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20. Abyssal Attack (1998)

The director's science fiction thriller chronicles a bunch of scene-stealing supporting players portraying hired guns employed to sink the cruise ship the main setting. But a enormous cephalopod has already arrived! Including the potential cephalopod fodder are Treat Williams as a jewel thief.

19. The 1900 Story (1998)

A baby, left on the ocean-going ship the central location, grows up to be a gifted pianist (the main star) who remains aboard the ship. The highlight of Giuseppe Tornatore's imaginative story is the protagonist fighting a musical showdown with Jelly Roll Morton, arguably inaccurately depicted as a smug bastard.

18. Ocean Planet (1995)

The lead actor plays a fighter-inspired wanderer with aquatic adaptations and a enhanced watercraft in this big-budget futuristic thriller, located in a later era where disappearing glaciers have flooded the Earth. All people is seeking mythical Dryland while resisting Dennis Hopper and his gang of chain-smoking raiders.

17. RMS Titanic (1997)

A significant portion of love story development between a posh chick (the actress) and an itinerant yobbo (Leonardo DiCaprio) are redeemed by James Cameron's breathtaking depiction of among history's well-known catastrophes. One must appreciate the chutzpah of a cinematic artist who successfully transforms a death toll of 1,500 into an heartening narrative of liberation.

16. Ship of Fools (1965)

Working-class people, artistic entertainers and political extremists mingle on a commercial vessel traveling from Latin America to Europe in the pre-war era. The director's sweeping drama stars Vivien Leigh, in her swan song, as a sad divorcee, but it's another actor, as the vessel's physician, and another cast member, as a aristocratic rebel, who supply the film with its powerful impact.

15. Final Journey (1960)

The fictional ship is ripped apart in an explosion and the lead actor's wife (Dorothy Malone) is trapped in their room in this intense early catastrophe film. Will the hero and a brave technician (the supporting player) save her ahead of the ship sinks? Interesting note: the Claridon is embodied by the famous historic ship a real ship.

14. Murder on the Nile (1978)

Angela Lansbury are part of the killing culprits on board a African vessel in this celebrity-filled mystery writer whodunit. The main star, as the famous detective, fails to stop numerous characters being killed, which reduces his persons of interest to a limited selection. Much more enjoyable than the 2022 remake.

13. Dead Calm (1989)

Nicole Kidman portray a partners seeking to heal from the grief of their offspring's demise by venturing on their vessel for a trip in the Pacific, where they save Billy Zane from a sinking schooner. Costly error! This filmmaker's suspense film is essentially a slasher movie at sea, but an ultra-classy one that launched her career.

12. Maggie's Tale (1954)

An British man, shipping furniture for an American industrialist, is deceived into using a run-down "type of boat" in Alexander Mackendrick's brutal Ealing comedy in the subversive style of his own Whisky Galore!. Predictably, the ship's UK commander and team deceive the inexperienced passengers for a trip, in multiple interpretations of the expression.

11. Juggernaut (1974)

Richard Lester gives his catastrophe film a social commentary angle in this tension-filled story of detonators planted on a luxury liner, the SS Britannic. What's the correct choice? Two lead actors portray explosive technicians; a supporting player, as the ship's entertainments director, serves up a emotional portrayal in humorous tragedy.

10. Ocean Disaster (1972)

This film version of this writer's novel is one of the zenith of the 1970s disaster genre. The fictional ship is capsized by a tidal wave, and it's the job of the main protagonist to lead his group through the upturned ship to safety. a supporting player is memorable as a small business owner's partner with a practical background of athletic swimming.

9. Total Loss (2013)

The lead actor provides a experienced masterclass in one-man show as a person fighting to stay alive in the specific sea after his sailing vessel, the Virginia Jean, is impaired in a impact with an lost cargo box. It's anxious enough to watch, so it's difficult to comprehend how physically gruelling it must have been for the 76-year-old star to shoot.

8. Captain Phillips (2013)

The main star does sterling work in part of his everyman-in-crisis characters, as the skipper of an American cargo ship commandeered by maritime criminals off the Horn of Africa. He's matched by Barkhad Abdi ("I control this vessel"), delivering a remarkable initial cinematic appearance as the criminal boss in Paul Greengrass's suspense film, derived from actual incidents. Should the concluding moment doesn't make you blub, you're emotionally detached.

7. Triangle (2009)

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