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20. Abyssal Attack (1998)

This filmmaker's sci-fi horror pulp follows a group of memorable ensemble cast playing mercenaries contracted to demolish the luxury liner Argonautica. However a giant mutant octopus has got there first! Including the likely victims are Treat Williams as a jewel thief.

19. The 1900 Story (1998)

A baby, deserted on the transatlantic liner the central location, matures to be a talented keyboardist (the main star) who never steps off the boat. The peak moment of Giuseppe Tornatore's fantastical tale is Roth fighting a musical showdown with a historical figure, somewhat unjustly portrayed as a arrogant character.

18. Ocean Planet (1995)

The main star plays a warrior-esque wanderer with aquatic adaptations and a enhanced trimaran in this big-budget futuristic thriller, located in a distant time where melting polar ice-caps have submerged the planet. Everyone is hunting for legendary terra firma while fighting off the antagonist and his band of continuously smoking pirates.

17. RMS Titanic (1997)

An extended period of romantic interludes between a upper-class woman (the female lead) and an itinerant yobbo (Leonardo DiCaprio) are redeemed by this filmmaker's impressive reconstruction of a famous well-known catastrophes. You have to admire the chutzpah of a cinematic artist who artfully converts a death toll of numerous victims into an emotionally uplifting tale of liberation.

16. Ship of Fools (1965)

Peasants, flamenco dancers and German ideologists mingle on a ocean liner sailing from Latin America to the Continent in the pre-war era. Stanley Kramer's large-scale film includes Vivien Leigh, in her last performance, as a melancholy character, but it's Oskar Werner, as the medical officer, and a talented performer, as a radical countess, who provide the movie with its emotional wallop.

15. The Last Voyage (1960)

The central vessel is ripped apart in an blast and the protagonist's spouse (the co-star) is stuck in their room in this compelling early catastrophe film. Will the main character and a brave technician (Woody Strode) free her ahead of the boat submerges? Curious detail: the Claridon is played by the legendary European vessel Île de France.

14. Murder on the Nile (1978)

Angela Lansbury are part of the killing culprits on board a African vessel in this celebrity-filled crime novelist detective story. The lead actor, as the Belgian sleuth, fails to stop numerous characters being shot, which narrows his potential killers to a manageable number. Much more enjoyable than the modern adaptation.

13. Dead Calm (1989)

Sam Neill act as a partners attempting to recover from the trauma of their son's death by venturing on their vessel for a spin in the ocean, where they save another actor from a sinking schooner. Poor decision! Phillip Noyce's suspense film is essentially a horror film at on the ocean, but an high-quality one that made her famous.

12. The Maggie Story (1954)

An Englishman, shipping items for an American industrialist, is manipulated into hiring a run-down "Clyde puffer" in Alexander Mackendrick's dark UK production in the rebellious style of his own previous work. Naturally, the ship's British skipper and crew take the two landlubbers for a journey, in every meaning of the word.

11. Unstoppable Force (1974)

The director imparts his catastrophe film a political dimension tilt in this nerve-shredding yarn of detonators planted on a commercial vessel, the main setting. What's the correct choice? David Hemmings play explosive technicians; another actor, as the cruise director, serves up a emotional study in tragicomic desperation.

10. Poseidon's Journey (1972)

This adaptation of this writer's literary work is one of the peaks of the 1970s disaster genre. The fictional ship is overturned by a tidal wave, and it's the responsibility of the main protagonist to guide his followers through the inverted vessel to rescue. Shelley Winters is unforgettable as a small business owner's partner with a handy background of sports participation.

9. All is Lost (2013)

The main star delivers a mature brilliant acting in solo performance as a individual struggling to stay alive in the maritime location after his personal boat, the fictional ship, is damaged in a collision with an lost cargo box. It's stressful enough to view, so it's difficult to comprehend how extremely demanding it must have been for the senior performer to record.

8. Captain Phillips (2013)

The main star delivers outstanding acting in part of his everyman-in-crisis performances, as the captain of an commercial transport seized by Somali pirates off the Horn of Africa. His performance is complemented by Barkhad Abdi ("I'm the captain now"), delivering a remarkable first movie role as the pirate chief in Paul Greengrass's thriller, inspired by true stories. When the concluding moment fails to move you, you're not human.

7. Three-Sided Figure (2009)

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