Dynamic Watchlist Hub: Jan 19, 2026

10 Best Movies Like The Pirate

If you loved The Pirate, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
Matchmaker Santa

Matchmaker Santa

2012★ 5.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Pirate for fans of Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

As a little girl, Melanie Hogan wished to find her own prince charming just like her parents found true love. Now an adult, Melanie is running her own bakery and dating a handsome...

#2
Jim's Story

Jim's Story

2024★ 6.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Pirate for fans of Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Aymeric runs into Florence, a former coworker, one evening in Saint-Claude in the Haut-Jura. She is six months pregnant and single. When she gives birth to Jim, Aymeric is there. T...

#3
Zeitgeist: Addendum

Zeitgeist: Addendum

2008★ 7.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Pirate for fans of Documentary. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

Zeitgeist: Addendum premiered at the 5th Annual Artivist Film Festival. Director Peter Joseph stated: "The failure of our world to resolve the issues of war, poverty, and corruptio...

#4
The Isle

The Isle

2000★ 6.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Pirate for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Mute Hee-Jin is working as a clerk in a fishing resort in the Korean wilderness; selling baits, food and occasionally her body to the fishing tourists. One day she falls in love wi...

#5
A City of Sadness

A City of Sadness

1989★ 7.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Pirate for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

The story of a family embroiled in the "White Terror," the Kuomintang government's anti-communist political repression that was wrought on the Taiwanese people from 1947-1987....

#6
The Play House

The Play House

1921★ 6.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Pirate for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Upon waking from the dream of a theater peopled entirely by numerous Buster Keatons, a lowly stage hand causes havoc everywhere he works....