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20. Ocean Terror (1998)

This filmmaker's science fiction thriller chronicles a bunch of scene-stealing character actors acting as mercenaries contracted to sink the luxury liner a fictional ship. Yet a giant mutant octopus has got there first! Among the endangered passengers are Famke Janssen as a gem smuggler.

19. The 1900 Story (1998)

A infant, abandoned on the passenger vessel the central location, develops to be a talented keyboardist (the main star) who remains aboard the boat. The climax of Giuseppe Tornatore's fantastical tale is the protagonist fighting a piano duel with a historical figure, rather unfairly shown as a smug bastard.

18. Waterworld (1995)

The lead actor portrays a fighter-inspired wanderer with mutated appendages and a enhanced watercraft in this high-cost science fiction adventure, set in a future where melting polar ice-caps have flooded the planet. All people is searching for mythical Dryland while resisting the villain and his band of continuously smoking pirates.

17. The Titanic (1997)

An extended period of love story development between a wealthy lady (the actress) and an itinerant yobbo (the actor) are redeemed by the director's breathtaking depiction of one the 20th century's notorious catastrophes. It's impossible not to respect the audacity of a director who manages to twist a fatalities of numerous victims into an inspiring tale of freedom.

16. Boat of Lunatics (1965)

Peasants, Spanish performers and German ideologists mingle on a commercial vessel traveling from Mexico to Europe in the pre-war era. Stanley Kramer's large-scale film features a legendary actress, in her swan song, as a sad divorcee, but it's Oskar Werner, as the medical officer, and another cast member, as a radical countess, who provide the motion picture with its emotional wallop.

15. The Last Voyage (1960)

The central vessel is torn asunder in an detonation and Robert Stack's spouse (the actress) is trapped in their quarters in this intense precursor to disaster movies. Will the hero and a courageous worker (the supporting player) free her prior to the boat submerges? Curious detail: the Claridon is embodied by the famous European vessel an actual ocean liner.

14. Death on the Nile (1978)

Bette Davis are among the killing culprits on board a Egyptian riverboat in this ensemble cast crime novelist whodunit. Peter Ustinov, as the Belgian sleuth, fails to stop several passengers being shot, which reduces his persons of interest to a manageable number. Bags more fun than the 2022 remake.

13. Ocean Stillness (1989)

Nicole Kidman portray a husband and wife attempting to recover from the grief of their child's passing by venturing on their vessel for a trip in the Pacific, where they rescue a co-star from a damaged vessel. Big mistake! Phillip Noyce's thriller is basically a slasher movie at sea, but an exceptionally well-made one that made her famous.

12. Maggie's Tale (1954)

An UK citizen, moving items for an wealthy entrepreneur, is tricked into hiring a poor condition "Clyde puffer" in this filmmaker's brutal UK production in the unconventional style of his own previous work. Naturally, the boat's British skipper and crew deceive the inexperienced passengers for a journey, in all senses of the expression.

11. Unstoppable Force (1974)

This filmmaker gives his suspense story a social commentary tilt in this tension-filled story of bombs placed on a luxury liner, the SS Britannic. Which wire to cut? David Hemmings play explosive technicians; another actor, as the cruise director, serves up a touching study in tragicomic desperation.

10. Poseidon's Journey (1972)

This adaptation of the author's novel is one of the zenith of the 1970s disaster genre. The central vessel is capsized by a tsunami, and it's up to the main protagonist to guide his followers through the inverted vessel to security. a supporting player is unforgettable as a small business owner's partner with a practical experience of competitive swimming.

9. Everything's Gone (2013)

The lead actor gives a late-career masterclass in solo performance as a individual struggling to stay alive in the specific sea after his yacht, the main setting, is impaired in a collision with an errant cargo box. It's stressful enough to observe, so it's difficult to comprehend how extremely demanding it must have been for the 76-year-old star to film.

8. Vessel Leader (2013)

The main star does excellent performance in one of his everyman-in-crisis roles, as the captain of an commercial transport seized by Somali pirates off the geographical area. He's matched by a co-star ("I control this vessel"), delivering a outstanding film debut as the pirate chief in this filmmaker's suspense film, based on actual incidents. When the last scene doesn't bring tears, you have no heart.

7. Geometric Shape (2009)

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