pirate radio movies

Pump Up the Volume (1990)
7 / 10

Music, Drama

Mark Hunter, a lonely high school student, uses his shortwave radio to moonlight as the popular pirate DJ "Hard Harry." When his show gets blamed for...

The Boat That Rocked (2009)
7.249 / 10

Drama, Comedy

An ensemble comedy, where the romance is between the young people of the 60s, and pop music. It's about a band of DJs that captivate Britain, playing...

Radiofreccia (1998)
7.026 / 10

Drama, Music

April 24, 1993: it's the last broadcast of Radiofreccia, an independent radio station closing after 18 years, barely one minute before coming of age....

One Hundred Steps (2000)
7.802 / 10

Drama, History

Peppino Impastato is a quick-witted lad growing up in 1970s Sicily. Despite hailing from a family with Mafia ties and living just one hundred steps...

Piratensender Powerplay (1982)
5.2 / 10

Comedy

Tommy and Mike operate a famous pirate radio station, Germany's most listened-to radio station. The police and the operators of the Bavarian...

Piratene (1983)
6 / 10

Drama, Action, Adventure

The film follows a gang of unemployed youth in the little town of Svolvær, Lofoten, starting up an illegal radio-channel called "Radio Feskslog".

Working Slowly (Radio Alice) (2004)
6.4 / 10

Drama, Comedy, History

Bologna, 1976. The paths of two aimless young friends intertwine with those of Radio Alice, a pirate radio politically aligned with the leftist...

Young Soul Rebels (1991)
4.9 / 10

Drama, Mystery, Music

Two disc jockeys have a friend's murder to solve in the fringe-group melting pot of 1977 London.

Good Evening to You (1982)
7.2 / 10

Comedy

Stathis is a teenager who owns a pirate radio station that broadcasts at the same frequency used by another pirate radio station, owned by Stamatis...

The Dirty Mind of Young Sally (1973)
5.5 / 10

Comedy

Sally runs a mobile "pirate" radio station--which she operates from her van--where, in her sexy and sultry voice, she encourages her listeners...

Pirates (1999)
7.5 / 10

Comedy, Drama, Music

A pirate radio, the girl next door, and a test of friendship.

On the Air Live with Captain Midnight (1979)
0 / 10

Comedy

A suburban teen stars a pirate radio station in the back of his van and becomes a cult hero.

Space Hackers (2007)
0 / 10

Documentary

The '60s. Achille and Giovanni Judica-Cordiglia, two amateur radio enthusiasts, listened to sound from space with home-built equipment in their...

Uma Onda no Ar (2002)
6.3 / 10

Drama, Action

Based on the true story of four friends who decide to install a communal pirate radio station called Rádio Favela in a shanty-town, to give voice to...

Let Our Voices Be Heard Too (1971)
5.3 / 10

Documentary

A loving portrait of a pirate radio station, which is run by the rural population with plenty of passion and talent in the face of opposition from...

Låten från båten (1961)
0 / 10

Documentary

Pirates of the Airwaves (2014)
0 / 10

Documentary, Drama, TV Movie

In 1966 a group of determined young men defied the New Zealand government and launched a pirate radio station aboard a ship in the Hauraki Gulf.

The Last Pirates: Britain's Rebel DJs (2017)
0 / 10

Documentary

Rapper Rodney P. presents the story of Britain's second wave of pirate radio DJs. In the 1980s a new generation of pirate radio stations appeared...