Movies like Captain Phillips

Key Features:: Hostage situation, Piracy, Survival, Leadership, True story, Cruise ship, Pirates, High-stakes, Man vs. man, Navy SEALs, Negotiation, Resourcefulness, Psychological thriller, Violence-moderate
Tone:: serious, suspense-driven, gritty
Target Audience:: Thriller enthusiasts, Action fans, True story buffs, Adults
Emotional Arc:: Tension → Fear → Relief

Captain Phillips

2013-10-10

The true story of Captain Richard Phillips and the 2009 hijacking by Somali pirates of the US-flagged MV Maersk Alabama, the first American cargo ship to be hijacked in two hundred years.

Genres

Action, Drama, Thriller

Cast

Tom Hanks, Barkhad Abdi, Barkhad Abdirahman, Faysal Ahmed, Mahat M. Ali, Michael Chernus, David Warshofsky, Corey Johnson, Chris Mulkey, Yul Vazquez

Crew

Paul Greengrass, Billy Ray

Rating

★7.538(7252 votes)