Work cat.: Nate and Hayes [VR] c1984 (summary note: A cut-throat pirate gang led by the villainous Ben Pease has brutally interrupted the South Seas wedding ceremony of Nate and Sophie. After Sophie is abducted, Nate bands together with the infamous Hayes, a deadly rival of Pease to battle their foes.)

Lopez, D. Films by genre, c1993: p. 328 (Pirate Films. These films center on the exploits of pirates, variously called corsairs, free-booters, buccaneers or privateers. Whether heroes or villains, they sailed the seven seas and in particular the Spanish Main. Examples: The black pirate (1926), Captain Blood (1935), The buccaneer (1938), The sea hawk (1940), The buccaneer (1958), La venere dei pirati (1960). Listed as a subcategory under Swashbuckler)

Wikipedia, Mar. 11, 2010 (Pirate films are films principally concerning or contain a large subplot concerning pirates. See also Adventure films, Seafaring films. This category has the following 3 subcategories: 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea films, Mysterious Island films, Peter Pan films. Examples include: Captain Blood (1935); The Crimson Pirate; The Goonies; Nate and Hayes; Mysterious Island (1961); Mysterious Island (2005); Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End; The Princess Bride; The Spanish Main; Treasure Island (1920); Treasure Island (1990))

Yee, M. Moving image materials, 1988; Taves, B. The moving image genre-form guide, via WWW, Mar. 11, 2010 (Adventure. Used for Swashbuckler. Includes fictional works dramatizing piracy and the Spanish Main. Examples listed include Captain Blood, The Sea Wolf, Treasure Island, The Buccaneers)