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20. Deep Rising (1998)

Stephen Sommers' futuristic scarefest details a bunch of memorable character actors portraying hired guns hired to sink the passenger vessel Argonautica. However a giant mutant octopus has got there first! Among the likely victims are Treat Williams as a jewel thief.

19. 1900's Tale (1998)

A infant, abandoned on the passenger vessel SS Virginian, matures to be a gifted pianist (Tim Roth) who remains aboard the vessel. The highlight of the director's fantastical tale is the protagonist battling a piano duel with a historical figure, rather unfairly shown as a arrogant character.

18. Aquatic World (1995)

Kevin Costner acts as a samurai-like drifter with webbed feet and a modified trimaran in this big-budget futuristic thriller, taking place in a later era where melting polar ice-caps have submerged the Earth. Everyone is seeking legendary terra firma while fighting off Dennis Hopper and his band of constantly puffing marauders.

17. The Titanic (1997)

An extended period of love story development between a wealthy lady (the actress) and an working-class man (the actor) are rescued by this filmmaker's impressive reconstruction of among history's most infamous tragedies. It's impossible not to respect the boldness of a cinematic artist who artfully converts a death toll of 1,500 into an heartening narrative of freedom.

16. Vessel of Madness (1965)

Peasants, artistic entertainers and political extremists mingle on a commercial vessel journeying from Latin America to Europe in the interwar period. This filmmaker's epic features a cinema icon, in her final role, as a unhappy separated woman, but it's another actor, as the ship's doctor, and a talented performer, as a radical countess, who supply the film with its powerful impact.

15. Ultimate Trip (1960)

The fictional ship is ripped apart in an blast and Robert Stack's partner (Dorothy Malone) is stranded in their quarters in this compelling proto-disaster pic. Is it possible for Stack and a heroic engineer (the actor) save her prior to the vessel goes down? Interesting note: the fictional ship is played by the renowned European vessel Île de France.

14. Nile Killing (1978)

Two legendary actresses are including the killing culprits on board a Nile paddle steamer in this ensemble cast crime novelist murder mystery. The main star, as the Belgian sleuth, is unable to halt half the cast being killed, which whittles down his suspects to a smaller group. Bags more fun than the recent version.

13. Ocean Stillness (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 spin in the ocean, where they save a co-star from a damaged vessel. Poor decision! The director's suspense film is basically a killers-on-the-loose story at on the ocean, but an high-quality one that made her famous.

12. The Maggie (1954)

An Englishman, transporting furniture for an American industrialist, is deceived into hiring a dilapidated "type of boat" in Alexander Mackendrick's brutal British film in the subversive vein of his own earlier film. Of course, the boat's British skipper and crew deceive the inexperienced passengers for a trip, in multiple interpretations of the word.

11. Overwhelming Power (1974)

Richard Lester provides his disaster thriller a social commentary angle in this nerve-shredding story of bombs placed on a luxury liner, the main setting. Which wire to cut? Two lead actors play bomb disposal experts; Roy Kinnear, as the ship's entertainments director, provides a heartbreaking depiction in humorous tragedy.

10. The Poseidon Adventure (1972)

This cinematic interpretation of Paul Gallico's literary work is part of the peaks of the seventies catastrophe films. The central vessel is overturned by a ocean surge, and it's the responsibility of the lead character to lead his flock through the upturned vessel to security. the actress is unforgettable as a small business owner's partner with a useful experience of sports participation.

9. Total Loss (2013)

The main star delivers a late-career masterclass in solo performance as a person battling to survive in the specific sea after his personal boat, the Virginia Jean, is harmed in a crash with an errant cargo box. It's stressful enough to view, so one can only imagine how extremely demanding it must have been for the elderly actor to shoot.

8. Vessel Leader (2013)

The main star does excellent performance in part of his everyman-in-crisis performances, as the captain of an US merchant vessel commandeered by Somali pirates off the Horn of Africa. He has great chemistry by another actor ("I control this vessel"), providing a sensational film debut as the pirate chief in this filmmaker's tense movie, derived from real events. If the concluding moment fails to move you, you have no heart.

7. Triangle (2009)

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