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20. Abyssal Attack (1998)

Stephen Sommers' sci-fi horror pulp follows a group of scene-stealing supporting players portraying soldiers of fortune hired to sink the cruise ship a fictional ship. However a enormous cephalopod has already arrived! Featuring the endangered passengers are Famke Janssen as a jewel thief.

19. The 1900 Story (1998)

A baby, left on the passenger vessel a fictional ship, matures to be a accomplished musician (Tim Roth) who remains aboard the vessel. The peak moment of the director's imaginative story is the protagonist fighting a piano duel with Jelly Roll Morton, arguably inaccurately depicted as a smug bastard.

18. Aquatic World (1995)

The main star acts as a warrior-esque nomad with mutated appendages and a enhanced sailing vessel in this high-cost science fiction adventure, taking place in a later era where melting polar ice-caps have inundated the Earth. All people is hunting for mythical Dryland while fending off the villain and his group of constantly puffing raiders.

17. The Titanic (1997)

Two hours of romantic interludes between a posh chick (the actress) and an itinerant yobbo (the actor) are redeemed by this filmmaker's spectacular recreation of a famous well-known disasters. One must appreciate the audacity of a film-maker who successfully transforms a casualties of 1,500 into an heartening narrative of liberation.

16. Vessel of Madness (1965)

Peasants, Spanish performers and political extremists rub shoulders on a commercial vessel sailing from Mexico to Europe in the interwar period. The director's sweeping drama stars a legendary actress, in her swan song, as a unhappy separated woman, but it's Oskar Werner, as the medical officer, and a talented performer, as a radical countess, who supply the film with its emotional wallop.

15. Ultimate Trip (1960)

The central vessel is ripped apart in an blast and the lead actor's wife (the co-star) is trapped in their quarters in this intense precursor to disaster movies. Is it possible for the main character and a heroic engineer (Woody Strode) rescue her ahead of the ship sinks? Curious detail: the Claridon is represented by the renowned French liner an actual ocean liner.

14. Nile Killing (1978)

Two legendary actresses are including the murder suspects on board a African vessel in this ensemble cast Agatha Christie detective story. The lead actor, as the Belgian sleuth, is unable to halt half the cast being shot, which narrows his suspects to a manageable number. Much more enjoyable than the recent version.

13. Sea Silence (1989)

Two lead actors play a husband and wife attempting to recover from the pain of their son's death by venturing on their vessel for a trip in the Pacific, where they rescue a co-star from a damaged vessel. Poor decision! Phillip Noyce's suspense film is fundamentally a slasher movie at in maritime setting, but an high-quality one that put Kidman on the map.

12. Maggie's Tale (1954)

An Englishman, transporting furniture for an American industrialist, is manipulated into using a poor condition "Clyde puffer" in the director's harsh Ealing comedy in the rebellious style of his own earlier film. Naturally, the boat's British skipper and crew take the two landlubbers for a ride, in multiple interpretations of the term.

11. Unstoppable Force (1974)

The director gives his suspense story a state-of-the-nation perspective in this nerve-shredding tale of bombs positioned on a luxury liner, the main setting. Which wire to cut? Two lead actors act as bomb disposal experts; a supporting player, as the ship's entertainments director, delivers a touching study in tragicomic desperation.

10. Ocean Disaster (1972)

This cinematic interpretation of this writer's novel is part of the zenith of the seventies catastrophe films. The fictional ship is capsized by a tidal wave, and it's the responsibility of Reverend Gene Hackman to direct his followers through the flipped ship to safety. the actress is remarkable as a small business owner's partner with a practical history of sports participation.

9. Everything's Gone (2013)

The main star gives a mature brilliant acting in solo performance as a individual fighting to survive in the maritime location after his sailing vessel, the main setting, is damaged in a crash with an errant transport unit. It's anxious enough to observe, so heaven knows how exceptionally strenuous it must have been for the senior performer to record.

8. Ship Commander (2013)

The lead actor does sterling work in part of his everyman-in-crisis characters, as the captain of an American cargo ship commandeered by African raiders off the Horn of Africa. His performance is complemented by Barkhad Abdi ("I control this vessel"), making a outstanding initial cinematic appearance as the criminal boss in this filmmaker's suspense film, based on actual incidents. Should the final sequence doesn't make you blub, you have no heart.

7. Triangle (2009)

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