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20. Deep Rising (1998)

This filmmaker's futuristic scarefest details a bunch of memorable supporting players portraying mercenaries hired to destroy the luxury liner Argonautica. However a enormous cephalopod has beaten them to it! Among the endangered passengers are Famke Janssen as a gem smuggler.

19. 1900's Tale (1998)

A infant, left on the transatlantic liner a fictional ship, grows up to be a accomplished musician (Tim Roth) who refuses to leave the boat. The climax of Giuseppe Tornatore's fantastical tale is Roth battling a piano duel with a jazz legend, somewhat unjustly shown as a overconfident individual.

18. Aquatic World (1995)

Kevin Costner plays a samurai-like wanderer with mutated appendages and a enhanced trimaran in this megabudget sci-fi B-movie, taking place in a future where vanishing ice sheets have submerged the world. Everyone is seeking legendary terra firma while resisting Dennis Hopper and his gang of chain-smoking raiders.

17. The Titanic (1997)

A significant portion of tiresome canoodling between a posh chick (Kate Winslet) and an working-class man (the male lead) are rescued by this filmmaker's spectacular recreation of a famous well-known catastrophes. You have to admire the boldness of a cinematic artist who artfully converts a death toll of numerous victims into an heartening story of liberation.

16. Vessel of Madness (1965)

Commoners, artistic entertainers and German ideologists mingle on a commercial vessel traveling from Mexico to the Continent in the interwar period. Stanley Kramer's sweeping drama stars a legendary actress, in her swan song, as a sad divorcee, but it's Oskar Werner, as the ship's doctor, and a talented performer, as a radical countess, who supply the motion picture with its emotional wallop.

15. Final Journey (1960)

The fictional ship is ripped apart in an blast and the lead actor's partner (the actress) is stuck in their cabin in this intense precursor to disaster movies. Can the main character and a heroic engineer (the actor) rescue her ahead of the vessel goes down? Interesting note: the Claridon is embodied by the famous historic ship Île de France.

14. Death on the Nile (1978)

Angela Lansbury are part of the murder suspects on board a Nile paddle steamer in this ensemble cast mystery writer murder mystery. Peter Ustinov, as the famous detective, cannot prevent several passengers being killed, which narrows his persons of interest to a manageable number. Bags more fun than the recent version.

13. Sea Silence (1989)

Two lead actors portray a married couple trying to get over the grief of their child's passing by venturing on their vessel for a journey in the sea, where they recover another actor from a sinking schooner. Big mistake! Phillip Noyce's tense movie is fundamentally a slasher movie at in maritime setting, but an exceptionally well-made one that made her famous.

12. The Maggie Story (1954)

An Englishman, transporting goods for an wealthy entrepreneur, is tricked into employing a run-down "Clyde puffer" in Alexander Mackendrick's dark UK production in the subversive vein of his own previous work. Naturally, the vessel's UK commander and team deceive the inexperienced passengers for a trip, in multiple interpretations of the term.

11. Overwhelming Power (1974)

This filmmaker gives his suspense story a political dimension perspective in this nerve-shredding yarn of bombs placed on a passenger ship, the main setting. Red wire or blue wire? David Hemmings act as bomb disposal experts; another actor, as the vessel's activities coordinator, provides a heartbreaking study in humorous tragedy.

10. Ocean Disaster (1972)

This film version of this writer's book is part of the zenith of the 1970s disaster genre. The fictional ship is flipped over by a ocean surge, and it's up to the main protagonist to direct his flock through the flipped ship to safety. a supporting player is memorable as a small business owner's partner with a handy background of sports participation.

9. Everything's Gone (2013)

The main star delivers a experienced exemplary performance in solo performance as a individual struggling to stay alive in the maritime location after his sailing vessel, the main setting, is damaged in a collision with an stray transport unit. It's stressful enough to view, so it's difficult to comprehend how exceptionally strenuous it must have been for the senior performer to record.

8. Vessel Leader (2013)

Tom Hanks provides excellent performance in among his everyman-in-crisis roles, as the captain of an American cargo ship hijacked by Somali pirates off the Horn of Africa. He's matched by Barkhad Abdi ("I'm the captain now"), delivering a remarkable first movie role as the raider leader in this filmmaker's suspense film, inspired by actual incidents. Should the last scene doesn't bring tears, you're emotionally detached.

7. Three-Sided Figure (2009)

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