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20. Ocean Terror (1998)

This filmmaker's science fiction thriller details a bunch of attention-grabbing character actors playing mercenaries hired to destroy the passenger vessel Argonautica. However a enormous cephalopod has got there first! Among the likely victims are Famke Janssen as a jewel thief.

19. The 1900 Story (1998)

A newborn, deserted on the passenger vessel a fictional ship, develops to be a talented keyboardist (the lead actor) who never steps off the ship. The climax of the director's whimsical hokum is Roth fighting a keyboard contest with a historical figure, arguably inaccurately portrayed as a arrogant character.

18. Aquatic World (1995)

Kevin Costner portrays a samurai-like wanderer with aquatic adaptations and a modified watercraft in this megabudget science fiction adventure, located in a later era where melting polar ice-caps have inundated the Earth. The entire population is seeking fabled solid ground while fending off the antagonist and his group of continuously smoking raiders.

17. Titanic (1997)

Two hours of tiresome canoodling between a upper-class woman (Kate Winslet) and an itinerant yobbo (Leonardo DiCaprio) are rescued by the director's breathtaking depiction of a famous notorious tragedies. You have to admire the chutzpah of a director who successfully transforms a death toll of over a thousand into an heartening tale of freedom.

16. Boat of Lunatics (1965)

Working-class people, artistic entertainers and political extremists interact on a passenger ship journeying from Latin America to the Continent in the interwar period. This filmmaker's epic includes Vivien Leigh, in her last performance, as a unhappy separated woman, but it's a co-star, as the ship's doctor, and Simone Signoret, as a radical countess, who supply the film with its dramatic punch.

15. Final Journey (1960)

The fictional ship is ripped apart in an blast and the lead actor's spouse (the actress) is trapped in their quarters in this compelling proto-disaster pic. Can Stack and a heroic engineer (the supporting player) rescue her prior to the boat submerges? Curious detail: the fictional ship is represented by the legendary French liner Île de France.

14. Death on the Nile (1978)

Two legendary actresses are part of the killing culprits on board a Egyptian riverboat in this all-star Agatha Christie detective story. Peter Ustinov, as the famous detective, cannot prevent numerous characters being killed, which reduces his suspects to a smaller group. Bags more fun than the 2022 remake.

13. Sea Silence (1989)

Nicole Kidman act as a partners seeking to heal from the trauma of their child's passing by venturing on their vessel for a journey in the Pacific, where they recover Billy Zane from a sinking schooner. Poor decision! Phillip Noyce's tense movie is basically a horror film at in maritime setting, but an exceptionally well-made one that made her famous.

12. Maggie's Tale (1954)

An Englishman, shipping goods for an US businessman, is manipulated into using a run-down "Clyde puffer" in the director's harsh Ealing comedy in the unconventional vein of his own previous work. Naturally, the boat's Scottish captain and crew take the two landlubbers for a journey, in every meaning of the expression.

11. Overwhelming Power (1974)

This filmmaker imparts his catastrophe film a state-of-the-nation perspective in this anxiety-inducing tale of explosives placed on a passenger ship, the SS Britannic. Which wire to cut? David Hemmings act as demolition specialists; Roy Kinnear, as the ship's entertainments director, serves up a touching portrayal in tragicomic desperation.

10. Poseidon's Journey (1972)

This film version of this writer's novel is one of the high points of the era of disaster movies. The SS Poseidon is capsized by a tidal wave, and it's up to the lead character to guide his followers through the flipped ship to security. a supporting player is remarkable as a retailer's spouse with a handy history of sports participation.

9. Total Loss (2013)

The lead actor delivers a mature masterclass in one-man show as a person battling to stay alive in the maritime location after his sailing vessel, the main setting, is harmed in a collision with an stray shipping container. It's stressful enough to observe, so heaven knows how exceptionally strenuous it must have been for the 76-year-old star to record.

8. Ship Commander (2013)

The main star provides outstanding acting in part of his everyman-in-crisis roles, as the skipper of an US merchant vessel commandeered by African raiders off the geographical area. He's matched by Barkhad Abdi ("I'm the captain now"), delivering a remarkable initial cinematic appearance as the criminal boss in Paul Greengrass's suspense film, derived from actual incidents. When the last scene fails to move you, you're emotionally detached.

7. Three-Sided Figure (2009)

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