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20. Deep Rising (1998)

This filmmaker's science fiction thriller details a collection of attention-grabbing supporting players acting as mercenaries contracted to demolish the luxury liner Argonautica. However a enormous cephalopod has got there first! Among the endangered passengers are Treat Williams as a diamond criminal.

19. The 1900 Story (1998)

A infant, deserted on the transatlantic liner a fictional ship, develops to be a accomplished musician (the main star) who remains aboard the boat. The peak moment of Giuseppe Tornatore's fantastical tale is the protagonist battling a musical showdown with a historical figure, rather unfairly portrayed as a smug bastard.

18. Waterworld (1995)

Kevin Costner plays a samurai-like nomad with aquatic adaptations and a modified watercraft in this big-budget futuristic thriller, located in a distant time where disappearing glaciers have submerged the planet. Everyone is searching for legendary terra firma while fighting off the villain and his band of chain-smoking raiders.

17. RMS Titanic (1997)

An extended period of love story development between a posh chick (the female lead) and an itinerant yobbo (the male lead) are rescued by James Cameron's impressive reconstruction of among history's most infamous catastrophes. You have to admire the boldness of a film-maker who artfully converts a fatalities of 1,500 into an emotionally uplifting narrative of liberation.

16. Boat of Lunatics (1965)

Working-class people, flamenco dancers and Nazi eugenicists mingle on a commercial vessel traveling from Latin America to the Continent in the pre-war era. The director's large-scale film includes Vivien Leigh, in her last performance, as a sad divorcee, but it's another actor, as the ship's doctor, and Simone Signoret, 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 explosion and the lead actor's spouse (the actress) is stuck in their cabin in this gripping precursor to disaster movies. Will the main character and a courageous worker (the actor) save her before the ship sinks? Interesting note: the main setting is played by the famous historic ship Île de France.

14. Murder on the Nile (1978)

Two legendary actresses are among the killing culprits on board a Egyptian riverboat in this ensemble cast Agatha Christie murder mystery. The main star, as the Belgian sleuth, cannot prevent numerous characters being killed, which narrows his suspects to a manageable number. Bags more fun than the recent version.

13. Ocean Stillness (1989)

Two lead actors portray a partners trying to get over the trauma of their child's passing by taking their yacht for a trip in the sea, where they rescue Billy Zane from a damaged vessel. Poor decision! The director's suspense film is fundamentally a killers-on-the-loose story at sea, but an exceptionally well-made one that launched her career.

12. The Maggie Story (1954)

An UK citizen, shipping furniture for an wealthy entrepreneur, is manipulated into employing a run-down "type of boat" in this filmmaker's harsh UK production in the unconventional style of his own earlier film. Naturally, the ship's British skipper and crew deceive the inexperienced passengers for a trip, in multiple interpretations of the word.

11. Overwhelming Power (1974)

This filmmaker provides his disaster thriller a social commentary angle in this nerve-shredding tale of explosives planted on a passenger ship, the SS Britannic. Red wire or blue wire? Richard Harris play demolition specialists; another actor, as the cruise director, provides a emotional portrayal in humorous tragedy.

10. Ocean Disaster (1972)

This film version of the author's novel is one of the zenith of the 1970s disaster genre. The SS Poseidon is capsized by a ocean surge, and it's up to Reverend Gene Hackman to lead his followers through the flipped ship to rescue. the actress is unforgettable as a shopkeeper's wife with a handy history of sports participation.

9. Total Loss (2013)

The lead actor provides a experienced exemplary performance in single character portrayal as a individual struggling to endure in the Indian Ocean after his yacht, the Virginia Jean, is harmed in a crash with an stray shipping container. It's nerve-wracking enough to observe, so heaven knows how physically gruelling it must have been for the senior performer to record.

8. Ship Commander (2013)

The lead actor delivers outstanding acting in part of his everyman-in-crisis characters, as the captain of an US merchant vessel commandeered by Somali pirates off the specific location. His performance is complemented by Barkhad Abdi ("I'm the captain now"), making a remarkable film debut as the pirate chief in the director's thriller, derived from actual incidents. Should the final sequence doesn't make you blub, you're emotionally detached.

7. Triangle (2009)

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