Captain Phillips

2013 · directed by Paul Greengrass

Rating

81/100

Hit

yes

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.

Captain Phillips (2013), directed by Paul Greengrass, rates 81/100 — a hit. See how its director, cast and crew rate across their careers.

Cast

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

Crew

• Barry Ackroyd — Director of Photography
• Christopher Rouse — Editor
• Henry Jackman — Original Music Composer
• Billy Ray — Screenplay

More from Paul Greengrass

1. The Bourne Ultimatum (2007) — 82/100 · hit
2. Bloody Sunday (2002) — 81/100 · hit
3. United 93 (2006) — 80/100 · hit
4. The Bourne Supremacy (2004) — 76/100
5. News of the World (2020) — 73/100
6. The Lost Bus (2025) — 72/100

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