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20. Abyssal Attack (1998)

Stephen Sommers' sci-fi horror pulp follows a group of scene-stealing supporting players playing mercenaries employed to destroy the cruise ship Argonautica. However a massive sea creature has beaten them to it! Including the likely victims are Kevin J O'Connor as a gem smuggler.

19. 1900's Tale (1998)

A newborn, abandoned on the transatlantic liner SS Virginian, matures to be a talented keyboardist (the main star) who remains aboard the ship. The climax of Giuseppe Tornatore's imaginative story is the protagonist competing in a piano duel with Jelly Roll Morton, arguably inaccurately portrayed as a smug bastard.

18. Ocean Planet (1995)

Kevin Costner portrays a fighter-inspired nomad with webbed feet and a enhanced watercraft in this megabudget science fiction adventure, set in a distant time where vanishing ice sheets have submerged the world. All people is seeking fabled solid ground while fighting off the villain and his gang of continuously smoking pirates.

17. Titanic (1997)

A significant portion of romantic interludes between a wealthy lady (the actress) and an free-spirited artist (the actor) are redeemed by the director's spectacular recreation of a famous notorious tragedies. It's impossible not to respect the chutzpah of a film-maker who successfully transforms a fatalities of 1,500 into an inspiring narrative of liberation.

16. Ship of Fools (1965)

Commoners, artistic entertainers and German ideologists interact on a ocean liner sailing from Mexico to the Continent in the pre-war era. The director's epic includes a legendary actress, in her final role, as a melancholy character, but it's another actor, as the vessel's physician, and Simone Signoret, as a radical countess, who deliver the motion picture with its emotional wallop.

15. Final Journey (1960)

The central vessel is ripped apart in an blast and the lead actor's spouse (the actress) is stuck in their quarters in this compelling precursor to disaster movies. Will the main character and a brave technician (the actor) rescue her before the vessel goes down? Interesting note: the Claridon is played by the renowned European vessel Île de France.

14. Death on the Nile (1978)

Bette Davis are among the killing culprits on board a Nile paddle steamer in this all-star crime novelist murder mystery. The main star, as the famous detective, is unable to halt numerous characters being killed, which reduces his suspects to a limited selection. Bags more fun than the modern adaptation.

13. Ocean Stillness (1989)

Two lead actors play a husband and wife trying to get over the trauma of their child's passing by sailing their boat for a journey in the Pacific, where they recover Billy Zane from a sinking schooner. Poor decision! This filmmaker's tense movie is essentially a killers-on-the-loose story at in maritime setting, but an high-quality one that launched her career.

12. The Maggie (1954)

An UK citizen, transporting goods for an American industrialist, is tricked into employing a poor condition "Scottish vessel" in the director's dark British film in the rebellious tradition of his own earlier film. Naturally, the ship's Scottish captain and team deceive the inexperienced passengers for a journey, in multiple interpretations of the expression.

11. Juggernaut (1974)

This filmmaker gives his catastrophe film a political dimension perspective in this anxiety-inducing yarn of detonators positioned on a passenger ship, the SS Britannic. Red wire or blue wire? Richard Harris portray demolition specialists; a supporting player, as the cruise director, serves up a emotional depiction in sadly funny despair.

10. The Poseidon Adventure (1972)

This adaptation of the author's novel is among the high points of the 1970s disaster genre. The SS Poseidon is flipped over by a ocean surge, and it's up to Reverend Gene Hackman to direct his group through the flipped ship to rescue. Shelley Winters is remarkable as a retailer's spouse with a useful experience of sports participation.

9. Total Loss (2013)

The lead actor provides a late-career masterclass in one-man show as a individual battling to endure in the specific sea after his yacht, the main setting, is harmed in a impact with an stray shipping container. It's stressful enough to watch, so it's difficult to comprehend how extremely demanding it must have been for the elderly actor to record.

8. Vessel Leader (2013)

The lead actor delivers sterling work in among his everyman-in-crisis roles, as the captain of an commercial transport commandeered by African raiders off the specific location. He's matched by a co-star ("I control this vessel"), making a outstanding initial cinematic appearance as the raider leader in Paul Greengrass's suspense film, derived from real events. Should the concluding moment fails to move you, you're emotionally detached.

7. Three-Sided Figure (2009)

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