The Pirates of Penzance

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The Pirates of Penzance (1983)

Comedy, Music, Romance, Adventure

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Jamaica Inn

1939 ★ 6.1

In early 19th-century Cornwall, young Mary Yellan travels to live with her aunt and uncle at the remote Jamaica Inn, where she discovers the inn is a front for a violent gang of wreckers who lure ships to their doom along the coast. As she becomes entangled in their crimes, Mary must fight to survive and uncover the truth behind the terror that haunts the moors.

Easy Come, Easy Go

Easy Come, Easy Go

1967 ★ 6.0

Navy frogman Ted Jackson balances his time between twin careers as a deep-sea diver and nightclub singer. During a dive, Ted spots sunken treasure and returns with the hope to retrieve it.

Whisky Galore

Whisky Galore

2016 ★ 5.9

The story of the inhabitants of the isolated Scottish island of Todday, in the Outer Hebrides, where gloom sets in as their wartime rationing of whisky runs out. When cargo ship the SS Cabinet Minister runs aground the shrewd islanders run rings around the buffoonish English Home Guard commander Captain Waggett and conspire to hide away cases of the precious amber nectar.

O Brother, Where Art Thou?

O Brother, Where Art Thou?

2000 ★ 7.3

In the deep south during the 1930s, three escaped convicts search for hidden treasure while a relentless lawman pursues them.

Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story

Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story

2005 ★ 6.9

The maniacal baby of the Griffin family, Stewie, meets his future self. In doing this he discovers that his future image is not what he has anticipated because of a near death experience.

Thunderstruck

Thunderstruck

2012 ★ 6.1

After NBA star Kevin Durant switches talent with 16 year old Brian, the teenager becomes the star of his high school team, but Durant starts struggling and eventually learns an important lesson.

The Crimson Pirate

The Crimson Pirate

1952 ★ 7.0

Burt Lancaster plays a pirate with a taste for intrigue and acrobatics who involves himself in the goings on of a revolution in the Caribbean in the late 1700s. A light hearted adventure involving prison breaks, an oddball scientist, sailing ships, naval fights and tons of swordplay.

Nate and Hayes

Nate and Hayes

1983 ★ 6.1

Nathaniel Williamsen is taken to an island mission with his fiancee Sophie. Their ship, the Rona, is captained by the roguish Bully Hayes, who also takes a liking to Sophie. When Sophie is kidnapped by slave trader Ben Pease "Nate" teams with Hayes in order to find her.

Avanti!

Avanti!

1972 ★ 7.0

A successful businessman travels to Italy to arrange for the return of his tycoon father's body, only to learn that dear old dad died with his longtime mistress.

We're No Angels

We're No Angels

1955 ★ 7.2

Three convicts escape from prison on Devil's Island just before Christmas and arrive at a nearby French colonial town. They go to the store of the Ducotels, the only store that gives supplies on credit. They initially intend to take advantage of them but have a change of heart after they find the family is in financial troubles.

Prince Charming

Prince Charming

2001 ★ 7.0

After an extramarital indiscretion, a fairy-tale prince and his sidekick are turned into frogs for all eternity or until the prince can convince a maiden to kiss and then marry him.

Treasure Island

Treasure Island

1950 ★ 6.6

Enchanted by the idea of locating treasure buried by Captain Flint, Squire Trelawney, Dr. Livesey and Jim Hawkins charter a sailing voyage to a Caribbean island. Unfortunately, a large number of Flint's old pirate crew are aboard the ship, including Long John Silver.

Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker

Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker

2019 ★ 6.3

The surviving Resistance faces the First Order once again as the journey of Rey, Finn and Poe Dameron continues. With the power and knowledge of generations behind them, the final battle begins.

Gotcha!

Gotcha!

1985 ★ 5.9

A student on a trip to France is tricked into smuggling secrets across the Iron Curtain by a sexy spy.

Hello, Dolly!

Hello, Dolly!

1969 ★ 7.0

Dolly Levi is a strong-willed matchmaker who travels to Yonkers, New York in order to see the miserly "well-known unmarried half-a-millionaire" Horace Vandergelder. In doing so, she convinces his niece, his niece's intended, and Horace's two clerks to travel to New York City.

Michael Jackson's Halloween

Michael Jackson's Halloween

2017 ★ 7.8

The one-hour animated special, packed with the vocal talents of some of your favorite CBS stars and the King of Pop's most memorable hits, follows Vincent and Victoria, as they embark on a magical journey of self-discovery.

Anchors Aweigh

Anchors Aweigh

1945 ★ 6.8

Two sailors on shore leave head out for four days of partying – only to become involved in the affairs of an aspiring singer and her precocious nephew.

Guava Island

Guava Island

2019 ★ 6.7

Deni Maroon, a musician and dock worker is determined to pull off a music festival against the interests of the local factory owner.

The Wrong Box

The Wrong Box

1966 ★ 6.4

In Victorian England, a fortune now depends on which of two brothers outlives the other—or can be made to have seemed to do so.

Shorts

Shorts

2009 ★ 5.8

A young boy's discovery of a colorful, wish-granting rock causes chaos in the suburban town of Black Falls when jealous kids and scheming adults alike set out to get their hands on it.

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