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20. Ocean Terror (1998)

Stephen Sommers' science fiction thriller details a group of memorable ensemble cast portraying hired guns hired to destroy the cruise ship the main setting. Yet a massive sea creature has beaten them to it! Featuring the potential cephalopod fodder are Kevin J O'Connor as a gem smuggler.

19. The Legend of 1900 (1998)

A newborn, deserted on the passenger vessel the central location, grows up to be a talented keyboardist (the main star) who remains aboard the boat. The highlight of the director's whimsical hokum is the main character fighting a piano duel with Jelly Roll Morton, rather unfairly shown as a smug bastard.

18. Aquatic World (1995)

The main star portrays a fighter-inspired drifter with aquatic adaptations and a souped-up watercraft in this megabudget futuristic thriller, taking place in a future where disappearing glaciers have flooded the Earth. Everyone is searching for fabled solid ground while fighting off the antagonist and his gang of chain-smoking pirates.

17. The Titanic (1997)

An extended period of tiresome canoodling between a posh chick (the actress) and an itinerant yobbo (the male lead) are redeemed by the director's spectacular recreation of among history's notorious disasters. One must appreciate the chutzpah of a cinematic artist who artfully converts a casualties of 1,500 into an inspiring narrative of liberation.

16. Vessel of Madness (1965)

Peasants, Spanish performers and Nazi eugenicists interact on a ocean liner sailing from Latin America to the Old World in the pre-war era. Stanley Kramer's epic includes Vivien Leigh, in her swan song, as a melancholy character, but it's another actor, as the medical officer, and Simone Signoret, as a aristocratic rebel, who supply the movie with its emotional wallop.

15. Final Journey (1960)

The fictional ship is ripped apart in an blast and Robert Stack's partner (the co-star) is stranded in their quarters in this compelling precursor to disaster movies. Is it possible for the main character and a courageous worker (the supporting player) free her prior to the ship sinks? Curious detail: the main setting is embodied by the legendary historic ship a real ship.

14. Nile Killing (1978)

Two legendary actresses are including the murder suspects on board a African vessel in this ensemble cast Agatha Christie detective story. The main star, as the Belgian sleuth, fails to stop numerous characters being shot, which reduces his persons of interest to a limited selection. Significantly better than the 2022 remake.

13. Dead Calm (1989)

Two lead actors act as a partners trying to get over the pain of their child's passing by taking their yacht for a spin in the ocean, where they save Billy Zane from a foundering ship. Costly error! This filmmaker's thriller is basically a slasher movie at in maritime setting, but an exceptionally well-made one that put Kidman on the map.

12. Maggie's Tale (1954)

An UK citizen, transporting items for an American industrialist, is tricked into employing a dilapidated "Scottish vessel" in this filmmaker's harsh Ealing comedy in the rebellious vein of his own earlier film. Naturally, the vessel's Scottish captain and staff deceive the inexperienced passengers for a ride, in every meaning of the term.

11. Overwhelming Power (1974)

Richard Lester imparts his suspense story a political dimension tilt in this tension-filled tale of bombs placed on a commercial vessel, the main setting. Red wire or blue wire? David Hemmings play explosive technicians; another actor, as the cruise director, serves up a touching study in tragicomic desperation.

10. Ocean Disaster (1972)

This adaptation of this writer's novel is one of the peaks of the 1970s disaster genre. The SS Poseidon is overturned by a ocean surge, and it's the responsibility of Reverend Gene Hackman to guide his flock through the inverted ship to security. a supporting player is remarkable as a shopkeeper's wife with a useful history of sports participation.

9. All is Lost (2013)

The lead actor provides a mature brilliant acting in one-man show as a person battling to survive in the Indian Ocean after his personal boat, the main setting, is impaired in a collision with an stray shipping container. It's stressful enough to view, so one can only imagine how exceptionally strenuous it must have been for the elderly actor to film.

8. Vessel Leader (2013)

The main star provides outstanding acting in among his ordinary-person-in-extraordinary-circumstances characters, as the commander of an US merchant vessel commandeered by maritime criminals off the Horn of Africa. He's matched by another actor ("I'm the captain now"), making a remarkable film debut as the criminal boss in this filmmaker's suspense film, derived from true stories. Should the last scene doesn't make you blub, you're not human.

7. Three-Sided Figure (2009)

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