Movies Similar to The Pirate King

Towpath

During the conspiracy fueled civil rights movement of 1964, artist and political socialite Mary Pinchot Meyer is mysteriously murdered.

Fight for '84

After a devastating 1980 plane crash claims America's Olympic boxing team, a determined coach takes on the monumental task of assembling and training new fighters for glory at the 1984 Games.

Ağacdələn(2019)

The Woodpecker is someone who shows people who are in debt different ways out of their debts. Choice?! Choices are not always easy, can people sacrifice everything and everyone for their own benefit?! The Woodpecker will reveal everyone's inner world.

A Glimpse of Heaven

A young soldier is caught between life and death after a tragic accident during war. As he drifts through memories of his life with his wife, Vicki-from prom to their wedding-he finds himself reflecting on love and the choices that define us.

52nd State

Set in the shadows of Costa Rica’s booming tech sector in 2010, Felipe, a reserved IT worker finds that his new job hides something far more sinister than it seems. As he’s pulled deeper into a web of deception and criminal exploitation, Felipe must decide how far he’s willing to go to do what’s right—before the system swallows him whole.

Team Hoyt

Based on the incredible true story of Dick Hoyt, who turned himself into a triathlete and marathoner so he could lug with him son Rick—a non-verbal quadriplegic whose strength and spirit helped galvanize a movement.

Clergyman

In 2011, a psychiatric patient is visited by a postulate. The patient is a retired head of the "D" Group – a secret department of the Security Service to fight against the Polish Catholic church. Murders, beatings, blackmails, provocations, robberies, those are standard methods of operation for its officers. The postulate wants to unravel the mystery of the death of priest Roman Kotlarz, a parish priest from Pelagow.

Fisherman's Friends(2019)

Ten fishermen from Cornwall are signed by Universal Records and achieve a top ten hit with their debut album of Sea Shanties. Based on the true-life story of Cornish folk band, Fisherman's Friends.

Main Man(2025)

A German tourist who gained fame in the 1970s after becoming lost in America and a washed-up one-hit-wonder indie rocker are connected across history by feelings of having already peaked.

The Trial of the Chicago 7(2020)

What was supposed to be a peaceful protest turned into a violent clash with the police. What followed was one of the most notorious trials in history.

Good Night, and Good Luck(2025)

Livestreamed from the penultimate show at the Winter Garden Theatre in New York City, this stage adaptation of George Clooney's 2005 film follows the story of journalist Edward R. Murrow's stand against Senator Joseph McCarthy's anti-communist witch-hunts in the early 1950s.

SteelGrandpa

Tells the inspiring and humorous tale of Håkansson, who at age 65, defied race officials who barred him from competing in the inaugural Sverigeloppet in 1951 because of his age. Undeterred, he rode the grueling 6-day national cycling tour anyway, without official entry, eventually outlasting many competitors and becoming a beloved folk hero across Sweden.

A Bridge Between

Anthony Hodges is a young basketball player recovering from a devastating car accident that leaves him physically injured and mentally shaken. As Anthony battles self-doubt and the long road of rehabilitation, a chance encounter at a YMCA on Christmas Eve brings him face-to-face with Bobby Verdun, a former basketball coach turned mentor who carries emotional and physical scars of his own. Their unlikely bond becomes the foundation for Anthony’s return to the court – and a life defined not by tragedy, but by purpose.

God's Shirt

Inspired by a true story, three friends, in a midlife crisis, discover that the blue shirt—that Diego Maradona wore in the match against England in the 1986 World Cup, where he scored the 'Goal of the Century' and 'The Hand of God'—which was auctioned, is in an English museum, which motivates them to search for it.

The Casanova Killer: The Paul John Knowles Story

A true crime drama about Paul John Knowles, an American serial killer tied to the deaths of 18 people in 1974, although he claimed at least 35.

Jean Moulin(2002)

The life (and death under torture) of Jean Moulin, head of the French Interior Resistance movements during WWII.

Maya Ko Maya

Maya confronts societal expectations through therapy, triggering emotional turbulence that threatens to upend her life.

Simulacro

In 1989 Brazil, during a World Cup qualifier between Chile and Brazil, Chilean goalkeeper Roberto Rojas stages an injury during the match at the Maracanã Stadium.

Harvest

Based on the extraordinary true story of a German Baron in desperate need of a heart transplant. In spite of astonishing circumstances, he goes on a journey through the Black Market underbelly to find hope in the darkness.

Bankovní dům Daubner(1989)