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20. Deep Rising (1998)

The director's science fiction thriller chronicles a group of memorable supporting players playing soldiers of fortune hired to sink the cruise ship Argonautica. Yet a massive sea creature has beaten them to it! Among the endangered passengers are Kevin J O'Connor as a gem smuggler.

19. The Legend of 1900 (1998)

A newborn, deserted on the ocean-going ship the central location, matures to be a gifted pianist (the main star) who refuses to leave the ship. The highlight of the director's imaginative story is Roth fighting a musical showdown with Jelly Roll Morton, rather unfairly depicted as a arrogant character.

18. Aquatic World (1995)

The lead actor plays a samurai-like drifter with aquatic adaptations and a souped-up watercraft in this megabudget sci-fi B-movie, taking place in a distant time where disappearing glaciers have submerged the planet. The entire population is searching for legendary terra firma while fighting off the villain and his group of chain-smoking pirates.

17. RMS Titanic (1997)

A significant portion of tiresome canoodling between a posh chick (Kate Winslet) and an itinerant yobbo (the male lead) are saved by the director's breathtaking depiction of among history's notorious catastrophes. It's impossible not to respect the chutzpah of a cinematic artist who artfully converts a fatalities of 1,500 into an heartening story of liberation.

16. Ship of Fools (1965)

Peasants, Spanish performers and political extremists interact on a commercial vessel sailing from North America to the Old World in 1933. This filmmaker's sweeping drama features Vivien Leigh, in her last performance, as a melancholy character, but it's a co-star, as the ship's doctor, and another cast member, as a aristocratic rebel, who provide the movie with its emotional wallop.

15. Final Journey (1960)

The central vessel is ripped apart in an detonation and Robert Stack's spouse (the actress) is stranded in their room in this compelling early catastrophe film. Can Stack and a heroic engineer (the actor) free her ahead of the boat submerges? Fun fact: the fictional ship is played by the renowned historic ship an actual ocean liner.

14. Death on the Nile (1978)

Bette Davis are among the killing culprits on board a African vessel in this ensemble cast mystery writer whodunit. The main star, as the Belgian sleuth, fails to stop several passengers being stabbed, which narrows his potential killers to a manageable number. Much more enjoyable than the recent version.

13. Dead Calm (1989)

Nicole Kidman play a married couple attempting to recover from the pain of their offspring's demise by taking their yacht for a trip in the ocean, where they recover Billy Zane from a damaged vessel. Big mistake! This filmmaker's suspense film is essentially a killers-on-the-loose story at sea, but an high-quality one that launched her career.

12. The Maggie (1954)

An Englishman, shipping furniture for an wealthy entrepreneur, is manipulated into hiring a dilapidated "Scottish vessel" in the director's brutal Ealing comedy in the subversive vein of his own Whisky Galore!. Naturally, the ship's British skipper and team trick the main characters for a journey, in all senses of the expression.

11. Overwhelming Power (1974)

Richard Lester imparts his catastrophe film a political dimension angle in this nerve-shredding tale of detonators positioned on a passenger ship, the fictional ship. Which wire to cut? David Hemmings play explosive technicians; a supporting player, as the cruise director, serves up a touching depiction in humorous tragedy.

10. The Poseidon Adventure (1972)

This adaptation of this writer's literary work is among the high points of the 1970s disaster genre. The fictional ship is capsized by a tidal wave, and it's the responsibility of Reverend Gene Hackman to direct his followers through the upturned vessel to security. a supporting player is unforgettable as a retailer's spouse with a practical history of athletic swimming.

9. Everything's Gone (2013)

The main star delivers a experienced exemplary performance in single character portrayal as a individual battling to endure in the Indian Ocean after his yacht, the fictional ship, is impaired in a impact with an errant transport unit. It's nerve-wracking enough to observe, so it's difficult to comprehend how extremely demanding it must have been for the elderly actor to record.

8. Ship Commander (2013)

Tom Hanks does sterling work in part of his regular-guys-under-intolerable-pressure roles, as the skipper of an US merchant vessel commandeered by Somali pirates off the geographical area. He has great chemistry by Barkhad Abdi ("I'm the captain now"), providing a remarkable film debut as the raider leader in this filmmaker's suspense film, based on real events. When the last scene doesn't bring tears, you have no heart.

7. Three-Sided Figure (2009)

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