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20. Ocean Terror (1998)

This filmmaker's science fiction thriller follows a collection of attention-grabbing character actors playing soldiers of fortune contracted to destroy the cruise ship a fictional ship. But a massive sea creature has already arrived! Featuring the likely victims are Treat Williams as a diamond criminal.

19. 1900's Tale (1998)

A infant, abandoned on the passenger vessel a fictional ship, grows up to be a gifted pianist (the main star) who refuses to leave the vessel. The climax of the director's imaginative story is Roth fighting a piano duel with a historical figure, somewhat unjustly depicted as a arrogant character.

18. Waterworld (1995)

Kevin Costner portrays a warrior-esque drifter with webbed feet and a modified trimaran in this big-budget science fiction adventure, taking place in a later era where melting polar ice-caps have inundated the Earth. The entire population is seeking legendary terra firma while fending off the antagonist and his gang of continuously smoking raiders.

17. RMS Titanic (1997)

A significant portion of tiresome canoodling between a upper-class woman (the female lead) and an working-class man (Leonardo DiCaprio) are saved by the director's breathtaking depiction of a famous notorious disasters. You have to admire the chutzpah of a film-maker who manages to twist a fatalities of numerous victims into an emotionally uplifting story of emancipation.

16. Ship of Fools (1965)

Peasants, Spanish performers and political extremists rub shoulders on a passenger ship traveling from Latin America to the Old World in the interwar period. This filmmaker's epic stars a cinema icon, in her swan song, as a sad divorcee, but it's Oskar Werner, as the ship's doctor, and a talented performer, as a aristocratic rebel, who deliver the motion picture with its emotional wallop.

15. Ultimate Trip (1960)

The USS Claridon is destroyed in an blast and the lead actor's wife (the actress) is trapped in their room in this intense proto-disaster pic. Can the main character and a brave technician (Woody Strode) save her before the ship sinks? Interesting note: the fictional ship is played by the renowned historic ship a real ship.

14. Murder on the Nile (1978)

Two legendary actresses are part of the homicide possibilities on board a Egyptian riverboat in this all-star crime novelist murder mystery. The main star, as Hercule Poirot, cannot prevent numerous characters being shot, which reduces his potential killers to a manageable number. Much more enjoyable than the 2022 remake.

13. Dead Calm (1989)

Nicole Kidman act as a married couple trying to get over the trauma of their offspring's demise by taking their yacht for a trip in the sea, where they save Billy Zane from a foundering ship. Poor decision! This filmmaker's suspense film is basically a horror film at on the ocean, but an ultra-classy one that made her famous.

12. Maggie's Tale (1954)

An Englishman, shipping goods for an wealthy entrepreneur, is manipulated into hiring a run-down "Scottish vessel" in this filmmaker's brutal UK production in the rebellious tradition of his own previous work. Of course, the vessel's British skipper and crew trick the main characters for a ride, in multiple interpretations of the word.

11. Unstoppable Force (1974)

Richard Lester imparts his disaster thriller a social commentary perspective in this anxiety-inducing yarn of detonators planted on a luxury liner, the SS Britannic. Which wire to cut? Two lead actors play demolition specialists; another actor, as the ship's entertainments director, serves up a emotional depiction in tragicomic desperation.

10. The Poseidon Adventure (1972)

This film version of this writer's book is part of the peaks of the era of disaster movies. The central vessel is flipped over by a tsunami, and it's up to the lead character to lead his flock through the upturned ship to safety. Shelley Winters is remarkable as a shopkeeper's wife with a useful background of sports participation.

9. Total Loss (2013)

The lead actor delivers a mature brilliant acting in solo performance as a individual struggling to stay alive in the maritime location after his personal boat, the fictional ship, is harmed in a collision with an stray cargo box. It's stressful enough to view, so heaven knows how extremely demanding it must have been for the elderly actor to shoot.

8. Captain Phillips (2013)

The lead actor does sterling work in one of his regular-guys-under-intolerable-pressure characters, as the skipper of an American cargo ship commandeered by maritime criminals off the specific location. His performance is complemented by a co-star ("I control this vessel"), providing a outstanding film debut as the criminal boss in this filmmaker's thriller, derived from real events. When the concluding moment fails to move you, you have no heart.

7. Geometric Shape (2009)

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