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20. Abyssal Attack (1998)

This filmmaker's futuristic scarefest follows a bunch of attention-grabbing character actors portraying hired guns contracted to demolish the luxury liner Argonautica. But a massive sea creature has already arrived! Including the endangered passengers are Famke Janssen as a jewel thief.

19. The 1900 Story (1998)

A newborn, deserted on the transatlantic liner the central location, grows up to be a accomplished musician (the lead actor) who refuses to leave the boat. The climax of the director's fantastical tale is the main character competing in a musical showdown with a historical figure, somewhat unjustly depicted as a arrogant character.

18. Aquatic World (1995)

Kevin Costner plays a warrior-esque wanderer with webbed feet and a enhanced watercraft in this megabudget science fiction adventure, located in a later era where vanishing ice sheets have flooded the planet. Everyone is hunting for mythical Dryland while fending off the villain and his group of constantly puffing marauders.

17. Titanic (1997)

Two hours of tiresome canoodling between a wealthy lady (the actress) and an itinerant yobbo (the male lead) are rescued by this filmmaker's spectacular recreation of among history's most infamous disasters. You have to admire the audacity of a director who successfully transforms a death toll of numerous victims into an inspiring narrative of liberation.

16. Ship of Fools (1965)

Peasants, Spanish performers and Nazi eugenicists interact on a ocean liner journeying from Mexico to the Continent in the interwar period. This filmmaker's epic stars Vivien Leigh, in her final role, as a sad divorcee, but it's a co-star, as the ship's doctor, and another cast member, as a aristocratic rebel, who provide the motion picture with its emotional wallop.

15. Final Journey (1960)

The fictional ship is destroyed in an detonation and Robert Stack's spouse (the co-star) is trapped in their quarters in this gripping precursor to disaster movies. Can the hero and a courageous worker (Woody Strode) rescue her prior to the vessel goes down? Fun fact: the Claridon is represented by the legendary historic ship Île de France.

14. Murder on the Nile (1978)

Angela Lansbury are part of the killing culprits on board a African vessel in this ensemble cast crime novelist detective story. Peter Ustinov, as the Belgian sleuth, cannot prevent several passengers being killed, which narrows his potential killers to a limited selection. Bags more fun than the recent version.

13. Ocean Stillness (1989)

Sam Neill play a partners trying to get over the grief of their child's passing by venturing on their vessel for a trip in the ocean, where they save a co-star from a damaged vessel. Poor decision! The director's thriller is essentially a killers-on-the-loose story at in maritime setting, but an ultra-classy one that put Kidman on the map.

12. The Maggie (1954)

An UK citizen, moving furniture for an wealthy entrepreneur, is tricked into using a run-down "Scottish vessel" in Alexander Mackendrick's dark Ealing comedy in the rebellious tradition of his own Whisky Galore!. Of course, the boat's British skipper and staff take the two landlubbers for a journey, in multiple interpretations of the word.

11. Unstoppable Force (1974)

This filmmaker imparts his suspense story a state-of-the-nation tilt in this nerve-shredding tale of explosives positioned on a passenger ship, the fictional ship. What's the correct choice? Two lead actors act as bomb disposal experts; Roy Kinnear, as the vessel's activities coordinator, delivers a heartbreaking depiction in tragicomic desperation.

10. Ocean Disaster (1972)

This film version of this writer's book is among the peaks of the seventies catastrophe films. The fictional ship is overturned by a ocean surge, and it's the job of Reverend Gene Hackman to lead his group through the inverted hull to rescue. the actress is memorable as a small business owner's partner with a handy experience of sports participation.

9. Everything's Gone (2013)

The lead actor delivers a experienced brilliant acting in single character portrayal as a individual fighting to survive in the Indian Ocean after his sailing vessel, the Virginia Jean, is harmed in a crash with an errant transport unit. It's nerve-wracking enough to view, so heaven knows how extremely demanding it must have been for the senior performer to record.

8. Ship Commander (2013)

The main star provides sterling work in part of his regular-guys-under-intolerable-pressure characters, as the commander of an US merchant vessel commandeered by African raiders off the geographical area. He's matched by another actor ("Now I'm in charge"), delivering a outstanding initial cinematic appearance as the criminal boss in Paul Greengrass's suspense film, derived from real events. When the last scene doesn't bring tears, you're not human.

7. Three-Sided Figure (2009)

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