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20. Ocean Terror (1998)

The director's science fiction thriller follows a collection of memorable ensemble cast acting as mercenaries contracted to sink the luxury liner Argonautica. But a enormous cephalopod has beaten them to it! Featuring the likely victims are Kevin J O'Connor as a diamond criminal.

19. 1900's Tale (1998)

A newborn, left on the ocean-going ship the central location, develops to be a accomplished musician (the main star) who remains aboard the ship. The highlight of Giuseppe Tornatore's imaginative story is Roth competing in a musical showdown with a historical figure, arguably inaccurately shown as a arrogant character.

18. Waterworld (1995)

Kevin Costner acts as a warrior-esque nomad with webbed feet and a modified trimaran in this megabudget sci-fi B-movie, set in a future where disappearing glaciers have inundated the world. Everyone is hunting for fabled solid ground while resisting the villain and his group of continuously smoking raiders.

17. Titanic (1997)

An extended period of tiresome canoodling between a posh chick (the female lead) and an free-spirited artist (Leonardo DiCaprio) are rescued by the director's spectacular recreation of one the 20th century's notorious tragedies. It's impossible not to respect the audacity of a cinematic artist who artfully converts a death toll of numerous victims into an heartening tale of freedom.

16. Ship of Fools (1965)

Working-class people, artistic entertainers and German ideologists rub shoulders on a ocean liner journeying from Mexico to the Old World in the interwar period. This filmmaker's large-scale film stars a legendary actress, in her final role, as a sad divorcee, but it's another actor, as the medical officer, and another cast member, as a aristocratic rebel, who provide the motion picture with its emotional wallop.

15. Final Journey (1960)

The central vessel is torn asunder in an detonation and Robert Stack's wife (the actress) is trapped in their quarters in this compelling early catastrophe film. Can the main character and a heroic engineer (the supporting player) save her prior to the boat submerges? Curious detail: the main setting is played by the legendary historic ship Île de France.

14. Death on the Nile (1978)

Two legendary actresses are among the killing culprits on board a Nile paddle steamer in this ensemble cast Agatha Christie detective story. The main star, as Hercule Poirot, cannot prevent half the cast being shot, which reduces his suspects to a manageable number. Significantly better than the recent version.

13. Ocean Stillness (1989)

Two lead actors play a married couple trying to get over the trauma of their child's passing by taking their yacht for a spin in the Pacific, where they rescue another actor from a damaged vessel. Big mistake! The director's thriller is basically a killers-on-the-loose story at sea, but an ultra-classy one that put Kidman on the map.

12. Maggie's Tale (1954)

An Englishman, shipping furniture for an wealthy entrepreneur, is deceived into employing a run-down "type of boat" in Alexander Mackendrick's dark Ealing comedy in the rebellious style of his own Whisky Galore!. Of course, the vessel's British skipper and crew take the two landlubbers for a ride, in every meaning of the expression.

11. Overwhelming Power (1974)

This filmmaker provides his catastrophe film a social commentary perspective in this anxiety-inducing story of bombs positioned on a commercial vessel, the main setting. Red wire or blue wire? David Hemmings play bomb disposal experts; a supporting player, as the cruise director, serves up a touching portrayal in humorous tragedy.

10. Poseidon's Journey (1972)

This adaptation of Paul Gallico's book is part of the peaks of the seventies catastrophe films. The fictional ship is overturned by a tidal wave, and it's up to Reverend Gene Hackman to lead his flock through the upturned hull to security. Shelley Winters is remarkable as a retailer's spouse with a handy background of athletic swimming.

9. Everything's Gone (2013)

The lead actor provides a experienced exemplary performance in one-man show as a person battling to endure in the Indian Ocean after his yacht, the Virginia Jean, is harmed in a crash with an lost shipping container. It's stressful enough to observe, so it's difficult to comprehend how extremely demanding it must have been for the 76-year-old star to record.

8. Ship Commander (2013)

The main star delivers sterling work in among his regular-guys-under-intolerable-pressure performances, as the skipper of an US merchant vessel commandeered by Somali pirates off the geographical area. He has great chemistry by another actor ("Now I'm in charge"), providing a outstanding film debut as the raider leader in the director's suspense film, inspired by actual incidents. If the concluding moment doesn't make you blub, you have no heart.

7. Triangle (2009)

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