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20. Ocean Terror (1998)

This filmmaker's futuristic scarefest follows a collection of attention-grabbing character actors playing hired guns contracted to sink the cruise ship Argonautica. However a giant mutant octopus has already arrived! Among the endangered passengers are Famke Janssen as a gem smuggler.

19. 1900's Tale (1998)

A infant, abandoned on the transatlantic liner a fictional ship, develops to be a gifted pianist (Tim Roth) who never steps off the vessel. The highlight of the director's imaginative story is the protagonist competing in a piano duel with Jelly Roll Morton, somewhat unjustly depicted as a overconfident individual.

18. Ocean Planet (1995)

The lead actor acts as a fighter-inspired nomad with webbed feet and a enhanced watercraft in this megabudget futuristic thriller, located in a distant time where melting polar ice-caps have flooded the world. All people is hunting for fabled solid ground while resisting the villain and his band of chain-smoking marauders.

17. RMS Titanic (1997)

Two hours of tiresome canoodling between a wealthy lady (Kate Winslet) and an working-class man (the actor) are redeemed by the director's breathtaking depiction of one the 20th century's well-known catastrophes. One must appreciate the boldness of a film-maker who artfully converts a casualties of 1,500 into an inspiring tale of freedom.

16. Boat of Lunatics (1965)

Commoners, artistic entertainers and Nazi eugenicists rub shoulders on a passenger ship traveling from Mexico to the Old World in 1933. The director's epic features a legendary actress, in her swan song, as a melancholy character, but it's another actor, as the ship's doctor, and a talented performer, as a aristocratic rebel, who deliver the film with its powerful impact.

15. The Last Voyage (1960)

The central vessel is ripped apart in an detonation and Robert Stack's partner (the actress) is trapped in their quarters in this gripping early catastrophe film. Can the main character and a courageous worker (Woody Strode) free her prior to the boat submerges? Interesting note: the main setting is played by the legendary historic ship a real ship.

14. Murder on the Nile (1978)

Bette Davis are including the homicide possibilities on board a Nile paddle steamer in this celebrity-filled mystery writer detective story. Peter Ustinov, as the Belgian sleuth, is unable to halt half the cast being shot, which whittles down his potential killers to a limited selection. Significantly better than the recent version.

13. Ocean Stillness (1989)

Nicole Kidman act as a married couple seeking to heal from the pain of their child's passing by sailing their boat for a spin in the sea, where they save another actor from a sinking schooner. Costly error! This filmmaker's suspense film is basically a slasher movie at on the ocean, but an exceptionally well-made one that put Kidman on the map.

12. The Maggie Story (1954)

An British man, shipping items for an wealthy entrepreneur, is tricked into hiring a run-down "Scottish vessel" in the director's harsh UK production in the rebellious vein of his own previous work. Predictably, the boat's British skipper and staff take the two landlubbers for a journey, in all senses of the term.

11. Overwhelming Power (1974)

This filmmaker provides his catastrophe film a state-of-the-nation tilt in this tension-filled yarn of bombs positioned on a luxury liner, the fictional ship. Which wire to cut? David Hemmings portray demolition specialists; a supporting player, as the cruise director, provides a touching depiction in sadly funny despair.

10. The Poseidon Adventure (1972)

This film version of Paul Gallico's book is part of the peaks of the 1970s disaster genre. The fictional ship is flipped over by a tsunami, and it's the responsibility of the lead character to lead his group through the upturned vessel to security. Shelley Winters is unforgettable as a retailer's spouse with a useful history of competitive swimming.

9. Total Loss (2013)

Robert Redford delivers a mature exemplary performance in single character portrayal as a individual battling to stay alive in the Indian Ocean after his sailing vessel, the Virginia Jean, is harmed in a impact with an errant shipping container. It's stressful enough to view, so it's difficult to comprehend how physically gruelling it must have been for the 76-year-old star to record.

8. Ship Commander (2013)

The lead actor provides outstanding acting in part of his ordinary-person-in-extraordinary-circumstances roles, as the skipper of an American cargo ship seized by African raiders off the geographical area. He's matched by another actor ("I control this vessel"), making a outstanding first movie role as the raider leader in the director's tense movie, derived from real events. Should the concluding moment fails to move you, you're not human.

7. Geometric Shape (2009)

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