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20. Ocean Terror (1998)

Stephen Sommers' sci-fi horror pulp follows a collection of scene-stealing ensemble cast playing hired guns contracted to destroy the luxury liner Argonautica. But a massive sea creature has already arrived! Including the endangered passengers are Famke Janssen as a gem smuggler.

19. The Legend of 1900 (1998)

A infant, deserted on the passenger vessel SS Virginian, develops to be a accomplished musician (the lead actor) who never steps off the vessel. The peak moment of this filmmaker's imaginative story is the main character competing in a piano duel with Jelly Roll Morton, somewhat unjustly portrayed as a smug bastard.

18. Ocean Planet (1995)

Kevin Costner plays a samurai-like drifter with webbed feet and a modified trimaran in this high-cost futuristic thriller, taking place in a distant time where melting polar ice-caps have inundated the planet. Everyone is seeking legendary terra firma while fighting off the villain and his band of constantly puffing pirates.

17. The Titanic (1997)

Two hours of tiresome canoodling between a wealthy lady (Kate Winslet) and an itinerant yobbo (the male lead) are redeemed by the director's spectacular recreation of among history's notorious tragedies. It's impossible not to respect the chutzpah of a director who successfully transforms a casualties of numerous victims into an heartening tale of freedom.

16. Vessel of Madness (1965)

Working-class people, Spanish performers and German ideologists interact on a ocean liner sailing from North America to the Old World in 1933. Stanley Kramer's sweeping drama includes a cinema icon, in her last performance, as a sad divorcee, but it's a co-star, as the vessel's physician, and Simone Signoret, as a radical countess, who supply the motion picture with its emotional wallop.

15. Ultimate Trip (1960)

The USS Claridon is destroyed in an explosion and Robert Stack's partner (the actress) is trapped in their room in this gripping precursor to disaster movies. Will the main character and a heroic engineer (Woody Strode) save her before the ship sinks? Curious detail: the fictional ship is played by the renowned European vessel an actual ocean liner.

14. Murder on the Nile (1978)

Bette Davis are among the homicide possibilities on board a Nile paddle steamer in this all-star crime novelist whodunit. The lead actor, as the famous detective, fails to stop several passengers being killed, which whittles down his potential killers to a manageable number. Bags more fun than the modern adaptation.

13. Dead Calm (1989)

Nicole Kidman portray a husband and wife attempting to recover from the trauma of their child's passing by venturing on their vessel for a trip in the sea, where they rescue another actor from a damaged vessel. Costly error! This filmmaker's thriller is fundamentally a slasher movie at sea, but an exceptionally well-made one that launched her career.

12. Maggie's Tale (1954)

An British man, transporting items for an US businessman, is manipulated into employing a poor condition "type of boat" in this filmmaker's brutal UK production in the rebellious style of his own previous work. Of course, the vessel's Scottish captain and staff trick the main characters for a ride, in every meaning of the term.

11. Overwhelming Power (1974)

The director imparts his suspense story a social commentary angle in this anxiety-inducing yarn of explosives placed on a luxury liner, the main setting. What's the correct choice? Two lead actors portray demolition specialists; Roy Kinnear, as the vessel's activities coordinator, serves up a emotional portrayal in tragicomic desperation.

10. The Poseidon Adventure (1972)

This film version of Paul Gallico's novel is part of the high points of the 1970s disaster genre. The SS Poseidon is flipped over by a ocean surge, and it's the responsibility of the main protagonist to guide his flock through the inverted vessel to safety. a supporting player is unforgettable as a retailer's spouse with a practical background of athletic swimming.

9. Total Loss (2013)

The main star delivers a experienced brilliant acting in one-man show as a man fighting to stay alive in the Indian Ocean after his sailing vessel, the Virginia Jean, is damaged in a impact with an errant shipping container. It's anxious enough to watch, so one can only imagine how extremely demanding it must have been for the senior performer to film.

8. Ship Commander (2013)

Tom Hanks delivers sterling work in one of his ordinary-person-in-extraordinary-circumstances roles, as the commander of an commercial transport commandeered by African raiders off the specific location. His performance is complemented by Barkhad Abdi ("I control this vessel"), providing a sensational initial cinematic appearance as the criminal boss in Paul Greengrass's tense movie, based on real events. When the concluding moment doesn't make you blub, you have no heart.

7. Three-Sided Figure (2009)

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