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Captain Phillips (2013)

PG-13 ★ 7.5/10 134 min Action, Drama, Thriller United States English
Director: Paul Greengrass
Screenplay by: Billy Ray
Streaming: Not available
Out here survival is everything.

Description

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.

Trailer

Top Cast

Tom Hanks
Tom Hanks Captain Richard Phillips
Barkhad Abdi
Barkhad Abdi Muse
Barkhad Abdirahman
Barkhad Abdirahman Bilal
Faysal Ahmed
Faysal Ahmed Najee
Mahat M. Ali
Mahat M. Ali Elmi
Michael Chernus
Michael Chernus Shane Murphy
David Warshofsky
David Warshofsky Mike Perry
Corey Johnson
Corey Johnson Ken Quinn

Captain Phillips Appears on 4 Curated Movie Lists

Canon Institutions

Metacritic Must-See Movies of All-Time (Metascore: 81+/100) Redux
Metacritic #1485

Critic Curated

The Filmcast Top 10 Lists Formerly Slashfilmcast
SlashFilm #106

Letterboxd Lists

Showdown Boat Life
Letterboxd Showdown #03
Showdown True Story
Letterboxd Showdown #20

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