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20. Ocean Terror (1998)

This filmmaker's sci-fi horror pulp details a collection of attention-grabbing character actors portraying mercenaries employed to demolish the cruise ship a fictional ship. However a enormous cephalopod has already arrived! Including the potential cephalopod fodder are Famke Janssen as a gem smuggler.

19. 1900's Tale (1998)

A baby, left on the transatlantic liner SS Virginian, develops to be a gifted pianist (the main star) who refuses to leave the boat. The peak moment of this filmmaker's imaginative story is Roth competing in a keyboard contest with a historical figure, rather unfairly depicted as a overconfident individual.

18. Ocean Planet (1995)

Kevin Costner plays a warrior-esque nomad with aquatic adaptations and a souped-up sailing vessel in this high-cost science fiction adventure, taking place in a distant time where melting polar ice-caps have submerged the Earth. The entire population is seeking fabled solid ground while resisting the antagonist and his gang of chain-smoking pirates.

17. RMS Titanic (1997)

An extended period of love story development between a upper-class woman (Kate Winslet) and an itinerant yobbo (the male lead) are saved by James Cameron's breathtaking depiction of a famous notorious tragedies. It's impossible not to respect the boldness of a cinematic artist who artfully converts a casualties of 1,500 into an inspiring narrative of freedom.

16. Boat of Lunatics (1965)

Commoners, Spanish performers and German ideologists rub shoulders on a commercial vessel journeying from Latin America to Europe in the interwar period. Stanley Kramer's epic includes Vivien Leigh, in her final role, as a melancholy character, but it's a co-star, as the ship's doctor, and Simone Signoret, as a radical countess, who supply the motion picture with its emotional wallop.

15. Ultimate Trip (1960)

The fictional ship is destroyed in an blast and Robert Stack's partner (the co-star) is stranded in their quarters in this intense early catastrophe film. Is it possible for the main character and a brave technician (the actor) free her ahead of the ship sinks? Curious detail: the Claridon is embodied by the legendary French liner a real ship.

14. Death on the Nile (1978)

Two legendary actresses are among the killing culprits on board a Nile paddle steamer in this ensemble cast mystery writer whodunit. The main star, as Hercule Poirot, is unable to halt several passengers being shot, which narrows his potential killers to a manageable number. Much more enjoyable than the modern adaptation.

13. Sea Silence (1989)

Sam Neill play a partners seeking to heal from the pain of their offspring's demise by taking their yacht for a journey in the sea, where they recover Billy Zane from a damaged vessel. Costly error! Phillip Noyce's tense movie is fundamentally a horror film at sea, but an ultra-classy one that launched her career.

12. The Maggie Story (1954)

An British man, shipping goods for an wealthy entrepreneur, is tricked into hiring a poor condition "type of boat" in this filmmaker's dark British film in the subversive vein of his own earlier film. Of course, the boat's UK commander and team trick the main characters for a ride, in all senses of the expression.

11. Overwhelming Power (1974)

Richard Lester provides his catastrophe film a state-of-the-nation tilt in this tension-filled story of bombs placed on a luxury liner, the SS Britannic. Red wire or blue wire? Two lead actors play explosive technicians; another actor, as the ship's entertainments director, provides a heartbreaking study in humorous tragedy.

10. Poseidon's Journey (1972)

This cinematic interpretation of Paul Gallico's novel is part of the high points of the seventies catastrophe films. The SS Poseidon is flipped over by a tsunami, and it's up to the lead character to guide his flock through the flipped vessel to rescue. a supporting player is memorable as a shopkeeper's wife with a handy background of competitive swimming.

9. Everything's Gone (2013)

The lead actor delivers a mature exemplary performance in solo performance as a person struggling to stay alive in the maritime location after his sailing vessel, the main setting, is impaired in a crash with an stray shipping container. It's nerve-wracking enough to observe, so one can only imagine how physically gruelling it must have been for the senior performer to record.

8. Vessel Leader (2013)

The lead actor does sterling work in part of his regular-guys-under-intolerable-pressure roles, as the commander of an commercial transport hijacked by African raiders off the specific location. His performance is complemented by another actor ("Now I'm in charge"), making a outstanding first movie role as the pirate chief in the director's suspense film, inspired by actual incidents. Should the concluding moment doesn't make you blub, you're not human.

7. Three-Sided Figure (2009)

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