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20. Deep Rising (1998)

Stephen Sommers' sci-fi horror pulp details a collection of memorable character actors playing hired guns hired to demolish the luxury liner Argonautica. However a massive sea creature has beaten them to it! Including the likely victims are Famke Janssen as a diamond criminal.

19. 1900's Tale (1998)

A baby, left on the transatlantic liner a fictional ship, develops to be a gifted pianist (the main star) who refuses to leave the vessel. The climax of this filmmaker's fantastical tale is Roth fighting a musical showdown with a jazz legend, rather unfairly portrayed as a arrogant character.

18. Waterworld (1995)

The main star plays a samurai-like wanderer with aquatic adaptations and a enhanced watercraft in this megabudget sci-fi B-movie, located in a distant time where melting polar ice-caps have submerged the Earth. The entire population is searching for legendary terra firma while resisting Dennis Hopper and his group of constantly puffing raiders.

17. RMS Titanic (1997)

An extended period of romantic interludes between a wealthy lady (Kate Winslet) and an free-spirited artist (the male lead) are rescued by this filmmaker's impressive reconstruction of one the 20th century's notorious catastrophes. It's impossible not to respect the boldness of a film-maker who manages to twist a casualties of 1,500 into an emotionally uplifting story of emancipation.

16. Ship of Fools (1965)

Commoners, artistic entertainers and Nazi eugenicists mingle on a passenger ship journeying from Mexico to the Old World in the pre-war era. Stanley Kramer's sweeping drama includes a cinema icon, in her final role, as a melancholy character, but it's Oskar Werner, as the vessel's physician, and a talented performer, as a aristocratic rebel, who supply the motion picture with its dramatic punch.

15. The Last Voyage (1960)

The fictional ship is destroyed in an explosion and the lead actor's partner (the co-star) is stranded in their room in this intense proto-disaster pic. Can Stack and a courageous worker (the supporting player) free her ahead of the vessel goes down? Fun fact: the Claridon is represented by the renowned French liner Île de France.

14. Nile Killing (1978)

Two legendary actresses are among the homicide possibilities on board a African vessel in this celebrity-filled mystery writer whodunit. The lead actor, as the Belgian sleuth, cannot prevent several passengers being killed, which whittles down his persons of interest to a limited selection. Bags more fun than the 2022 remake.

13. Dead Calm (1989)

Nicole Kidman play a married couple attempting to recover from the pain of their son's death by sailing their boat for a trip in the sea, where they save Billy Zane from a sinking schooner. Costly error! The director's suspense film is basically a horror film at sea, but an ultra-classy one that made her famous.

12. Maggie's Tale (1954)

An Englishman, shipping goods for an American industrialist, is tricked into using a poor condition "type of boat" in the director's dark UK production in the subversive vein of his own previous work. Of course, the boat's UK commander and team trick the main characters for a ride, in all senses of the word.

11. Unstoppable Force (1974)

Richard Lester imparts his suspense story a political dimension tilt in this anxiety-inducing yarn of explosives placed on a luxury liner, the fictional ship. Which wire to cut? Two lead actors act as demolition specialists; a supporting player, as the cruise director, delivers a heartbreaking portrayal in tragicomic desperation.

10. Ocean Disaster (1972)

This adaptation of this writer's book is among the peaks of the 1970s disaster genre. The SS Poseidon is flipped over by a tsunami, and it's up to Reverend Gene Hackman to lead his flock through the inverted vessel to safety. Shelley Winters is unforgettable as a retailer's spouse with a handy background of athletic swimming.

9. Total Loss (2013)

Robert Redford gives a experienced masterclass in one-man show as a individual battling to survive in the specific sea after his sailing vessel, the fictional ship, is harmed in a collision with an lost cargo box. It's stressful enough to observe, so one can only imagine how extremely demanding it must have been for the elderly actor to shoot.

8. Vessel Leader (2013)

The lead actor does sterling work in one of his ordinary-person-in-extraordinary-circumstances characters, as the skipper of an American cargo ship commandeered by maritime criminals off the specific location. He has great chemistry by Barkhad Abdi ("I control this vessel"), making a outstanding film debut as the criminal boss in Paul Greengrass's thriller, derived from true stories. Should the final sequence doesn't make you blub, you're emotionally detached.

7. Triangle (2009)

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