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20. Deep Rising (1998)

This filmmaker's futuristic scarefest details a group of scene-stealing character actors playing hired guns contracted to destroy the passenger vessel a fictional ship. Yet a enormous cephalopod has already arrived! Among the likely victims are Famke Janssen as a gem smuggler.

19. 1900's Tale (1998)

A baby, abandoned on the ocean-going ship a fictional ship, matures to be a accomplished musician (the main star) who refuses to leave the boat. The climax of Giuseppe Tornatore's imaginative story is the main character battling a musical showdown with Jelly Roll Morton, arguably inaccurately portrayed as a overconfident individual.

18. Waterworld (1995)

The main star acts as a samurai-like nomad with webbed feet and a enhanced sailing vessel in this megabudget futuristic thriller, set in a distant time where disappearing glaciers have inundated the world. Everyone is searching for mythical Dryland while fighting off Dennis Hopper and his band of constantly puffing pirates.

17. RMS Titanic (1997)

An extended period of romantic interludes between a posh chick (Kate Winslet) and an free-spirited artist (the actor) are saved by the director's spectacular recreation of one the 20th century's well-known disasters. It's impossible not to respect the chutzpah of a film-maker who successfully transforms a fatalities of 1,500 into an heartening narrative of emancipation.

16. Boat of Lunatics (1965)

Peasants, Spanish performers and political extremists interact on a passenger ship sailing from Mexico to Europe in 1933. The director's sweeping drama stars Vivien Leigh, in her swan song, as a unhappy separated woman, but it's another actor, as the ship's doctor, and Simone Signoret, as a aristocratic rebel, who provide the motion picture with its powerful impact.

15. Ultimate Trip (1960)

The central vessel is destroyed in an blast and Robert Stack's partner (the co-star) is stranded in their cabin in this intense precursor to disaster movies. Will the main character and a brave technician (the actor) rescue her ahead of the ship sinks? Fun fact: the fictional ship is represented by the legendary European vessel Île de France.

14. Death on the Nile (1978)

Bette Davis are including the murder suspects on board a Nile paddle steamer in this all-star Agatha Christie detective story. Peter Ustinov, as the Belgian sleuth, cannot prevent numerous characters being killed, which narrows his potential killers to a manageable number. Bags more fun than the modern adaptation.

13. Ocean Stillness (1989)

Nicole Kidman portray a husband and wife seeking to heal from the grief of their son's death by taking their yacht for a journey in the sea, where they save a co-star from a foundering ship. Poor decision! Phillip Noyce's suspense film is basically a horror film at sea, but an ultra-classy one that launched her career.

12. The Maggie Story (1954)

An British man, transporting goods for an wealthy entrepreneur, is deceived into using a poor condition "Clyde puffer" in the director's brutal Ealing comedy in the rebellious vein of his own earlier film. Predictably, the vessel's UK commander and team trick the main characters for a ride, in all senses of the word.

11. Overwhelming Power (1974)

This filmmaker gives his catastrophe film a state-of-the-nation angle in this tension-filled tale of explosives planted on a passenger ship, the fictional ship. What's the correct choice? David Hemmings act as demolition specialists; a supporting player, as the vessel's activities coordinator, delivers a heartbreaking study in tragicomic desperation.

10. Poseidon's Journey (1972)

This cinematic interpretation of Paul Gallico's book is part of the high points of the era of disaster movies. The fictional ship is overturned by a tsunami, and it's the job of the lead character to guide his flock through the flipped hull to rescue. the actress is remarkable as a retailer's spouse with a useful history of competitive swimming.

9. All is Lost (2013)

Robert Redford provides a mature masterclass in solo performance as a person fighting to stay alive in the specific sea after his sailing vessel, the fictional ship, is impaired in a crash with an stray cargo box. It's anxious enough to observe, so heaven knows how physically gruelling it must have been for the senior performer to film.

8. Vessel Leader (2013)

The main star does excellent performance in among his ordinary-person-in-extraordinary-circumstances performances, as the skipper of an US merchant vessel seized by maritime criminals off the geographical area. He has great chemistry by Barkhad Abdi ("I'm the captain now"), delivering a remarkable first movie role as the pirate chief in this filmmaker's suspense film, derived from true stories. When the concluding moment doesn't bring tears, you have no heart.

7. Triangle (2009)

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