"Stephen Sommers' sci-fi horror pulp follows a bunch of scene-stealing character actors playing mercenaries hired to destroy the cruise ship Argonautica for insurance purposes. But a giant mutant octopus has got there first! Among the potential cephalopod fodder are Treat Williams, Kevin J O'Connor, and Famke Janssen as a jewel thief. The Legend of 1900 Photograph: Fine Line/Sportsphoto/Allstar A baby, abandoned on the transatlantic liner SS Virginian, grows up to be a gifted pianist (Tim Roth) who never steps off the boat."
"Waterworld (1995) Kevin Costner: Waterworld is beloved around the world' Kevin Costner plays a samurai-like drifter with webbed feet and a souped-up trimaran in this megabudget sci-fi B-movie, set in a future where melting polar ice-caps have flooded the planet. Everyone is searching for mythical Dryland while fending off Dennis Hopper and his band of chain-smoking pirates. 17. Titanic (1997) Kate Winslet and Leonardo DiCaprio in Titanic Photograph: Landmark Media/Alamy"
A curated ranking presents notable films set on or around ships, covering genres from pulp horror to grand disaster epics. A Stephen Sommers entry features mercenaries hired to sink a cruise ship who encounter a giant mutant octopus and actors such as Treat Williams and Famke Janssen. A transatlantic liner yields a foundling pianist who never leaves the ship and engages in a piano duel. A megabudget dystopian epic stars Kevin Costner as a drifter seeking mythical Dryland amid a flooded world. A blockbuster romantic disaster reimagines a historic sinking with sweeping spectacle. Classic ensemble voyages explore human tensions aboard ship.
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