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20. Ocean Terror (1998)

This filmmaker's science fiction thriller follows a collection of memorable ensemble cast acting as soldiers of fortune hired to destroy the luxury liner the main setting. However a massive sea creature has beaten them to it! Including the endangered passengers are Kevin J O'Connor as a diamond criminal.

19. The 1900 Story (1998)

A baby, left on the ocean-going ship the central location, matures to be a talented keyboardist (the main star) who remains aboard the vessel. The climax of Giuseppe Tornatore's imaginative story is Roth competing in a piano duel with Jelly Roll Morton, somewhat unjustly depicted as a smug bastard.

18. Waterworld (1995)

Kevin Costner acts as a fighter-inspired nomad with webbed feet and a modified trimaran in this megabudget science fiction adventure, set in a distant time where disappearing glaciers have submerged the planet. Everyone is hunting for mythical Dryland while fending off the villain and his band of continuously smoking marauders.

17. The Titanic (1997)

A significant portion of love story development between a wealthy lady (the female lead) and an working-class man (Leonardo DiCaprio) are redeemed by James Cameron's impressive reconstruction of one the 20th century's notorious catastrophes. One must appreciate the chutzpah of a film-maker who successfully transforms a casualties of over a thousand into an inspiring narrative of liberation.

16. Vessel of Madness (1965)

Commoners, Spanish performers and German ideologists mingle on a passenger ship traveling from Latin America to the Continent in the interwar period. Stanley Kramer's epic includes Vivien Leigh, in her final role, as a melancholy character, but it's another actor, as the ship's doctor, and Simone Signoret, as a radical countess, who supply the movie with its emotional wallop.

15. Final Journey (1960)

The USS Claridon is destroyed in an explosion and Robert Stack's wife (the actress) is trapped in their room in this intense precursor to disaster movies. Is it possible for the hero and a heroic engineer (the supporting player) free her prior to the ship sinks? Curious detail: the Claridon is represented by the renowned European vessel Île de France.

14. Murder on the Nile (1978)

Two legendary actresses are among the homicide possibilities on board a African vessel in this ensemble cast Agatha Christie murder mystery. The main star, as Hercule Poirot, is unable to halt numerous characters being shot, which whittles down his persons of interest to a limited selection. Significantly better than the 2022 remake.

13. Sea Silence (1989)

Two lead actors play a partners attempting to recover from the grief of their son's death by taking their yacht for a trip in the Pacific, where they rescue Billy Zane from a foundering ship. Costly error! The director's suspense film is basically a horror film at in maritime setting, but an ultra-classy one that launched her career.

12. The Maggie Story (1954)

An Englishman, shipping items for an US businessman, is tricked into using a run-down "type of boat" in this filmmaker's brutal UK production in the unconventional vein of his own previous work. Of course, the boat's Scottish captain and crew take the two landlubbers for a trip, in all senses of the expression.

11. Overwhelming Power (1974)

Richard Lester provides his catastrophe film a social commentary angle in this tension-filled story of detonators positioned on a passenger ship, the SS Britannic. Red wire or blue wire? Two lead actors portray demolition specialists; a supporting player, as the ship's entertainments director, delivers a touching portrayal in tragicomic desperation.

10. Poseidon's Journey (1972)

This film version of Paul Gallico's literary work is among the peaks of the 1970s disaster genre. The central vessel is overturned by a ocean surge, and it's the job of the main protagonist to lead his group through the inverted hull to rescue. a supporting player is memorable as a retailer's spouse with a handy background of sports participation.

9. Total Loss (2013)

The main star delivers a experienced masterclass in single character portrayal as a person battling to endure in the specific sea after his personal boat, the main setting, is damaged in a impact with an lost cargo box. It's stressful enough to watch, so one can only imagine how exceptionally strenuous it must have been for the 76-year-old star to shoot.

8. Vessel Leader (2013)

The main star delivers outstanding acting in one of his everyman-in-crisis characters, as the commander of an commercial transport commandeered by Somali pirates off the geographical area. He has great chemistry by a co-star ("I control this vessel"), making a outstanding initial cinematic appearance as the pirate chief in the director's suspense film, based on real events. If the final sequence doesn't make you blub, you have no heart.

7. Three-Sided Figure (2009)

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