Pirates of the Caribbean: watch order

The movies in the series, sorted by release date. Total runtime: 12 h 8 min. A series of fantasy swashbuckler films based on Walt Disney's theme park ride of the same name. The films follow the adventures of Captain Jack Sparrow and take place in a world ruled by the British Empire, the East India Trading Company and the Spanish Empire, with pirates representing freedom from the ruling powers.

1. 
   Movie 1

   Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)

   2 h 23 min · ★ 7.8

   When wily pirate Captain Barbossa seizes Jack Sparrow’s beloved ship, the Black Pearl, and kidnaps the governor’s daughter, Elizabeth Swann, blacksmith Will Turner reluctantly teams up with the unpredictable pirate Jack…

2. 
   Movie 2

   Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006)

   2 h 31 min · ★ 7.4

   Captain Jack Sparrow’s got a blood debt to pay: he owes his soul to the legendary Davy Jones, ghastly Ruler of the Ocean Depths. To escape eternal servitude aboard the Flying Dutchman, ever-crafty Jack must track down…

3. 
   Movie 3

   Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (2007)

   2 h 49 min · ★ 7.3

   After losing Captain Jack Sparrow to the locker of Davy Jones, Will Turner, Elizabeth Swann, and Captain Barbossa journey to the ends of the earth to rescue him. And as the East India Trading Company tightens its grip…

4. 
   Movie 4

   Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (2011)

   2 h 16 min · ★ 6.6

   When Jack crosses paths with a woman from his past, he's not sure if it's love...or if she's a ruthless con artist using him to find the fabled Fountain of Youth.

5. 
   Movie 5

   Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales (2017)

   2 h 9 min · ★ 6.7

   Thrust into an all-new adventure, a down-on-his-luck Capt. Jack Sparrow feels the winds of ill-fortune blowing even more strongly when deadly ghost sailors led by his old nemesis, the evil Capt. Salazar, escape from the…