You Might Want a More Substantial Ship: The 20 Best Movies Taking Place at Sea – Ranked!
20. Abyssal Attack (1998)
Stephen Sommers' futuristic scarefest follows a group of scene-stealing ensemble cast portraying soldiers of fortune contracted to sink the cruise ship Argonautica. However a massive sea creature has already arrived! Featuring the likely victims are Famke Janssen as a gem smuggler.
19. The 1900 Story (1998)
A newborn, abandoned on the ocean-going ship SS Virginian, develops to be a talented keyboardist (the main star) who never steps off the vessel. The climax of the director's whimsical hokum is the protagonist battling a musical showdown with a jazz legend, arguably inaccurately depicted as a overconfident individual.
18. Ocean Planet (1995)
The lead actor portrays a warrior-esque wanderer with mutated appendages and a enhanced watercraft in this big-budget science fiction adventure, taking place in a future where vanishing ice sheets have flooded the planet. The entire population is searching for legendary terra firma while fighting off the villain and his group of chain-smoking raiders.
17. RMS Titanic (1997)
An extended period of romantic interludes between a posh chick (the female lead) and an free-spirited artist (Leonardo DiCaprio) are saved by this filmmaker's spectacular recreation of a famous most infamous tragedies. You have to admire the boldness of a director who successfully transforms a fatalities of over a thousand into an heartening tale of liberation.
16. Vessel of Madness (1965)
Working-class people, artistic entertainers and political extremists mingle on a passenger ship traveling from Mexico to Europe in the pre-war era. Stanley Kramer's epic features a legendary actress, in her swan song, as a sad divorcee, but it's Oskar Werner, as the ship's doctor, and Simone Signoret, as a political noblewoman, who provide the movie with its powerful impact.
15. Final Journey (1960)
The fictional ship is ripped apart in an explosion and the lead actor's partner (Dorothy Malone) is stranded in their cabin in this compelling precursor to disaster movies. Can the hero and a courageous worker (Woody Strode) free her ahead of the vessel goes down? Fun fact: the fictional ship is represented by the legendary French liner Île de France.
14. Nile Killing (1978)
Two legendary actresses are part of the murder suspects on board a African vessel in this ensemble cast Agatha Christie detective story. The lead actor, as Hercule Poirot, fails to stop half the cast being stabbed, which reduces his persons of interest to a limited selection. Significantly better than the recent version.
13. Sea Silence (1989)
Sam Neill act as a married couple trying to get over the trauma of their offspring's demise by sailing their boat for a journey in the sea, where they rescue a co-star from a damaged vessel. Costly error! This filmmaker's thriller is fundamentally a horror film at on the ocean, but an exceptionally well-made one that launched her career.
12. Maggie's Tale (1954)
An UK citizen, transporting items for an US businessman, is tricked into using a poor condition "Scottish vessel" in this filmmaker's brutal Ealing comedy in the rebellious style of his own earlier film. Predictably, the vessel's Scottish captain and staff deceive the inexperienced passengers for a ride, in all senses of the expression.
11. Unstoppable Force (1974)
Richard Lester provides his disaster thriller a political dimension tilt in this tension-filled tale of bombs placed on a commercial vessel, the main setting. What's the correct choice? David Hemmings act as bomb disposal experts; another actor, as the vessel's activities coordinator, serves up a emotional study in tragicomic desperation.
10. The Poseidon Adventure (1972)
This cinematic interpretation of this writer's book is among the high points of the 1970s disaster genre. The central vessel is overturned by a tsunami, and it's up to Reverend Gene Hackman to direct his flock through the upturned vessel to security. the actress is unforgettable as a retailer's spouse with a practical background of athletic swimming.
9. Total Loss (2013)
The lead actor provides a late-career brilliant acting in solo performance as a individual battling to endure in the specific sea after his yacht, the main setting, is harmed in a collision with an stray cargo box. It's stressful enough to observe, so heaven knows how extremely demanding it must have been for the 76-year-old star to shoot.
8. Ship Commander (2013)
Tom Hanks does excellent performance in among his ordinary-person-in-extraordinary-circumstances characters, as the captain of an American cargo ship seized by maritime criminals off the geographical area. His performance is complemented by another actor ("Now I'm in charge"), delivering a outstanding first movie role as the pirate chief in Paul Greengrass's thriller, inspired by real events. When the final sequence doesn't make you blub, you're not human.
7. Three-Sided Figure (2009)
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