You Might Want a Larger Vessel: Top 20 Greatest Films Located on the Ocean – Ranked!

20. Ocean Terror (1998)

The director's science fiction thriller details a collection of memorable supporting players portraying hired guns hired to sink the cruise ship Argonautica. But a massive sea creature has beaten them to it! Among the likely victims are Treat Williams as a jewel thief.

19. The Legend of 1900 (1998)

A baby, abandoned on the transatlantic liner a fictional ship, matures to be a talented keyboardist (the main star) who remains aboard the boat. The highlight of the director's whimsical hokum is the protagonist battling a piano duel with Jelly Roll Morton, somewhat unjustly portrayed as a smug bastard.

18. Waterworld (1995)

Kevin Costner portrays a warrior-esque wanderer with aquatic adaptations and a modified watercraft in this big-budget futuristic thriller, located in a later era where melting polar ice-caps have flooded the world. Everyone is searching for mythical Dryland while resisting the villain and his gang of chain-smoking raiders.

17. RMS Titanic (1997)

An extended period of romantic interludes between a wealthy lady (Kate Winslet) and an free-spirited artist (the male lead) are redeemed by this filmmaker's breathtaking depiction of a famous notorious tragedies. You have to admire the audacity of a cinematic artist who manages to twist a fatalities of numerous victims into an emotionally uplifting narrative of liberation.

16. Boat of Lunatics (1965)

Peasants, flamenco dancers and Nazi eugenicists mingle on a commercial vessel journeying from Latin America to Europe in the pre-war era. The director's epic features Vivien Leigh, in her final role, as a sad divorcee, but it's Oskar Werner, as the vessel's physician, and another cast member, as a political noblewoman, who deliver the movie with its powerful impact.

15. Final Journey (1960)

The USS Claridon is torn asunder in an explosion and the lead actor's spouse (the co-star) is stuck in their cabin in this intense proto-disaster pic. Will the main character and a courageous worker (Woody Strode) free her before the vessel goes down? Curious detail: the Claridon is represented by the renowned historic ship Île de France.

14. Murder on the Nile (1978)

Bette Davis are including the homicide possibilities on board a Nile paddle steamer in this celebrity-filled Agatha Christie detective story. The lead actor, as Hercule Poirot, cannot prevent half the cast being shot, which reduces his suspects to a manageable number. Much more enjoyable than the recent version.

13. Ocean Stillness (1989)

Nicole Kidman act as a married couple attempting to recover from the trauma of their child's passing by taking their yacht for a journey in the sea, where they recover Billy Zane from a sinking schooner. Costly error! This filmmaker's suspense film is basically a killers-on-the-loose story at sea, but an exceptionally well-made one that launched her career.

12. The Maggie Story (1954)

An UK citizen, moving furniture for an wealthy entrepreneur, is tricked into using a poor condition "type of boat" in Alexander Mackendrick's brutal UK production in the rebellious tradition of his own previous work. Naturally, the ship's UK commander and team take the two landlubbers for a journey, in all senses of the word.

11. Unstoppable Force (1974)

Richard Lester imparts his disaster thriller a political dimension angle in this tension-filled story of bombs planted on a commercial vessel, the main setting. Red wire or blue wire? Richard Harris act as explosive technicians; a supporting player, as the ship's entertainments director, provides a touching portrayal in tragicomic desperation.

10. The Poseidon Adventure (1972)

This cinematic interpretation of the author's book is among the peaks of the era of disaster movies. The central vessel is flipped over by a tsunami, and it's up to Reverend Gene Hackman to lead his group through the upturned vessel to safety. the actress is memorable as a retailer's spouse with a practical history of athletic swimming.

9. Everything's Gone (2013)

The lead actor provides a mature exemplary performance in solo performance as a person battling to endure in the maritime location after his sailing vessel, the Virginia Jean, is harmed in a impact with an errant shipping container. It's anxious enough to observe, so one can only imagine how exceptionally strenuous it must have been for the elderly actor to shoot.

8. Captain Phillips (2013)

The lead actor delivers outstanding acting in among his ordinary-person-in-extraordinary-circumstances characters, as the commander of an US merchant vessel hijacked by Somali pirates off the Horn of Africa. He's matched by another actor ("Now I'm in charge"), delivering a sensational film debut as the raider leader in Paul Greengrass's suspense film, inspired by real events. Should the concluding moment fails to move you, you're emotionally detached.

7. Three-Sided Figure (2009)

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