You Might Want a Bigger Boat: Top 20 Greatest Movies Located on the Ocean – Ranked!
20. Deep Rising (1998)
The director's science fiction thriller chronicles a bunch of memorable supporting players portraying soldiers of fortune hired to sink the passenger vessel Argonautica. Yet a enormous cephalopod has already arrived! Including the likely victims are Treat Williams as a jewel thief.
19. 1900's Tale (1998)
A baby, deserted on the ocean-going ship a fictional ship, develops to be a gifted pianist (the lead actor) who refuses to leave the ship. The highlight of Giuseppe Tornatore's whimsical hokum is the main character competing in a musical showdown with Jelly Roll Morton, rather unfairly shown as a overconfident individual.
18. Ocean Planet (1995)
Kevin Costner portrays a warrior-esque drifter with webbed feet and a enhanced sailing vessel in this big-budget sci-fi B-movie, taking place in a later era where melting polar ice-caps have submerged the world. The entire population is searching for mythical Dryland while resisting the villain and his group of chain-smoking marauders.
17. RMS Titanic (1997)
A significant portion of romantic interludes between a wealthy lady (the female lead) and an working-class man (the actor) are redeemed by James Cameron's breathtaking depiction of one the 20th century's well-known catastrophes. One must appreciate the audacity of a cinematic artist who artfully converts a death toll of 1,500 into an emotionally uplifting narrative of liberation.
16. Ship of Fools (1965)
Peasants, flamenco dancers and political extremists mingle on a commercial vessel traveling from Mexico to Europe in 1933. The director's epic features a legendary actress, in her last performance, as a melancholy character, but it's another actor, as the vessel's physician, and another cast member, as a aristocratic rebel, who supply the film with its powerful impact.
15. Ultimate Trip (1960)
The USS Claridon is destroyed in an blast and the protagonist's partner (the co-star) is trapped in their cabin in this intense precursor to disaster movies. Is it possible for Stack and a brave technician (the actor) save her prior to the boat submerges? Interesting note: the fictional ship is embodied by the renowned historic ship a real ship.
14. Nile Killing (1978)
Two legendary actresses are including the killing culprits on board a Egyptian riverboat in this celebrity-filled Agatha Christie whodunit. The main star, as the famous detective, is unable to halt numerous characters being killed, which reduces his potential killers to a limited selection. Bags more fun than the recent version.
13. Ocean Stillness (1989)
Two lead actors portray a partners seeking to heal from the trauma of their son's death by sailing their boat for a journey in the sea, where they recover a co-star from a damaged vessel. Big mistake! Phillip Noyce's tense movie is basically a killers-on-the-loose story at in maritime setting, but an ultra-classy one that put Kidman on the map.
12. The Maggie (1954)
An Englishman, moving items for an American industrialist, is deceived into employing a poor condition "type of boat" in Alexander Mackendrick's brutal UK production in the subversive tradition of his own Whisky Galore!. Of course, the ship's Scottish captain and team trick the main characters for a journey, in all senses of the expression.
11. Juggernaut (1974)
Richard Lester gives his catastrophe film a social commentary angle in this anxiety-inducing yarn of detonators positioned on a commercial vessel, the fictional ship. Which wire to cut? Two lead actors act as demolition specialists; Roy Kinnear, as the vessel's activities coordinator, serves up a heartbreaking study in sadly funny despair.
10. The Poseidon Adventure (1972)
This cinematic interpretation of Paul Gallico's literary work is one of the zenith of the 1970s disaster genre. The SS Poseidon is flipped over by a tsunami, and it's up to Reverend Gene Hackman to lead his flock through the inverted hull to security. Shelley Winters is memorable as a retailer's spouse with a handy experience of sports participation.
9. All is Lost (2013)
Robert Redford gives a late-career masterclass in solo performance as a person battling to survive in the specific sea after his personal boat, the main setting, is harmed in a collision with an errant cargo box. It's anxious enough to observe, so it's difficult to comprehend how extremely demanding it must have been for the senior performer to shoot.
8. Ship Commander (2013)
The main star does excellent performance in one of his regular-guys-under-intolerable-pressure roles, as the captain of an US merchant vessel hijacked by African raiders off the specific location. His performance is complemented by another actor ("I control this vessel"), delivering a sensational film debut as the criminal boss in Paul Greengrass's thriller, inspired by true stories. If the final sequence doesn't make you blub, you're not human.
7. Triangle (2009)
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