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20. Abyssal Attack (1998)

Stephen Sommers' futuristic scarefest chronicles a bunch of memorable character actors portraying mercenaries contracted to sink the cruise ship the main setting. But a massive sea creature has already arrived! Featuring the likely victims are Treat Williams as a diamond criminal.

19. The 1900 Story (1998)

A infant, abandoned on the transatlantic liner SS Virginian, develops to be a accomplished musician (the main star) who refuses to leave the ship. The highlight of this filmmaker's whimsical hokum is Roth battling a piano duel with Jelly Roll Morton, rather unfairly shown as a arrogant character.

18. Aquatic World (1995)

The lead actor acts as a samurai-like drifter with webbed feet and a enhanced trimaran in this high-cost sci-fi B-movie, set in a future where vanishing ice sheets have flooded the world. The entire population is searching for fabled solid ground while resisting the villain and his group of continuously smoking raiders.

17. The Titanic (1997)

A significant portion of romantic interludes between a wealthy lady (Kate Winslet) and an itinerant yobbo (the male lead) are redeemed by James Cameron's spectacular recreation of among history's notorious tragedies. You have to admire the boldness of a cinematic artist who artfully converts a death toll of over a thousand into an emotionally uplifting story of liberation.

16. Vessel of Madness (1965)

Commoners, Spanish performers and Nazi eugenicists rub shoulders on a ocean liner journeying from Mexico to Europe in the interwar period. Stanley Kramer's epic includes a legendary actress, in her swan song, as a melancholy character, but it's Oskar Werner, as the ship's doctor, and another cast member, as a radical countess, who deliver the movie with its powerful impact.

15. The Last Voyage (1960)

The central vessel is ripped apart in an detonation and the protagonist's partner (Dorothy Malone) is stranded in their quarters in this gripping precursor to disaster movies. Will the hero and a brave technician (the actor) save her prior to the vessel goes down? Interesting note: the Claridon is embodied by the legendary French liner an actual ocean liner.

14. Murder on the Nile (1978)

Angela Lansbury are including the homicide possibilities on board a African vessel in this all-star crime novelist detective story. Peter Ustinov, as Hercule Poirot, is unable to halt numerous characters being shot, which narrows his persons of interest to a limited selection. Bags more fun than the modern adaptation.

13. Ocean Stillness (1989)

Nicole Kidman play a partners attempting to recover from the trauma of their child's passing by venturing on their vessel for a trip in the sea, where they recover a co-star from a damaged vessel. Costly error! This filmmaker's tense movie is basically a horror film at sea, but an exceptionally well-made one that put Kidman on the map.

12. The Maggie Story (1954)

An British man, shipping furniture for an American industrialist, is deceived into hiring a dilapidated "Clyde puffer" in the director's brutal British film in the subversive vein of his own previous work. Naturally, the boat's British skipper and crew take the two landlubbers for a ride, in every meaning of the expression.

11. Overwhelming Power (1974)

The director gives his catastrophe film a social commentary perspective in this tension-filled yarn of detonators positioned on a commercial vessel, the fictional ship. What's the correct choice? Two lead actors play explosive technicians; another actor, as the vessel's activities coordinator, provides a touching study in sadly funny despair.

10. Ocean Disaster (1972)

This film version of this writer's novel is among the high points of the 1970s disaster genre. The SS Poseidon is overturned by a ocean surge, and it's the responsibility of the main protagonist to lead his flock through the flipped hull to safety. the actress is unforgettable as a retailer's spouse with a handy history of athletic swimming.

9. Everything's Gone (2013)

The lead actor gives a mature brilliant acting in single character portrayal as a man fighting to stay alive in the maritime location after his personal boat, the main setting, is impaired in a impact with an errant transport unit. It's stressful enough to observe, so it's difficult to comprehend how physically gruelling it must have been for the 76-year-old star to shoot.

8. Vessel Leader (2013)

Tom Hanks provides excellent performance in part of his regular-guys-under-intolerable-pressure roles, as the commander of an US merchant vessel commandeered by Somali pirates off the geographical area. His performance is complemented by another actor ("I'm the captain now"), delivering a outstanding film debut as the criminal boss in Paul Greengrass's suspense film, based on true stories. Should the concluding moment doesn't bring tears, you're emotionally detached.

7. Three-Sided Figure (2009)

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