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Shows like Black Sails

Not everyone loves Black Sails for the same reason. Pick the one that was yours, and the picks follow.

The 3 reasons people love Black Sails

Read them all. One will sound more like you than the others.

  1. You like rooting for Captain Flint, a brilliant and feared pirate.

  2. You like pirates fighting to keep their island against an empire.

  3. You like John Silver talking his way out of every trap.

Picks that share your reasons

Which reasons were yours?

Tick them here or with “That’s me” above. The picks re-sort by how many of your reasons they share.

  • Deadwood2004

    • rooting for Captain Flint, a brilliant and feared pirate
    • John Silver talking his way out of every trap

    Good for you if you like dense, profane, almost Shakespearean speeches.

  • Vikings: Valhalla2022

    • pirates fighting to keep their island against an empire

    Good for you if you like Harald Hardrada scheming for the Norwegian throne.

  • The Borgias2011

    • rooting for Captain Flint, a brilliant and feared pirate
    • pirates fighting to keep their island against an empire

    Good for you if you like Rodrigo Borgia buying votes and making enemies to stay pope.

  • Game of Thrones2011

    • pirates fighting to keep their island against an empire

    Good for you if you like schemers fighting over the Iron Throne, where a whisper can matter more than an army.

  • Hell on Wheels2011

    • rooting for Captain Flint, a brilliant and feared pirate
    • pirates fighting to keep their island against an empire

    Good for you if you like following Cullen Bohannon, a former Confederate driven by revenge.

  • Frontier2016

    • rooting for Captain Flint, a brilliant and feared pirate
    • pirates fighting to keep their island against an empire

    Good for you if you like following Declan Harp, an outlaw out for revenge on the Hudson's Bay Company.

  • Boardwalk Empire2010

    • pirates fighting to keep their island against an empire

    Good for you if you like watching who owns a city and who owns that man.

  • Rome2005

    • pirates fighting to keep their island against an empire

    Good for you if you like Caesar, Pompey and Octavian scheming for the Republic.

  • Vikings2013

    • pirates fighting to keep their island against an empire

    Good for you if you like a farmer's rise to the throne, and the earls and Saxon kings he has to outwit.

  • Marco Polo2014

    • pirates fighting to keep their island against an empire

    Good for you if you like court intrigue around a great Khan.

  • Oppenheimer2023

    • John Silver talking his way out of every trap

    Good for you if you like rooms full of brilliant people arguing.

Reasons taken from Black Sails's card. Picks from the Ipsomap catalogue. This application uses TMDB and the TMDB APIs but is not endorsed, certified, or otherwise approved by TMDB.

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