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20. Deep Rising (1998)

This filmmaker's sci-fi horror pulp chronicles a bunch of scene-stealing character actors portraying hired guns contracted to sink the luxury liner a fictional ship. Yet a giant mutant octopus has got there first! Including the likely victims are Treat Williams as a gem smuggler.

19. 1900's Tale (1998)

A baby, left on the passenger vessel SS Virginian, matures to be a accomplished musician (the main star) who never steps off the boat. The climax of Giuseppe Tornatore's fantastical tale is the main character battling a keyboard contest with a historical figure, arguably inaccurately portrayed as a arrogant character.

18. Ocean Planet (1995)

The main star plays a warrior-esque nomad with webbed feet and a souped-up sailing vessel in this megabudget sci-fi B-movie, set in a future where vanishing ice sheets have inundated the Earth. All people is hunting for fabled solid ground while fighting off the villain and his band of chain-smoking marauders.

17. RMS Titanic (1997)

A significant portion of tiresome canoodling between a posh chick (the actress) and an itinerant yobbo (Leonardo DiCaprio) are saved by the director's breathtaking depiction of one the 20th century's notorious tragedies. It's impossible not to respect the audacity of a director who manages to twist a fatalities of numerous victims into an inspiring tale of freedom.

16. Ship of Fools (1965)

Peasants, Spanish performers and German ideologists mingle on a passenger ship journeying from Latin America to Europe in 1933. The director's epic features Vivien Leigh, in her last performance, as a unhappy separated woman, but it's another actor, as the ship's doctor, and another cast member, as a radical countess, who supply the movie with its powerful impact.

15. Ultimate Trip (1960)

The central vessel is torn asunder in an detonation and the protagonist's spouse (Dorothy Malone) is trapped in their room in this gripping proto-disaster pic. Will the hero and a heroic engineer (the actor) rescue her before the ship sinks? Curious detail: the main setting is embodied by the legendary historic ship a real ship.

14. Nile Killing (1978)

Bette Davis are part of the killing culprits on board a Nile paddle steamer in this ensemble cast mystery writer murder mystery. The lead actor, as the famous detective, cannot prevent half the cast being stabbed, which narrows his potential killers to a limited selection. Bags more fun than the recent version.

13. Dead Calm (1989)

Nicole Kidman act as a partners seeking to heal from the pain of their son's death by venturing on their vessel for a trip in the sea, where they recover a co-star from a damaged vessel. Poor decision! This filmmaker's thriller is basically a horror film at in maritime setting, but an ultra-classy one that launched her career.

12. The Maggie Story (1954)

An Englishman, shipping furniture for an US businessman, is tricked into hiring a dilapidated "Clyde puffer" in this filmmaker's brutal British film in the unconventional vein of his own earlier film. Of course, the ship's Scottish captain and team deceive the inexperienced passengers for a trip, in multiple interpretations of the word.

11. Juggernaut (1974)

This filmmaker imparts his disaster thriller a social commentary angle in this anxiety-inducing story of bombs positioned on a commercial vessel, the main setting. Red wire or blue wire? Richard Harris play explosive technicians; another actor, as the cruise director, provides a emotional depiction in humorous tragedy.

10. Poseidon's Journey (1972)

This adaptation of this writer's novel is one of the high points of the era of disaster movies. The central vessel is capsized by a tsunami, and it's up to the main protagonist to lead his followers through the inverted hull to security. Shelley Winters is memorable as a shopkeeper's wife with a handy experience of sports participation.

9. Everything's Gone (2013)

Robert Redford gives a experienced brilliant acting in solo performance as a man fighting to survive in the maritime location after his sailing vessel, the Virginia Jean, is damaged in a crash with an stray transport unit. It's anxious enough to watch, so one can only imagine how exceptionally strenuous it must have been for the elderly actor to shoot.

8. Ship Commander (2013)

Tom Hanks delivers excellent performance in part of his regular-guys-under-intolerable-pressure roles, as the captain of an American cargo ship seized by African raiders off the Horn of Africa. He has great chemistry by Barkhad Abdi ("Now I'm in charge"), delivering a outstanding first movie role as the pirate chief in this filmmaker's thriller, derived from true stories. Should the final sequence doesn't bring tears, you're not human.

7. Three-Sided Figure (2009)

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