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Captain Phillips (2013) | Ranked Top 2% · CriticCrunch

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Captain Phillips

Movie2013·134 min

Captain Phillips

Directed by Paul Greengrass

Action Drama Thriller

An Oscar-nominated action drama film directed by Paul Greengrass.

◈ CrunchScore

Top 2%

of all movies · weighted by audience size & source agreement

★ TMDB Audience Rating

7.5/10

8K ratings

About Captain Phillips

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.

Pacing: Gripping (8 of 9)
Tone: Dark (2 of 9)
Intensity: Intense (7 of 9)
Complexity: Approachable (4 of 9)
Humor: Serious (1 of 9)
Scale: Personal (4 of 9)
Spirit: Earnest (5 of 9)
Texture: Gritty, Tense
Story Tags: social injustice, sacrifice duty, survival of spirit, action combat, historical event, international, ocean maritime, strangers forced together, military thriller, everyman, reluctant hero, kidnapping hostage, survival, siege bottle

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Details

Director: Paul Greengrass
Language: English

Cast

Tom Hanks, Barkhad Abdi, Barkhad Abdirahman

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Awards

◆Oscar Nominee — Best Supporting Actor (2013)◆Oscar Nominee — Best Film Editing (2013)◆Oscar Nominee — Best Picture (2013)◆Oscar Nominee — Best Adapted Screenplay (2013)

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How Captain Phillips Ranks

All movies

Top 2%

2010s movies

Top 2%

Action movies

Top 3%

★2010s Action movies

Top 3%

Paul Greengrass films#1 of 10

Top 5% in every cohort we track — a consistent classic.

the vibe

Captain Phillips Vibe

What it feels like

grippingdarkintenseapproachableseriouspersonalearnest

gritty

tense

What it's about

kidnapping hostagesurvivalsiege bottlesocial injusticesacrifice dutysurvival of spiriteverymanreluctant herostrangers forced togetheraction combathistorical eventmilitary thrillerinternationalocean maritime

pacing

gripping 8/9gripping 8/9

tone

dark 2/9dark 2/9

intensity

intense 7/9intense 7/9

complexity

approachable 4/9clear 4/9

humor

serious 1/9serious 1/9

scale

personal 4/9personal 4/9

spirit

earnest 5/9earnest 5/9

texture

grittygritty