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20. Ocean Terror (1998)

The director's sci-fi horror pulp chronicles a group of scene-stealing ensemble cast portraying hired guns employed to demolish the passenger vessel a fictional ship. However a enormous cephalopod has beaten them to it! Featuring the endangered passengers are Famke Janssen as a diamond criminal.

19. The Legend of 1900 (1998)

A newborn, abandoned on the passenger vessel the central location, develops to be a gifted pianist (the lead actor) who remains aboard the ship. The highlight of Giuseppe Tornatore's fantastical tale is the protagonist fighting a piano duel with Jelly Roll Morton, arguably inaccurately depicted as a smug bastard.

18. Waterworld (1995)

Kevin Costner plays a fighter-inspired drifter with aquatic adaptations and a enhanced watercraft in this big-budget futuristic thriller, located in a later era where vanishing ice sheets have flooded the Earth. Everyone is seeking legendary terra firma while fighting off Dennis Hopper and his gang of continuously smoking raiders.

17. Titanic (1997)

An extended period of romantic interludes between a wealthy lady (Kate Winslet) and an free-spirited artist (the actor) are saved by James Cameron's impressive reconstruction of one the 20th century's notorious disasters. It's impossible not to respect the chutzpah of a director who artfully converts a casualties of over a thousand into an inspiring tale of liberation.

16. Boat of Lunatics (1965)

Commoners, artistic entertainers and political extremists interact on a passenger ship journeying from Mexico to the Continent in the pre-war era. The director's large-scale film features a cinema icon, in her last performance, as a sad divorcee, but it's a co-star, as the vessel's physician, and another cast member, as a political noblewoman, who deliver the motion picture with its dramatic punch.

15. Ultimate Trip (1960)

The USS Claridon is destroyed in an explosion and the protagonist's partner (the actress) is stuck in their room in this gripping precursor to disaster movies. Is it possible for the hero and a brave technician (the supporting player) rescue her ahead of the ship sinks? Interesting note: the fictional ship is played by the legendary historic ship a real ship.

14. Nile Killing (1978)

Angela Lansbury are part of the killing culprits on board a Nile paddle steamer in this all-star Agatha Christie detective story. The lead actor, as the famous detective, fails to stop several passengers being killed, which reduces his persons of interest to a manageable number. Much more enjoyable than the recent version.

13. Dead Calm (1989)

Sam Neill play a partners attempting to recover from the grief of their offspring's demise by sailing their boat for a spin in the Pacific, where they save Billy Zane from a sinking schooner. Poor decision! The director's tense movie is essentially a slasher movie at sea, but an high-quality one that made her famous.

12. The Maggie Story (1954)

An Englishman, transporting goods for an wealthy entrepreneur, is deceived into employing a dilapidated "Scottish vessel" in the director's brutal British film in the subversive style of his own previous work. Naturally, the ship's Scottish captain and crew take the two landlubbers for a journey, in every meaning of the word.

11. Overwhelming Power (1974)

Richard Lester gives his disaster thriller a social commentary tilt in this anxiety-inducing tale of detonators positioned on a luxury liner, the SS Britannic. What's the correct choice? Richard Harris act as bomb disposal experts; another actor, as the vessel's activities coordinator, provides a touching portrayal in sadly funny despair.

10. Ocean Disaster (1972)

This cinematic interpretation of Paul Gallico's novel is part of the peaks of the era of disaster movies. The fictional ship is overturned by a ocean surge, and it's up to the lead character to lead his group through the upturned hull to safety. Shelley Winters is memorable as a small business owner's partner with a handy experience of athletic swimming.

9. Total Loss (2013)

Robert Redford gives a experienced masterclass in one-man show as a individual battling to stay alive in the maritime location after his sailing vessel, the Virginia Jean, is damaged in a crash with an lost cargo box. It's nerve-wracking enough to observe, so one can only imagine how exceptionally strenuous it must have been for the 76-year-old star to record.

8. Ship Commander (2013)

The lead actor does sterling work in one of his everyman-in-crisis roles, as the skipper of an American cargo ship commandeered by Somali pirates off the geographical area. His performance is complemented by Barkhad Abdi ("Now I'm in charge"), delivering a sensational initial cinematic appearance as the raider leader in Paul Greengrass's suspense film, inspired by actual incidents. When the last scene doesn't bring tears, you're emotionally detached.

7. Triangle (2009)

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