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20. Deep Rising (1998)

Stephen Sommers' sci-fi horror pulp chronicles a collection of memorable character actors playing hired guns contracted to demolish the passenger vessel the main setting. However a giant mutant octopus has already arrived! Among the likely victims are Famke Janssen as a diamond criminal.

19. The Legend of 1900 (1998)

A newborn, abandoned on the ocean-going ship a fictional ship, develops to be a talented keyboardist (Tim Roth) who refuses to leave the boat. The peak moment of the director's fantastical tale is the main character fighting a keyboard contest with a jazz legend, rather unfairly shown as a arrogant character.

18. Ocean Planet (1995)

The lead actor acts as a warrior-esque nomad with webbed feet and a enhanced watercraft in this big-budget futuristic thriller, set in a distant time where melting polar ice-caps have flooded the world. The entire population is searching for legendary terra firma while fighting off the villain and his gang of constantly puffing marauders.

17. Titanic (1997)

A significant portion of tiresome canoodling between a posh chick (Kate Winslet) and an free-spirited artist (the male lead) are rescued by James Cameron's spectacular recreation of a famous notorious tragedies. It's impossible not to respect the boldness of a film-maker who successfully transforms a death toll of 1,500 into an heartening story of emancipation.

16. Boat of Lunatics (1965)

Commoners, flamenco dancers and German ideologists mingle on a passenger ship traveling from Mexico to Europe in 1933. The director's large-scale film features a legendary actress, in her swan song, as a unhappy separated woman, but it's another actor, as the vessel's physician, and a talented performer, as a radical countess, who deliver the film with its powerful impact.

15. Final Journey (1960)

The central vessel is ripped apart in an blast and Robert Stack's partner (the co-star) is stranded in their room in this gripping early catastrophe film. Can the hero and a brave technician (the supporting player) rescue her before the ship sinks? Interesting note: the Claridon is embodied by the renowned historic ship an actual ocean liner.

14. Death on the Nile (1978)

Two legendary actresses are among the killing culprits on board a Egyptian riverboat in this ensemble cast Agatha Christie detective story. The main star, as the Belgian sleuth, is unable to halt several passengers being killed, which whittles down his suspects to a smaller group. Significantly better than the recent version.

13. Ocean Stillness (1989)

Two lead actors play a partners attempting to recover from the pain of their child's passing by venturing on their vessel for a spin in the sea, where they recover a co-star from a foundering ship. Costly error! Phillip Noyce's thriller is fundamentally a killers-on-the-loose story at in maritime setting, but an ultra-classy one that put Kidman on the map.

12. The Maggie (1954)

An Englishman, moving items for an American industrialist, is deceived into employing a run-down "Clyde puffer" in this filmmaker's brutal Ealing comedy in the subversive vein of his own Whisky Galore!. Naturally, the vessel's British skipper and staff trick the main characters for a trip, in multiple interpretations of the expression.

11. Overwhelming Power (1974)

The director gives his catastrophe film a state-of-the-nation perspective in this anxiety-inducing tale of detonators placed on a passenger ship, the fictional ship. Red wire or blue wire? Two lead actors portray demolition specialists; another actor, as the cruise director, provides a emotional depiction in sadly funny despair.

10. Ocean Disaster (1972)

This cinematic interpretation of this writer's book is among the zenith of the 1970s disaster genre. The fictional ship is overturned by a tsunami, and it's the responsibility of the lead character to guide his followers through the inverted hull to safety. a supporting player is unforgettable as a shopkeeper's wife with a handy history of sports participation.

9. Everything's Gone (2013)

The lead actor gives a late-career masterclass in one-man show as a person battling to survive in the maritime location after his sailing vessel, the main setting, is impaired in a crash with an stray cargo box. It's stressful enough to view, so one can only imagine how physically gruelling it must have been for the senior performer to shoot.

8. Vessel Leader (2013)

The lead actor delivers outstanding acting in among his everyman-in-crisis characters, as the skipper of an US merchant vessel commandeered by African raiders off the geographical area. He's matched by Barkhad Abdi ("Now I'm in charge"), delivering a outstanding film debut as the raider leader in Paul Greengrass's tense movie, based on actual incidents. When the last scene doesn't make you blub, you're emotionally detached.

7. Three-Sided Figure (2009)

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