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20. Ocean Terror (1998)

Stephen Sommers' sci-fi horror pulp follows a collection of memorable ensemble cast acting as soldiers of fortune contracted to demolish the luxury liner a fictional ship. But a enormous cephalopod has got there first! Among the endangered passengers are Kevin J O'Connor as a jewel thief.

19. The Legend of 1900 (1998)

A newborn, abandoned on the passenger vessel the central location, develops to be a gifted pianist (the lead actor) who never steps off the vessel. The peak moment of Giuseppe Tornatore's fantastical tale is the protagonist fighting a musical showdown with a historical figure, rather unfairly shown as a smug bastard.

18. Ocean Planet (1995)

The main star plays a fighter-inspired nomad with mutated appendages and a souped-up watercraft in this big-budget science fiction adventure, located in a distant time where vanishing ice sheets have inundated the Earth. The entire population is hunting for fabled solid ground while fending off the villain and his band of chain-smoking raiders.

17. RMS Titanic (1997)

A significant portion of love story development between a wealthy lady (the female lead) and an free-spirited artist (the actor) are redeemed by this filmmaker's spectacular recreation of one the 20th century's most infamous disasters. You have to admire the audacity of a film-maker who artfully converts a death toll of numerous victims into an heartening story of freedom.

16. Vessel of Madness (1965)

Peasants, flamenco dancers and political extremists interact on a ocean liner journeying from Latin America to the Continent in the interwar period. Stanley Kramer's epic stars a cinema icon, in her last performance, as a melancholy character, but it's a co-star, as the medical officer, and a talented performer, as a political noblewoman, who deliver the movie with its powerful impact.

15. Final Journey (1960)

The fictional ship is torn asunder in an blast and the lead actor's partner (the co-star) is trapped in their room in this intense proto-disaster pic. Is it possible for the main character and a courageous worker (the actor) free her ahead of the boat submerges? Interesting note: the main setting is represented by the famous European vessel an actual ocean liner.

14. Death on the Nile (1978)

Two legendary actresses are including the murder suspects on board a African vessel in this all-star crime novelist whodunit. Peter Ustinov, as the Belgian sleuth, fails to stop several passengers being stabbed, which narrows his suspects to a smaller group. Significantly better than the recent version.

13. Sea Silence (1989)

Two lead actors play a husband and wife seeking to heal from the grief of their child's passing by sailing their boat for a trip in the sea, where they rescue Billy Zane from a foundering ship. Big mistake! This filmmaker's tense movie is basically a horror film at sea, but an exceptionally well-made one that made her famous.

12. The Maggie (1954)

An British man, transporting items for an American industrialist, is deceived into hiring a dilapidated "Scottish vessel" in the director's harsh British film in the unconventional tradition of his own Whisky Galore!. Naturally, the boat's UK commander and staff deceive the inexperienced passengers for a trip, in all senses of the word.

11. Overwhelming Power (1974)

The director gives his suspense story a social commentary angle in this tension-filled yarn of explosives placed on a commercial vessel, the main setting. Red wire or blue wire? Two lead actors play bomb disposal experts; another actor, as the cruise director, serves up a emotional depiction in sadly funny despair.

10. Ocean Disaster (1972)

This film version of the author's book is among the zenith of the seventies catastrophe films. The fictional ship is capsized by a ocean surge, and it's the job of the lead character to direct his flock through the upturned ship to rescue. a supporting player is remarkable as a small business owner's partner with a useful experience of athletic swimming.

9. Everything's Gone (2013)

Robert Redford gives a mature brilliant acting in solo performance as a man struggling to stay alive in the specific sea after his yacht, the fictional ship, is impaired in a collision with an lost shipping container. It's anxious enough to watch, so heaven knows how extremely demanding it must have been for the elderly actor to film.

8. Vessel Leader (2013)

Tom Hanks provides excellent performance in among his regular-guys-under-intolerable-pressure characters, as the captain of an American cargo ship commandeered by African raiders off the specific location. He has great chemistry by a co-star ("Now I'm in charge"), delivering a sensational initial cinematic appearance as the raider leader in this filmmaker's tense movie, based on actual incidents. Should the last scene fails to move you, you're not human.

7. Triangle (2009)

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