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20. Deep Rising (1998)

Stephen Sommers' science fiction thriller chronicles a collection of attention-grabbing character actors portraying soldiers of fortune contracted to destroy the luxury liner a fictional ship. However a massive sea creature has got there first! Among the endangered passengers are Famke Janssen as a diamond criminal.

19. The 1900 Story (1998)

A newborn, deserted on the passenger vessel SS Virginian, develops to be a accomplished musician (the main star) who refuses to leave the boat. The climax of the director's imaginative story is the protagonist fighting a piano duel with a historical figure, arguably inaccurately depicted as a arrogant character.

18. Aquatic World (1995)

Kevin Costner portrays a warrior-esque drifter with aquatic adaptations and a modified sailing vessel in this high-cost sci-fi B-movie, located in a later era where disappearing glaciers have inundated the Earth. Everyone is hunting for mythical Dryland while fending off the antagonist and his group of constantly puffing marauders.

17. The Titanic (1997)

A significant portion of tiresome canoodling between a upper-class woman (the actress) and an itinerant yobbo (Leonardo DiCaprio) are rescued by James Cameron's breathtaking depiction of a famous most infamous disasters. You have to admire the chutzpah of a cinematic artist who successfully transforms a death toll of over a thousand into an inspiring tale of emancipation.

16. Boat of Lunatics (1965)

Peasants, artistic entertainers and political extremists interact on a ocean liner sailing from Latin America to Europe in the pre-war era. The director's large-scale film includes a cinema icon, in her last performance, as a melancholy character, but it's Oskar Werner, as the vessel's physician, and a talented performer, as a radical countess, who provide the film with its emotional wallop.

15. Ultimate Trip (1960)

The central vessel is destroyed in an blast and the protagonist's spouse (Dorothy Malone) is stuck in their quarters in this intense proto-disaster pic. Will the main character and a heroic engineer (the actor) rescue her before the boat submerges? Fun fact: the fictional ship is embodied by the renowned historic ship a real ship.

14. Murder on the Nile (1978)

Two legendary actresses are including the killing culprits on board a African vessel in this all-star Agatha Christie murder mystery. The lead actor, as Hercule Poirot, is unable to halt half the cast being killed, which reduces his potential killers to a manageable number. Much more enjoyable than the recent version.

13. Ocean Stillness (1989)

Sam Neill play a partners seeking to heal from the pain of their son's death by taking their yacht for a spin in the ocean, where they save another actor from a sinking schooner. Poor decision! Phillip Noyce's tense movie is basically a horror film at in maritime setting, but an high-quality one that made her famous.

12. The Maggie (1954)

An Englishman, moving furniture for an wealthy entrepreneur, is tricked into hiring a run-down "type of boat" in this filmmaker's harsh British film in the subversive tradition of his own Whisky Galore!. Naturally, the vessel's UK commander and team trick the main characters for a ride, in multiple interpretations of the term.

11. Unstoppable Force (1974)

Richard Lester gives his catastrophe film a state-of-the-nation angle in this tension-filled story of bombs placed on a commercial vessel, the fictional ship. What's the correct choice? Richard Harris act as explosive technicians; another actor, as the ship's entertainments director, delivers a heartbreaking portrayal in humorous tragedy.

10. Poseidon's Journey (1972)

This cinematic interpretation of Paul Gallico's novel is one of the peaks of the seventies catastrophe films. The SS Poseidon is flipped over by a tsunami, and it's the responsibility of the lead character to guide his followers through the flipped ship to security. a supporting player is memorable as a shopkeeper's wife with a handy history of sports participation.

9. Everything's Gone (2013)

Robert Redford delivers a experienced brilliant acting in one-man show as a individual battling to endure in the specific sea after his yacht, the main setting, is impaired in a impact with an lost transport unit. It's anxious enough to watch, so one can only imagine how exceptionally strenuous it must have been for the 76-year-old star to film.

8. Ship Commander (2013)

The main star delivers sterling work in part of his everyman-in-crisis performances, as the skipper of an commercial transport seized by African raiders off the specific location. He has great chemistry by Barkhad Abdi ("I'm the captain now"), making a outstanding first movie role as the pirate chief in the director's suspense film, based on actual incidents. Should the concluding moment doesn't make you blub, you're not human.

7. Triangle (2009)

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