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20. Abyssal Attack (1998)

The director's science fiction thriller follows a group of memorable supporting players portraying hired guns employed to destroy the cruise ship the main setting. Yet a giant mutant octopus has beaten them to it! Among the endangered passengers are Kevin J O'Connor as a jewel thief.

19. The 1900 Story (1998)

A infant, deserted on the passenger vessel SS Virginian, develops to be a gifted pianist (Tim Roth) who remains aboard the boat. The climax of the director's fantastical tale is Roth fighting a piano duel with a jazz legend, rather unfairly depicted as a arrogant character.

18. Ocean Planet (1995)

The main star plays a fighter-inspired nomad with webbed feet and a modified sailing vessel in this big-budget science fiction adventure, taking place in a later era where melting polar ice-caps have flooded the world. The entire population is searching for fabled solid ground while resisting Dennis Hopper and his band of constantly puffing marauders.

17. The Titanic (1997)

A significant portion of love story development between a upper-class woman (the actress) and an itinerant yobbo (the actor) are rescued by James Cameron's spectacular recreation of one the 20th century's well-known catastrophes. One must appreciate the chutzpah of a director who manages to twist a death toll of numerous victims into an emotionally uplifting narrative of emancipation.

16. Boat of Lunatics (1965)

Commoners, Spanish performers and political extremists rub shoulders on a commercial vessel journeying from Latin America to the Old World in the pre-war era. The director's large-scale film features a cinema icon, in her last performance, as a sad divorcee, but it's Oskar Werner, as the ship's doctor, and a talented performer, as a aristocratic rebel, who supply the motion picture with its dramatic punch.

15. The Last Voyage (1960)

The fictional ship is destroyed in an explosion and the protagonist's partner (the actress) is trapped in their quarters in this gripping proto-disaster pic. Can the hero and a heroic engineer (Woody Strode) save her before the vessel goes down? Interesting note: the main setting is represented by the legendary French liner a real ship.

14. Nile Killing (1978)

Bette Davis are including the murder suspects on board a African vessel in this celebrity-filled mystery writer whodunit. The lead actor, as the Belgian sleuth, cannot prevent several passengers being stabbed, which reduces his potential killers to a smaller group. Much more enjoyable than the 2022 remake.

13. Dead Calm (1989)

Nicole Kidman portray a partners trying to get over the trauma of their son's death by venturing on their vessel for a spin in the Pacific, where they save Billy Zane from a sinking schooner. Costly error! The director's tense movie is basically a slasher movie at in maritime setting, but an high-quality one that made her famous.

12. The Maggie Story (1954)

An British man, transporting items for an American industrialist, is deceived into using a run-down "Scottish vessel" in this filmmaker's harsh British film in the unconventional vein of his own earlier film. Predictably, the vessel's British skipper and team trick the main characters for a trip, in all senses of the word.

11. Overwhelming Power (1974)

The director gives his suspense story a social commentary tilt in this nerve-shredding yarn of bombs planted on a commercial vessel, the SS Britannic. Which wire to cut? David Hemmings act as demolition specialists; a supporting player, as the ship's entertainments director, delivers a emotional depiction in humorous tragedy.

10. Poseidon's Journey (1972)

This film version of this writer's novel is one of the high points of the 1970s disaster genre. The SS Poseidon is capsized by a ocean surge, and it's the responsibility of the main protagonist to guide his followers through the upturned vessel to safety. the actress is memorable as a small business owner's partner with a practical background of sports participation.

9. Total Loss (2013)

Robert Redford provides a experienced masterclass in single character portrayal as a individual struggling to endure in the specific sea after his sailing vessel, the Virginia Jean, is damaged in a impact with an lost transport unit. It's nerve-wracking enough to observe, so one can only imagine how exceptionally strenuous it must have been for the 76-year-old star to record.

8. Captain Phillips (2013)

Tom Hanks delivers excellent performance in among his everyman-in-crisis roles, as the skipper of an US merchant vessel commandeered by maritime criminals off the Horn of Africa. His performance is complemented by another actor ("I'm the captain now"), making a outstanding first movie role as the raider leader in this filmmaker's suspense film, derived from real events. If the final sequence doesn't make you blub, you have no heart.

7. Three-Sided Figure (2009)

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