Johnny Depp se vrača v legendarni vlogi kapitana Jacka Sparrowa.Neprekosljivi piratski kapitan Jack Sparrow in zviti morski volk Barbossa skušata najti legendarni izvir večne mladosti, a jima pot prekriža pustolovka in nekdanja Jackova simpatija Angelica. S spretnimi nakanami Jacka zvabi na ladjo legendarnega gusarja Črnobradca. Ko se v zgodbo vmešajo tudi pogubne morske deklice, dvolična angleška mornarica in trdosrčni morski razbojniki, mora Jack znova pokazati obilico čudaških spretnosti in zaupati svoji sreči.
Captain Jack Sparrow (Depp) crosses paths with a woman from his past (Cruz), and he's not sure if it's love -- or if she's a ruthless con artist who's using him to find the fabled Fountain of Youth. When she forces him aboard the Queen Anne's Revenge, the ship of the formidable pirate Blackbeard (McShane), Jack finds himself on an unexpected adventure in which he doesn't know who to fear more: Blackbeard or the woman from his past.