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20. Deep Rising (1998)

This filmmaker's science fiction thriller details a group of scene-stealing ensemble cast acting as mercenaries hired to sink the passenger vessel a fictional ship. Yet a enormous cephalopod has already arrived! Among the endangered passengers are Kevin J O'Connor as a diamond criminal.

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 never steps off the boat. The climax of Giuseppe Tornatore's imaginative story is Roth fighting a piano duel with a jazz legend, arguably inaccurately portrayed as a smug bastard.

18. Waterworld (1995)

The lead actor acts as a warrior-esque drifter with aquatic adaptations and a enhanced sailing vessel in this megabudget futuristic thriller, set in a distant time where vanishing ice sheets have flooded the Earth. The entire population is searching for mythical Dryland while resisting the antagonist and his group of chain-smoking marauders.

17. RMS Titanic (1997)

A significant portion of tiresome canoodling between a posh chick (Kate Winslet) and an free-spirited artist (the male lead) are rescued by this filmmaker's breathtaking depiction of one the 20th century's well-known tragedies. You have to admire the boldness of a cinematic artist who manages to twist a fatalities of numerous victims into an heartening story of emancipation.

16. Ship of Fools (1965)

Peasants, Spanish performers and political extremists interact on a commercial vessel traveling from Latin America to the Old World in the pre-war era. This filmmaker's epic includes a cinema icon, in her last performance, as a sad divorcee, but it's Oskar Werner, as the ship's doctor, and another cast member, as a radical countess, who supply the movie with its dramatic punch.

15. Ultimate Trip (1960)

The central vessel is torn asunder in an detonation and the protagonist's wife (Dorothy Malone) is trapped in their room in this intense early catastrophe film. Can Stack and a heroic engineer (the actor) save her ahead of the ship sinks? Interesting note: the main setting is embodied by the legendary historic ship an actual ocean liner.

14. Death on the Nile (1978)

Angela Lansbury are among the killing culprits on board a Egyptian riverboat in this ensemble cast crime novelist whodunit. The lead actor, as the Belgian sleuth, cannot prevent several passengers being stabbed, which whittles down his suspects to a manageable number. Significantly better than the recent version.

13. Dead Calm (1989)

Nicole Kidman act as a partners seeking to heal from the trauma of their son's death by taking their yacht for a trip in the sea, where they recover a co-star from a sinking schooner. Poor decision! The director's suspense film is essentially a killers-on-the-loose story at on the ocean, but an ultra-classy one that made her famous.

12. Maggie's Tale (1954)

An UK citizen, moving furniture for an wealthy entrepreneur, is manipulated into using a dilapidated "Scottish vessel" in the director's harsh UK production in the rebellious tradition of his own previous work. Of course, the ship's Scottish captain and staff take the two landlubbers for a trip, in every meaning of the word.

11. Overwhelming Power (1974)

The director gives his catastrophe film a social commentary perspective in this tension-filled tale of bombs placed on a luxury liner, the SS Britannic. Which wire to cut? Richard Harris play bomb disposal experts; Roy Kinnear, as the cruise director, serves up a heartbreaking depiction in sadly funny despair.

10. Ocean Disaster (1972)

This cinematic interpretation of this writer's book is among the zenith of the era of disaster movies. The central vessel is overturned by a ocean surge, and it's up to the lead character to guide his followers through the flipped hull to safety. the actress is unforgettable as a small business owner's partner with a handy experience of competitive swimming.

9. Total Loss (2013)

The lead actor gives a experienced masterclass in one-man show as a man fighting to stay alive in the Indian Ocean after his personal boat, the Virginia Jean, is damaged in a impact with an errant cargo box. It's nerve-wracking enough to watch, so it's difficult to comprehend how physically gruelling it must have been for the 76-year-old star to shoot.

8. Ship Commander (2013)

The lead actor delivers outstanding acting in part of his everyman-in-crisis characters, as the captain of an commercial transport commandeered by African raiders off the specific location. His performance is complemented by a co-star ("I control this vessel"), making a remarkable film debut as the pirate chief in Paul Greengrass's suspense film, derived from actual incidents. If the concluding moment doesn't make you blub, you're emotionally detached.

7. Three-Sided Figure (2009)

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