Is the movie Captain Phillips available on Netflix, Disney+, Prime or Apple TV+?
At Stream Tracker, we help you find where to watch Captain Phillips (2013) — Paul Greengrass’s tense retelling of the 2009 hijacking of the US‑flagged MV Maersk Alabama. Tom Hanks plays Captain Richard Phillips, thrust into a life‑and‑death stand‑off with Somali pirates that takes the crew from deck to lifeboat and turns the open sea into a courtroom of survival. The film earned six Academy Award nominations, including Best Picture and a Best Supporting Actor nod for Barkhad Abdi. Want to know if it’s on Netflix, Disney+, Prime Video or AppleTV+ in your region? Read on — Stream Tracker checks live availability across platforms so you can drop anchor on the right service.
Synopsis
Based on true events, Captain Richard Phillips must confront a violent boarding by Somali pirates in 2009 when his US-flagged cargo ship, the Maersk Alabama, is taken. The unprecedented seizure—the first successful hijacking of an American merchant vessel in nearly two centuries—sets off a tense hostage crisis and a high-stakes rescue effort.
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Updated on 12/03/2026Netflix
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