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20. Abyssal Attack (1998)

The director's sci-fi horror pulp details a group of attention-grabbing ensemble cast playing hired guns hired to sink the passenger vessel Argonautica. However a giant mutant octopus has beaten them to it! Including the likely victims are Kevin J O'Connor as a gem smuggler.

19. 1900's Tale (1998)

A infant, left on the passenger vessel the central location, grows up to be a accomplished musician (the lead actor) who remains aboard the vessel. The peak moment of Giuseppe Tornatore's fantastical tale is Roth battling a keyboard contest with a historical figure, somewhat unjustly portrayed as a arrogant character.

18. Waterworld (1995)

The main star plays a samurai-like wanderer with webbed feet and a enhanced sailing vessel in this big-budget science fiction adventure, taking place in a later era where disappearing glaciers have submerged the planet. The entire population is hunting for fabled solid ground while fending off Dennis Hopper and his band of chain-smoking marauders.

17. RMS Titanic (1997)

Two hours of romantic interludes between a upper-class woman (the actress) and an working-class man (the male lead) are redeemed by James Cameron's breathtaking depiction of a famous well-known tragedies. You have to admire the boldness of a film-maker who successfully transforms a fatalities of over a thousand into an emotionally uplifting tale of emancipation.

16. Ship of Fools (1965)

Commoners, Spanish performers and German ideologists interact on a commercial vessel traveling from Mexico to the Continent in the pre-war era. Stanley Kramer's large-scale film stars Vivien Leigh, in her swan song, as a sad divorcee, but it's another actor, as the vessel's physician, and a talented performer, as a radical countess, who supply the movie with its powerful impact.

15. Ultimate Trip (1960)

The central vessel is ripped apart in an blast and Robert Stack's partner (the actress) is stuck in their room in this compelling early catastrophe film. Will Stack and a brave technician (the actor) save her prior to the boat submerges? Curious detail: the main setting is represented by the famous historic ship an actual ocean liner.

14. Murder on the Nile (1978)

Angela Lansbury are among the murder suspects on board a African vessel in this celebrity-filled mystery writer murder mystery. Peter Ustinov, as the Belgian sleuth, cannot prevent numerous characters being killed, which whittles down his suspects to a manageable number. Bags more fun than the recent version.

13. Ocean Stillness (1989)

Two lead actors act as a married couple seeking to heal from the grief of their child's passing by taking their yacht for a spin in the Pacific, where they rescue a co-star from a foundering ship. Big mistake! This filmmaker's thriller is basically a horror film at in maritime setting, but an high-quality one that put Kidman on the map.

12. The Maggie Story (1954)

An Englishman, shipping items for an wealthy entrepreneur, is manipulated into employing a dilapidated "type of boat" in Alexander Mackendrick's dark British film in the rebellious vein of his own previous work. Of course, the boat's British skipper and staff deceive the inexperienced passengers for a ride, in multiple interpretations of the word.

11. Unstoppable Force (1974)

Richard Lester imparts his disaster thriller a social commentary perspective in this tension-filled yarn of detonators placed on a commercial vessel, the SS Britannic. Which wire to cut? Two lead actors play explosive technicians; a supporting player, as the cruise director, provides a heartbreaking study in humorous tragedy.

10. Ocean Disaster (1972)

This film version of the author's literary work is among the peaks of the 1970s disaster genre. The central vessel is overturned by a tsunami, and it's the job of the lead character to guide his group through the upturned ship to safety. a supporting player is remarkable as a retailer's spouse with a practical background of competitive swimming.

9. Everything's Gone (2013)

Robert Redford gives a late-career masterclass in solo performance as a man fighting to survive in the Indian Ocean after his sailing vessel, the fictional ship, is impaired in a impact with an errant shipping container. It's anxious enough to watch, so it's difficult to comprehend how physically gruelling it must have been for the elderly actor to record.

8. Ship Commander (2013)

The main star delivers sterling work in part of his everyman-in-crisis performances, as the commander of an US merchant vessel hijacked by maritime criminals off the geographical area. He has great chemistry by Barkhad Abdi ("Now I'm in charge"), delivering a sensational first movie role as the criminal boss in Paul Greengrass's suspense film, derived from true stories. When the last scene doesn't bring tears, you're not human.

7. Triangle (2009)

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