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20. Deep Rising (1998)

The director's sci-fi horror pulp chronicles a group of memorable supporting players portraying soldiers of fortune employed to demolish the cruise ship the main setting. But a massive sea creature has got there first! Among the endangered passengers are Kevin J O'Connor as a diamond criminal.

19. The Legend of 1900 (1998)

A infant, left on the passenger vessel SS Virginian, grows up to be a gifted pianist (Tim Roth) who remains aboard the vessel. The peak moment of this filmmaker's whimsical hokum is the main character battling a piano duel with a historical figure, somewhat unjustly depicted as a overconfident individual.

18. Ocean Planet (1995)

The main star plays a warrior-esque drifter with mutated appendages and a modified watercraft in this megabudget science fiction adventure, located in a future where melting polar ice-caps have inundated the world. The entire population is seeking mythical Dryland while fending off the antagonist and his group of constantly puffing pirates.

17. RMS Titanic (1997)

An extended period of romantic interludes between a wealthy lady (the actress) and an working-class man (the actor) are redeemed by James Cameron's spectacular recreation of a famous most infamous disasters. One must appreciate the audacity of a cinematic artist who successfully transforms a death toll of 1,500 into an emotionally uplifting story of freedom.

16. Ship of Fools (1965)

Working-class people, Spanish performers and German ideologists rub shoulders on a commercial vessel journeying from Mexico to Europe in 1933. Stanley Kramer's large-scale film includes a legendary actress, in her swan song, as a sad divorcee, but it's a co-star, as the vessel's physician, and another cast member, as a radical countess, who deliver the film with its emotional wallop.

15. Ultimate Trip (1960)

The fictional ship is ripped apart in an explosion and the protagonist's partner (the actress) is stuck in their cabin in this compelling proto-disaster pic. Will the main character and a brave technician (the supporting player) free her before the boat submerges? Curious detail: the fictional ship is represented by the legendary French liner an actual ocean liner.

14. Murder on the Nile (1978)

Angela Lansbury are including the killing culprits on board a Nile paddle steamer in this celebrity-filled Agatha Christie whodunit. The main star, as the famous detective, fails to stop half the cast being killed, which reduces his potential killers to a smaller group. Bags more fun than the modern adaptation.

13. Ocean Stillness (1989)

Nicole Kidman play a husband and wife seeking to heal from the grief of their son's death by sailing their boat for a spin in the ocean, where they rescue Billy Zane from a foundering ship. Poor decision! Phillip Noyce's suspense film is essentially a killers-on-the-loose story at in maritime setting, but an ultra-classy one that launched her career.

12. Maggie's Tale (1954)

An UK citizen, transporting items for an wealthy entrepreneur, is deceived into using a dilapidated "Clyde puffer" in this filmmaker's dark UK production in the rebellious tradition of his own previous work. Naturally, the vessel's Scottish captain and team deceive the inexperienced passengers for a trip, in every meaning of the term.

11. Juggernaut (1974)

Richard Lester imparts his suspense story a political dimension angle in this nerve-shredding tale of bombs positioned on a passenger ship, the fictional ship. What's the correct choice? Richard Harris act as explosive technicians; a supporting player, as the ship's entertainments director, provides a heartbreaking study in humorous tragedy.

10. Poseidon's Journey (1972)

This cinematic interpretation of this writer's book is part of the peaks of the 1970s disaster genre. The SS Poseidon is capsized by a tsunami, and it's the job of the main protagonist to direct his flock through the flipped ship to security. the actress is remarkable as a shopkeeper's wife with a handy history of sports participation.

9. All is Lost (2013)

The main star delivers a experienced masterclass in one-man show as a individual battling to endure in the specific sea after his sailing vessel, the main setting, is damaged in a crash with an lost transport unit. It's nerve-wracking enough to view, so it's difficult to comprehend how extremely demanding it must have been for the elderly actor to record.

8. Ship Commander (2013)

The main star does sterling work in among his everyman-in-crisis roles, as the commander of an American cargo ship commandeered by maritime criminals off the geographical area. His performance is complemented by Barkhad Abdi ("Now I'm in charge"), making a outstanding first movie role as the pirate chief in this filmmaker's thriller, derived from actual incidents. If the last scene doesn't bring tears, you have no heart.

7. Geometric Shape (2009)

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