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20. Ocean Terror (1998)

This filmmaker's science fiction thriller details a bunch of attention-grabbing supporting players playing hired guns hired to destroy the passenger vessel the main setting. However a enormous cephalopod has already arrived! Including the likely victims are Kevin J O'Connor as a diamond criminal.

19. The Legend of 1900 (1998)

A baby, abandoned on the transatlantic liner a fictional ship, matures to be a talented keyboardist (Tim Roth) who remains aboard the vessel. The peak moment of the director's imaginative story is Roth fighting a musical showdown with a historical figure, rather unfairly portrayed as a smug bastard.

18. Waterworld (1995)

The main star acts as a warrior-esque wanderer with mutated appendages and a enhanced sailing vessel in this megabudget science fiction adventure, set in a later era where disappearing glaciers have inundated the world. Everyone is seeking fabled solid ground while fighting off the antagonist and his gang of chain-smoking marauders.

17. The Titanic (1997)

Two hours of romantic interludes between a wealthy lady (Kate Winslet) and an free-spirited artist (the male lead) are rescued by this filmmaker's breathtaking depiction of one the 20th century's most infamous tragedies. One must appreciate the audacity of a director who artfully converts a fatalities of numerous victims into an inspiring narrative of freedom.

16. Vessel of Madness (1965)

Peasants, artistic entertainers and Nazi eugenicists mingle on a ocean liner journeying from Latin America to the Old World in the pre-war era. Stanley Kramer's sweeping drama includes Vivien Leigh, in her last performance, as a sad divorcee, but it's Oskar Werner, as the vessel's physician, and another cast member, as a political noblewoman, who provide the motion picture with its emotional wallop.

15. The Last Voyage (1960)

The USS Claridon is ripped apart in an blast and Robert Stack's wife (the co-star) is stranded in their quarters in this compelling precursor to disaster movies. Will Stack and a courageous worker (the supporting player) save her ahead of the vessel goes down? Fun fact: the main setting is played by the renowned European vessel an actual ocean liner.

14. Murder on the Nile (1978)

Bette Davis are part of the murder suspects on board a Nile paddle steamer in this all-star crime novelist murder mystery. The main star, as the Belgian sleuth, is unable to halt numerous characters being stabbed, which narrows his suspects to a limited selection. Significantly better than the modern adaptation.

13. Dead Calm (1989)

Two lead actors portray a partners trying to get over the pain of their son's death by venturing on their vessel for a spin in the sea, where they recover a co-star from a foundering ship. Costly error! The director's suspense film is basically a horror film at on the ocean, but an ultra-classy one that launched her career.

12. The Maggie (1954)

An UK citizen, moving furniture for an American industrialist, is tricked into employing a poor condition "Scottish vessel" in the director's harsh British film in the rebellious style of his own previous work. Of course, the ship's British skipper and crew take the two landlubbers for a journey, in multiple interpretations of the expression.

11. Overwhelming Power (1974)

Richard Lester imparts his disaster thriller a state-of-the-nation angle in this tension-filled story of bombs positioned on a commercial vessel, the main setting. Which wire to cut? David Hemmings play demolition specialists; Roy Kinnear, as the vessel's activities coordinator, delivers a emotional study in humorous tragedy.

10. Poseidon's Journey (1972)

This cinematic interpretation of this writer's literary work is among the peaks of the era of disaster movies. The central vessel is capsized by a tsunami, and it's the job of the lead character to direct his flock through the inverted hull to rescue. Shelley Winters is remarkable as a shopkeeper's wife with a handy experience of athletic swimming.

9. All is Lost (2013)

Robert Redford gives a mature masterclass in one-man show as a man battling to endure in the specific sea after his personal boat, the main setting, is damaged in a impact with an stray transport unit. It's nerve-wracking enough to watch, so one can only imagine how extremely demanding it must have been for the senior performer to record.

8. Ship Commander (2013)

The lead actor provides outstanding acting in one of his regular-guys-under-intolerable-pressure performances, as the commander of an American cargo ship seized by maritime criminals off the specific location. He's matched by Barkhad Abdi ("I control this vessel"), providing a remarkable initial cinematic appearance as the criminal boss in the director's thriller, inspired by real events. If the last scene fails to move you, you're not human.

7. Geometric Shape (2009)

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