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20. Ocean Terror (1998)

This filmmaker's science fiction thriller chronicles a group of memorable ensemble cast portraying hired guns contracted to sink the passenger vessel Argonautica. Yet a massive sea creature has beaten them to it! Including the potential cephalopod fodder are Famke Janssen as a gem smuggler.

19. The 1900 Story (1998)

A baby, left on the transatlantic liner SS Virginian, matures to be a talented keyboardist (Tim Roth) who never steps off the ship. The climax of the director's whimsical hokum is the main character competing in a musical showdown with a jazz legend, rather unfairly depicted as a smug bastard.

18. Waterworld (1995)

Kevin Costner portrays a warrior-esque nomad with aquatic adaptations and a enhanced watercraft in this high-cost sci-fi B-movie, set in a distant time where vanishing ice sheets have inundated the planet. The entire population is seeking legendary terra firma while fending off Dennis Hopper and his band of constantly puffing pirates.

17. Titanic (1997)

A significant portion of tiresome canoodling between a upper-class woman (Kate Winslet) and an free-spirited artist (Leonardo DiCaprio) are redeemed by this filmmaker's impressive reconstruction of a famous well-known disasters. It's impossible not to respect the audacity of a film-maker who manages to twist a casualties of numerous victims into an inspiring story of liberation.

16. Boat of Lunatics (1965)

Peasants, Spanish performers and Nazi eugenicists rub shoulders on a passenger ship journeying from North America to the Continent in the interwar period. This filmmaker's large-scale film stars a cinema icon, in her swan song, as a melancholy character, but it's Oskar Werner, as the vessel's physician, and Simone Signoret, as a aristocratic rebel, who deliver the film with its emotional wallop.

15. Final Journey (1960)

The fictional ship is destroyed in an detonation and the lead actor's wife (the co-star) is stranded in their room in this compelling early catastrophe film. Is it possible for Stack and a brave technician (the supporting player) rescue her prior to the boat submerges? Interesting note: the Claridon is represented by the famous historic ship a real ship.

14. Death on the Nile (1978)

Bette Davis are part of the homicide possibilities on board a African vessel in this ensemble cast crime novelist whodunit. Peter Ustinov, as the famous detective, cannot prevent several passengers being stabbed, which whittles down his suspects to a limited selection. Much more enjoyable than the 2022 remake.

13. Ocean Stillness (1989)

Sam Neill act as a husband and wife trying to get over the trauma of their child's passing by taking their yacht for a spin in the Pacific, where they recover Billy Zane from a damaged vessel. Poor decision! The director's tense movie is fundamentally a killers-on-the-loose story at in maritime setting, but an high-quality one that made her famous.

12. Maggie's Tale (1954)

An British man, transporting items for an wealthy entrepreneur, is tricked into using a run-down "Scottish vessel" in this filmmaker's harsh Ealing comedy in the rebellious tradition of his own Whisky Galore!. Of course, the boat's British skipper and crew deceive the inexperienced passengers for a journey, in all senses of the expression.

11. Unstoppable Force (1974)

This filmmaker provides his suspense story a state-of-the-nation tilt in this tension-filled yarn of explosives positioned on a passenger ship, the main setting. Which wire to cut? Two lead actors act as bomb disposal experts; Roy Kinnear, as the cruise director, delivers a emotional depiction in humorous tragedy.

10. Ocean Disaster (1972)

This film version of Paul Gallico's book is among the zenith of the 1970s disaster genre. The fictional ship is flipped over by a tidal wave, and it's the responsibility of the main protagonist to guide his flock through the flipped hull to safety. Shelley Winters is remarkable as a retailer's spouse with a practical experience of athletic swimming.

9. Total Loss (2013)

The main star gives a mature exemplary performance in one-man show as a individual struggling to stay alive in the specific sea after his yacht, the Virginia Jean, is damaged in a crash with an lost transport unit. It's stressful enough to watch, so it's difficult to comprehend how physically gruelling it must have been for the elderly actor to film.

8. Vessel Leader (2013)

The lead actor delivers excellent performance in one of his regular-guys-under-intolerable-pressure roles, as the captain of an American cargo ship seized by maritime criminals off the geographical area. He's matched by Barkhad Abdi ("I'm the captain now"), delivering a outstanding first movie role as the criminal boss in this filmmaker's thriller, based on true stories. Should the concluding moment fails to move you, you're not human.

7. Geometric Shape (2009)

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