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20. Deep Rising (1998)

This filmmaker's science fiction thriller chronicles a bunch of attention-grabbing character actors playing soldiers of fortune contracted to sink the luxury liner Argonautica. Yet a giant mutant octopus has already arrived! Including the likely victims are Treat Williams as a diamond criminal.

19. 1900's Tale (1998)

A newborn, left on the ocean-going ship SS Virginian, develops to be a talented keyboardist (the main star) who refuses to leave the boat. The climax of this filmmaker's imaginative story is the protagonist battling a piano duel with a jazz legend, somewhat unjustly portrayed as a smug bastard.

18. Waterworld (1995)

The main star plays a warrior-esque wanderer with mutated appendages and a enhanced watercraft in this big-budget futuristic thriller, set in a distant time where disappearing glaciers have submerged the Earth. Everyone is hunting for fabled solid ground while resisting Dennis Hopper and his group of constantly puffing pirates.

17. RMS Titanic (1997)

A significant portion of romantic interludes between a upper-class woman (the female lead) and an free-spirited artist (the actor) are saved by the director's breathtaking depiction of a famous notorious tragedies. One must appreciate the boldness of a film-maker who artfully converts a death toll of numerous victims into an heartening tale of liberation.

16. Ship of Fools (1965)

Peasants, artistic entertainers and political extremists rub shoulders on a passenger ship sailing from North America to the Continent in the interwar period. This filmmaker's sweeping drama stars Vivien Leigh, in her last performance, as a unhappy separated woman, but it's another actor, as the medical officer, and another cast member, as a political noblewoman, who deliver the motion picture with its emotional wallop.

15. The Last Voyage (1960)

The fictional ship is torn asunder in an blast and the protagonist's partner (the actress) is trapped in their cabin in this intense precursor to disaster movies. Will the main character and a heroic engineer (the actor) save her prior to the ship sinks? Fun fact: the fictional ship is represented by the famous French liner Île de France.

14. Nile Killing (1978)

Bette Davis are among the killing culprits on board a African vessel in this all-star crime novelist whodunit. Peter Ustinov, as Hercule Poirot, cannot prevent several passengers being shot, which whittles down his persons of interest to a manageable number. Significantly better than the 2022 remake.

13. Dead Calm (1989)

Nicole Kidman act as a husband and wife seeking to heal from the grief of their son's death by sailing their boat for a trip in the ocean, where they recover a co-star from a damaged vessel. Costly error! Phillip Noyce's suspense film is fundamentally a killers-on-the-loose story at on the ocean, but an high-quality one that made her famous.

12. The Maggie Story (1954)

An UK citizen, shipping furniture for an US businessman, is deceived into using a run-down "Scottish vessel" in Alexander Mackendrick's harsh Ealing comedy in the rebellious tradition of his own earlier film. Of course, the vessel's Scottish captain and team deceive the inexperienced passengers for a journey, in all senses of the expression.

11. Overwhelming Power (1974)

The director provides his suspense story a social commentary angle in this nerve-shredding tale of bombs positioned on a passenger ship, the main setting. Which wire to cut? David Hemmings play bomb disposal experts; Roy Kinnear, as the vessel's activities coordinator, provides a touching depiction in tragicomic desperation.

10. The Poseidon Adventure (1972)

This cinematic interpretation of this writer's novel is among the peaks of the seventies catastrophe films. The fictional ship is capsized by a tidal wave, and it's up to Reverend Gene Hackman to lead his flock through the inverted vessel to rescue. a supporting player is unforgettable as a shopkeeper's wife with a practical background of competitive swimming.

9. Everything's Gone (2013)

The main star provides a experienced brilliant acting in one-man show as a man struggling to endure in the maritime location after his sailing vessel, the main setting, is harmed in a impact with an lost transport unit. It's anxious enough to view, so heaven knows how exceptionally strenuous it must have been for the elderly actor to record.

8. Vessel Leader (2013)

The main star does outstanding acting in one of his ordinary-person-in-extraordinary-circumstances roles, as the skipper of an American cargo ship commandeered by maritime criminals off the geographical area. His performance is complemented by another actor ("I control this vessel"), making a sensational film debut as the pirate chief in this filmmaker's suspense film, inspired by actual incidents. Should the final sequence doesn't bring tears, you're not human.

7. Triangle (2009)

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