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20. Deep Rising (1998)

This filmmaker's sci-fi horror pulp details a collection of memorable character actors playing hired guns employed to destroy the cruise ship Argonautica. However a giant mutant octopus has beaten them to it! Among the likely victims are Famke Janssen as a diamond criminal.

19. The Legend of 1900 (1998)

A baby, deserted on the transatlantic liner the central location, matures to be a gifted pianist (Tim Roth) who never steps off the ship. The climax of this filmmaker's fantastical tale is the protagonist battling a keyboard contest with a historical figure, arguably inaccurately depicted as a smug bastard.

18. Waterworld (1995)

Kevin Costner plays a fighter-inspired drifter with aquatic adaptations and a modified watercraft in this big-budget sci-fi B-movie, set in a distant time where disappearing glaciers have inundated the world. The entire population is hunting for mythical Dryland while resisting Dennis Hopper and his group of constantly puffing pirates.

17. The Titanic (1997)

An extended period of love story development between a upper-class woman (the female lead) and an working-class man (the actor) are rescued by the director's spectacular recreation of among history's notorious tragedies. One must appreciate the chutzpah of a cinematic artist who successfully transforms a fatalities of numerous victims into an heartening narrative of liberation.

16. Boat of Lunatics (1965)

Peasants, flamenco dancers and German ideologists interact on a commercial vessel journeying from Mexico to the Continent in the pre-war era. The director's epic features a legendary actress, in her final role, as a unhappy separated woman, but it's a co-star, as the medical officer, and another cast member, as a aristocratic rebel, who provide the film with its dramatic punch.

15. The Last Voyage (1960)

The central vessel is destroyed in an explosion and Robert Stack's partner (the actress) is trapped in their quarters in this intense early catastrophe film. Will the hero and a heroic engineer (the actor) free her prior to the vessel goes down? Fun fact: the Claridon is represented by the famous historic ship a real ship.

14. Death on the Nile (1978)

Two legendary actresses are part of the killing culprits on board a Egyptian riverboat in this celebrity-filled mystery writer murder mystery. The main star, as the Belgian sleuth, is unable to halt numerous characters being shot, which whittles down his suspects to a smaller group. Bags more fun than the recent version.

13. Sea Silence (1989)

Two lead actors act as a married couple attempting to recover from the pain of their offspring's demise by sailing their boat for a trip in the sea, where they recover a co-star from a damaged vessel. Big mistake! The director's tense movie is essentially a killers-on-the-loose story at sea, but an high-quality one that made her famous.

12. The Maggie (1954)

An UK citizen, transporting furniture for an wealthy entrepreneur, is tricked into hiring a run-down "type of boat" in the director's brutal Ealing comedy in the subversive style of his own Whisky Galore!. Predictably, the boat's British skipper and crew deceive the inexperienced passengers for a ride, in all senses of the expression.

11. Juggernaut (1974)

Richard Lester provides his disaster thriller a state-of-the-nation perspective in this tension-filled yarn of bombs positioned on a luxury liner, the main setting. Red wire or blue wire? Two lead actors portray explosive technicians; another actor, as the cruise director, delivers a touching study in sadly funny despair.

10. Ocean Disaster (1972)

This adaptation of this writer's book is among the peaks of the era of disaster movies. The SS Poseidon is capsized by a tsunami, and it's up to the main protagonist to guide his group through the upturned ship to safety. a supporting player is memorable as a shopkeeper's wife with a useful background of sports participation.

9. Everything's Gone (2013)

The main star delivers a mature brilliant acting in one-man show as a individual struggling to survive in the Indian Ocean after his yacht, the Virginia Jean, is impaired in a crash with an errant cargo box. It's nerve-wracking enough to watch, so heaven knows how extremely demanding it must have been for the senior performer to record.

8. Captain Phillips (2013)

The lead actor does outstanding acting in one of his everyman-in-crisis roles, 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"), providing a sensational first movie role as the raider leader in this filmmaker's suspense film, derived from real events. When the concluding moment doesn't make you blub, you're not human.

7. Triangle (2009)

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