Movies like The Black Pirate (1926)
The best movies like The Black Pirate (1926) are The Sheik (1921), The Mysterious Lady (1928) and The Buccaneer (1938). If The Black Pirate hooked you with its adventure and drama, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
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- Highest ratedThe Count of Monte Cristo (2002)7.7/10 from 2,157 votes
- NewestCrouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Sword of Destiny (2016)Released 2016
The Sheik (1921)
Sheik Ahmed desperately desires feisty British socialite Diana, so he abducts her and carries her off to his luxurious tent-palace in the desert. The free-spirited Diana recoils from his passionate embraces and yearns to be released. Later, allowed to go into the desert, she escapes and makes her way across the sands...
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both adventure & drama
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Mysterious Lady (1928)
A beautiful Russian spy seduces an Austrian military officer in order to obtain secret plans. When she falls in love with him, both are placed in danger.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both adventure & drama
The Buccaneer (1938)
French pirate Jean Lafitte rescues a girl and joins the War of 1812.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both adventure
The Avenging Conscience (1914)
Thwarted by his despotic uncle from continuing his love affair, a young man's thoughts turn dark as he dwells on ways to deal with his uncle. Increasingly convinced that murder is merely a natural part of life, he kills his uncle and hides the body. However, the man's conscience awakens; paranoia sets in and nightmarish visions begin to haunt him.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
The Son of the Sheik (1926)
Ahmed, son of Diana and Sheik Ahmed Ben Hassan, falls in love with Yasmin, a dancing girl who fronts her father's gang of mountebanks. She and Ahmed meet secretly until one night when her father and the gang capture the son of the sheik, torture him, and hold him for ransom.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & adventure
The Regeneration (1915)
At 10 years old, Owen becomes a ragged orphan when his mother dies. Abusive next-door neighbors the Conways take him in, and by 17, Owen has learned that might is right. At 25, he's a career gangster: loitering, gambling and drinking in dens of iniquity. Marie Deering arrives in Owen's area, eager to empower the impoverished, gang-affiliated youth through education. Owen slowly but surely leaves his old life behind, choosing the narrow path- all the while falling in love with Marie. Skinny, who's taken over Owen's role in the gang, reappears to him, spelling trouble.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Mark of Zorro (1920)
Don Diego Vega pretends to be an indolent fop as a cover for his true identity, the masked avenger Zorro. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2012.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both adventure & drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Three Musketeers (1921)
In 17th-century France, young D'Artagnan seeks to join the King's Musketeers, but instead befriends legendary musketeers Athos, Porthos and Aramis. Together, they become embroiled in political intrigue surrounding King Louis XIII and his adversaries, particularly the powerful Cardinal Richelieu.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & adventure
Robin Hood (1922)
The dashing Earl of Huntingdon excels in courtly life and jousting before King Richard departs for the Crusades. While away, Richard's treacherous brother, Prince John, seizes power and inflicts brutal tyranny on the civilians. Huntingdon transforms into the heroic outlaw Robin Hood, gathers his 'merry men', and battles to restore the true king and protect lovely Lady Marian.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both adventure & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisWay Down East (1920)
A naïve country girl is tricked into a sham marriage by a wealthy womanizer, then must rebuild her life despite the taint of having borne a child out of wedlock.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Penalty (1920)
Blizzard, deranged from a childhood operation in which both his legs were needlessly amputated after an accident, becomes a vicious criminal, and eventually mob leader of the San Francisco underworld.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisBody and Soul (1925)
A convict escapes to a Southern town and passes himself off as a reverend, giving him the perfect cover to swindle the townspeople and corrupt an innocent young woman.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1925)
Judah Ben-Hur, a wealthy Jewish prince in Jerusalem, is betrayed by his childhood friend, Roman tribune Messala, and wrongfully sent to the galley slaves.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both adventure & drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Hunchback of Notre Dame (1923)
In 15th-century France, a gypsy girl is framed for murder by the infatuated Chief Justice, and only the deformed bellringer of Notre Dame Cathedral can save her.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Kiss (1929)
An unhappily married woman is caught up in scandal and murder when her affection toward a young man is misinterpreted.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
The Racket (1928)
A renegade police captain sets out to catch a sadistic mob boss. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2016.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisCabiria (1914)
Young Cabiria is kidnapped by pirates and sold as a slave in Carthage. Just as she's to be sacrificed to Moloch, Cabiria is rescued by Fulvius Axilla, a good-hearted Roman spy, and his powerful slave, Maciste. The trio are broken up as Cabiria is entrusted to a woman of noble birth. With Cabiria's fate unknown, Maciste punished for his heroism, and Fulvius sent away to fight for Rome, is there any hope of our heroes reuniting?
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisLady of the Night (1925)
The story of two baby girls, born near in proximity but worlds apart in society: Molly Helmer, the daughter of a thief, and Florence Banning, the daughter of the judge who sent Molly's father to prison. The girls' lives come together as they reach the age of eighteen, when Florence leaves the security of the exclusive Girls Select School, and Molly, now orphaned, begins her life after reform school.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
The Last of the Mohicans (1920)
As Alice and Cora Munro attempt to find their father, a British officer in the French and Indian War, they are set upon by French soldiers and their cohorts, Huron tribesmen led by the evil Magua. Fighting to rescue the women are Chingachgook and his son Uncas, the last of the Mohican tribe, and their white ally, the frontiersman Natty Bumppo, known as Hawkeye.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both adventure & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisCaptain Blood (1935)
Dr. Peter Blood, unjustly convicted of treason and exiled from England, becomes a notorious pirate.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both adventure
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Eagle (1925)
A wanted Russian lieutenant becomes a masked vigilante seeking vengeance upon the man who stole his family's land, only to fall for his charming daughter.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both adventure
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisAgainst All Flags (1952)
In the 18th century, the pirates of Madagascar, lords of the Republic of Libertatia and masters of the Indian Ocean, live in an impregnable natural fortress, killing, robbing and plundering with impunity, so the British Navy hatches a daring plan to destroy them.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & adventure
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisDownhill (1927)
When school captain Roddy Berwick takes the blame for his friend’s scandal, he is expelled and disowned by his family. Cast out of his privileged world, Roddy drifts through a series of humiliations—from waiter to penniless actor to gigolo—descending ever further into ruin and self-disgust.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
SnoozefestMovies like thisChang: A Drama of the Wilderness (1927)
Elephants disrupt the lives of a family deep in the jungles of Northern Siam, and an entire village.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both adventure & drama
Fortunes of Captain Blood (1950)
When he unwittingly sends some of his men into a trap, pirate Captain Peter Blood decides to rescue them. They've been taken prisoner by the Spanish Marquis de Riconete who is now using them as slave labor harvesting pearls from the sea.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & adventure
The Count of Monte Cristo (1934)
Young sailor Edmond Dantès is wrongfully imprisoned, escapes, finds treasure, and reinvents himself as the wealthy Count of Monte Cristo to exact revenge on those who betrayed him.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & adventure
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisTarzan's Secret Treasure (1941)
A scientific expedition happens to discover that gold exists on Tarzan's escarpment. The villainous Medford and Vandermeer kidnap Jane and Boy to extort from Tarzan the location of the gold.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & adventure
SnoozefestMovies like this20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1916)
Captain Nemo has built a fantastic submarine for his mission of revenge. He has traveled over 20,000 leagues in search of Charles Denver - a man who caused the death of Princess Daaker. Seeing what he had done, Denver took the daughter to his yacht and sailed away.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both adventure & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisCrouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Sword of Destiny (2016)
A story of lost love, young love, a legendary sword and one last opportunity at redemption.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both action & adventure
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Count of Monte Cristo (2002)
Young sailor Edmond Dantès is wrongfully imprisoned, escapes, finds treasure, and reinvents himself as the wealthy Count of Monte Cristo to exact revenge on those who betrayed him.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both adventure & drama
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like The Black Pirate?
The closest matches to The Black Pirate are The Sheik (1921), The Mysterious Lady (1928) and The Buccaneer (1938). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after The Black Pirate?
People who watched The Black Pirate most often go on to The Sheik (1921), The Mysterious Lady (1928) and The Buccaneer (1938).
What is the highest-rated movie like The Black Pirate?
The Count of Monte Cristo (2002), rated 7.7/10 by 2,157 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like The Black Pirate?
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Sword of Destiny (2016) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there English movies like The Black Pirate?
Yes: The Sheik (1921), The Mysterious Lady (1928) and The Buccaneer (1938).
How are movies similar to The Black Pirate chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside The Black Pirate, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.