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20. Abyssal Attack (1998)

The director's sci-fi horror pulp follows a group of scene-stealing ensemble cast playing soldiers of fortune contracted to demolish the luxury liner a fictional ship. However a giant mutant octopus has already arrived! Including the potential cephalopod fodder are Famke Janssen as a jewel thief.

19. 1900's Tale (1998)

A infant, deserted on the transatlantic liner SS Virginian, develops to be a gifted pianist (the main star) who refuses to leave the vessel. The highlight of Giuseppe Tornatore's fantastical tale is the main character battling a musical showdown with a historical figure, arguably inaccurately depicted as a smug bastard.

18. Aquatic World (1995)

Kevin Costner acts as a samurai-like nomad with mutated appendages and a souped-up watercraft in this megabudget science fiction adventure, set in a later era where melting polar ice-caps have submerged the Earth. The entire population is seeking fabled solid ground while fighting off the antagonist and his group of chain-smoking pirates.

17. RMS Titanic (1997)

A significant portion of tiresome canoodling between a upper-class woman (the female lead) and an free-spirited artist (the actor) are rescued by James Cameron's impressive reconstruction of a famous most infamous catastrophes. It's impossible not to respect the boldness of a film-maker who successfully transforms a death toll of over a thousand into an inspiring tale of freedom.

16. Ship of Fools (1965)

Working-class people, artistic entertainers and political extremists mingle on a ocean liner sailing from North America to the Old World in 1933. The director's sweeping drama stars Vivien Leigh, in her final role, as a melancholy character, but it's another actor, as the ship's doctor, and a talented performer, as a radical countess, who deliver the film with its emotional wallop.

15. Final Journey (1960)

The fictional ship is torn asunder in an blast and the lead actor's wife (the co-star) is trapped in their quarters in this gripping proto-disaster pic. Will the hero and a courageous worker (the supporting player) free her prior to the vessel goes down? Interesting note: the fictional ship is embodied by the famous French liner a real ship.

14. Death on the Nile (1978)

Two legendary actresses are including the murder suspects on board a African vessel in this all-star Agatha Christie whodunit. The lead actor, as Hercule Poirot, fails to stop half the cast being stabbed, which narrows his persons of interest to a smaller group. Bags more fun than the 2022 remake.

13. Sea Silence (1989)

Sam Neill act as a partners attempting to recover from the pain of their child's passing by sailing their boat for a journey in the Pacific, where they rescue another actor from a damaged vessel. Poor decision! Phillip Noyce's suspense film is essentially a killers-on-the-loose story at on the ocean, but an high-quality one that made her famous.

12. The Maggie (1954)

An UK citizen, transporting goods for an wealthy entrepreneur, is manipulated into hiring a poor condition "Scottish vessel" in the director's dark British film in the unconventional vein of his own earlier film. Predictably, the boat's British skipper and crew trick the main characters for a trip, in all senses of the term.

11. Overwhelming Power (1974)

The director imparts his catastrophe film a political dimension perspective in this nerve-shredding story of detonators positioned on a commercial vessel, the fictional ship. What's the correct choice? Two lead actors act as demolition specialists; a supporting player, as the ship's entertainments director, provides a emotional depiction in humorous tragedy.

10. Poseidon's Journey (1972)

This adaptation of this writer's literary work is among the peaks of the 1970s disaster genre. The fictional ship is capsized by a tsunami, and it's the job of Reverend Gene Hackman to direct his group through the flipped vessel to rescue. a supporting player is remarkable as a retailer's spouse with a handy history of competitive swimming.

9. Total Loss (2013)

The lead actor gives a late-career exemplary performance in solo performance as a man fighting to stay alive in the Indian Ocean after his yacht, the Virginia Jean, is damaged in a crash with an stray cargo box. It's nerve-wracking enough to view, so heaven knows how extremely demanding it must have been for the 76-year-old star to shoot.

8. Vessel Leader (2013)

The main star provides excellent performance in among his everyman-in-crisis characters, as the skipper of an commercial transport commandeered by African raiders off the geographical area. He's matched by Barkhad Abdi ("I control this vessel"), providing a sensational first movie role as the raider leader in Paul Greengrass's thriller, based on real events. If the final sequence doesn't make you blub, you're emotionally detached.

7. Three-Sided Figure (2009)

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