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20. Ocean Terror (1998)

This filmmaker's futuristic scarefest chronicles a group of attention-grabbing ensemble cast acting as mercenaries employed to destroy the luxury liner Argonautica. But a giant mutant octopus has already arrived! Including the likely victims are Kevin J O'Connor as a gem smuggler.

19. The 1900 Story (1998)

A baby, deserted on the transatlantic liner the central location, matures to be a talented keyboardist (the lead actor) who never steps off the boat. The climax of this filmmaker's whimsical hokum is the protagonist fighting a musical showdown with Jelly Roll Morton, somewhat unjustly shown as a overconfident individual.

18. Waterworld (1995)

The main star acts as a samurai-like wanderer with aquatic adaptations and a modified sailing vessel in this megabudget sci-fi B-movie, set in a later era where disappearing glaciers have submerged the world. All people is hunting for legendary terra firma while fending off the antagonist and his band of constantly puffing raiders.

17. RMS Titanic (1997)

Two hours of tiresome canoodling between a posh chick (the actress) and an free-spirited artist (the male lead) are redeemed by the director's spectacular recreation of one the 20th century's most infamous disasters. One must appreciate the chutzpah of a director who successfully transforms a death toll of numerous victims into an emotionally uplifting story of liberation.

16. Boat of Lunatics (1965)

Commoners, artistic entertainers and German ideologists rub shoulders on a ocean liner sailing from Mexico to the Old World in the pre-war era. Stanley Kramer's large-scale film features a legendary actress, in her final role, as a melancholy character, but it's Oskar Werner, as the vessel's physician, and Simone Signoret, as a aristocratic rebel, who supply the film with its emotional wallop.

15. The Last Voyage (1960)

The central vessel is destroyed in an explosion and the lead actor's spouse (the co-star) is stranded in their quarters in this intense proto-disaster pic. Can the main character and a heroic engineer (the supporting player) save her prior to the boat submerges? Interesting note: the fictional ship is represented by the famous European vessel an actual ocean liner.

14. Murder on the Nile (1978)

Bette Davis are part of the killing culprits on board a Egyptian riverboat in this ensemble cast mystery writer detective story. The lead actor, as the famous detective, cannot prevent several passengers being killed, which narrows his persons of interest to a smaller group. Bags more fun than the 2022 remake.

13. Ocean Stillness (1989)

Nicole Kidman play a married couple trying to get over the pain of their offspring's demise by venturing on their vessel for a trip in the sea, where they save Billy Zane from a damaged vessel. Costly error! Phillip Noyce's thriller is essentially a killers-on-the-loose story at on the ocean, but an high-quality one that made her famous.

12. Maggie's Tale (1954)

An UK citizen, transporting items for an American industrialist, is deceived into employing a poor condition "type of boat" in this filmmaker's harsh UK production in the subversive vein of his own previous work. Naturally, the vessel's British skipper and staff take the two landlubbers for a ride, in every meaning of the expression.

11. Unstoppable Force (1974)

The director imparts his catastrophe film a state-of-the-nation angle in this tension-filled tale of detonators placed on a commercial vessel, the main setting. Which wire to cut? David Hemmings portray explosive technicians; Roy Kinnear, as the cruise director, delivers a heartbreaking study in humorous tragedy.

10. The Poseidon Adventure (1972)

This cinematic interpretation of this writer's book is one of the peaks of the era of disaster movies. The central vessel is flipped over by a tsunami, and it's the job of Reverend Gene Hackman to lead his flock through the flipped hull to rescue. the actress is unforgettable as a retailer's spouse with a handy history of athletic swimming.

9. Everything's Gone (2013)

The lead actor provides a experienced exemplary performance in solo performance as a person fighting to endure in the specific sea after his personal boat, the Virginia Jean, is impaired in a crash with an lost cargo box. It's nerve-wracking enough to view, so one can only imagine how extremely demanding it must have been for the senior performer to shoot.

8. Vessel Leader (2013)

The main star delivers sterling work in one of his everyman-in-crisis roles, as the skipper of an commercial transport hijacked by Somali pirates off the specific location. He has great chemistry by another actor ("I control this vessel"), making a remarkable first movie role as the criminal boss in Paul Greengrass's suspense film, derived from actual incidents. When the concluding moment doesn't bring tears, you're not human.

7. Triangle (2009)

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