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20. Deep Rising (1998)

Stephen Sommers' science fiction thriller details a collection of memorable ensemble cast acting as mercenaries contracted to demolish the passenger vessel the main setting. However a enormous cephalopod has already arrived! Among the likely victims are Kevin J O'Connor as a diamond criminal.

19. The Legend of 1900 (1998)

A newborn, abandoned on the passenger vessel the central location, matures to be a accomplished musician (the lead actor) who never steps off the ship. The peak moment of the director's fantastical tale is the protagonist battling a piano duel with a historical figure, rather unfairly depicted as a arrogant character.

18. Ocean Planet (1995)

The main star plays a fighter-inspired drifter with webbed feet and a modified watercraft in this big-budget futuristic thriller, taking place in a future where melting polar ice-caps have submerged the Earth. All people is hunting for mythical Dryland while fending off the villain and his group of chain-smoking raiders.

17. The Titanic (1997)

Two hours of tiresome canoodling between a upper-class woman (Kate Winslet) and an working-class man (the actor) are redeemed by James Cameron's spectacular recreation of among history's well-known tragedies. It's impossible not to respect the chutzpah of a director who manages to twist a death toll of over a thousand into an inspiring tale of emancipation.

16. Boat of Lunatics (1965)

Working-class people, artistic entertainers and Nazi eugenicists interact on a passenger ship traveling from Mexico to the Continent in 1933. The director's large-scale film features a legendary actress, in her last performance, as a sad divorcee, but it's a co-star, as the medical officer, and Simone Signoret, as a political noblewoman, who deliver the motion picture with its powerful impact.

15. The Last Voyage (1960)

The fictional ship is torn asunder in an detonation and the protagonist's spouse (the actress) is trapped in their room in this gripping early catastrophe film. Can the main character and a brave technician (the actor) rescue her prior to the vessel goes down? Interesting note: the fictional ship is embodied by the renowned historic ship an actual ocean liner.

14. Death on the Nile (1978)

Angela Lansbury are including the murder suspects on board a Nile paddle steamer in this ensemble cast mystery writer murder mystery. Peter Ustinov, as the Belgian sleuth, is unable to halt numerous characters being shot, which narrows his suspects to a smaller group. Significantly better than the recent version.

13. Dead Calm (1989)

Nicole Kidman play a husband and wife attempting to recover from the grief of their child's passing by venturing on their vessel for a spin in the Pacific, where they recover Billy Zane from a damaged vessel. Poor decision! This filmmaker's suspense film is fundamentally a horror film at on the ocean, but an exceptionally well-made one that launched her career.

12. The Maggie Story (1954)

An UK citizen, shipping goods for an US businessman, is tricked into employing a run-down "Scottish vessel" in this filmmaker's brutal British film in the unconventional tradition of his own Whisky Galore!. Predictably, the vessel's British skipper and team trick the main characters for a trip, in every meaning of the expression.

11. Unstoppable Force (1974)

This filmmaker provides his catastrophe film a social commentary tilt in this nerve-shredding story of detonators positioned on a commercial vessel, the fictional ship. Red wire or blue wire? David Hemmings act as demolition specialists; Roy Kinnear, as the ship's entertainments director, serves up a touching portrayal in tragicomic desperation.

10. The Poseidon Adventure (1972)

This adaptation of the author's novel is one of the high points of the seventies catastrophe films. The fictional ship is flipped over by a tsunami, and it's the responsibility of the main protagonist to direct his group through the upturned hull to security. Shelley Winters is remarkable as a retailer's spouse with a practical history of sports participation.

9. Total Loss (2013)

The main star provides a experienced brilliant acting in solo performance as a person fighting to endure in the Indian Ocean after his yacht, the Virginia Jean, is impaired in a crash with an stray transport unit. It's nerve-wracking enough to observe, so heaven knows how extremely demanding it must have been for the senior performer to record.

8. Captain Phillips (2013)

The main star does sterling work in part of his ordinary-person-in-extraordinary-circumstances characters, as the captain of an American cargo ship hijacked by African raiders off the Horn of Africa. He's matched by Barkhad Abdi ("Now I'm in charge"), making a remarkable first movie role as the raider leader in Paul Greengrass's thriller, inspired by real events. If the final sequence doesn't make you blub, you're not human.

7. Geometric Shape (2009)

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