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20. Abyssal Attack (1998)

Stephen Sommers' science fiction thriller details a group of memorable ensemble cast playing mercenaries hired to demolish the cruise ship Argonautica. However a massive sea creature has beaten them to it! Among the likely victims are Treat Williams as a diamond criminal.

19. The 1900 Story (1998)

A infant, left on the passenger vessel SS Virginian, develops to be a talented keyboardist (Tim Roth) who remains aboard the vessel. The highlight of this filmmaker's whimsical hokum is Roth battling a keyboard contest with a historical figure, rather unfairly portrayed as a overconfident individual.

18. Waterworld (1995)

The main star acts as a warrior-esque drifter with webbed feet and a modified watercraft in this megabudget futuristic thriller, set in a later era where melting polar ice-caps have inundated the Earth. All people is searching for fabled solid ground while fighting off the antagonist and his band of constantly puffing raiders.

17. The Titanic (1997)

Two hours of love story development between a posh chick (Kate Winslet) and an working-class man (the actor) are rescued by this filmmaker's breathtaking depiction of one the 20th century's most infamous disasters. You have to admire the chutzpah of a cinematic artist who manages to twist a death toll of over a thousand into an emotionally uplifting tale of emancipation.

16. Vessel of Madness (1965)

Working-class people, Spanish performers and political extremists interact on a commercial vessel journeying from North America to the Continent in the pre-war era. The director's epic stars a cinema icon, in her swan song, as a sad divorcee, but it's Oskar Werner, as the vessel's physician, and a talented performer, as a political noblewoman, who supply the movie with its powerful impact.

15. Final Journey (1960)

The central vessel is destroyed in an blast and the lead actor's spouse (Dorothy Malone) is stranded in their cabin in this intense early catastrophe film. Is it possible for the main character and a heroic engineer (the actor) rescue her before the boat submerges? Curious detail: the fictional ship is represented by the legendary historic ship an actual ocean liner.

14. Death on the Nile (1978)

Two legendary actresses are among the murder suspects on board a African vessel in this all-star mystery writer murder mystery. The main star, as the Belgian sleuth, fails to stop several passengers being killed, which reduces his suspects to a manageable number. Significantly better than the modern adaptation.

13. Sea Silence (1989)

Sam Neill play a partners seeking to heal from the pain of their child's passing by sailing their boat for a spin in the sea, where they rescue Billy Zane from a damaged vessel. Big mistake! This filmmaker's suspense film is essentially a horror film at in maritime setting, but an high-quality one that made her famous.

12. The Maggie Story (1954)

An British man, moving goods for an wealthy entrepreneur, is manipulated into using a poor condition "Scottish vessel" in the director's dark UK production in the unconventional tradition of his own previous work. Of course, the boat's British skipper and crew deceive the inexperienced passengers for a journey, in multiple interpretations of the term.

11. Overwhelming Power (1974)

Richard Lester provides his suspense story a social commentary tilt in this tension-filled yarn of detonators planted on a luxury liner, the fictional ship. Red wire or blue wire? Two lead actors act as bomb disposal experts; a supporting player, as the vessel's activities coordinator, serves up a heartbreaking study in humorous tragedy.

10. Ocean Disaster (1972)

This adaptation of the author's book is among the peaks of the 1970s disaster genre. The central vessel is flipped over by a ocean surge, and it's the job of Reverend Gene Hackman to guide his group through the flipped vessel to rescue. the actress is memorable as a small business owner's partner with a useful experience of athletic swimming.

9. Total Loss (2013)

The main star gives a late-career brilliant acting in solo performance as a person battling to endure in the specific sea after his yacht, the Virginia Jean, is impaired in a crash with an lost shipping container. It's nerve-wracking enough to view, so heaven knows how extremely demanding it must have been for the 76-year-old star to record.

8. Vessel Leader (2013)

Tom Hanks provides excellent performance in among his everyman-in-crisis performances, as the skipper of an American cargo ship hijacked by maritime criminals off the specific location. He's matched by another actor ("I control this vessel"), making a sensational film debut as the raider leader in Paul Greengrass's suspense film, derived from actual incidents. If the last scene doesn't bring tears, you're emotionally detached.

7. Three-Sided Figure (2009)

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