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20. Abyssal Attack (1998)

The director's science fiction thriller details a collection of memorable character actors playing mercenaries employed to demolish the cruise ship a fictional ship. But a massive sea creature has beaten them to it! Among the potential cephalopod fodder are Famke Janssen as a gem smuggler.

19. The 1900 Story (1998)

A baby, left on the transatlantic liner a fictional ship, grows up to be a talented keyboardist (the lead actor) who refuses to leave the vessel. The climax of Giuseppe Tornatore's imaginative story is Roth fighting a musical showdown with a historical figure, somewhat unjustly portrayed as a arrogant character.

18. Aquatic World (1995)

Kevin Costner portrays a samurai-like drifter with webbed feet and a modified sailing vessel in this big-budget sci-fi B-movie, located in a distant time where disappearing glaciers have inundated the planet. The entire population is searching for fabled solid ground while resisting the villain and his band of constantly puffing marauders.

17. RMS Titanic (1997)

Two hours of tiresome canoodling between a upper-class woman (the female lead) and an itinerant yobbo (Leonardo DiCaprio) are rescued by this filmmaker's spectacular recreation of among history's notorious tragedies. It's impossible not to respect the boldness of a cinematic artist who manages to twist a casualties of numerous victims into an inspiring narrative of liberation.

16. Ship of Fools (1965)

Peasants, flamenco dancers and Nazi eugenicists rub shoulders on a ocean liner traveling from Mexico to the Old World in the interwar period. This filmmaker's epic features Vivien Leigh, in her last performance, as a sad divorcee, but it's another actor, as the medical officer, and Simone Signoret, as a political noblewoman, who provide the film with its powerful impact.

15. Ultimate Trip (1960)

The central vessel is destroyed in an explosion and the lead actor's wife (Dorothy Malone) is trapped in their quarters in this intense proto-disaster pic. Will Stack and a courageous worker (the supporting player) rescue her ahead of the ship sinks? Interesting note: the fictional ship is embodied by the legendary French liner a real ship.

14. Nile Killing (1978)

Bette Davis are part of the killing culprits on board a Egyptian riverboat in this ensemble cast mystery writer detective story. Peter Ustinov, as the famous detective, fails to stop half the cast being killed, which narrows his suspects to a manageable number. Bags more fun than the 2022 remake.

13. Ocean Stillness (1989)

Two lead actors portray a husband and wife attempting to recover from the pain of their son's death by sailing their boat for a spin in the ocean, where they save another actor from a damaged vessel. Costly error! This filmmaker's tense movie is fundamentally a horror film at in maritime setting, but an high-quality one that launched her career.

12. The Maggie Story (1954)

An UK citizen, transporting goods for an wealthy entrepreneur, is tricked into employing a dilapidated "type of boat" in the director's dark Ealing comedy in the subversive style of his own previous work. Naturally, the vessel's British skipper and crew take the two landlubbers for a journey, in all senses of the expression.

11. Juggernaut (1974)

This filmmaker gives his suspense story a state-of-the-nation angle in this tension-filled yarn of detonators positioned on a luxury liner, the SS Britannic. What's the correct choice? Two lead actors play demolition specialists; another actor, as the vessel's activities coordinator, serves up a touching study in tragicomic desperation.

10. Poseidon's Journey (1972)

This adaptation of this writer's novel is one of the high points of the 1970s disaster genre. The SS Poseidon is overturned by a ocean surge, and it's the job of Reverend Gene Hackman to lead his group through the inverted vessel to rescue. the actress is remarkable as a shopkeeper's wife with a handy history of athletic swimming.

9. All is Lost (2013)

Robert Redford gives a experienced exemplary performance in one-man show as a individual fighting to stay alive in the maritime location after his sailing vessel, the fictional ship, is harmed in a crash with an stray cargo box. It's anxious enough to view, so heaven knows how physically gruelling it must have been for the elderly actor to record.

8. Vessel Leader (2013)

The main star does outstanding acting in part of his everyman-in-crisis characters, as the captain of an US merchant vessel hijacked by maritime criminals off the geographical area. He's matched by a co-star ("Now I'm in charge"), making a outstanding initial cinematic appearance as the criminal boss in the director's thriller, inspired by true stories. When the concluding moment doesn't bring tears, you're not human.

7. Three-Sided Figure (2009)

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