You Might Want a Larger Vessel: The 20 Best Motion Pictures Located on the Ocean – Listed!
20. Deep Rising (1998)
This filmmaker's futuristic scarefest details a bunch of memorable character actors portraying soldiers of fortune contracted to destroy the luxury liner a fictional ship. However a massive sea creature has beaten them to it! Featuring the likely victims are Kevin J O'Connor as a jewel thief.
19. The Legend of 1900 (1998)
A infant, left on the ocean-going ship the central location, grows up to be a gifted pianist (Tim Roth) who remains aboard the boat. The climax of the director's imaginative story is Roth battling a keyboard contest with a historical figure, rather unfairly shown as a smug bastard.
18. Aquatic World (1995)
Kevin Costner acts as a samurai-like wanderer with aquatic adaptations and a souped-up trimaran in this big-budget science fiction adventure, located in a distant time where melting polar ice-caps have flooded the world. Everyone is seeking fabled solid ground while fighting off the antagonist and his band of constantly puffing marauders.
17. Titanic (1997)
A significant portion of romantic interludes between a upper-class woman (the actress) and an free-spirited artist (Leonardo DiCaprio) are saved by the director's breathtaking depiction of among history's notorious tragedies. One must appreciate the audacity of a director who manages to twist a casualties of numerous victims into an inspiring tale of freedom.
16. Boat of Lunatics (1965)
Commoners, flamenco dancers and German ideologists mingle on a ocean liner traveling from Mexico to Europe in the pre-war era. This filmmaker's sweeping drama features Vivien Leigh, in her last performance, as a unhappy separated woman, but it's a co-star, as the ship's doctor, and another cast member, as a aristocratic rebel, who supply the movie with its powerful impact.
15. The Last Voyage (1960)
The USS Claridon is torn asunder in an explosion and Robert Stack's spouse (Dorothy Malone) is trapped in their room in this compelling precursor to disaster movies. Is it possible for the hero and a courageous worker (Woody Strode) save her before the ship sinks? Curious detail: the Claridon is embodied by the renowned historic ship a real ship.
14. Nile Killing (1978)
Bette Davis are among the killing culprits on board a Egyptian riverboat in this ensemble cast Agatha Christie detective story. Peter Ustinov, as the Belgian sleuth, fails to stop numerous characters being killed, which whittles down his potential killers to a manageable number. Bags more fun than the 2022 remake.
13. Ocean Stillness (1989)
Nicole Kidman act as a married couple attempting to recover from the pain of their child's passing by sailing their boat for a trip in the sea, where they save Billy Zane from a foundering ship. Costly error! This filmmaker's tense movie is basically a horror film at sea, but an high-quality one that put Kidman on the map.
12. Maggie's Tale (1954)
An Englishman, transporting furniture for an US businessman, is deceived into hiring a run-down "Scottish vessel" in Alexander Mackendrick's harsh British film in the subversive style of his own Whisky Galore!. Naturally, the vessel's Scottish captain and team deceive the inexperienced passengers for a journey, in multiple interpretations of the expression.
11. Overwhelming Power (1974)
The director gives his suspense story a political dimension tilt in this tension-filled story of detonators positioned on a commercial vessel, the fictional ship. Red wire or blue wire? Richard Harris play explosive technicians; Roy Kinnear, as the cruise director, serves up a heartbreaking study in tragicomic desperation.
10. Ocean Disaster (1972)
This film version of the author's literary work is part of the high points of the 1970s disaster genre. The SS Poseidon is capsized by a ocean surge, and it's up to the lead character to guide his group through the flipped hull to safety. a supporting player is memorable as a shopkeeper's wife with a useful background of athletic swimming.
9. Total Loss (2013)
The main star delivers a mature exemplary performance in solo performance as a individual battling to survive in the specific sea after his yacht, the fictional ship, is damaged in a crash with an errant shipping container. It's stressful enough to observe, so heaven knows how extremely demanding it must have been for the 76-year-old star to record.
8. Captain Phillips (2013)
The lead actor does sterling work in among his everyman-in-crisis characters, as the captain of an American cargo ship seized by maritime criminals off the geographical area. He's matched by a co-star ("Now I'm in charge"), providing a remarkable film debut as the pirate chief in Paul Greengrass's thriller, inspired by real events. If the last scene doesn't make you blub, you're not human.
7. Geometric Shape (2009)
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