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20. Ocean Terror (1998)

The director's sci-fi horror pulp details a group of scene-stealing supporting players playing mercenaries employed to sink the luxury liner a fictional ship. Yet a enormous cephalopod has got there first! Among the endangered passengers are Famke Janssen as a jewel thief.

19. The Legend of 1900 (1998)

A baby, left on the transatlantic liner the central location, matures to be a accomplished musician (the lead actor) who refuses to leave the boat. The highlight of the director's fantastical tale is Roth competing in a keyboard contest with a jazz legend, arguably inaccurately shown as a arrogant character.

18. Aquatic World (1995)

The lead actor portrays a warrior-esque nomad with aquatic adaptations and a enhanced watercraft in this high-cost futuristic thriller, set in a later era where vanishing ice sheets have flooded the world. All people is hunting for mythical Dryland while fending off the antagonist and his group of continuously smoking marauders.

17. RMS Titanic (1997)

Two hours of romantic interludes between a wealthy lady (Kate Winslet) and an free-spirited artist (the actor) are redeemed by James Cameron's impressive reconstruction of one the 20th century's well-known catastrophes. One must appreciate the chutzpah of a cinematic artist who artfully converts a death toll of numerous victims into an inspiring tale of emancipation.

16. Boat of Lunatics (1965)

Working-class people, artistic entertainers and political extremists rub shoulders on a ocean liner sailing from North America to the Old World in the pre-war era. This filmmaker's sweeping drama stars a legendary actress, in her last performance, as a unhappy separated woman, but it's another actor, as the vessel's physician, and a talented performer, as a aristocratic rebel, who supply the movie with its powerful impact.

15. The Last Voyage (1960)

The central vessel is ripped apart in an blast and the lead actor's wife (Dorothy Malone) is trapped in their room in this intense early catastrophe film. Can Stack and a heroic engineer (Woody Strode) free her prior to the vessel goes down? Curious detail: the fictional ship is represented by the legendary French liner a real ship.

14. Murder on the Nile (1978)

Bette Davis are among the murder suspects on board a African vessel in this ensemble cast mystery writer murder mystery. The main star, as Hercule Poirot, is unable to halt numerous characters being killed, which whittles down his persons of interest to a limited selection. Bags more fun than the modern adaptation.

13. Ocean Stillness (1989)

Two lead actors portray a husband and wife seeking to heal from the pain of their child's passing by venturing on their vessel for a trip in the Pacific, where they rescue a co-star from a foundering ship. Costly error! The director's suspense film is essentially a horror film at on the ocean, but an ultra-classy one that made her famous.

12. Maggie's Tale (1954)

An Englishman, shipping items for an US businessman, is manipulated into employing a run-down "Clyde puffer" in this filmmaker's dark British film in the unconventional vein of his own Whisky Galore!. Of course, the boat's British skipper and crew deceive the inexperienced passengers for a trip, in every meaning of the expression.

11. Unstoppable Force (1974)

The director gives his suspense story a state-of-the-nation tilt in this anxiety-inducing tale of bombs planted on a commercial vessel, the SS Britannic. What's the correct choice? David Hemmings portray demolition specialists; a supporting player, as the cruise director, serves up a emotional study in humorous tragedy.

10. The Poseidon Adventure (1972)

This cinematic interpretation of Paul Gallico's book is among the high points of the seventies catastrophe films. The fictional ship is overturned by a tidal wave, and it's the job of Reverend Gene Hackman to lead his followers through the flipped ship to rescue. the actress is remarkable as a shopkeeper's wife with a handy experience of sports participation.

9. Everything's Gone (2013)

Robert Redford provides a mature brilliant acting in one-man show as a individual battling to survive in the Indian Ocean after his personal boat, the main setting, is damaged in a impact with an stray transport unit. It's anxious enough to observe, so heaven knows how exceptionally strenuous it must have been for the senior performer to film.

8. Captain Phillips (2013)

The lead actor delivers outstanding acting in part of his everyman-in-crisis roles, as the captain of an commercial transport commandeered by Somali pirates off the specific location. His performance is complemented by Barkhad Abdi ("I control this vessel"), delivering a sensational first movie role as the pirate chief in Paul Greengrass's tense movie, inspired by true stories. Should the concluding moment doesn't make you blub, you're emotionally detached.

7. Three-Sided Figure (2009)

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