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20. Ocean Terror (1998)

Stephen Sommers' sci-fi horror pulp chronicles a collection of memorable ensemble cast portraying mercenaries hired to demolish the cruise ship Argonautica. But a massive sea creature has got there first! Among the likely victims are Treat Williams as a jewel thief.

19. The Legend of 1900 (1998)

A infant, deserted on the ocean-going ship SS Virginian, develops to be a accomplished musician (Tim Roth) who remains aboard the vessel. The climax of this filmmaker's whimsical hokum is the main character fighting a keyboard contest with Jelly Roll Morton, somewhat unjustly portrayed as a overconfident individual.

18. Aquatic World (1995)

Kevin Costner plays a samurai-like wanderer with webbed feet and a enhanced sailing vessel in this high-cost futuristic thriller, located in a future where melting polar ice-caps have flooded the world. The entire population is searching for legendary terra firma while fighting off the antagonist and his group of chain-smoking pirates.

17. Titanic (1997)

A significant portion of love story development between a upper-class woman (Kate Winslet) and an itinerant yobbo (the actor) are saved by the director's impressive reconstruction of among history's well-known tragedies. You have to admire the chutzpah of a cinematic artist who artfully converts a fatalities of 1,500 into an heartening story of freedom.

16. Ship of Fools (1965)

Peasants, Spanish performers and political extremists mingle on a commercial vessel sailing from North America to the Continent in 1933. This filmmaker's epic stars Vivien Leigh, in her final role, as a melancholy character, but it's a co-star, as the medical officer, and another cast member, as a aristocratic rebel, who supply the film with its dramatic punch.

15. The Last Voyage (1960)

The fictional ship is torn asunder in an explosion and Robert Stack's spouse (the actress) is stuck in their room in this intense precursor to disaster movies. Will the main character and a brave technician (Woody Strode) save her ahead of the boat submerges? Fun fact: the fictional ship is represented by the renowned European vessel an actual ocean liner.

14. Murder on the Nile (1978)

Angela Lansbury are including the homicide possibilities on board a Egyptian riverboat in this ensemble cast mystery writer whodunit. The lead actor, as the famous detective, is unable to halt several passengers being stabbed, which reduces his suspects to a limited selection. Significantly better than the modern adaptation.

13. Ocean Stillness (1989)

Sam Neill play a partners attempting to recover from the grief of their child's passing by taking their yacht for a trip in the ocean, where they save another actor from a damaged vessel. Costly error! This filmmaker's suspense film is essentially a killers-on-the-loose story at on the ocean, but an exceptionally well-made one that put Kidman on the map.

12. The Maggie Story (1954)

An Englishman, shipping goods for an wealthy entrepreneur, is tricked into using a poor condition "Scottish vessel" in the director's dark British film in the rebellious vein of his own previous work. Predictably, the ship's British skipper and staff take the two landlubbers for a ride, in every meaning of the term.

11. Overwhelming Power (1974)

Richard Lester imparts his disaster thriller a social commentary angle in this tension-filled yarn of explosives planted on a passenger ship, the SS Britannic. What's the correct choice? Two lead actors play explosive technicians; a supporting player, as the ship's entertainments director, delivers a touching study in tragicomic desperation.

10. The Poseidon Adventure (1972)

This film version of this writer's book is among the peaks of the 1970s disaster genre. The central vessel is overturned by a ocean surge, and it's up to the main protagonist to direct his group through the inverted ship to rescue. the actress is remarkable as a retailer's spouse with a handy experience of athletic swimming.

9. All is Lost (2013)

The main star gives a late-career exemplary performance in solo performance as a man fighting to endure in the Indian Ocean after his sailing vessel, the Virginia Jean, is harmed in a impact with an stray cargo box. It's nerve-wracking enough to view, so heaven knows how exceptionally strenuous it must have been for the senior performer to record.

8. Ship Commander (2013)

The lead actor provides excellent performance in among his everyman-in-crisis roles, as the skipper of an US merchant vessel hijacked by African raiders off the specific location. He's matched by another actor ("Now I'm in charge"), delivering a outstanding initial cinematic appearance as the criminal boss in the director's thriller, derived from real events. Should the concluding moment doesn't make you blub, you have no heart.

7. Three-Sided Figure (2009)

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