You Might Want a Bigger Boat: The 20 Best Movies Taking Place at Sea – In Order!
20. Ocean Terror (1998)
Stephen Sommers' science fiction thriller chronicles a bunch of scene-stealing ensemble cast acting as soldiers of fortune hired to demolish the luxury liner the main setting. However a giant mutant octopus has beaten them to it! Including the likely victims are Kevin J O'Connor as a gem smuggler.
19. The 1900 Story (1998)
A newborn, abandoned on the ocean-going ship the central location, grows up to be a gifted pianist (Tim Roth) who remains aboard the vessel. The peak moment of the director's fantastical tale is Roth competing in a musical showdown with Jelly Roll Morton, rather unfairly portrayed as a overconfident individual.
18. Ocean Planet (1995)
Kevin Costner portrays a fighter-inspired wanderer with aquatic adaptations and a enhanced trimaran in this big-budget science fiction adventure, taking place in a distant time where vanishing ice sheets have submerged the world. The entire population is seeking fabled solid ground while fighting off Dennis Hopper and his group of chain-smoking raiders.
17. Titanic (1997)
A significant portion of romantic interludes between a wealthy lady (the female lead) and an working-class man (Leonardo DiCaprio) are redeemed by the director's impressive reconstruction of among history's notorious catastrophes. It's impossible not to respect the boldness of a film-maker who successfully transforms a fatalities of 1,500 into an emotionally uplifting story of freedom.
16. Ship of Fools (1965)
Working-class people, flamenco dancers and German ideologists interact on a commercial vessel sailing from North America to Europe in the pre-war era. Stanley Kramer's epic features a cinema icon, in her final role, as a melancholy character, but it's a co-star, as the medical officer, and a talented performer, as a political noblewoman, who deliver the motion picture with its emotional wallop.
15. The Last Voyage (1960)
The fictional ship is ripped apart in an blast and the lead actor's spouse (the actress) is trapped in their cabin in this intense early catastrophe film. Can Stack and a heroic engineer (Woody Strode) rescue her before the vessel goes down? Interesting note: the Claridon is embodied by the legendary historic ship Île de France.
14. Nile Killing (1978)
Bette Davis are including the killing culprits on board a Nile paddle steamer in this celebrity-filled mystery writer detective story. Peter Ustinov, as Hercule Poirot, is unable to halt several passengers being stabbed, which narrows his potential killers to a smaller group. Significantly better than the recent version.
13. Sea Silence (1989)
Sam Neill portray a husband and wife attempting to recover from the grief of their offspring's demise by taking their yacht for a journey in the sea, where they rescue Billy Zane from a foundering ship. Big mistake! This filmmaker's tense movie is fundamentally a slasher movie at sea, but an ultra-classy one that made her famous.
12. The Maggie (1954)
An UK citizen, moving items for an wealthy entrepreneur, is manipulated into hiring a dilapidated "Scottish vessel" in this filmmaker's brutal Ealing comedy in the unconventional style of his own earlier film. Naturally, the vessel's Scottish captain and staff trick the main characters for a trip, in every meaning of the word.
11. Unstoppable Force (1974)
This filmmaker gives his catastrophe film a political dimension tilt in this anxiety-inducing yarn of explosives placed on a commercial vessel, the SS Britannic. What's the correct choice? David Hemmings portray bomb disposal experts; a supporting player, as the cruise director, provides a emotional study in humorous tragedy.
10. Poseidon's Journey (1972)
This adaptation 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 the responsibility of Reverend Gene Hackman to guide his followers through the inverted hull to security. a supporting player is unforgettable as a retailer's spouse with a handy experience of athletic swimming.
9. Total Loss (2013)
The lead actor gives a experienced masterclass in one-man show as a man fighting to endure in the specific sea after his sailing vessel, the fictional ship, is damaged in a impact with an lost transport unit. It's nerve-wracking enough to watch, so it's difficult to comprehend how extremely demanding it must have been for the elderly actor to shoot.
8. Vessel Leader (2013)
The lead actor delivers excellent performance in among his ordinary-person-in-extraordinary-circumstances characters, as the captain of an US merchant vessel commandeered by maritime criminals off the geographical area. He has great chemistry by another actor ("I control this vessel"), delivering a remarkable initial cinematic appearance as the criminal boss in Paul Greengrass's suspense film, based on true stories. When the final sequence doesn't bring tears, you're not human.
7. Geometric Shape (2009)
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