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20. Ocean Terror (1998)

Stephen Sommers' science fiction thriller chronicles a collection of attention-grabbing character actors playing mercenaries hired to demolish the luxury liner a fictional ship. But a massive sea creature has already arrived! Featuring the endangered passengers are Kevin J O'Connor as a gem smuggler.

19. The 1900 Story (1998)

A baby, abandoned on the transatlantic liner SS Virginian, grows up to be a talented keyboardist (the lead actor) who refuses to leave the boat. The highlight of this filmmaker's fantastical tale is the protagonist battling a keyboard contest with Jelly Roll Morton, somewhat unjustly depicted as a arrogant character.

18. Ocean Planet (1995)

The lead actor plays a warrior-esque nomad with webbed feet and a modified watercraft in this big-budget science fiction adventure, set in a future where melting polar ice-caps have submerged the planet. All people is hunting for legendary terra firma while fighting off the antagonist and his group of chain-smoking marauders.

17. The Titanic (1997)

Two hours of romantic interludes between a posh chick (the actress) and an itinerant yobbo (Leonardo DiCaprio) are rescued by James Cameron's spectacular recreation of a famous notorious tragedies. It's impossible not to respect the chutzpah of a director who manages to twist a fatalities of numerous victims into an emotionally uplifting narrative of liberation.

16. Ship of Fools (1965)

Working-class people, artistic entertainers and political extremists mingle on a ocean liner sailing from Mexico to Europe in 1933. This filmmaker's sweeping drama features a cinema icon, in her swan song, as a unhappy separated woman, but it's Oskar Werner, as the vessel's physician, and a talented performer, as a aristocratic rebel, who deliver the motion picture with its powerful impact.

15. Ultimate Trip (1960)

The USS Claridon is ripped apart in an explosion and the lead actor's partner (the co-star) is trapped in their room in this gripping proto-disaster pic. Will the hero and a heroic engineer (the supporting player) rescue her before the vessel goes down? Interesting note: the Claridon is embodied by the renowned historic ship an actual ocean liner.

14. Death on the Nile (1978)

Bette Davis are part of the murder suspects on board a African vessel in this celebrity-filled mystery writer whodunit. The main star, as Hercule Poirot, fails to stop several passengers being stabbed, which whittles down his suspects to a manageable number. Much more enjoyable than the 2022 remake.

13. Ocean Stillness (1989)

Sam Neill act as a married couple attempting to recover from the trauma of their child's passing by sailing their boat for a spin in the Pacific, where they rescue another actor from a sinking schooner. Poor decision! This filmmaker's thriller is fundamentally a slasher movie at in maritime setting, but an ultra-classy one that put Kidman on the map.

12. The Maggie Story (1954)

An UK citizen, transporting items for an American industrialist, is manipulated into using a dilapidated "type of boat" in Alexander Mackendrick's dark British film in the rebellious vein of his own Whisky Galore!. Naturally, the boat's Scottish captain and staff take the two landlubbers for a ride, in every meaning of the expression.

11. Juggernaut (1974)

This filmmaker gives his disaster thriller a social commentary tilt in this tension-filled tale of explosives positioned on a passenger ship, the fictional ship. Red wire or blue wire? Richard Harris act as bomb disposal experts; another actor, as the vessel's activities coordinator, delivers a emotional study in tragicomic desperation.

10. Poseidon's Journey (1972)

This adaptation of the author's literary work is among the peaks of the seventies catastrophe films. The fictional ship is overturned by a tidal wave, and it's the job of Reverend Gene Hackman to lead his followers through the inverted ship to rescue. a supporting player is memorable as a retailer's spouse with a useful experience of sports participation.

9. All is Lost (2013)

The lead actor delivers a experienced exemplary performance in single character portrayal as a individual fighting to stay alive in the specific sea after his yacht, the main setting, is impaired in a crash with an stray transport unit. It's stressful enough to observe, so heaven knows how exceptionally strenuous it must have been for the elderly actor to film.

8. Captain Phillips (2013)

The lead actor does outstanding acting in one of his everyman-in-crisis performances, as the commander of an US merchant vessel hijacked by African raiders off the geographical area. His performance is complemented by another actor ("I'm the captain now"), providing a remarkable first movie role as the pirate chief in this filmmaker's tense movie, based on actual incidents. When the concluding moment fails to move you, you have no heart.

7. Three-Sided Figure (2009)

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