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Adventure, Fantasy, action film, adventure film, children's film, comedy film, family film, pirate film, treasure hunt film
Facing foreclosure of their homes in the "Goon Docks" neighborhood of Astoria, Oregon to an expanding country club, a group of boys who call themselves "the Goonies"—Michael "Mikey" Walsh, Richard "Data" Wang, Clark "Mouth" Devereaux, and …
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Action Comedy, Fantasy, Pirate Film, comedy film, fantasy film, pirate film, swashbuckler film, treasure hunt film
13 years after Will Turner first leaves Elizabeth Swann aboard the Flying Dutchman, Will is visited by his twelve-year-old son, Henry. Will is still bound to the Dutchman, but Henry says that he can be freed from his curse by the Trident o…
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Action Comedy, Fantasy, Komödie, Pirate Film, action film, adventure film, comedy film, fantasy film, pirate film, swashbuckler film, treasure hunt film
In the early 18th century, Governor Weatherby Swann and his daughter, Elizabeth, sail aboard HMS Dauntless, which is captained by Lieutenant Norrington. They encounter a shipwreck and rescue a boy named Will Turner. Elizabeth notices a gol…
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Action, Komödie, Pirate Film, Treasure Hunting, action film, adventure film, comedy film, fantasy film, pirate film, swashbuckler film, treasure hunt film, zombie film
Around 1750, some 21 years after Captain Jack Sparrow acquired Sao Feng's map to find the Fountain of Youth and the Black Pearl stolen by Hector Barbossa, a castaway found in the ocean was brought to King Ferdinand at Cádiz, holding a ship…
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Fantasy, Parodie, Pirate Film, Romantic Comedy, Treasure Hunting, action film, adventure film, comedy film, fantasy film, pirate film, swashbuckler film, treasure hunt film
About one year after Will Turner and Elizabeth Swann helped Captain Jack Sparrow escape from Port Royal, their wedding is interrupted by Lord Cutler Beckett of the East India Trading Company, who arrives with arrest warrants. Commodore Jam…
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Adventure, Fantasy, Komödie, action film, cinematic fairy tale, comedy film, fantasy film, pirate film, swashbuckler film
Peter Banning, a workaholic lawyer, has a strained relationship with his wife, Moira, and their children, 9-year-old Jack and 6-year-old Maggie, due to his constant absences and broken promises. During Christmas, the family travels to Lond…
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Pirate Film, Silly Movie, action film, adventure film, comedy drama, comedy film, epic film, fantasy film, pirate film, swashbuckler film
Now in control of the oceans, Lord Cutler Beckett executes anyone associated with piracy in Port Royal and orders Davy Jones to destroy all pirate ships, also forcing him to kill the Kraken. Condemned prisoners sing 'Hoist the Colours' to …
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Action, Adventure, Apocalypse & Post-Apocalypse, action film, dystopian film, post-apocalyptic film, science fiction film
In 2500, rising sea levels have put every continent on Earth underwater. The remains of human civilization live on makeshift floating communities built out of scavenged materials known as atolls, having long forgotten about living on land.…
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Drama, Thriller, action film, biographical film, drama film, pirate film, survival film, thriller film
Richard Phillips takes command of MV Maersk Alabama, an unarmed container vessel from the Port of Salalah in Oman, with orders to sail through the Guardafui Channel to Mombasa, Kenya. Wary of pirate activity off the coast of the Horn of Af…
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Action, Adventure, Animation, Drama, Komödie, adventure film, comedy drama, drama fiction, family film, musical film
In the 1890s, a British couple and their infant son are shipwrecked in equatorial Africa. The couple build a tree house, but are killed by a leopard named Sabor. Kala, a local gorilla whose son was also killed by Sabor, finds the human inf…
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Action, Adventure, Computeranimation, action film, adventure film, comedy film, detective film, family film, fantasy film, mystery film, pirate film, treasure hunt film
In 1940s Brussels, young journalist Tintin browses an outdoor market with his pet dog Snowy, and purchases a model of a ship known as the Unicorn. He is then accosted by an Interpol officer named Barnaby and a ship collector named Ivan Iva…
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Cartoon, Fantasy, Pirate Film, Sci-Fi, Treasure Hunting, space opera
On the planet Montressor, Jim Hawkins operates an inn with his mother, Sarah. Billy Bones crashes his spaceship near the inn, gives Jim a sphere, and warns him to 'beware the cyborg'. A group of pirates arrive to search for the sphere, des…
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Adventure, Fantasy, children's film, cinematic fairy tale, drama film, fantasy film, ghost film, swashbuckler film
The English village of Wall lies near a stone wall that borders the magical kingdom of Stormhold. A guard prevents anyone from crossing. Dunstan Thorne tricks him and crosses over the wall to a marketplace.
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Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Pirate Film, Sex Film, Sexploitation Film, pornographic film
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. Only his first officer Jules believes in him.
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Cartoon, Pirate Film, children's film, fantasy film, musical film
In Edwardian London 1904, George and Mary Darling's preparations to attend a party are disrupted by the antics of their boys, John and Michael, who are acting out a Peter Pan story told to them by their elder sister Wendy. An irritated Geo…
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Adventure, Animation, Komödie, adventure film, comedy film, family film, fantasy film, teen film
Many years following the third film's events, Manny and Ellie are living happily with their now teenage daughter Peaches. While Ellie tries supporting her daughter, Manny becomes exceedingly overprotective. Meanwhile, Sid's family returns,…
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Action, Pirate Film, action film, drama film, pirate film, swashbuckler film
Former pirate Ercell Bodden lives a quiet life on Cayman Brac with her disabled son Isaac and sister-in-law Elizabeth, who are unaware of her past. Ercell waits for her sea captain husband T.H. to return, his ship overdue by 59 days.
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Adventure, Komödie, comedy film, drama film, magic realist film, pirate film
While oceanographer Steve Zissou is working on his latest documentary at sea, his best friend and chief diver, Esteban du Plantier, is devoured by a 10-meter-long, spotted creature Zissou describes as a "jaguar shark". For his next project…
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Adventure, Fantasy, adventure film, children's film, cinematic fairy tale, fantasy film, pirate film
Newborn Peter is left on the steps of a London orphanage with a mysterious pan flute pendant by his mother Mary. Years later during World War II, upon learning that the abusive Mother Barnabas is hoarding food and riches for herself, Peter…
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Action, Adventure, Komödie, live action, musical film, pirate film, romantic comedy
Popeye, a gruff but good-hearted sailor, arrives at the small coastal town of Sweethaven while searching for his missing father. He rents a room at the Oyl family's boarding house, where the Oyls plan to have their daughter, Olive, become …
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Cartoon, adventure film, children's film, comedy film, fantasy film, pirate film
Sinbad and his pirate crew attempt to steal the magical Book of Peace, which is en route to Syracuse, Sicily, and hold it for ransom as one last job before retiring to Fiji. Sinbad is surprised to see it is being protected by his childhood…
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Action, Military Film, action film, pirate film, thriller film
The battleship arrives at Pearl Harbor, where President George H. W. Bush announces that the ship will be decommissioned in California.
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Fantasy, Pirate Film, adventure film, children's film, fantasy film, pirate film
In Edwardian London, Wendy Darling tells her younger brothers John and Michael stories of Captain Hook and his pirates. Peter Pan overhears her from outside their nursery window. Dissatisfied with Wendy's stories, Aunt Millicent advises th…
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Fairy-Tale Film, Romantic Comedy, cinematic fairy tale, fantasy film, pirate film, romantic comedy film, swashbuckler film, sword and sorcery film
thumb|Inigo Montoya's sword (left) crossed with the sword used by Count Rugen (right) in the duel at the castle; beside it, Count Rugen's six-fingered glove. At bottom is the prop sword used in Highlander: The Series. In the frame story, a…
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