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20. Deep Rising (1998)

This filmmaker's sci-fi horror pulp chronicles a group of memorable supporting players playing soldiers of fortune contracted to destroy the cruise ship Argonautica. Yet a giant mutant octopus has beaten them to it! Among the endangered passengers are Kevin J O'Connor as a jewel thief.

19. The Legend of 1900 (1998)

A baby, deserted on the ocean-going ship a fictional ship, matures to be a accomplished musician (Tim Roth) who remains aboard the vessel. The peak moment of Giuseppe Tornatore's imaginative story is Roth competing in a piano duel with Jelly Roll Morton, somewhat unjustly depicted as a overconfident individual.

18. Ocean Planet (1995)

The main star acts as a fighter-inspired nomad with webbed feet and a souped-up sailing vessel in this megabudget futuristic thriller, taking place in a distant time where melting polar ice-caps have inundated the Earth. Everyone is seeking mythical Dryland while resisting the antagonist and his band of constantly puffing marauders.

17. RMS Titanic (1997)

A significant portion of love story development between a posh chick (Kate Winslet) and an itinerant yobbo (the male lead) are rescued by the director's breathtaking depiction of a famous most infamous catastrophes. You have to admire the chutzpah of a film-maker who manages to twist a casualties of 1,500 into an inspiring tale of emancipation.

16. Vessel of Madness (1965)

Working-class people, artistic entertainers and political extremists interact on a commercial vessel traveling from Mexico to the Old World in 1933. The director's large-scale film features a cinema icon, in her final role, as a melancholy character, but it's a co-star, as the vessel's physician, and Simone Signoret, as a aristocratic rebel, who supply the movie with its powerful impact.

15. Ultimate Trip (1960)

The USS Claridon is torn asunder in an explosion and the protagonist's partner (the co-star) is stranded in their quarters in this intense precursor to disaster movies. Will the hero and a courageous worker (the actor) rescue her prior to the vessel goes down? Interesting note: the fictional ship is represented by the famous European vessel a real ship.

14. Death on the Nile (1978)

Angela Lansbury are part of the murder suspects on board a Nile paddle steamer in this ensemble cast Agatha Christie murder mystery. The lead actor, as the famous detective, fails to stop half the cast being killed, which narrows his potential killers to a smaller group. Bags more fun than the recent version.

13. Dead Calm (1989)

Nicole Kidman act as a partners seeking to heal from the trauma of their child's passing by venturing on their vessel for a journey in the sea, where they save another actor from a sinking schooner. Big mistake! Phillip Noyce's suspense film is fundamentally a slasher movie at on the ocean, but an exceptionally well-made one that made her famous.

12. Maggie's Tale (1954)

An UK citizen, transporting furniture for an wealthy entrepreneur, is manipulated into using a poor condition "type of boat" in the director's harsh Ealing comedy in the rebellious tradition of his own previous work. Predictably, the vessel's UK commander and team trick the main characters for a ride, in multiple interpretations of the term.

11. Overwhelming Power (1974)

This filmmaker provides his catastrophe film a state-of-the-nation tilt in this tension-filled yarn of bombs placed on a passenger ship, the SS Britannic. Red wire or blue wire? David Hemmings act as explosive technicians; Roy Kinnear, as the ship's entertainments director, serves up a emotional depiction in humorous tragedy.

10. The Poseidon Adventure (1972)

This adaptation of the author's book is among the peaks of the 1970s disaster genre. The central vessel is overturned by a ocean surge, and it's up to the lead character to direct his flock through the flipped vessel to safety. Shelley Winters is remarkable as a shopkeeper's wife with a handy history of sports participation.

9. All is Lost (2013)

The main star gives a late-career brilliant acting in solo performance as a individual battling to stay alive in the maritime location after his yacht, the fictional ship, is damaged in a crash with an lost cargo box. It's anxious enough to observe, so one can only imagine how extremely demanding it must have been for the 76-year-old star to record.

8. Ship Commander (2013)

The lead actor delivers outstanding acting in among his everyman-in-crisis characters, as the captain of an American cargo ship seized by African raiders off the Horn of Africa. He has great chemistry by Barkhad Abdi ("I'm the captain now"), making a remarkable initial cinematic appearance as the criminal boss in Paul Greengrass's suspense film, derived from true stories. When the concluding moment doesn't bring tears, you have no heart.

7. Triangle (2009)

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