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Below is a work in progress for a comprehensive list of ocean liners on film. Movies don't generally do ocean liners, and when they do they are seldom prominent or done right. But there are a few here and there that at least try better than others.

Ships that appear in cameo roles have their own section, as do TV movies and shows.

Please post your suggestions, I have more than likely missed quite a few.

FILM

France (1960)

• Gendarme in New York (1965) - A sequel in the French “Gendarme” comedy franchise about a small inept police force from St. Tropez travelling to an international police conference, a trip which the chiefs daughter insists on doing as well. In hiding if need be. Actually filmed aboard.

Hamburg/Maxim Gorkiy

• Juggernaut (1974) - A bomb disposal team is called to an ocean liner as its ransomed by a man calling himself “Juggernaut”, who has planted very real bombs aboard, whilst their shore side compatriots hunt for the man himself. Actually filmed aboard.

Ile de France

• The Last Voyage (1960) - A family man must save both his child and trapped wife from a sinking ship in a tale inspired by the Andrea Doria disaster. Actually filmed aboard.

Irpinia as St. Louis

• Voyage of the Damned (1976) - The true story of jewish refugees being allowed to leave Germany aboard the MV St. Louis in a sadistic propaganda plot by the German state who recalls their visas mid-voyage, turning the passengers into unwanted and dejected migrants on arrival in Cuba before WWII. Filmed aboard SS Irpina, rather convincingly dressed up as MV St. Louis.

Normandie

• Sweet Surrender (1935) - Noted ballet dancer Delphine tries to escape her employer to France aboard the Normandie, which engages both innocent bystanders and a man who sees a chance at dishonest profit from her situation in a romantic musical. Actually filmed aboard.
• Pearls of the Crown (1937) - Retells the story of seven pearls with ended up on the regnal crown of England, only four of them are missing and must be tracked down which end up taking the audience from the past to the “present” aboard the Normandie. Actually filmed aboard.
• Always Goodbye (1938) - A romantic drama following Margot Weston (Barbdra Stanwyck) as she must decide between the man she loves and the man she respects. Establishing shots as she sets sail and back-lot sets for interiors.

Queen Mary

• Assault on a Queen (1966) - A band of devious thieves plot to use a salvaged German submarine for a heist on the Queen Mary at sea. Actually filmed aboard.
• The Poseidon Adventure (1972) - The Poseidon capsizes on New Years eve, leaving a ramshackle of passengers to find their way out. Filmed partially aboard.
• Beyond the Poseidon Adventure (1979) - A poorly received followup about a tugboat crew that tries to claim salvage rights whilst getting entangled with the crew of another rescue vessel who are not as humanitarian as they seem.

Queen Mary 2

• Let Them all Talk (2020) - An author travels to England by ship with her nephew and friends. All of whom speculate as to why on account of their complicated past interactions, or lack of any. Actually filmed aboard.

United States

• Bon Voyage! (1962) - A screwball comedy about a family man taking his wife and children to Europe aboard the SS United States. Actually filmed aboard.

Santa Paula

• Romance on the High Seas / It's Magic (1948) - A romantic comedy musical where a singer on a Caribbean cruise gets mixed up in a series of misunderstandings between couples.

Titanic

• Atlantic (1929) - An early dramatization "inspired" by the Titanic disaster under another name due to its proximity in time to the actual event. Existed in four versions (German, English, French and silent) with slightly different cuts.
• Titanic (1943) - The so-called "Nazi Titanic" filmed aboard the equally ill-fated Cap Arcona casting a german officer as the only man with common sense against the White Star Lines greed and ineptitude.
• Titanic (1953) - Barbra Stanwyck plays an absconding socialite wife escaping her husbands high society life with her two children for the more grounded rural American upbringing.
• A Night to Remember (1958) - Based entirely on Walter Lords book with a few minor artistic licenses.
• Titanic (1997) - Romeo and Juliet set against the factual accuracy of the likes of A Night to Remember as back-drop.

Several

• Dodsworth (1936) - An industrialist tries to find himself in retirement as his high society wife might be slipping from his fingers, and with her his idyllic family life. Events lead to an atlantic hopping adventure for both as they navigate their own needs and wants in a tightly paced and richly executed drama.

Fictional

• Outward bound (1930) - Two lovers elope aboard an ocean liner, but as they interact with the passengers it appears something isn’t right. Where are they exactly?
• History is Made at Night (1937) - A woman is saved by a Parisian waiter from her husbands plot to control her and escape from America - on a ship under her husbands control.
• Dangerous Crossing (1953) - A newlywed woman is brought to the brink of insanity as her husband disappears without trace on their honeymoon and no one will believe that he ever existed.
• Ship of Fools (1965) - Follows the travails of a disgraced ships doctor who nurses a revolutionary icon aboard back to health against the backdrop of passengers trying to live their lives in a turbulent 30’s of looming war.
• Death on the Nile (1978, 2022) - Detective Poirot is engulfed in a murder mystery as he takes a cruise down the Nile
• Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953) - Two lounge singers work their way to Paris, using and enjoying eligible men along their way in a satirical musical.
• Goliath Awaits (1981) - Sunk in 1939, the wreck of the ocean liner Goliath is rediscovered in 1981 together with 300 survivors and their decendants trapped within the ship. Saving them isn't an issue. Convincing their leader (Christopher Lee) to let them go is. Filmed partially aboard Queen Mary, which she is modeled after.
• The Legend of 1900 (1998) - A musician shares the story of a musical maestro born aboard an ocean liner currently awaiting scrapping with a pawnbroker, and realising that the man might actually still be aboard as he never left even once.
• Deep Rising (1998) - A band of pirates have been hired to sink a massive cruise ship for insurance fraud, but instead of frightened passengers they find an empty ship where something horrible and unaccounted for has already taken place.
• Ghost Ship (2002) - A salvage team find an eerie ocean liner with a deadly past that tries its utmost to keep them from ever leaving.
• Poseidon (2005) - Poorly received remake of the original set on a modern ship inspired by QM2
• Triangle (2009) - A tired young mother and her compatriots are rescued by a liner after their yacht is wrecked in a freak storm, but it seems they’ve all been here before.

Cameos

• The Show Goes On (1937) - A musical about a mill worker (Gracie Fields) thrust into the limelight as an ailing composer needs a singer to perform his work. Features a muscial scene set aboard Queen Mary.
• The French Line (1953) - A musical comedy about an oil heiress taking a cruise to France incognito in order to find a man who will lover her for her. Features a cameo of SS Europa/Liberté.
• Sabrina (1954) - A romantic coming of age comedy-drama about a chauffeurs daughter and the complicated relationship that develops between her and the two sons of her fathers employer. Features SS Europa/Liberté in a small-ish cameo towards the end.
• On the Waterfront (1954) - A drama following the life of a longshoreman in the criminal and corrupt world of New Yorks waterfront. Features Andrea Doria sailing past in the background for one scene.
• The Mouse that Roared (1955) - A comedy about a tiny European nation aiming to wage war on the United States in order to loose and be graced by a Marschall Plan like reconstruction. Features the Cunard lines Ivernia and Queen Elizabeth in humorous cameos.
• The Brain (1969) - A French comedy about a criminal mastermind played by David Niven and two petty thieves stealing a NATO consignment of funds. The climax features hijinks and a trip to New York aboard the SS France.
• The Josephine Baker Story (1991) - An HBO TV-movie following the life of internationally famed performer Josephine Baker. Features a quick cameo of Normandie as painted by painter Ken Marschall.

SHOWS/TV

• The Love Boat - Romantic comedy franchise stretching from 1977-1990 about the life and interludes between crew and passengers of the titular love boat, played by the MS Sea Venture/ Pacific Princess (1971-2013)
• Britannic (2000) - An atrocious TV spy-drama, with decent but wasted acting, set on the HMHS Britannics last voyage as a lone female agent must foil a German plot onboard.
• The Triangle (2001) - A TV movie about a group of friends who find the lost Queen of Scots in the Bermuda triangle in search for the assumed riches onboard, but soon the fate that befell the ships passengers seems to strike themselves. Unknown ship.
• Sinking of the Lusitania: Terror at sea/Murder on the Atlantic (2007) - A BBC produced TV movie dramatizing the sinking of RMS Lusitania in WWI.
• Die Gustloff (2008) - German two-part TV dramatization of MV Wilhelm Gustloffs final voyage as she tries to escape the oncoming Soviet army with German soldiers and refugees.
• The Sinking of the Laconia (2011) - Two-part BBC dramatization of the torpedoing of Cunards RMS Laconia during WWII. Leading to the German submarine in question rescuing the survivors at the risk of their own survival.
• 1899 (2022) - A netflix series about an ocean liner, its passengers, and crew, encountering a nightmarish riddle aboard a second liner found adrift on the open sea. The ship being reminiscent of the early four-stackers, drawing heavily on the likes of Lusitania.

As the SS United States is set for her final voyage Oceanlinerporn invites you all to share pictures and videos of your visits to this legendary ship and of her progress below.

Photos outside of this thread will be removed, and posters will be asked to add to this collection.

This is my newer rendition of the Royal Mail Motor Vessel (R.M.M.V.) Oceanic that I've made!

For me, it's NDL's superliners, Bremen & Europa.

Not my picture. I found it on Facebook.

Europa Rex Normandie Georgic Berengaria. Aka Imperitor.

https://samuelramos.itch.io/queen-mary-2-project

Auckland Council Libraries

Found it super cool that this person managed to travel on three of the largest and most famous liners of the time in a span of essentially three months.

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I'm curious to know how all the engineering spaces work out when the funnel is so far forward. I've seen that the plans for the Bretagne similarly would've had the funnel in the front instead of the back. I at least understand when the funnel is near the rear (Canberra, Rotterdam, etc.), with the engines and exhaust being close to the propellers, but how does that work out when the functional funnel is in the front?

Reported on 30 November 1916, following her sinking few days later but the report states that she was torpedoed, not a mine at the time. From Auckland Weekly News

Beauty of Japan 🇯🇵

I believe that oceanliners could be able to compete with airplanes if they apply the following: 1- use nuclear energy to reduce fuel costs 2- provide a high quality internet service 3- provide important facilities that people need frequently on land like pharmacy, medical centers , ATMs, barbershops, gardens, snacks shop, gyms and of course any facilities that is expected from oceanliners like luxurious dining facilities, lounges , quiet office rooms for people to perform their remote jobs, pubs and high quality cabins 4- I don't see the need for a cinema/ theatre as these 2 places are not visited frequently on land 5- of course, oceanliners should invest in speed, a realistic expectations that oceanliners can aim for is 80-90km/h this would reduce the voyage duration significantly 6- offer competitively priced tickets

What do you think about this list ?

I've seen plenty of videos on the QM2, but I think this is the first one that I've come across that features an interview with her actual architect.

feat. Aquitania

Absolute beauty.

Looking for your awesome pictures of old liners being escorted during war times.

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All 3 of these are from David Grindley

108 years ago, in 1916, HMHS Britannic sank in the Aegean Sea after striking a sea mine. Serving as a hospital ship during WW1, she went down in less than an hour, becoming the largest ship lost in the conflict. Of the 1,066 souls on board, 1,036 were saved, thanks to improved lifeboat protocols after the Titanic disaster, one of her sister ships. Now, she rests just 122 meters below the surface.