THE FILMS
Five films. Hundreds of minutes.
An unreasonable amount of analysis.
From cursed Aztec gold to the search for Poseidon’s Trident, we’re sailing through the Pirates of the Caribbean saga one minute at a time—examining the characters, stories, filmmaking, history, mythology, and wonderfully strange details we discover along the way.
CHOOSE A FILM
Pick your movie. Begin your voyage.
THE CURSE OF THE BLACK PEARL
2003 • Gore Verbinski
The adventure that started it all.
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DEAD MAN’S CHEST
2006 • Gore Verbinski
The adventure gets darker—and Davy Jones comes to collect.
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AT WORLD’S END
2007 • Gore Verbinski
The pirates unite for one last stand against extinction.
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ON STRANGER TIDES
2011 • Rob Marshall
Jack sets sail in search of the legendary Fountain of Youth.
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DEAD MEN TELL NO TALES
2017 • Joachim Rønning & Espen Sandberg
Old enemies return as the hunt begins for Poseidon’s Trident.
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FIVE FILMS. ONE MINUTE AT A TIME.
The Black Pearl Show began its voyage with The Curse of the Black Pearl, breaking down the film one minute at a time. Since then, we’ve continued sailing through the Pirates of the Caribbean saga—sometimes analyzing a single line of dialogue, sometimes disappearing down a historical rabbit hole, and occasionally wondering how one minute of a movie turned into an entire episode.
Along the way, we explore the filmmaking, performances, music, visual effects, mythology, historical connections, hidden details and behind-the-scenes stories that make these movies endlessly fun to revisit.