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Captain Phillips

2013

Based on the 2009 hijacking of a cargo ship, this thriller follows an American merchant captain taken hostage by a small band of desperate Somali pirates, and the tense standoff that follows. Paul Greengrass's gripping, humane drama starring Tom Hanks.

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