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20. Ocean Terror (1998)

Stephen Sommers' science fiction thriller follows a group of attention-grabbing character actors portraying mercenaries hired to sink the passenger vessel Argonautica. Yet a massive sea creature has already arrived! Featuring the endangered passengers are Kevin J O'Connor as a diamond criminal.

19. The Legend of 1900 (1998)

A infant, left on the transatlantic liner SS Virginian, matures to be a accomplished musician (the main star) who refuses to leave the vessel. The highlight of the director's fantastical tale is Roth battling a musical showdown with a historical figure, rather unfairly portrayed as a smug bastard.

18. Aquatic World (1995)

The main star portrays a warrior-esque nomad with webbed feet and a souped-up trimaran in this high-cost sci-fi B-movie, set in a future where vanishing ice sheets have inundated the Earth. The entire population is hunting for legendary terra firma while fending off the antagonist and his group of continuously smoking pirates.

17. Titanic (1997)

An extended period of tiresome canoodling between a upper-class woman (the actress) and an working-class man (the actor) are rescued by James Cameron's breathtaking depiction of among history's well-known disasters. One must appreciate the chutzpah of a cinematic artist who artfully converts a fatalities of 1,500 into an inspiring story of emancipation.

16. Boat of Lunatics (1965)

Commoners, Spanish performers and Nazi eugenicists mingle on a commercial vessel sailing from North America to the Old World in 1933. The director's epic includes a legendary actress, in her swan song, as a sad divorcee, but it's a co-star, as the medical officer, and another cast member, as a aristocratic rebel, who supply the film with its dramatic punch.

15. The Last Voyage (1960)

The fictional ship is torn asunder in an blast and the protagonist's spouse (the co-star) is stuck in their quarters in this gripping precursor to disaster movies. Will the hero and a brave technician (Woody Strode) free her ahead of the ship sinks? Interesting note: the main setting is embodied by the famous European vessel a real ship.

14. Death on the Nile (1978)

Two legendary actresses are including the murder suspects on board a Nile paddle steamer in this all-star crime novelist detective story. The lead actor, as the Belgian sleuth, cannot prevent numerous characters being shot, which whittles down his potential killers to a limited selection. Significantly better than the recent version.

13. Sea Silence (1989)

Sam Neill act as a married couple attempting to recover from the pain of their son's death by sailing their boat for a journey in the Pacific, where they recover another actor from a foundering ship. Costly error! Phillip Noyce's suspense film is basically a horror film at sea, but an exceptionally well-made one that put Kidman on the map.

12. The Maggie (1954)

An Englishman, moving goods for an US businessman, is tricked into employing a run-down "Scottish vessel" in the director's brutal UK production in the subversive style of his own previous work. Of course, the ship's UK commander and staff deceive the inexperienced passengers for a trip, in multiple interpretations of the expression.

11. Unstoppable Force (1974)

The director provides his disaster thriller a social commentary perspective in this nerve-shredding tale of detonators positioned on a luxury liner, the SS Britannic. Which wire to cut? David Hemmings act as explosive technicians; another actor, as the cruise director, provides a emotional portrayal in humorous tragedy.

10. Ocean Disaster (1972)

This adaptation of the author's book is among the zenith of the era of disaster movies. The central vessel is capsized by a ocean surge, and it's the job of the lead character to guide his followers through the flipped hull to safety. a supporting player is unforgettable as a small business owner's partner with a practical background of sports participation.

9. All is Lost (2013)

Robert Redford provides a experienced masterclass in solo performance as a man struggling to stay alive in the specific sea after his sailing vessel, the main setting, is damaged in a impact with an lost shipping container. 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 shoot.

8. Ship Commander (2013)

Tom Hanks provides sterling work in among his ordinary-person-in-extraordinary-circumstances characters, as the skipper of an American cargo ship commandeered by African raiders off the Horn of Africa. He has great chemistry by Barkhad Abdi ("Now I'm in charge"), providing a sensational first movie role as the criminal boss in the director's suspense film, based on actual incidents. If the final sequence doesn't make you blub, you have no heart.

7. Three-Sided Figure (2009)

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