You Should Consider a Larger Vessel: 20 Finest Films Located on the Ocean – In Order!
20. Deep Rising (1998)
Stephen Sommers' science fiction thriller follows a bunch of scene-stealing character actors playing mercenaries contracted to destroy the passenger vessel Argonautica. Yet a enormous cephalopod has already arrived! Including the likely victims are Famke Janssen as a gem smuggler.
19. 1900's Tale (1998)
A newborn, deserted on the passenger vessel a fictional ship, grows up to be a gifted pianist (Tim Roth) who remains aboard the vessel. The highlight of the director's whimsical hokum is the protagonist battling a keyboard contest with Jelly Roll Morton, arguably inaccurately depicted as a smug bastard.
18. Waterworld (1995)
The lead actor portrays a samurai-like nomad with webbed feet and a souped-up sailing vessel in this big-budget futuristic thriller, taking place in a later era where disappearing glaciers have inundated the world. Everyone is seeking fabled solid ground while fending off the antagonist and his gang of chain-smoking pirates.
17. The Titanic (1997)
An extended period of love story development between a wealthy lady (the actress) and an free-spirited artist (the male lead) are saved by this filmmaker's spectacular recreation of among history's most infamous tragedies. One must appreciate the boldness of a director who manages to twist a death toll of numerous victims into an inspiring story of freedom.
16. Ship of Fools (1965)
Peasants, artistic entertainers and German ideologists interact on a ocean liner sailing from Mexico to Europe in the interwar period. This filmmaker's epic features a legendary actress, in her swan song, as a melancholy character, but it's a co-star, as the ship's doctor, and a talented performer, as a political noblewoman, who supply the motion picture with its dramatic punch.
15. The Last Voyage (1960)
The fictional ship is torn asunder in an blast and the protagonist's spouse (Dorothy Malone) is stuck in their cabin in this compelling early catastrophe film. Can the main character and a heroic engineer (the actor) save her ahead of the ship sinks? Curious detail: the fictional ship is represented by the famous French liner ÃŽle de France.
14. Murder on the Nile (1978)
Angela Lansbury are among the homicide possibilities on board a Nile paddle steamer in this ensemble cast Agatha Christie whodunit. Peter Ustinov, as the Belgian sleuth, is unable to halt half the cast being stabbed, which whittles down his potential killers to a limited selection. Significantly better than the modern adaptation.
13. Sea Silence (1989)
Nicole Kidman play a partners seeking to heal from the pain of their son's death by taking their yacht for a journey in the Pacific, where they save a co-star from a sinking schooner. Big mistake! This filmmaker's suspense film is essentially a horror film at sea, but an high-quality one that put Kidman on the map.
12. The Maggie (1954)
An British man, moving furniture for an wealthy entrepreneur, is deceived into employing a poor condition "Scottish vessel" in Alexander Mackendrick's dark UK production in the unconventional tradition of his own Whisky Galore!. Predictably, the boat's British skipper and team take the two landlubbers for a ride, in all senses of the expression.
11. Overwhelming Power (1974)
The director gives his catastrophe film a political dimension tilt in this anxiety-inducing story of detonators placed on a luxury liner, the main setting. Which wire to cut? Two lead actors portray explosive technicians; a supporting player, as the ship's entertainments director, delivers a touching study in sadly funny despair.
10. Ocean Disaster (1972)
This cinematic interpretation of this writer's book is among the peaks of the seventies catastrophe films. The fictional ship is flipped over by a ocean surge, and it's the responsibility of the lead character to direct his group through the flipped hull to rescue. Shelley Winters is remarkable as a shopkeeper's wife with a handy experience of competitive swimming.
9. Everything's Gone (2013)
The main star gives a experienced masterclass in one-man show as a person fighting to stay alive in the maritime location after his yacht, the main setting, is impaired in a collision with an stray cargo box. It's nerve-wracking enough to view, so one can only imagine how extremely demanding it must have been for the elderly actor to record.
8. Ship Commander (2013)
Tom Hanks provides sterling work in part of his regular-guys-under-intolerable-pressure characters, as the skipper of an commercial transport commandeered by African raiders off the specific location. His performance is complemented by a co-star ("I'm the captain now"), providing a sensational film debut as the raider leader in Paul Greengrass's suspense film, derived from real events. Should the final sequence doesn't bring tears, you're not human.
7. Three-Sided Figure (2009)
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