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20. Ocean Terror (1998)

Stephen Sommers' sci-fi horror pulp details a bunch of memorable ensemble cast playing soldiers of fortune employed to demolish the cruise ship a fictional ship. Yet a massive sea creature has already arrived! Among the likely victims are Treat Williams as a diamond criminal.

19. The Legend of 1900 (1998)

A newborn, left on the transatlantic liner SS Virginian, develops to be a accomplished musician (the main star) who never steps off the boat. The highlight of the director's whimsical hokum is the protagonist competing in a keyboard contest with Jelly Roll Morton, rather unfairly portrayed as a smug bastard.

18. Aquatic World (1995)

The main star portrays a samurai-like wanderer with aquatic adaptations and a souped-up sailing vessel in this high-cost futuristic thriller, located in a future where vanishing ice sheets have inundated the Earth. The entire population is seeking legendary terra firma while fending off Dennis Hopper and his group of chain-smoking pirates.

17. The Titanic (1997)

A significant portion of romantic interludes between a wealthy lady (Kate Winslet) and an itinerant yobbo (the male lead) are redeemed by the director's breathtaking depiction of a famous notorious catastrophes. One must appreciate the boldness of a cinematic artist who manages to twist a casualties of numerous victims into an heartening tale of liberation.

16. Ship of Fools (1965)

Working-class people, Spanish performers and political extremists interact on a commercial vessel traveling from Latin America to the Continent in the pre-war era. The director's sweeping drama stars a cinema icon, in her swan song, as a sad divorcee, but it's another actor, as the vessel's physician, and another cast member, as a radical countess, who deliver the movie with its emotional wallop.

15. The Last Voyage (1960)

The USS Claridon is ripped apart in an detonation and the protagonist's spouse (the actress) is stranded in their quarters in this gripping precursor to disaster movies. Can the hero and a brave technician (Woody Strode) rescue her prior to the vessel goes down? Curious detail: the fictional ship is played by the renowned French liner an actual ocean liner.

14. Death on the Nile (1978)

Angela Lansbury are part of the killing culprits on board a Egyptian riverboat in this all-star Agatha Christie detective story. The lead actor, as the famous detective, is unable to halt several passengers being stabbed, which narrows his potential killers to a manageable number. Bags more fun than the recent version.

13. Ocean Stillness (1989)

Sam Neill portray a married couple seeking to heal from the grief of their child's passing by sailing their boat for a spin in the sea, where they recover a co-star from a sinking schooner. Poor decision! The director's tense movie is essentially a horror film at on the ocean, but an ultra-classy one that put Kidman on the map.

12. The Maggie (1954)

An Englishman, shipping goods for an American industrialist, is manipulated into employing a dilapidated "type of boat" in Alexander Mackendrick's dark British film in the subversive tradition of his own earlier film. Of course, the ship's Scottish captain and crew take the two landlubbers for a journey, in all senses of the word.

11. Unstoppable Force (1974)

Richard Lester imparts his disaster thriller a social commentary tilt in this nerve-shredding story of bombs placed on a commercial vessel, the main setting. Red wire or blue wire? David Hemmings portray explosive technicians; another actor, as the ship's entertainments director, delivers a heartbreaking study in sadly funny despair.

10. Ocean Disaster (1972)

This adaptation of Paul Gallico's novel is part of the zenith of the seventies catastrophe films. The SS Poseidon is overturned by a tidal wave, and it's up to Reverend Gene Hackman to lead his group through the inverted vessel to rescue. the actress is remarkable as a shopkeeper's wife with a practical background of sports participation.

9. Total Loss (2013)

The main star delivers a late-career brilliant acting in single character portrayal as a man battling to survive in the specific sea after his personal boat, the Virginia Jean, is damaged in a collision with an errant shipping container. It's stressful enough to watch, so one can only imagine how physically gruelling it must have been for the senior performer to record.

8. Captain Phillips (2013)

The main star does excellent performance in one of his everyman-in-crisis characters, as the skipper of an American cargo ship seized by maritime criminals off the specific location. His performance is complemented by a co-star ("I control this vessel"), delivering a sensational first movie role as the raider leader in this filmmaker's thriller, derived from real events. When the concluding moment doesn't bring tears, you're not human.

7. Geometric Shape (2009)

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