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20. Ocean Terror (1998)

Stephen Sommers' science fiction thriller chronicles a bunch of memorable supporting players playing hired guns contracted to sink the passenger vessel Argonautica. But a giant mutant octopus has beaten them to it! Featuring the potential cephalopod fodder are Treat Williams as a gem smuggler.

19. 1900's Tale (1998)

A infant, abandoned on the passenger vessel the central location, matures to be a gifted pianist (Tim Roth) who refuses to leave the ship. The peak moment of Giuseppe Tornatore's whimsical hokum is the protagonist fighting a musical showdown with Jelly Roll Morton, arguably inaccurately shown as a smug bastard.

18. Ocean Planet (1995)

The lead actor portrays a fighter-inspired nomad with aquatic adaptations and a souped-up watercraft in this high-cost futuristic thriller, set in a later era where vanishing ice sheets have flooded the world. Everyone is seeking fabled solid ground while fighting off the antagonist and his gang of constantly puffing pirates.

17. The Titanic (1997)

A significant portion of romantic interludes between a posh chick (the actress) and an free-spirited artist (the actor) are saved by James Cameron's impressive reconstruction of one the 20th century's well-known disasters. You have to admire the audacity of a director who artfully converts a fatalities of 1,500 into an heartening story of freedom.

16. Ship of Fools (1965)

Peasants, flamenco dancers and political extremists rub shoulders on a commercial vessel traveling from Latin America to the Continent in the pre-war era. This filmmaker's large-scale film includes a cinema icon, in her swan song, as a sad divorcee, but it's Oskar Werner, as the medical officer, and another cast member, as a radical countess, who supply the movie with its powerful impact.

15. The Last Voyage (1960)

The USS Claridon is torn asunder in an explosion and Robert Stack's spouse (the actress) is stranded in their quarters in this gripping proto-disaster pic. Will Stack and a heroic engineer (Woody Strode) rescue her prior to the boat submerges? Fun fact: the main setting is embodied by the renowned European vessel Île de France.

14. Death on the Nile (1978)

Bette Davis are including the homicide possibilities on board a African vessel in this celebrity-filled mystery writer detective story. The lead actor, as the famous detective, fails to stop half the cast being killed, which narrows his persons of interest to a manageable number. Bags more fun than the recent version.

13. Ocean Stillness (1989)

Two lead actors portray a married couple attempting to recover from the pain of their offspring's demise by venturing on their vessel for a journey in the sea, where they recover a co-star from a damaged vessel. Costly error! The director's thriller is basically a killers-on-the-loose story at on the ocean, but an ultra-classy one that put Kidman on the map.

12. The Maggie Story (1954)

An Englishman, shipping furniture for an wealthy entrepreneur, is tricked into employing a run-down "type of boat" in Alexander Mackendrick's dark UK production in the unconventional vein of his own Whisky Galore!. Predictably, the boat's Scottish captain and team take the two landlubbers for a journey, in every meaning of the word.

11. Juggernaut (1974)

This filmmaker gives his catastrophe film a state-of-the-nation angle in this tension-filled tale of bombs positioned on a commercial vessel, the main setting. What's the correct choice? Two lead actors play bomb disposal experts; another actor, as the cruise director, delivers a heartbreaking depiction in humorous tragedy.

10. Ocean Disaster (1972)

This adaptation of this writer's novel is among the peaks of the era of disaster movies. The SS Poseidon is overturned by a tidal wave, and it's the responsibility of the lead character to guide his group through the flipped vessel to safety. the actress is unforgettable as a small business owner's partner with a handy experience of sports participation.

9. Total Loss (2013)

The main star delivers a late-career exemplary performance in single character portrayal as a man struggling to survive in the maritime location after his personal boat, the fictional ship, is impaired in a collision with an lost shipping container. It's anxious enough to watch, so heaven knows how exceptionally strenuous it must have been for the senior performer to shoot.

8. Ship Commander (2013)

The lead actor does outstanding acting in among his everyman-in-crisis characters, as the captain of an commercial transport hijacked by maritime criminals off the specific location. His performance is complemented by Barkhad Abdi ("Now I'm in charge"), delivering a sensational first movie role as the pirate chief in this filmmaker's thriller, derived from true stories. When the concluding moment doesn't make you blub, you're emotionally detached.

7. Three-Sided Figure (2009)

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