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20. Ocean Terror (1998)

The director's sci-fi horror pulp chronicles a group of scene-stealing character actors playing soldiers of fortune hired to sink the passenger vessel Argonautica. Yet a massive sea creature has beaten them to it! Including the endangered passengers are Treat Williams as a diamond criminal.

19. 1900's Tale (1998)

A infant, left on the ocean-going ship a fictional ship, grows up to be a talented keyboardist (the main star) who remains aboard the vessel. The peak moment of Giuseppe Tornatore's fantastical tale is the protagonist fighting a piano duel with Jelly Roll Morton, rather unfairly shown as a smug bastard.

18. Waterworld (1995)

The lead actor acts as a samurai-like wanderer with mutated appendages and a souped-up trimaran in this megabudget science fiction adventure, located in a future where melting polar ice-caps have flooded the Earth. All people is seeking fabled solid ground while resisting the villain and his band of constantly puffing marauders.

17. Titanic (1997)

Two hours of tiresome canoodling between a upper-class woman (the actress) and an working-class man (Leonardo DiCaprio) are rescued by James Cameron's spectacular recreation of among history's notorious tragedies. It's impossible not to respect the boldness of a director who artfully converts a casualties of 1,500 into an heartening tale of liberation.

16. Boat of Lunatics (1965)

Peasants, Spanish performers and German ideologists interact on a passenger ship traveling from North America to the Old World in the interwar period. This filmmaker's sweeping drama includes a legendary actress, in her last performance, as a sad divorcee, but it's a co-star, as the ship's doctor, and a talented performer, as a aristocratic rebel, who deliver the movie with its dramatic punch.

15. Ultimate Trip (1960)

The fictional ship is ripped apart in an detonation and the protagonist's wife (the actress) is stuck in their quarters in this gripping precursor to disaster movies. Is it possible for the main character and a brave technician (the actor) free her before the vessel goes down? Curious detail: the main setting is represented by the renowned historic ship an actual ocean liner.

14. Murder on the Nile (1978)

Bette Davis are part of the homicide possibilities on board a Egyptian riverboat in this ensemble cast crime novelist whodunit. The main star, as the famous detective, fails to stop numerous characters being stabbed, which reduces his potential killers to a limited selection. Significantly better than the modern adaptation.

13. Dead Calm (1989)

Sam Neill act as a husband and wife seeking to heal from the pain of their child's passing by sailing their boat for a trip in the Pacific, where they recover another actor from a foundering ship. Poor decision! Phillip Noyce's suspense film is basically a horror film at sea, but an exceptionally well-made one that made her famous.

12. The Maggie Story (1954)

An UK citizen, moving goods for an wealthy entrepreneur, is tricked into hiring a run-down "type of boat" in Alexander Mackendrick's dark Ealing comedy in the subversive vein of his own previous work. Of course, the ship's British skipper and staff take the two landlubbers for a ride, in all senses of the expression.

11. Juggernaut (1974)

This filmmaker imparts his disaster thriller a state-of-the-nation perspective in this anxiety-inducing tale of bombs positioned on a commercial vessel, the main setting. Which wire to cut? Richard Harris play demolition specialists; a supporting player, as the cruise director, serves up a emotional portrayal in humorous tragedy.

10. The Poseidon Adventure (1972)

This cinematic interpretation of the author's novel is part of the high points of the seventies catastrophe films. The central vessel is flipped over by a tsunami, and it's up to Reverend Gene Hackman to guide his flock through the flipped vessel to security. the actress is remarkable as a retailer's spouse with a handy history of sports participation.

9. Total Loss (2013)

The main star gives a experienced brilliant acting in solo performance as a man struggling to endure in the specific sea after his yacht, the fictional ship, is harmed in a impact with an lost cargo box. It's nerve-wracking enough to view, so one can only imagine how extremely demanding it must have been for the 76-year-old star to shoot.

8. Vessel Leader (2013)

The lead actor does excellent performance in one of his ordinary-person-in-extraordinary-circumstances characters, as the skipper of an American cargo ship seized by African raiders off the Horn of Africa. His performance is complemented by another actor ("I control this vessel"), making a remarkable initial cinematic appearance as the pirate chief in the director's tense movie, based on real events. When the concluding moment doesn't bring tears, you're emotionally detached.

7. Triangle (2009)

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