Pirates in the arts and popular culture  

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The 1950 film adaption of Treasure Island, as well as the 1954 sequel Long John Silver, both starring Robert Newton, are considered highly influential on the modern perception of early pirates.

• The Black Pirate, a 1926 film starring Douglas Fairbanks.
• Captain Blood, a 1935 film starring Errol Flynn.
• The Sea Hawk, a 1940 film starring Errol Flynn.
• The Black Swan, a 1942 film starring Tyrone Power, Maureen O'Hara, and Anthony Quinn.
• Treasure Island, a 1950 adaptation of Stevenson's book, starring Robert Newton.
• Anne of the Indies, a 1951 adventure film loosely based on the life of Anne Bonny (Jean Peters) with Louis Jourdan and Thomas Gomez as Blackbeard.
• The Crimson Pirate, a 1952 adventure film, starring Burt Lancaster.
• Long John Silver, a 1954 sequel to Treasure Island, starring Robert Newton.
• The animated films of Japanese director Leiji Matsumoto include several pirate characters, including Captain Harlock and Queen Emeraldas, the best known of these pieces being Galaxy Express 999 (1977) and Space Battleship Yamato (1974).
• Pirates of the XXth Century, a 1979 Soviet adventure film about modern piracy.
• The Island (1980), a film based on Peter Benchley's novel.
• The Pirate Movie (1982), an Australian film loosely based on The Pirates of Penzance, stars Christopher Atkins and Kristy McNichol.
• Nate and Hayes, a 1983 film based on the adventures of the notorious Bully Hayes, a pirate in the South Pacific in the late 19th century. Also known as Savage Islands.
• Yellowbeard A 1983 film starring Graham Chapman as Yellowbeard the pirate
• Pirates, a 1986 Roman Polanski comic/adventure film starring Walter Matthau.
• The Princess Bride A 1987 film adaptation of the William Goldman novel that has "The Dread Pirate Roberts" as one of its central characters.
• Cutthroat Island, a 1995 Renny Harlin film that was a notable flop, starring Geena Davis
• Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003), Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006) and Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (2007), movies based on the popular Disneyland attraction, "Pirates of the Caribbean".
• Pirates of Treasure Island, a 2006 film adaptation of the novel Treasure Island produced by The Asylum.