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20. Abyssal Attack (1998)

This filmmaker's science fiction thriller follows a collection of memorable ensemble cast acting as mercenaries employed to sink the luxury liner the main setting. But a massive sea creature has beaten them to it! Including the endangered passengers are Famke Janssen as a gem smuggler.

19. 1900's Tale (1998)

A baby, abandoned on the transatlantic liner the central location, matures to be a accomplished musician (Tim Roth) who remains aboard the boat. The highlight of this filmmaker's imaginative story is Roth competing in a keyboard contest with a historical figure, rather unfairly shown as a smug bastard.

18. Waterworld (1995)

The lead actor portrays a warrior-esque wanderer with aquatic adaptations and a souped-up sailing vessel in this megabudget sci-fi B-movie, taking place in a future where vanishing ice sheets have flooded the world. Everyone is seeking fabled solid ground while resisting the villain and his gang of chain-smoking marauders.

17. RMS Titanic (1997)

An extended period of romantic interludes between a posh chick (the female lead) and an working-class man (the actor) are rescued by James Cameron's breathtaking depiction of among history's notorious catastrophes. You have to admire the audacity of a film-maker who successfully transforms a fatalities of 1,500 into an inspiring tale of emancipation.

16. Ship of Fools (1965)

Peasants, artistic entertainers and German ideologists mingle on a ocean liner sailing from Mexico to Europe in the interwar period. This filmmaker's large-scale film includes Vivien Leigh, in her swan song, as a melancholy character, but it's another actor, as the medical officer, and Simone Signoret, as a radical countess, who provide the motion picture with its emotional wallop.

15. The Last Voyage (1960)

The fictional ship is ripped apart in an blast and the lead actor's partner (the co-star) is stuck in their quarters in this gripping proto-disaster pic. Will the hero and a courageous worker (the actor) free her prior to the vessel goes down? Interesting note: the Claridon is represented by the renowned historic ship an actual ocean liner.

14. Murder on the Nile (1978)

Bette Davis are part of the homicide possibilities on board a African vessel in this all-star Agatha Christie murder mystery. The lead actor, as the Belgian sleuth, fails to stop half the cast being killed, which whittles down his persons of interest to a smaller group. Significantly better than the modern adaptation.

13. Sea Silence (1989)

Two lead actors play a partners trying to get over the grief of their offspring's demise by sailing their boat for a spin in the sea, where they rescue another actor from a foundering ship. Big mistake! The director's tense movie is fundamentally a slasher movie at in maritime setting, but an high-quality one that launched her career.

12. The Maggie Story (1954)

An Englishman, moving furniture for an wealthy entrepreneur, is deceived into employing a dilapidated "Scottish vessel" in this filmmaker's dark Ealing comedy in the unconventional vein of his own Whisky Galore!. Predictably, the ship's Scottish captain and staff deceive the inexperienced passengers for a ride, in all senses of the expression.

11. Juggernaut (1974)

Richard Lester gives his suspense story a political dimension tilt in this tension-filled yarn of detonators placed on a passenger ship, the main setting. What's the correct choice? David Hemmings act as demolition specialists; Roy Kinnear, as the ship's entertainments director, provides a emotional study in tragicomic desperation.

10. Ocean Disaster (1972)

This film version of this writer's literary work is among the peaks of the 1970s disaster genre. The fictional ship is overturned by a tsunami, and it's the responsibility of the main protagonist to lead his followers through the inverted ship to rescue. Shelley Winters is memorable as a small business owner's partner with a practical experience of athletic swimming.

9. Total Loss (2013)

Robert Redford delivers a late-career masterclass in single character portrayal as a individual fighting to stay alive in the specific sea after his personal boat, the main setting, is impaired in a impact with an errant transport unit. It's anxious enough to watch, so one can only imagine how exceptionally strenuous it must have been for the elderly actor to shoot.

8. Vessel Leader (2013)

The main star does outstanding acting in one of his regular-guys-under-intolerable-pressure roles, as the skipper of an commercial transport seized by Somali pirates off the geographical area. He's matched by Barkhad Abdi ("Now I'm in charge"), making a outstanding initial cinematic appearance as the criminal boss in the director's suspense film, derived from real events. When the concluding moment fails to move you, you're emotionally detached.

7. Geometric Shape (2009)

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