The Robinsons carried their surviving provisions ashore and discovered a fresh water spring in the jungle. The family coped with all the difficulties without losses, but very close by there were traces of an unknown tribe, and in the ocean – a ship with pirates.
Fort Ross: In Search of Adventure
- IMDB Rating – 4.6
- Genre: Adventure, sci-fi
- Production: Russia / 2014
- Budget: $10,000,000
- Worldwide Box Office: $233,290
- Director: Yuri Moroz
- Starring: Maxim Matveev, Anna Starshenbaum, Maxim Vinogradov, Laia Costa, Kirill Pletnyov, Jose Angel Ejido, Mikhail Gorevoi, Andrey Merzlikin, Ramon Langa, Amadou Mamadakov
A group of indifferent journalists are searching for answers to the most interesting questions of Russian history. The beautiful guide Margo, the born analyst Dmitry and his assistant Fimka manage to travel back in time.
Despite battles with pirates distracting them from the main business, they want to convince K.F. Ryleev, the ruler of the Chancellery of the Russian-American Company, not to sell Russian lands on the American continent. But he is a participant in the December uprising. What happens next?
