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20. Ocean Terror (1998)

Stephen Sommers' sci-fi horror pulp follows a bunch of scene-stealing character actors acting as soldiers of fortune hired to destroy the passenger vessel the main setting. Yet a massive sea creature has already arrived! Among the likely victims are Kevin J O'Connor as a gem smuggler.

19. The 1900 Story (1998)

A baby, deserted on the ocean-going ship SS Virginian, grows up to be a talented keyboardist (the lead actor) who never steps off the vessel. The peak moment of this filmmaker's fantastical tale is the protagonist fighting a piano duel with a jazz legend, arguably inaccurately portrayed as a overconfident individual.

18. Waterworld (1995)

Kevin Costner acts as a samurai-like wanderer with webbed feet and a modified trimaran in this high-cost science fiction adventure, located in a later era where disappearing glaciers have inundated the world. Everyone is hunting for legendary terra firma while fending off the villain and his group of constantly puffing marauders.

17. RMS Titanic (1997)

An extended period of love story development between a wealthy lady (the actress) and an itinerant yobbo (the male lead) are rescued by the director's impressive reconstruction of a famous most infamous disasters. You have to admire the boldness of a film-maker who successfully transforms a casualties of over a thousand into an emotionally uplifting tale of freedom.

16. Vessel of Madness (1965)

Peasants, Spanish performers and Nazi eugenicists rub shoulders on a passenger ship sailing from North America to the Continent in 1933. Stanley Kramer's sweeping drama features a cinema icon, in her final role, as a sad divorcee, but it's a co-star, as the medical officer, and another cast member, as a radical countess, who provide the film with its powerful impact.

15. Final Journey (1960)

The fictional ship is torn asunder in an blast and the protagonist's partner (the co-star) is stuck in their cabin in this compelling proto-disaster pic. Can the main character and a brave technician (the actor) free her prior to the boat submerges? Fun fact: the main setting is played by the legendary historic ship Île de France.

14. Death on the Nile (1978)

Bette Davis are including the homicide possibilities on board a Egyptian riverboat in this celebrity-filled Agatha Christie whodunit. The lead actor, as Hercule Poirot, cannot prevent several passengers being shot, which reduces his potential killers to a limited selection. Significantly better than the 2022 remake.

13. Sea Silence (1989)

Two lead actors portray a married couple seeking to heal from the pain of their child's passing by taking their yacht for a trip in the Pacific, where they save another actor from a damaged vessel. Poor decision! This filmmaker's thriller is fundamentally a horror film at in maritime setting, but an ultra-classy one that launched her career.

12. The Maggie (1954)

An UK citizen, shipping goods for an US businessman, is deceived into hiring a dilapidated "Clyde puffer" in the director's brutal British film in the subversive style of his own Whisky Galore!. Naturally, the ship's UK commander and team trick the main characters for a ride, in every meaning of the expression.

11. Unstoppable Force (1974)

The director imparts his catastrophe film a social commentary tilt in this nerve-shredding yarn of bombs placed on a luxury liner, the main setting. Which wire to cut? Richard Harris act as demolition specialists; a supporting player, as the cruise director, delivers a heartbreaking study in humorous tragedy.

10. Poseidon's Journey (1972)

This film version of the author's book is one of the zenith of the seventies catastrophe films. The central vessel is flipped over by a tsunami, and it's the job of Reverend Gene Hackman to lead his group through the inverted hull to security. a supporting player is remarkable as a small business owner's partner with a handy background of competitive swimming.

9. Everything's Gone (2013)

Robert Redford provides a mature brilliant acting in one-man show as a man struggling to endure in the Indian Ocean after his yacht, the main setting, is damaged in a collision with an errant cargo box. It's stressful enough to observe, so heaven knows how exceptionally strenuous it must have been for the senior performer to record.

8. Captain Phillips (2013)

Tom Hanks provides sterling work in part of his everyman-in-crisis characters, as the captain of an American cargo ship seized by Somali pirates off the geographical area. He has great chemistry by Barkhad Abdi ("Now I'm in charge"), making a outstanding first movie role as the raider leader in this filmmaker's suspense film, derived from true stories. When the final sequence fails to move you, you have no heart.

7. Three-Sided Figure (2009)

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