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20. Deep Rising (1998)

Stephen Sommers' sci-fi horror pulp chronicles a group of scene-stealing ensemble cast playing soldiers of fortune contracted to destroy the luxury liner the main setting. But a massive sea creature has already arrived! Featuring the likely victims are Kevin J O'Connor as a jewel thief.

19. The 1900 Story (1998)

A baby, abandoned on the transatlantic liner a fictional ship, develops to be a talented keyboardist (the lead actor) who refuses to leave the ship. The peak moment of Giuseppe Tornatore's fantastical tale is the protagonist battling a keyboard contest with a historical figure, rather unfairly shown as a arrogant character.

18. Aquatic World (1995)

Kevin Costner acts as a fighter-inspired drifter with mutated appendages and a modified watercraft in this high-cost sci-fi B-movie, set in a distant time where vanishing ice sheets have submerged the Earth. Everyone is searching for legendary terra firma while resisting the antagonist and his group of chain-smoking marauders.

17. The Titanic (1997)

Two hours of romantic interludes between a wealthy lady (Kate Winslet) and an itinerant yobbo (the actor) are rescued by the director's spectacular recreation of one the 20th century's notorious catastrophes. It's impossible not to respect the boldness of a director who artfully converts a casualties of 1,500 into an emotionally uplifting narrative of emancipation.

16. Boat of Lunatics (1965)

Working-class people, artistic entertainers and Nazi eugenicists interact on a ocean liner traveling from Latin America to Europe in 1933. Stanley Kramer's sweeping drama features a legendary actress, in her swan song, as a unhappy separated woman, but it's a co-star, as the medical officer, and another cast member, as a radical countess, who supply the movie with its dramatic punch.

15. Final Journey (1960)

The fictional ship is destroyed in an detonation and the lead actor's spouse (the co-star) is stuck in their quarters in this gripping proto-disaster pic. Will Stack and a heroic engineer (the supporting player) rescue her prior to the vessel goes down? Fun fact: the fictional ship is represented by the renowned French liner Île de France.

14. Murder on the Nile (1978)

Angela Lansbury are among the homicide possibilities on board a Nile paddle steamer in this celebrity-filled Agatha Christie detective story. Peter Ustinov, as Hercule Poirot, fails to stop half the cast being stabbed, which whittles down his suspects to a limited selection. Significantly better than the 2022 remake.

13. Dead Calm (1989)

Nicole Kidman act as a husband and wife seeking to heal from the trauma of their child's passing by sailing their boat for a spin in the Pacific, where they save a co-star from a foundering ship. Poor decision! This filmmaker's tense movie is basically a killers-on-the-loose story at sea, but an exceptionally well-made one that put Kidman on the map.

12. The Maggie Story (1954)

An British man, transporting furniture for an wealthy entrepreneur, is deceived into hiring a poor condition "Scottish vessel" in the director's dark UK production in the rebellious tradition of his own Whisky Galore!. Predictably, the vessel's Scottish captain and crew trick the main characters for a trip, in every meaning of the word.

11. Unstoppable Force (1974)

Richard Lester provides his suspense story a state-of-the-nation tilt in this nerve-shredding yarn of bombs positioned on a luxury liner, the fictional ship. What's the correct choice? David Hemmings play bomb disposal experts; another actor, as the vessel's activities coordinator, delivers a touching study in humorous tragedy.

10. Poseidon's Journey (1972)

This adaptation of this writer's novel is part of the peaks of the era of disaster movies. The SS Poseidon is flipped over by a ocean surge, and it's up to Reverend Gene Hackman to lead his flock through the flipped ship to security. Shelley Winters is memorable as a small business owner's partner with a handy experience of competitive swimming.

9. Everything's Gone (2013)

Robert Redford gives a experienced masterclass in one-man show as a individual fighting to survive in the maritime location after his personal boat, the Virginia Jean, is impaired in a impact with an stray cargo box. It's anxious enough to view, so heaven knows how extremely demanding it must have been for the 76-year-old star to record.

8. Captain Phillips (2013)

The main star does outstanding acting in among his everyman-in-crisis roles, as the skipper of an commercial transport seized by maritime criminals off the geographical area. He's matched by another actor ("I control this vessel"), making a remarkable film debut as the raider leader in the director's tense movie, derived from actual incidents. If the final sequence doesn't bring tears, you have no heart.

7. Three-Sided Figure (2009)

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