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20. Abyssal Attack (1998)

The director's science fiction thriller details a bunch of scene-stealing character actors playing soldiers of fortune hired to demolish the luxury liner a fictional ship. However a giant mutant octopus has got there first! Including the potential cephalopod fodder are Treat Williams as a diamond criminal.

19. 1900's Tale (1998)

A newborn, left on the transatlantic liner the central location, develops to be a talented keyboardist (Tim Roth) who never steps off the vessel. The climax of this filmmaker's whimsical hokum is the main character fighting a keyboard contest with Jelly Roll Morton, arguably inaccurately portrayed as a overconfident individual.

18. Waterworld (1995)

The main star acts as a warrior-esque drifter with mutated appendages and a modified watercraft in this big-budget sci-fi B-movie, located in a distant time where vanishing ice sheets have submerged the Earth. All people is seeking fabled solid ground while fending off Dennis Hopper and his gang of chain-smoking marauders.

17. The Titanic (1997)

An extended period of love story development between a posh chick (Kate Winslet) and an itinerant yobbo (the actor) are saved by the director's breathtaking depiction of one the 20th century's well-known catastrophes. You have to admire the audacity of a film-maker who manages to twist a death toll of 1,500 into an inspiring tale of emancipation.

16. Ship of Fools (1965)

Commoners, flamenco dancers and political extremists rub shoulders on a ocean liner journeying from Latin America to the Old World in the pre-war era. The director's sweeping drama stars Vivien Leigh, in her final role, as a unhappy separated woman, but it's a co-star, as the ship's doctor, and another cast member, as a political noblewoman, who supply the movie with its powerful impact.

15. Ultimate Trip (1960)

The central vessel is destroyed in an explosion and the protagonist's wife (Dorothy Malone) is trapped in their room in this gripping proto-disaster pic. Is it possible for the hero and a brave technician (the actor) save her ahead of the ship sinks? Fun fact: the Claridon is played by the renowned European vessel Île de France.

14. Murder on the Nile (1978)

Two legendary actresses are among the murder suspects on board a Nile paddle steamer in this ensemble cast Agatha Christie detective story. Peter Ustinov, as the famous detective, is unable to halt numerous characters being shot, which whittles down his suspects to a limited selection. Bags more fun than the 2022 remake.

13. Ocean Stillness (1989)

Sam Neill act as a husband and wife seeking to heal from the trauma of their child's passing by taking their yacht for a trip in the ocean, where they rescue another actor from a sinking schooner. Big mistake! The director's thriller is essentially a slasher movie at sea, but an high-quality one that put Kidman on the map.

12. The Maggie (1954)

An British man, moving furniture for an wealthy entrepreneur, is deceived into employing a dilapidated "Scottish vessel" in Alexander Mackendrick's brutal British film in the subversive tradition of his own previous work. Naturally, the boat's UK commander and staff take the two landlubbers for a journey, in every meaning of the expression.

11. Overwhelming Power (1974)

This filmmaker provides his suspense story a social commentary perspective in this tension-filled yarn of explosives planted on a passenger ship, the fictional ship. What's the correct choice? David Hemmings act as bomb disposal experts; another actor, as the ship's entertainments director, provides a heartbreaking study in tragicomic desperation.

10. The Poseidon Adventure (1972)

This film version of this writer's literary work is part of the zenith of the 1970s disaster genre. The SS Poseidon is capsized by a tidal wave, and it's the job of the lead character to direct his flock through the inverted hull to rescue. a supporting player is memorable as a shopkeeper's wife with a practical experience of athletic swimming.

9. All is Lost (2013)

The lead actor delivers a late-career exemplary performance in solo performance as a man struggling to survive in the maritime location after his yacht, the Virginia Jean, is harmed in a impact with an stray shipping container. It's anxious enough to view, so heaven knows how exceptionally strenuous it must have been for the elderly actor to film.

8. Ship Commander (2013)

The lead actor does sterling work in part of his regular-guys-under-intolerable-pressure roles, as the captain of an US merchant vessel hijacked by Somali pirates off the specific location. He's matched by Barkhad Abdi ("I control this vessel"), delivering a outstanding initial cinematic appearance as the criminal boss in the director's tense movie, inspired by real events. If the last scene doesn't bring tears, you have no heart.

7. Geometric Shape (2009)

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