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20. Abyssal Attack (1998)

This filmmaker's science fiction thriller details a group of scene-stealing character actors portraying mercenaries employed to destroy the luxury liner the main setting. But a enormous cephalopod has beaten them to it! Featuring the likely victims are Famke Janssen as a diamond criminal.

19. The Legend of 1900 (1998)

A newborn, deserted on the transatlantic liner SS Virginian, develops to be a gifted pianist (Tim Roth) who never steps off the ship. The peak moment of Giuseppe Tornatore's fantastical tale is Roth fighting a keyboard contest with Jelly Roll Morton, somewhat unjustly portrayed as a overconfident individual.

18. Aquatic World (1995)

The main star plays a fighter-inspired drifter with mutated appendages and a modified sailing vessel in this high-cost futuristic thriller, taking place in a distant time where disappearing glaciers have submerged the planet. Everyone is seeking legendary terra firma while resisting the villain and his band of constantly puffing pirates.

17. RMS Titanic (1997)

Two hours of romantic interludes between a upper-class woman (the female lead) and an working-class man (the male lead) are saved by the director's impressive reconstruction of among history's notorious disasters. You have to admire the audacity of a cinematic artist who artfully converts a fatalities of over a thousand into an heartening story of freedom.

16. Vessel of Madness (1965)

Working-class people, artistic entertainers and Nazi eugenicists mingle on a passenger ship sailing from Latin America to Europe in the pre-war era. Stanley Kramer's epic stars a legendary actress, in her final role, as a unhappy separated woman, but it's another actor, as the medical officer, and another cast member, as a radical countess, who deliver the motion picture with its dramatic punch.

15. Ultimate Trip (1960)

The central vessel is torn asunder in an blast and Robert Stack's partner (the actress) is trapped in their cabin in this intense early catastrophe film. Can the main character and a brave technician (the supporting player) free her ahead of the boat submerges? Curious detail: the fictional ship is embodied by the famous historic ship a real ship.

14. Nile Killing (1978)

Angela Lansbury are part of the homicide possibilities on board a African vessel in this ensemble cast crime novelist detective story. The main star, as the famous detective, cannot prevent several passengers being killed, which reduces his suspects to a smaller group. Bags more fun than the modern adaptation.

13. Sea Silence (1989)

Sam Neill play a husband and wife attempting to recover from the trauma of their offspring's demise by taking their yacht for a journey in the Pacific, where they rescue another actor from a foundering ship. Poor decision! This filmmaker's thriller is essentially a killers-on-the-loose story at in maritime setting, but an ultra-classy one that put Kidman on the map.

12. Maggie's Tale (1954)

An British man, transporting furniture for an wealthy entrepreneur, is tricked into employing a run-down "Clyde puffer" in the director's dark British film in the rebellious tradition of his own previous work. Naturally, the boat's UK commander and team trick the main characters for a ride, in multiple interpretations of the expression.

11. Overwhelming Power (1974)

This filmmaker gives his suspense story a state-of-the-nation angle in this anxiety-inducing yarn of bombs planted on a commercial vessel, the SS Britannic. Which wire to cut? Richard Harris portray bomb disposal experts; another actor, as the vessel's activities coordinator, provides a emotional study in humorous tragedy.

10. Poseidon's Journey (1972)

This film version of Paul Gallico's novel is one of the high points of the seventies catastrophe films. The fictional ship is capsized by a tsunami, and it's the responsibility of the lead character to lead his group through the upturned vessel to safety. a supporting player is memorable as a small business owner's partner with a useful experience of sports participation.

9. Everything's Gone (2013)

The lead actor gives a mature brilliant acting in one-man show as a man struggling to survive in the Indian Ocean after his sailing vessel, the main setting, is harmed in a impact with an stray shipping container. It's stressful enough to watch, so one can only imagine how physically gruelling it must have been for the elderly actor to film.

8. Vessel Leader (2013)

The lead actor does excellent performance in among his everyman-in-crisis performances, as the captain of an US merchant vessel hijacked by Somali pirates off the Horn of Africa. He has great chemistry by Barkhad Abdi ("I'm the captain now"), providing a outstanding initial cinematic appearance as the criminal boss in the director's tense movie, derived from real events. Should the final sequence doesn't bring tears, you have no heart.

7. Triangle (2009)

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