Pirate movies are one of those ideas that should be huge in theory but are actually rather disappointing in execution. For most of the second half of the 20th century, few swashbuckling movies made a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Walt Disney Studios Gore Verbinski's 2003 big-budget adventure film "Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl," ...

When you think about pirate movies today, your mind almost immediately wanders to the best and worst "Pirates of the Caribbean" movies, which have admittedly dominated the scene in recent years.

Released in 2003, Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl introduced audiences to a franchise that would span five films. Across its run, the series built a world shaped by adventure ...