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20. Deep Rising (1998)

This filmmaker's science fiction thriller details a collection of scene-stealing ensemble cast acting as hired guns contracted to sink the luxury liner a fictional ship. But a giant mutant octopus has got there first! Among the likely victims are Treat Williams as a gem smuggler.

19. 1900's Tale (1998)

A infant, left on the ocean-going ship the central location, develops to be a gifted pianist (the lead actor) who never steps off the boat. The climax of Giuseppe Tornatore's whimsical hokum is the protagonist competing in a piano duel with Jelly Roll Morton, arguably inaccurately shown as a overconfident individual.

18. Waterworld (1995)

Kevin Costner portrays a samurai-like drifter with webbed feet and a enhanced watercraft in this high-cost sci-fi B-movie, taking place in a future where melting polar ice-caps have inundated the world. All people is seeking legendary terra firma while fending off the antagonist and his gang of chain-smoking marauders.

17. RMS Titanic (1997)

Two hours of love story development between a wealthy lady (the female lead) and an free-spirited artist (the actor) are redeemed by the director's impressive reconstruction of among history's well-known tragedies. You have to admire the boldness of a cinematic artist who artfully converts a death toll of numerous victims into an emotionally uplifting narrative of liberation.

16. Boat of Lunatics (1965)

Peasants, flamenco dancers and Nazi eugenicists rub shoulders on a passenger ship sailing from North America to the Old World in 1933. The director's large-scale film stars a legendary actress, in her swan song, as a unhappy separated woman, but it's a co-star, as the medical officer, and Simone Signoret, as a political noblewoman, who deliver the film with its powerful impact.

15. Final Journey (1960)

The USS Claridon is ripped apart in an blast and the lead actor's wife (Dorothy Malone) is stuck in their quarters in this intense precursor to disaster movies. Is it possible for the hero and a courageous worker (the actor) rescue her ahead of the vessel goes down? Curious detail: the fictional ship is played by the legendary historic ship an actual ocean liner.

14. Nile Killing (1978)

Angela Lansbury are including the homicide possibilities on board a Egyptian riverboat in this ensemble cast mystery writer murder mystery. The lead actor, as the famous detective, fails to stop half the cast being killed, which narrows his potential killers to a limited selection. Bags more fun than the modern adaptation.

13. Dead Calm (1989)

Sam Neill act as a partners seeking to heal from the pain of their offspring's demise by sailing their boat for a trip in the ocean, where they save a co-star from a foundering ship. Big mistake! This filmmaker's suspense film is basically a horror film at in maritime setting, but an ultra-classy one that put Kidman on the map.

12. Maggie's Tale (1954)

An Englishman, transporting items for an American industrialist, is tricked into using a poor condition "Clyde puffer" in this filmmaker's harsh British film in the rebellious style of his own earlier film. Predictably, the boat's British skipper and staff trick the main characters for a journey, in multiple interpretations of the word.

11. Overwhelming Power (1974)

Richard Lester imparts his disaster thriller a state-of-the-nation angle in this nerve-shredding story of explosives planted on a passenger ship, the main setting. Red wire or blue wire? David Hemmings portray explosive technicians; a supporting player, as the vessel's activities coordinator, delivers a touching study in humorous tragedy.

10. The Poseidon Adventure (1972)

This cinematic interpretation of the author's novel is among the peaks of the 1970s disaster genre. The SS Poseidon is capsized by a tsunami, and it's up to Reverend Gene Hackman to direct his followers through the flipped hull to security. the actress is remarkable as a shopkeeper's wife with a practical history of athletic swimming.

9. Total Loss (2013)

The lead actor delivers a late-career exemplary performance in one-man show as a man struggling to endure in the Indian Ocean after his sailing vessel, the main setting, is damaged in a crash with an stray transport unit. It's stressful enough to observe, so heaven knows how physically gruelling it must have been for the senior performer to film.

8. Vessel Leader (2013)

The main star delivers sterling work in part of his regular-guys-under-intolerable-pressure roles, as the captain of an commercial transport seized by maritime criminals off the specific location. He has great chemistry by Barkhad Abdi ("I'm the captain now"), providing a sensational initial cinematic appearance as the pirate chief in the director's tense movie, derived from real events. Should the final sequence fails to move you, you have no heart.

7. Geometric Shape (2009)

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