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20. Deep Rising (1998)

This filmmaker's sci-fi horror pulp details a collection of attention-grabbing character actors portraying hired guns employed to sink the cruise ship a fictional ship. Yet a enormous cephalopod has beaten them to it! Featuring the likely victims are Treat Williams as a gem smuggler.

19. 1900's Tale (1998)

A baby, deserted on the passenger vessel a fictional ship, matures to be a talented keyboardist (the main star) who refuses to leave the ship. The climax of Giuseppe Tornatore's whimsical hokum is the protagonist fighting a piano duel with Jelly Roll Morton, somewhat unjustly shown as a arrogant character.

18. Ocean Planet (1995)

The main star plays a warrior-esque nomad with aquatic adaptations and a souped-up trimaran in this high-cost sci-fi B-movie, taking place in a future where disappearing glaciers have submerged the Earth. Everyone is seeking fabled solid ground while fighting off the villain and his group of continuously smoking pirates.

17. RMS Titanic (1997)

An extended period of romantic interludes between a wealthy lady (Kate Winslet) and an free-spirited artist (the actor) are rescued by the director's breathtaking depiction of among history's well-known tragedies. It's impossible not to respect the boldness of a film-maker who manages to twist a fatalities of over a thousand into an heartening narrative of emancipation.

16. Vessel of Madness (1965)

Peasants, artistic entertainers and German ideologists interact on a ocean liner traveling from Mexico to the Continent in 1933. This filmmaker's sweeping drama stars Vivien Leigh, in her final role, as a sad divorcee, but it's Oskar Werner, as the vessel's physician, and Simone Signoret, as a aristocratic rebel, who provide the film with its dramatic punch.

15. The Last Voyage (1960)

The fictional ship is torn asunder in an blast and the lead actor's wife (the actress) is trapped in their room in this intense precursor to disaster movies. Will Stack and a courageous worker (the supporting player) free her ahead of the boat submerges? Interesting note: the main setting is represented by the legendary European vessel Île de France.

14. Nile Killing (1978)

Angela Lansbury are including the murder suspects on board a African vessel in this ensemble cast Agatha Christie murder mystery. Peter Ustinov, as the famous detective, cannot prevent several passengers being stabbed, which whittles down his potential killers to a smaller group. Much more enjoyable than the recent version.

13. Sea Silence (1989)

Sam Neill portray a partners seeking to heal from the pain of their offspring's demise by taking their yacht for a trip in the sea, where they recover another actor from a sinking schooner. Costly error! The director's tense movie is essentially a horror film at on the ocean, but an ultra-classy one that launched her career.

12. The Maggie Story (1954)

An British man, moving goods for an wealthy entrepreneur, is manipulated into hiring a dilapidated "Clyde puffer" in the director's brutal British film in the unconventional tradition of his own earlier film. Predictably, the ship's UK commander and staff take the two landlubbers for a trip, in all senses of the term.

11. Overwhelming Power (1974)

This filmmaker imparts his catastrophe film a social commentary tilt in this anxiety-inducing story of explosives placed on a commercial vessel, the fictional ship. Red wire or blue wire? Richard Harris play explosive technicians; another actor, as the vessel's activities coordinator, provides a emotional depiction in humorous tragedy.

10. The Poseidon Adventure (1972)

This film version of this writer's book is one of the high points of the era of disaster movies. The SS Poseidon is capsized by a tidal wave, and it's up to Reverend Gene Hackman to direct his followers through the inverted vessel to rescue. the actress is unforgettable as a small business owner's partner with a useful history of athletic swimming.

9. Total Loss (2013)

The main star provides a mature exemplary performance in single character portrayal as a individual fighting to survive in the specific sea after his sailing vessel, the main setting, is harmed in a crash with an lost cargo box. It's anxious enough to watch, so it's difficult to comprehend how exceptionally strenuous it must have been for the elderly actor to shoot.

8. Ship Commander (2013)

Tom Hanks does outstanding acting in one of his ordinary-person-in-extraordinary-circumstances performances, as the captain of an US merchant vessel commandeered by maritime criminals off the Horn of Africa. He has great chemistry by Barkhad Abdi ("I control this vessel"), delivering a sensational initial cinematic appearance as the raider leader in this filmmaker's tense movie, based on actual incidents. When the last scene doesn't bring tears, you're emotionally detached.

7. Three-Sided Figure (2009)

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