Ahoy, and meet the granddaddy of all pirate movies. Every swashbuckling film made after 1935 owes a debt of booty to Captain ...

Known for never having a plan but somehow always ending up with one that works out, the unreasonably charming pirate was brought to life by Johnny Depp for five movies across nearly 15 years.

Rebecca Simon, a piracy historian, rates pirate battles in movies and TV shows, such as the "Pirates of the Caribbean" movies, for realism. Simon breaks down the accuracy of pirate battle tactics ...