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20. Abyssal Attack (1998)

This filmmaker's sci-fi horror pulp details a bunch of memorable character actors portraying soldiers of fortune employed to sink the luxury liner Argonautica. But a massive sea creature has beaten them to it! Including the endangered passengers are Famke Janssen as a diamond criminal.

19. 1900's Tale (1998)

A newborn, deserted on the transatlantic liner SS Virginian, grows up to be a gifted pianist (the lead actor) who never steps off the vessel. The climax of the director's imaginative story is the main character fighting a piano duel with Jelly Roll Morton, rather unfairly shown as a arrogant character.

18. Ocean Planet (1995)

The main star plays a warrior-esque wanderer with mutated appendages and a modified sailing vessel in this big-budget sci-fi B-movie, located in a future where melting polar ice-caps have inundated the planet. Everyone is searching for fabled solid ground while fighting off the villain and his gang of chain-smoking raiders.

17. RMS Titanic (1997)

A significant portion of love story development between a wealthy lady (the actress) and an free-spirited artist (the actor) are redeemed by this filmmaker's spectacular recreation of among history's well-known disasters. One must appreciate the chutzpah of a director who successfully transforms a death toll of numerous victims into an heartening narrative of liberation.

16. Ship of Fools (1965)

Commoners, artistic entertainers and German ideologists interact on a ocean liner journeying from Mexico to Europe in the pre-war era. This filmmaker's sweeping drama includes a legendary actress, in her last performance, as a sad divorcee, but it's a co-star, as the ship's doctor, and another cast member, as a political noblewoman, who deliver the motion picture with its emotional wallop.

15. Ultimate Trip (1960)

The fictional ship is torn asunder in an detonation and the lead actor's wife (the co-star) is stuck in their quarters in this gripping precursor to disaster movies. Will Stack and a heroic engineer (Woody Strode) rescue her ahead of the boat submerges? Fun fact: the fictional ship is embodied by the legendary historic ship Île de France.

14. Murder on the Nile (1978)

Bette Davis are among the homicide possibilities on board a Nile paddle steamer in this celebrity-filled Agatha Christie murder mystery. The lead actor, as Hercule Poirot, fails to stop numerous characters being killed, which whittles down his persons of interest to a smaller group. Bags more fun than the recent version.

13. Sea Silence (1989)

Nicole Kidman act as a husband and wife trying to get over the pain of their offspring's demise by sailing their boat for a spin in the sea, where they recover Billy Zane from a sinking schooner. Poor decision! This filmmaker's thriller is basically a killers-on-the-loose story at in maritime setting, but an high-quality one that made her famous.

12. The Maggie Story (1954)

An UK citizen, transporting goods for an wealthy entrepreneur, is deceived into using a poor condition "Scottish vessel" in this filmmaker's brutal UK production in the subversive tradition of his own earlier film. Of course, the boat's British skipper and staff trick the main characters for a ride, in multiple interpretations of the term.

11. Unstoppable Force (1974)

This filmmaker provides his catastrophe film a political dimension perspective in this anxiety-inducing yarn of explosives placed on a commercial vessel, the fictional ship. Red wire or blue wire? Richard Harris play explosive technicians; a supporting player, as the ship's entertainments director, provides a touching study in humorous tragedy.

10. Poseidon's Journey (1972)

This film version of Paul Gallico's novel is part of the peaks of the 1970s disaster genre. The central vessel is overturned by a tsunami, and it's the job of the main protagonist to lead his group through the flipped vessel to security. Shelley Winters is remarkable as a shopkeeper's wife with a useful experience of competitive swimming.

9. All is Lost (2013)

The main star provides a experienced masterclass in single character portrayal as a individual battling to survive in the specific sea after his personal boat, the main setting, is damaged in a impact with an errant transport unit. It's stressful enough to view, so one can only imagine how physically gruelling it must have been for the elderly actor to shoot.

8. Ship Commander (2013)

The main star does outstanding acting in among his ordinary-person-in-extraordinary-circumstances performances, as the skipper of an commercial transport hijacked by maritime criminals off the geographical area. He's matched by Barkhad Abdi ("I control this vessel"), delivering a outstanding first movie role as the raider leader in this filmmaker's thriller, inspired by actual incidents. If the last scene doesn't bring tears, you're emotionally detached.

7. Geometric Shape (2009)

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