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20. Ocean Terror (1998)

This filmmaker's sci-fi horror pulp follows a bunch of memorable supporting players portraying mercenaries employed to sink the luxury liner the main setting. Yet a massive sea creature has beaten them to it! Featuring the likely victims are Kevin J O'Connor as a jewel thief.

19. 1900's Tale (1998)

A infant, deserted on the ocean-going ship SS Virginian, matures to be a gifted pianist (the main star) who refuses to leave the boat. The climax of the director's imaginative story is the protagonist fighting a keyboard contest with a historical figure, rather unfairly shown as a smug bastard.

18. Ocean Planet (1995)

The main star acts as a fighter-inspired nomad with mutated appendages and a souped-up sailing vessel in this high-cost sci-fi B-movie, taking place in a distant time where disappearing glaciers have flooded the world. The entire population is seeking fabled solid ground while resisting the antagonist and his group of chain-smoking pirates.

17. RMS Titanic (1997)

An extended period of love story development between a posh chick (Kate Winslet) and an working-class man (the actor) are saved by James Cameron's spectacular recreation of a famous well-known catastrophes. You have to admire the boldness of a film-maker who successfully transforms a fatalities of numerous victims into an inspiring narrative of freedom.

16. Boat of Lunatics (1965)

Peasants, artistic entertainers and political extremists mingle on a commercial vessel traveling from Mexico to the Old World in the interwar period. The director's large-scale film includes a cinema icon, in her last performance, as a unhappy separated woman, but it's Oskar Werner, as the ship's doctor, and Simone Signoret, as a political noblewoman, who supply the motion picture with its powerful impact.

15. Ultimate Trip (1960)

The central vessel is ripped apart in an explosion and Robert Stack's wife (the co-star) is stranded in their room in this gripping early catastrophe film. Is it possible for the main character and a heroic engineer (the actor) free her before the vessel goes down? Fun fact: the fictional ship is played by the legendary French liner Île de France.

14. Nile Killing (1978)

Bette Davis are among the homicide possibilities on board a African vessel in this all-star mystery writer murder mystery. The main star, as the famous detective, is unable to halt several passengers being shot, which reduces his suspects to a manageable number. Much more enjoyable than the recent version.

13. Dead Calm (1989)

Two lead actors portray a partners trying to get over the trauma of their child's passing by sailing their boat for a trip in the Pacific, where they save Billy Zane from a foundering ship. Big mistake! This filmmaker's thriller is essentially a killers-on-the-loose story at in maritime setting, but an ultra-classy one that made her famous.

12. Maggie's Tale (1954)

An Englishman, moving items for an wealthy entrepreneur, is tricked into hiring a dilapidated "type of boat" in Alexander Mackendrick's brutal UK production in the rebellious style of his own previous work. Of course, the boat's Scottish captain and staff deceive the inexperienced passengers for a journey, in every meaning of the term.

11. Unstoppable Force (1974)

Richard Lester provides his suspense story a social commentary angle in this anxiety-inducing yarn of bombs positioned on a luxury liner, the SS Britannic. What's the correct choice? Richard Harris act as bomb disposal experts; another actor, as the cruise director, provides a emotional study in tragicomic desperation.

10. Poseidon's Journey (1972)

This adaptation of the author's novel is part of the high points of the seventies catastrophe films. The SS Poseidon is overturned by a tidal wave, and it's the responsibility of Reverend Gene Hackman to guide his group through the upturned vessel to rescue. the actress is memorable as a small business owner's partner with a handy experience of competitive swimming.

9. Total Loss (2013)

Robert Redford provides a experienced masterclass in solo performance as a man fighting to survive in the Indian Ocean after his personal boat, the fictional ship, is damaged in a impact with an errant shipping container. It's nerve-wracking enough to watch, so one can only imagine how extremely demanding it must have been for the elderly actor to shoot.

8. Vessel Leader (2013)

Tom Hanks delivers outstanding acting in one of his regular-guys-under-intolerable-pressure performances, as the commander of an American cargo ship seized by African raiders off the geographical area. He has great chemistry by another actor ("I'm the captain now"), providing a outstanding film debut as the pirate chief in this filmmaker's thriller, inspired by real events. Should the concluding moment doesn't make you blub, you're emotionally detached.

7. Three-Sided Figure (2009)

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