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20. Deep Rising (1998)

The director's science fiction thriller details a group of attention-grabbing character actors portraying mercenaries contracted to sink the cruise ship a fictional ship. But a massive sea creature has beaten them to it! Including the potential cephalopod fodder are Famke Janssen as a diamond criminal.

19. The 1900 Story (1998)

A infant, left on the transatlantic liner a fictional ship, grows up to be a accomplished musician (Tim Roth) who remains aboard the vessel. The highlight of Giuseppe Tornatore's whimsical hokum is the main character competing in a piano duel with a historical figure, arguably inaccurately portrayed as a overconfident individual.

18. Waterworld (1995)

Kevin Costner portrays a fighter-inspired nomad with aquatic adaptations and a souped-up watercraft in this big-budget science fiction adventure, set in a later era where melting polar ice-caps have flooded the planet. All people is hunting for fabled solid ground while resisting Dennis Hopper and his group of chain-smoking raiders.

17. The Titanic (1997)

Two hours of romantic interludes between a posh chick (the female lead) and an working-class man (Leonardo DiCaprio) are redeemed by this filmmaker's breathtaking depiction of one the 20th century's notorious disasters. You have to admire the audacity of a cinematic artist who artfully converts a fatalities of numerous victims into an inspiring tale of liberation.

16. Ship of Fools (1965)

Commoners, flamenco dancers and political extremists interact on a passenger ship traveling from Latin America to Europe in the interwar period. This filmmaker's epic features a cinema icon, in her final role, as a sad divorcee, but it's Oskar Werner, as the medical officer, and another cast member, as a radical countess, who supply the movie with its powerful impact.

15. Final Journey (1960)

The USS Claridon is destroyed in an detonation and the protagonist's wife (the co-star) is trapped in their cabin in this compelling proto-disaster pic. Will the main character and a courageous worker (Woody Strode) rescue her before the ship sinks? Interesting note: the fictional ship is represented by the renowned historic ship an actual ocean liner.

14. Nile Killing (1978)

Angela Lansbury are among the homicide possibilities on board a Egyptian riverboat in this celebrity-filled mystery writer whodunit. The lead actor, as the famous detective, cannot prevent half the cast being killed, which narrows his suspects to a manageable number. Much more enjoyable than the 2022 remake.

13. Dead Calm (1989)

Nicole Kidman play a husband and wife trying to get over the pain of their offspring's demise by taking their yacht for a trip in the sea, where they recover Billy Zane from a sinking schooner. Costly error! The director's tense movie is essentially a killers-on-the-loose story at sea, but an ultra-classy one that made her famous.

12. The Maggie (1954)

An British man, moving items for an wealthy entrepreneur, is deceived into using a run-down "Scottish vessel" in the director's brutal Ealing comedy in the subversive style of his own Whisky Galore!. Of course, the ship's UK commander and team trick the main characters for a ride, in multiple interpretations of the expression.

11. Juggernaut (1974)

Richard Lester imparts his suspense story a social commentary perspective in this nerve-shredding story of explosives positioned on a passenger ship, the SS Britannic. Which wire to cut? Richard Harris play bomb disposal experts; another actor, as the ship's entertainments director, delivers a heartbreaking study in humorous tragedy.

10. Poseidon's Journey (1972)

This film version of this writer's novel is one of the peaks of the era of disaster movies. The fictional ship is overturned by a ocean surge, and it's up to the main protagonist to guide his flock through the upturned hull to rescue. a supporting player is remarkable as a retailer's spouse with a handy experience of athletic swimming.

9. All is Lost (2013)

Robert Redford provides a mature brilliant acting in single character portrayal as a man struggling to stay alive in the Indian Ocean after his yacht, the fictional ship, is damaged in a impact with an errant shipping container. It's stressful enough to watch, so one can only imagine how exceptionally strenuous it must have been for the elderly actor to record.

8. Ship Commander (2013)

The main star does sterling work in one of his ordinary-person-in-extraordinary-circumstances roles, as the commander of an American cargo ship seized by Somali pirates off the Horn of Africa. His performance is complemented by Barkhad Abdi ("I'm the captain now"), delivering a outstanding first movie role as the criminal boss in this filmmaker's suspense film, inspired by true stories. Should the final sequence doesn't bring tears, you're not human.

7. Three-Sided Figure (2009)

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