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20. Deep Rising (1998)

Stephen Sommers' science fiction thriller follows a collection of attention-grabbing ensemble cast portraying hired guns contracted to sink the passenger vessel Argonautica. However a massive sea creature has beaten them to it! Among the endangered passengers are Famke Janssen as a jewel thief.

19. 1900's Tale (1998)

A newborn, abandoned on the transatlantic liner SS Virginian, grows up to be a accomplished musician (Tim Roth) who refuses to leave the vessel. The climax of this filmmaker's fantastical tale is Roth fighting a keyboard contest with a jazz legend, rather unfairly shown as a overconfident individual.

18. Ocean Planet (1995)

The lead actor plays a warrior-esque drifter with aquatic adaptations and a modified watercraft in this big-budget science fiction adventure, set in a distant time where disappearing glaciers have flooded the planet. Everyone is searching for fabled solid ground while resisting the antagonist and his gang of constantly puffing raiders.

17. Titanic (1997)

A significant portion of romantic interludes between a upper-class woman (the female lead) and an free-spirited artist (the actor) are rescued by this filmmaker's breathtaking depiction of a famous most infamous tragedies. It's impossible not to respect the boldness of a director who manages to twist a casualties of 1,500 into an heartening story of liberation.

16. Ship of Fools (1965)

Working-class people, artistic entertainers and political extremists interact on a ocean liner journeying from Mexico to the Old World in the interwar period. This filmmaker's epic includes a legendary actress, in her final role, as a sad divorcee, but it's a co-star, as the medical officer, and a talented performer, as a political noblewoman, who provide the motion picture with its emotional wallop.

15. The Last Voyage (1960)

The USS Claridon is torn asunder in an detonation and the lead actor's wife (the actress) is stuck in their quarters in this intense proto-disaster pic. Can Stack and a courageous worker (the actor) save her ahead of the vessel goes down? Interesting note: the main setting is played by the renowned French liner Île de France.

14. Death on the Nile (1978)

Bette Davis are including the killing culprits on board a Nile paddle steamer in this all-star mystery writer whodunit. The lead actor, as the famous detective, cannot prevent half the cast being stabbed, which narrows his potential killers to a manageable number. Much more enjoyable than the recent version.

13. Ocean Stillness (1989)

Two lead actors act as a partners 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. Costly error! The director's thriller is fundamentally a horror film at sea, but an high-quality one that put Kidman on the map.

12. The Maggie Story (1954)

An Englishman, shipping furniture for an American industrialist, is tricked into using a run-down "type of boat" in this filmmaker's dark Ealing comedy in the rebellious vein of his own Whisky Galore!. Naturally, the vessel's UK commander and crew take the two landlubbers for a journey, in every meaning of the term.

11. Unstoppable Force (1974)

Richard Lester gives his disaster thriller a political dimension perspective in this anxiety-inducing yarn of explosives positioned on a commercial vessel, the SS Britannic. Which wire to cut? David Hemmings act as demolition specialists; another actor, as the vessel's activities coordinator, serves up a touching portrayal in humorous tragedy.

10. Ocean Disaster (1972)

This adaptation of the author's novel is one of the peaks of the 1970s disaster genre. The central vessel is flipped over by a tidal wave, and it's up to the main protagonist to lead his flock through the flipped hull to rescue. a supporting player is unforgettable as a small business owner's partner with a handy experience of athletic swimming.

9. Total Loss (2013)

The lead actor provides a experienced masterclass in solo performance as a individual battling to survive in the specific sea after his personal boat, the Virginia Jean, is impaired in a collision with an lost shipping container. It's stressful enough to observe, so heaven knows how extremely demanding it must have been for the 76-year-old star to record.

8. Ship Commander (2013)

The lead actor delivers outstanding acting in one of his ordinary-person-in-extraordinary-circumstances roles, as the skipper of an commercial transport hijacked by African raiders off the specific location. He has great chemistry by Barkhad Abdi ("Now I'm in charge"), providing a outstanding initial cinematic appearance as the raider leader in this filmmaker's tense movie, derived from true stories. If the final sequence doesn't make you blub, you're emotionally detached.

7. Triangle (2009)

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