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20. Deep Rising (1998)

Stephen Sommers' science fiction thriller details a group of attention-grabbing character actors playing mercenaries contracted to demolish the luxury liner Argonautica. But a massive sea creature has got there first! Featuring the potential cephalopod fodder are Treat Williams as a gem smuggler.

19. 1900's Tale (1998)

A baby, deserted on the passenger vessel the central location, grows up to be a gifted pianist (the lead actor) who remains aboard the ship. The peak moment of Giuseppe Tornatore's whimsical hokum is the protagonist fighting a musical showdown with Jelly Roll Morton, somewhat unjustly shown as a overconfident individual.

18. Ocean Planet (1995)

Kevin Costner portrays a samurai-like nomad with aquatic adaptations and a souped-up watercraft in this high-cost futuristic thriller, located in a future where vanishing ice sheets have inundated the world. Everyone is seeking mythical Dryland while resisting Dennis Hopper and his gang of constantly puffing marauders.

17. Titanic (1997)

An extended period of romantic interludes between a posh chick (the actress) and an free-spirited artist (the actor) are saved by James Cameron's spectacular recreation of one the 20th century's notorious tragedies. One must appreciate the audacity of a film-maker who successfully transforms a death toll of over a thousand into an inspiring tale of emancipation.

16. Boat of Lunatics (1965)

Peasants, Spanish performers and Nazi eugenicists mingle on a passenger ship sailing from Latin America to the Continent in 1933. The director's large-scale film features a legendary actress, in her final role, as a sad divorcee, but it's Oskar Werner, as the vessel's physician, and another cast member, as a aristocratic rebel, who provide the movie with its dramatic punch.

15. Ultimate Trip (1960)

The central vessel is destroyed in an detonation and the protagonist's spouse (the co-star) is stranded in their cabin in this intense early catastrophe film. Can the main character and a courageous worker (the supporting player) save her prior to the boat submerges? Curious detail: the Claridon is represented by the renowned French liner an actual ocean liner.

14. Nile Killing (1978)

Two legendary actresses are including the murder suspects on board a African vessel in this ensemble cast mystery writer murder mystery. The lead actor, as the Belgian sleuth, fails to stop numerous characters being stabbed, which reduces his potential killers to a smaller group. Much more enjoyable than the 2022 remake.

13. Ocean Stillness (1989)

Two lead actors portray a partners attempting to recover from the grief of their child's passing by taking their yacht for a spin in the ocean, where they save Billy Zane from a damaged vessel. Costly error! The director's tense movie is basically a slasher movie at sea, but an ultra-classy one that put Kidman on the map.

12. The Maggie Story (1954)

An Englishman, transporting items for an US businessman, is manipulated into hiring a dilapidated "Clyde puffer" in this filmmaker's harsh British film in the subversive style of his own Whisky Galore!. Of course, the boat's Scottish captain and team trick the main characters for a journey, in all senses of the word.

11. Overwhelming Power (1974)

This filmmaker gives his suspense story a state-of-the-nation tilt in this nerve-shredding story of detonators planted on a passenger ship, the fictional ship. Which wire to cut? Richard Harris portray demolition specialists; a supporting player, as the cruise director, provides a touching study in tragicomic desperation.

10. Poseidon's Journey (1972)

This adaptation of the author's book is among the high points of the seventies catastrophe films. The central vessel is capsized by a tidal wave, and it's the job of the lead character to guide his followers through the inverted hull to safety. Shelley Winters is memorable as a retailer's spouse with a useful background of athletic swimming.

9. Total Loss (2013)

The main star provides a experienced masterclass in one-man show as a person struggling to endure in the Indian Ocean after his personal boat, the Virginia Jean, is damaged in a crash with an lost cargo box. It's anxious enough to observe, so heaven knows how exceptionally strenuous it must have been for the elderly actor to film.

8. Captain Phillips (2013)

The main star provides excellent performance in among his ordinary-person-in-extraordinary-circumstances performances, as the skipper of an commercial transport commandeered by African raiders off the geographical area. He has great chemistry by Barkhad Abdi ("I control this vessel"), delivering a outstanding initial cinematic appearance as the raider leader in Paul Greengrass's thriller, inspired by real events. If the final sequence fails to move you, you have no heart.

7. Three-Sided Figure (2009)

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