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20. Deep Rising (1998)

This filmmaker's science fiction thriller follows a collection of attention-grabbing ensemble cast portraying mercenaries contracted to sink the luxury liner Argonautica. However a enormous cephalopod has beaten them to it! Including the potential cephalopod fodder are Treat Williams as a jewel thief.

19. The Legend of 1900 (1998)

A baby, deserted on the transatlantic liner a fictional ship, develops to be a gifted pianist (the main star) who remains aboard the boat. The peak moment of this filmmaker's imaginative story is the main character battling a keyboard contest with a jazz legend, rather unfairly portrayed as a smug bastard.

18. Aquatic World (1995)

The main star portrays a fighter-inspired wanderer with aquatic adaptations and a modified watercraft in this big-budget futuristic thriller, set in a future where melting polar ice-caps have inundated the world. All people is searching for legendary terra firma while fighting off the antagonist and his gang of continuously smoking raiders.

17. Titanic (1997)

Two hours of romantic interludes between a wealthy lady (Kate Winslet) and an free-spirited artist (the actor) are redeemed by the director's spectacular recreation of one the 20th century's most infamous tragedies. It's impossible not to respect the boldness of a director who successfully transforms a casualties of 1,500 into an heartening story of emancipation.

16. Vessel of Madness (1965)

Peasants, flamenco dancers and political extremists mingle on a commercial vessel traveling from Mexico to the Continent in 1933. This filmmaker's large-scale film includes a legendary actress, in her swan song, as a sad divorcee, but it's a co-star, as the medical officer, and Simone Signoret, as a political noblewoman, who deliver the film with its dramatic punch.

15. Ultimate Trip (1960)

The fictional ship is torn asunder in an detonation and the protagonist's wife (the actress) is stuck in their cabin in this intense early catastrophe film. Is it possible for the main character and a courageous worker (Woody Strode) free her prior to the ship sinks? Fun fact: the main setting is played by the famous European vessel a real ship.

14. Death on the Nile (1978)

Bette Davis are part of the homicide possibilities on board a African vessel in this all-star crime novelist detective story. The main star, as Hercule Poirot, cannot prevent several passengers being stabbed, which reduces his potential killers to a smaller group. Much more enjoyable than the recent version.

13. Dead Calm (1989)

Sam Neill play a husband and wife seeking to heal from the grief of their child's passing by taking their yacht for a spin in the Pacific, where they rescue Billy Zane from a foundering ship. Poor decision! This filmmaker's thriller is fundamentally a horror film at in maritime setting, but an exceptionally well-made one that put Kidman on the map.

12. The Maggie Story (1954)

An UK citizen, transporting furniture for an American industrialist, is tricked into using a run-down "type of boat" in the director's dark UK production in the rebellious style of his own Whisky Galore!. Predictably, the ship's British skipper and team take the two landlubbers for a journey, in every meaning of the word.

11. Overwhelming Power (1974)

This filmmaker provides his suspense story a social commentary tilt in this nerve-shredding story of detonators planted on a passenger ship, the SS Britannic. What's the correct choice? David Hemmings portray demolition specialists; another actor, as the cruise director, provides a emotional depiction in humorous tragedy.

10. Ocean Disaster (1972)

This cinematic interpretation of the author's book is one of the peaks 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 direct his followers through the upturned vessel to security. the actress is remarkable as a shopkeeper's wife with a useful experience of sports participation.

9. Total Loss (2013)

The lead actor provides a late-career masterclass in solo performance as a man fighting to survive in the specific sea after his personal boat, the Virginia Jean, is harmed in a impact with an errant shipping container. It's stressful enough to observe, so heaven knows how extremely demanding it must have been for the 76-year-old star to record.

8. Vessel Leader (2013)

The main star delivers excellent performance in among his ordinary-person-in-extraordinary-circumstances roles, as the captain of an US merchant vessel hijacked by maritime criminals off the Horn of Africa. He's matched by a co-star ("I control this vessel"), providing a sensational film debut as the criminal boss in the director's suspense film, derived from true stories. Should the final sequence doesn't bring tears, you're not human.

7. Geometric Shape (2009)

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