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20. Abyssal Attack (1998)

The director's sci-fi horror pulp details a bunch of scene-stealing character actors portraying soldiers of fortune employed to sink the cruise ship a fictional ship. However a giant mutant octopus has beaten them to it! Including the potential cephalopod fodder are Famke Janssen as a diamond criminal.

19. 1900's Tale (1998)

A newborn, deserted on the ocean-going ship the central location, develops to be a gifted pianist (the main star) who refuses to leave the boat. The climax of this filmmaker's fantastical tale is the protagonist battling a piano duel with a jazz legend, somewhat unjustly portrayed as a arrogant character.

18. Waterworld (1995)

The lead actor acts as a fighter-inspired wanderer with mutated appendages and a souped-up trimaran in this high-cost futuristic thriller, set in a future where melting polar ice-caps have submerged the Earth. Everyone is hunting for legendary terra firma while resisting the antagonist and his band of constantly puffing pirates.

17. RMS Titanic (1997)

An extended period of romantic interludes between a upper-class woman (the female lead) and an free-spirited artist (the male lead) are redeemed by James Cameron's spectacular recreation of among history's well-known catastrophes. You have to admire the audacity of a director who manages to twist a fatalities of numerous victims into an heartening story of freedom.

16. Ship of Fools (1965)

Commoners, artistic entertainers and Nazi eugenicists interact on a ocean liner sailing from Latin America to the Continent in 1933. Stanley Kramer's epic includes a legendary actress, in her final role, as a unhappy separated woman, but it's Oskar Werner, as the vessel's physician, and another cast member, as a political noblewoman, who deliver the film with its emotional wallop.

15. Final Journey (1960)

The central vessel is destroyed in an explosion and the protagonist's partner (the actress) is stuck in their room in this compelling early catastrophe film. Can the main character and a heroic engineer (the supporting player) free her before the boat submerges? Interesting note: the fictional ship is played by the legendary French liner Île de France.

14. Murder on the Nile (1978)

Angela Lansbury are among the murder suspects on board a African vessel in this ensemble cast mystery writer whodunit. Peter Ustinov, as the famous detective, is unable to halt half the cast being shot, which narrows his persons of interest to a smaller group. Much more enjoyable than the modern adaptation.

13. Ocean Stillness (1989)

Sam Neill act as a husband and wife trying to get over the grief of their son's death by sailing their boat for a spin in the ocean, where they recover Billy Zane from a damaged vessel. Costly error! This filmmaker's suspense film is basically a horror film at sea, but an exceptionally well-made one that launched her career.

12. The Maggie Story (1954)

An UK citizen, transporting goods for an wealthy entrepreneur, is manipulated into using a poor condition "Scottish vessel" in the director's harsh Ealing comedy in the rebellious tradition of his own earlier film. Naturally, the vessel's UK commander and staff trick the main characters for a ride, in all senses of the word.

11. Overwhelming Power (1974)

This filmmaker gives his catastrophe film a political dimension tilt in this anxiety-inducing tale of explosives positioned on a passenger ship, the fictional ship. What's the correct choice? Two lead actors act as explosive technicians; another actor, as the vessel's activities coordinator, delivers a touching study in tragicomic desperation.

10. Ocean Disaster (1972)

This adaptation of Paul Gallico's literary work is among the peaks of the era of disaster movies. The fictional ship is overturned by a ocean surge, and it's the responsibility of the lead character to direct his flock through the inverted vessel to rescue. a supporting player is memorable as a shopkeeper's wife with a handy history of competitive swimming.

9. Total Loss (2013)

Robert Redford delivers a mature exemplary performance in single character portrayal as a individual fighting to endure in the Indian Ocean after his personal boat, the main setting, is damaged in a impact with an lost transport unit. It's anxious enough to view, so heaven knows how exceptionally strenuous it must have been for the elderly actor to record.

8. Ship Commander (2013)

The main star provides outstanding acting in one of his regular-guys-under-intolerable-pressure performances, as the skipper of an US merchant vessel seized by African raiders off the Horn of Africa. His performance is complemented by a co-star ("I control this vessel"), making a outstanding initial cinematic appearance as the raider leader in the director's thriller, based on actual incidents. Should the last scene doesn't bring tears, you're not human.

7. Triangle (2009)

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