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20. Abyssal Attack (1998)

This filmmaker's futuristic scarefest chronicles a group of scene-stealing ensemble cast playing hired guns hired to sink the cruise ship a fictional ship. But a massive sea creature has beaten them to it! Including the potential cephalopod fodder are Treat Williams as a jewel thief.

19. The 1900 Story (1998)

A baby, deserted on the ocean-going ship SS Virginian, develops to be a accomplished musician (Tim Roth) who never steps off the vessel. The climax of this filmmaker's whimsical hokum is the main character battling a piano duel with Jelly Roll Morton, arguably inaccurately portrayed as a arrogant character.

18. Ocean Planet (1995)

Kevin Costner plays a samurai-like wanderer with aquatic adaptations and a souped-up watercraft in this megabudget futuristic thriller, set in a distant time where disappearing glaciers have submerged the Earth. The entire population is seeking legendary terra firma while resisting the antagonist and his band of chain-smoking pirates.

17. RMS Titanic (1997)

Two hours of love story development between a upper-class woman (Kate Winslet) and an working-class man (Leonardo DiCaprio) are saved by James Cameron's impressive reconstruction of among history's well-known catastrophes. One must appreciate the chutzpah of a film-maker who artfully converts a fatalities of numerous victims into an inspiring tale of emancipation.

16. Boat of Lunatics (1965)

Commoners, artistic entertainers and political extremists interact on a ocean liner journeying from Latin America to Europe in 1933. Stanley Kramer's epic includes a legendary actress, in her swan song, as a sad divorcee, but it's Oskar Werner, as the medical officer, and a talented performer, as a political noblewoman, who supply the motion picture with its emotional wallop.

15. Final Journey (1960)

The central vessel is destroyed in an detonation and the protagonist's partner (the actress) is trapped in their room in this compelling precursor to disaster movies. Is it possible for the hero and a brave technician (the actor) save her prior to the vessel goes down? Interesting note: the fictional ship is played by the famous European vessel Île de France.

14. Nile Killing (1978)

Two legendary actresses are part of the killing culprits on board a African vessel in this celebrity-filled Agatha Christie murder mystery. The main star, as the famous detective, is unable to halt numerous characters being killed, which reduces his potential killers to a manageable number. Bags more fun than the 2022 remake.

13. Sea Silence (1989)

Nicole Kidman act as a partners trying to get over the grief of their child's passing by venturing on their vessel for a trip in the Pacific, where they recover a co-star from a sinking schooner. Costly error! Phillip Noyce's thriller is basically a killers-on-the-loose story at on the ocean, but an ultra-classy one that made her famous.

12. Maggie's Tale (1954)

An British man, moving items for an American industrialist, is manipulated into using a dilapidated "Clyde puffer" in this filmmaker's dark British film in the unconventional vein of his own Whisky Galore!. Naturally, the boat's UK commander and crew take the two landlubbers for a trip, in all senses of the term.

11. Overwhelming Power (1974)

Richard Lester imparts his suspense story a political dimension tilt in this nerve-shredding yarn of explosives placed on a passenger ship, the fictional ship. What's the correct choice? David Hemmings play demolition specialists; Roy Kinnear, as the ship's entertainments director, serves up a heartbreaking depiction in humorous tragedy.

10. The Poseidon Adventure (1972)

This adaptation of this writer's literary work is among the high points of the 1970s disaster genre. The central vessel is capsized by a tidal wave, and it's the job of the main protagonist to guide his followers through the upturned hull to security. a supporting player is memorable as a shopkeeper's wife with a practical experience of athletic swimming.

9. Everything's Gone (2013)

The main star provides a experienced exemplary performance in one-man show as a person battling to endure in the Indian Ocean after his sailing vessel, the fictional ship, is harmed in a collision with an stray shipping container. It's stressful enough to observe, so it's difficult to comprehend how extremely demanding it must have been for the senior performer to film.

8. Ship Commander (2013)

The lead actor provides outstanding acting in one of his regular-guys-under-intolerable-pressure roles, as the skipper of an commercial transport commandeered by maritime criminals off the geographical area. He has great chemistry by a co-star ("Now I'm in charge"), making a remarkable first movie role as the pirate chief in this filmmaker's thriller, based on real events. When the final sequence doesn't make you blub, you're emotionally detached.

7. Triangle (2009)

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