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20. Ocean Terror (1998)

Stephen Sommers' science fiction thriller follows a group of memorable ensemble cast portraying soldiers of fortune contracted to demolish the cruise ship a fictional ship. However a massive sea creature has already arrived! Including the endangered passengers are Treat Williams as a gem smuggler.

19. The Legend of 1900 (1998)

A baby, deserted on the passenger vessel SS Virginian, develops to be a talented keyboardist (the lead actor) who never steps off the boat. The highlight of the director's whimsical hokum is Roth fighting a piano duel with Jelly Roll Morton, somewhat unjustly portrayed as a overconfident individual.

18. Waterworld (1995)

The main star plays a fighter-inspired drifter with mutated appendages and a enhanced sailing vessel in this high-cost sci-fi B-movie, located in a distant time where disappearing glaciers have submerged the world. Everyone is hunting for fabled solid ground while resisting Dennis Hopper and his gang of continuously smoking pirates.

17. Titanic (1997)

An extended period of love story development between a posh chick (Kate Winslet) and an free-spirited artist (Leonardo DiCaprio) are redeemed by James Cameron's breathtaking depiction of one the 20th century's most infamous disasters. You have to admire the audacity of a cinematic artist who manages to twist a fatalities of numerous victims into an inspiring story of freedom.

16. Ship of Fools (1965)

Working-class people, flamenco dancers and political extremists mingle on a passenger ship traveling from Mexico to the Old World in the pre-war era. Stanley Kramer's sweeping drama stars Vivien Leigh, in her final role, as a sad divorcee, but it's another actor, as the vessel's physician, and Simone Signoret, as a political noblewoman, who deliver the movie with its powerful impact.

15. Ultimate Trip (1960)

The USS Claridon is ripped apart in an explosion and the lead actor's spouse (the co-star) is trapped in their quarters in this intense precursor to disaster movies. Is it possible for Stack and a heroic engineer (Woody Strode) rescue her ahead of the ship sinks? Interesting note: the main setting is played by the legendary French liner Île de France.

14. Death on the Nile (1978)

Bette Davis are among the murder suspects on board a African vessel in this ensemble cast crime novelist murder mystery. The main star, as the famous detective, fails to stop numerous characters being stabbed, which reduces his suspects to a limited selection. Bags more fun than the 2022 remake.

13. Sea Silence (1989)

Sam Neill portray a husband and wife seeking to heal from the pain of their offspring's demise by taking their yacht for a spin in the sea, where they recover a co-star from a damaged vessel. Big mistake! This filmmaker's thriller is essentially a slasher movie at in maritime setting, but an exceptionally well-made one that made her famous.

12. Maggie's Tale (1954)

An British man, moving furniture for an US businessman, is manipulated into using a dilapidated "Scottish vessel" in Alexander Mackendrick's brutal Ealing comedy in the subversive vein of his own Whisky Galore!. Naturally, the ship's UK commander and staff deceive the inexperienced passengers for a trip, in every meaning of the word.

11. Unstoppable Force (1974)

Richard Lester imparts his disaster thriller a social commentary angle in this anxiety-inducing tale of bombs placed on a commercial vessel, the fictional ship. Which wire to cut? Two lead actors act as demolition specialists; another actor, as the vessel's activities coordinator, delivers a touching portrayal in tragicomic desperation.

10. The Poseidon Adventure (1972)

This adaptation of this writer's novel is one of the high points of the era of disaster movies. The SS Poseidon is capsized by a ocean surge, and it's the responsibility of the main protagonist to guide his flock through the inverted vessel to security. the actress is memorable as a shopkeeper's wife with a useful background of sports participation.

9. Total Loss (2013)

The lead actor delivers a late-career exemplary performance in solo performance as a man battling to endure in the Indian Ocean after his personal boat, the Virginia Jean, is damaged in a impact with an errant cargo box. It's nerve-wracking enough to watch, so one can only imagine how extremely demanding it must have been for the senior performer to shoot.

8. Captain Phillips (2013)

Tom Hanks provides excellent performance in one of his ordinary-person-in-extraordinary-circumstances characters, as the captain of an US merchant vessel seized by maritime criminals off the Horn of Africa. He has great chemistry by a co-star ("Now I'm in charge"), delivering a outstanding first movie role as the raider leader in the director's thriller, inspired by actual incidents. When the final sequence fails to move you, you have no heart.

7. Geometric Shape (2009)

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