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Adventure, adventure film, pirate film, treasure hunt film
thumb|Lobby card Young Jim Hawkins (Jackie Cooper) and his mother (Dorothy Peterson) run the Admiral Benbow, a tavern near Bristol, England. One dark and stormy night, during a birthday celebration, the mysterious Billy Bones (Lionel Barry…
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Historie, Sex Film, drama film, swashbuckler film
At the center of the action is Philippe of Gascony, the unjustly imprisoned and exiled twin brother of the French King Louis XIV. In order to hide his face from others, an iron mask was put over his head, which he cannot remove himself. Th…
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Animation, Komödie, pirate film, slapstick, swashbuckler film
On the ocean, where an intense thunderstorm is raging, a group of red pirates is sailing on their ship, and Red Pirate Ron, who speaks in a language only understood by his parrot, Stan, warns his pirates to lower the sails. Meanwhile, Tom,…
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Action, Komödie, Pirate Film, comedy film, pirate film, swashbuckler film
Late in the 18th century, Caribbean pirate Captain Vallo and his crew capture a frigate of the king's navy. The ship is carrying Baron Gruda, the king's special envoy heading to the island of Cobra to crush a rebellion led by a man known a…
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Swashbuckler, action film, adventure film, comedy film, pirate film, romance film
The film tells the story of missionary Nathaniel "Nate" Williamson, taken to an island mission with his fiancée Sophie. Their ship, the Rona, is captained by the roguish William "Bully" Hayes, who also takes a liking to Sophie. When Sophie…
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Historie, Romantic Drama, Swashbuckler, swashbuckler film
In this version, the twins' ages are swapped. Philippe is the firstborn and rightful king, who had been spirited away at birth and raised with no knowledge of his true identity in a plot by Cardinal Mazarin to manipulate Louis before his o…
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Action, Pirate Film
thumb|thumbtime=7|The Black Pirate|left Pirates capture, badly maul, and loot a ship. After relieving the ship and crew of valuables, the pirates fire the ship, blowing up the gunpowder on board, sinking her. While the pirates celebrate, t…
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Pirate Film, adventure film, children's film, pirate film, swashbuckler film
In Jamaica in 1718, a band of pirates led by Captain "Red" Ned Lynch oppose the greedy acting Governor, the evil Lord Durant. Durant has illegally and ruthlessly imprisoned his Lord High Justice James Barnet (taking over the role himself),…
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Adventure, Romance Film, adventure film, medieval film, swashbuckler film
During the reign of Frederick Barbarossa in Lombardy, Dardo Bartoli has brought his son Rudi to the town to see Count Ulrich, known as "the Hawk", who is accompanied by his niece, Lady Anne, and his mistress, Dardo's unfaithful wife France…
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Adventure, Drama, Romance Film, action film, drama film, treasure hunt film
Two men of the sea carry an ongoing rivalry: Mayrant Sidneye, owner of the shipping company Batjak Limited, and Captain Ralls. Ralls is the ruthless captain of the Red Witch, Batjak's flagship. He deliberately wrecks and sinks the ship and…
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Adventure, adventure film
The Sheriff of Nottingham plans to confiscate the estate of the Lord of Bawtry, a nobleman who has died on a crusade. The archbishop of Canterbury, acting as regent or viceroy on behalf of King Richard the Lionheart (who is also on a crusa…
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Adventure, Historie, adventure film, swashbuckler film
During the War of the Roses, Sir Richard Shelton returns home to Tunstall Castle in Yorkshire, and discovers that his father, Sir Harry Shelton, has been murdered. Richard's uncle and Harry's half-brother, Sir Daniel Brackley, claims that …
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Adventure, medieval film, silent film, swashbuckler film
left|thumb|thumbtime=3|The full film The opening has the dashing Earl of Huntingdon besting his bitter enemy, Sir Guy of Gisbourne, in a joust. Huntingdon then joins King Richard the Lion-Hearted, who is going off to fight in the Crusades …
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Adventure, adventure film, coming-of-age film, drama film, pirate film, swashbuckler film
A hurricane hits Jamaica in the mid-19th century. Frederick and Alice Thornton feel it is time to send their five children — Emily, Rachel, John, Edward, and Laura — to England for a more civilised upbringing and education. During the voya…
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Adventure, Komödie, comedy film
King Rudolf IV of Ruritania dies in a balloon accident upon the celebration of his eightieth birthday. In order to secure the throne, General Sapt and his nephew Fritz travel to London, where the King's son, Rudolf V, lives through the day…
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Adventure, adventure film, swashbuckler film
After the Battle of Worcester at the end of the Second English Civil War, the main aim of General Oliver Cromwell is to capture Charles Stuart, son of the executed Charles I. However, the dashing Royalist hero nicknamed The Moonraker prepa…
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Pirate Film, adventure film, pirate film
The movie is set some time after the events of Treasure Island. Long John Silver and crew are broke and bumming around Portobello (a fictional port in the British West Indies). Long John has a map to a second treasure cache on Treasure Isl…
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Adventure, adventure film, biographical film, swashbuckler film
Set in the late 1580s, the film very loosely follows the real-life exploits of the 16th-century Irish prince Hugh Roe "Red Hugh" O'Donnell. The story begins when Hugh's father, the Chief of the Name, dies, leaving his son as Chief of Clan …
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Pirate Film, biographical film, pirate film, swashbuckler film
thumb|thumbtime=5|upright=1.5|left|Captain Kidd complete movie In 1699, pirate William Kidd loots and destroys the English galleon The Twelve Apostles near Madagascar. He and his confederates bury the stolen treasure on a remote island. He…
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Adventure, drama film, swashbuckler film
In Tudor England, two boys are born on the same day in the most different circumstances imaginable. Tom Canty is the son of vicious criminal John Canty, while Edward Tudor is the Prince of Wales and the son of King Henry VIII of England. O…
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Adventure, action film, adventure film, drama film, war film
In 1780 General Benedict Arnold commands the Continental Army defenses at West Point, New York. Major John Bolton (Cornel Wilde), a dragoon officer assigned to counterintelligence, intercepts and kills a British spy leaving the Storm King …
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Pirate Film, biographical film, pirate film
In the first quarter of the 18th century, Blackbeard, otherwise known as Edward Teach, was seen as the most notorious and dangerous seafaring pirate of all. Plying his trade around the West Indies and the eastern coast of England’s North A…
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Adventure, Romance Film, action film, adventure film, romance film, swashbuckler film
Late in the reign of Elizabeth I of England, Spanish noble Don Juan de Maraña is repatriated from London to Madrid, following a diplomatic scandal caused by his dalliance with the English fiancée of a Spanish nobleman. The Spanish ambassad…
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Adventure, adventure film, drama film, swashbuckler film
In August 1500, Andrea Orsini, an artistic minor nobleman who is equally skilled with the brush, the sword, words, and women, serves the Machiavellian Prince Cesare Borgia as a soldier. Pleased with Andrea's ability to "follow my mind and …
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