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20. Ocean Terror (1998)

Stephen Sommers' futuristic scarefest chronicles a group of memorable supporting players playing soldiers of fortune employed to destroy the luxury liner a fictional ship. But a massive sea creature has beaten them to it! Among the potential cephalopod fodder are Famke Janssen as a jewel thief.

19. The Legend of 1900 (1998)

A newborn, abandoned on the transatlantic liner the central location, grows up to be a gifted pianist (the main star) who never steps off the boat. The peak moment of the director's whimsical hokum is Roth competing in a musical showdown with a historical figure, arguably inaccurately shown as a arrogant character.

18. Ocean Planet (1995)

Kevin Costner portrays a samurai-like wanderer with mutated appendages and a enhanced trimaran in this big-budget science fiction adventure, set in a later era where vanishing ice sheets have flooded the planet. Everyone is hunting for mythical Dryland while resisting Dennis Hopper and his band of continuously smoking marauders.

17. Titanic (1997)

Two hours of romantic interludes between a upper-class woman (the female lead) and an itinerant yobbo (the actor) are saved by James Cameron's impressive reconstruction of a famous well-known catastrophes. One must appreciate the chutzpah of a director who manages to twist a casualties of 1,500 into an inspiring tale of emancipation.

16. Vessel of Madness (1965)

Working-class people, Spanish performers and German ideologists mingle on a commercial vessel traveling from Mexico to the Old World in the pre-war era. This filmmaker's large-scale film features Vivien Leigh, in her swan song, as a melancholy character, but it's Oskar Werner, as the ship's doctor, and a talented performer, as a aristocratic rebel, who supply the motion picture with its dramatic punch.

15. Ultimate Trip (1960)

The fictional ship is torn asunder in an detonation and the lead actor's partner (Dorothy Malone) is trapped in their cabin in this compelling precursor to disaster movies. Will the main character and a courageous worker (the actor) rescue her before the ship sinks? Curious detail: the fictional ship is played by the famous French liner a real ship.

14. Death on the Nile (1978)

Two legendary actresses are among the killing culprits on board a African vessel in this all-star crime novelist whodunit. The main star, as the famous detective, is unable to halt half the cast being shot, which whittles down his suspects to a manageable number. Bags more fun than the modern adaptation.

13. Dead Calm (1989)

Two lead actors portray a partners seeking to heal from the grief of their son's death by venturing on their vessel for a journey in the ocean, where they save another actor from a damaged vessel. Poor decision! Phillip Noyce's suspense film is essentially a horror film at sea, but an ultra-classy one that put Kidman on the map.

12. The Maggie (1954)

An British man, moving goods for an US businessman, is tricked into hiring a poor condition "type of boat" in the director's harsh British film in the unconventional style of his own Whisky Galore!. Naturally, the vessel's British skipper and crew trick the main characters for a ride, in every meaning of the word.

11. Overwhelming Power (1974)

Richard Lester gives his catastrophe film a social commentary perspective in this anxiety-inducing tale of explosives positioned on a luxury liner, the SS Britannic. What's the correct choice? Richard Harris act as bomb disposal experts; Roy Kinnear, as the ship's entertainments director, provides a emotional study in sadly funny despair.

10. The Poseidon Adventure (1972)

This adaptation of Paul Gallico's book is part of the high points of the era of disaster movies. The central vessel is overturned by a tidal wave, and it's the responsibility of the lead character to guide his group through the flipped ship to safety. the actress is memorable as a shopkeeper's wife with a handy history of sports participation.

9. All is Lost (2013)

The main star provides a late-career brilliant acting in single character portrayal as a individual struggling to stay alive in the specific sea after his personal boat, the main setting, is harmed in a impact with an stray cargo box. It's anxious enough to watch, so heaven knows how exceptionally strenuous it must have been for the elderly actor to film.

8. Ship Commander (2013)

The main star delivers outstanding acting in among his everyman-in-crisis roles, as the skipper of an American cargo ship hijacked by Somali pirates off the specific location. He's matched by another actor ("I control this vessel"), delivering a sensational first movie role as the criminal boss in this filmmaker's tense movie, based on true stories. If the last scene doesn't make you blub, you're emotionally detached.

7. Three-Sided Figure (2009)

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