

Cutthroat Island
Be bold. Be brave. Be prepared.
Morgan Adams and her slave, William Shaw, are on a quest to recover the three portions of a treasure map. Unfortunately, the final portion is held by her murderous uncle, Dawg. Her crew is skeptical of her leadership abilities, so she must complete her quest before they mutiny against her. This is made yet more difficult by the efforts of the British crown to end her pirate raids.
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- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $102M
- Box office
- $16M
- Language
- English
- ship
- treasure
- exotic island
- island
- map
- scalp
- treasure map
- sword fight
- betrayal
- pirate
- heroine
- swashbuckler
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Produced in
United States of America, France, Germany, Italy
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Release dates
United StatesUS
- TheatricalPG-1322 Dec 1995
United KingdomGB
- TheatricalPG29 Mar 1996
AustraliaAU
- TheatricalPG26 Dec 1995
CzechiaCZ
- TheatricalU18 Apr 1996
DenmarkDK
- Physical15DVD31 Dec 2005
FranceFR
- TheatricalU14 Feb 1996
- TVTPRTL97 Aug 2026
- TVTPAction26 Oct 2026
GermanyDE
- Theatrical1225 Apr 1996
ItalyIT
- TheatricalT19 Feb 1996
JapanJP
- Theatrical24 Feb 1996
PortugalPT
- TheatricalM/61 Feb 1996
RussiaRU
- Theatrical3 May 1996
SlovakiaSK
- Digital / OTT12VOYO23 Apr 2025
Frequently asked questions
Cutthroat Island was released on 22 December 1995.
Audience reviews
4- T7/10
talisencrw
5/20/2016
Not as bad as it's notoriously condemned as being, but still clearly shows that both leads and the director were ill-advised (you know very well that if you were getting Harlin at that point in time, you were getting Davis--that's exactly why she probably married him). She brings her A-game and definitely tries her best but this just isn't her thing, and Modine's clearly not blockbuster star material for action films…
- W5/10
Wuchak
2/27/2019
***Fun pirate flick tries too hard to be heroic and panders to youngsters*** In 1668 a female pirate captain (Geena Davis) purchases an educated slave (Matthew Modine) to read a treasure map written in Latin and help her & crew find the priceless lucre on Cutthroat Island. Frank Langella plays her villainous uncle who’s also chasing the hidden loot. “Cutthroat Island” (1995) is a pirate adventure in the spir…
- J7/10
John Chard
4/3/2019
I was born poor, I had no choice but to become a thief and a liar. Cutthroat Island is directed by Renny Harlin and written by Robert King and Marc Norman. It stars Geena Davis, Matthew Modine, Frank Langella, Maury Chaykin, Patrick Malahide, Stan Shaw and Rex Linn. Music is scored by John Debney and cinematography by Peter Levy. A film of many flaws, with a reputation akin to it being the devil of big budget f…
- C6/10
CinemaSerf
3/30/2024
OK, so there's precious little original here but I still quite enjoyed Geena Davis doing her best Maureen O'Hara impression as the buccaneer "Adams". She sort of accedes to the ship's captaincy after the death of her father, but her crew are less than convinced. She's going to have to prove her worth. So, now pursued by the arch-baddie "Dawg" (Frank Langella), she and her hapless but handsome slave "Shaw" (Matthew Mo…
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