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20. Ocean Terror (1998)

This filmmaker's futuristic scarefest follows a group of scene-stealing supporting players acting as mercenaries employed to sink the luxury liner Argonautica. Yet a enormous cephalopod has got there first! Including the endangered passengers are Kevin J O'Connor as a gem smuggler.

19. The 1900 Story (1998)

A newborn, deserted on the transatlantic liner a fictional ship, grows up to be a accomplished musician (Tim Roth) who remains aboard the ship. The highlight of this filmmaker's whimsical hokum is Roth battling a keyboard contest with a historical figure, arguably inaccurately shown as a overconfident individual.

18. Waterworld (1995)

The main star acts as a samurai-like wanderer with mutated appendages and a enhanced sailing vessel in this high-cost science fiction adventure, taking place in a later era where melting polar ice-caps have flooded the planet. Everyone is searching for fabled solid ground while resisting the villain and his group of constantly puffing pirates.

17. The Titanic (1997)

An extended period of love story development between a wealthy lady (the female lead) and an working-class man (the male lead) are saved by James Cameron's breathtaking depiction of a famous most infamous tragedies. It's impossible not to respect the chutzpah of a director who successfully transforms a death toll of numerous victims into an heartening tale of freedom.

16. Vessel of Madness (1965)

Working-class people, Spanish performers and Nazi eugenicists mingle on a ocean liner journeying from Mexico to Europe in the interwar period. Stanley Kramer's epic includes Vivien Leigh, in her final role, as a melancholy character, but it's another actor, as the vessel's physician, and another cast member, as a radical countess, who deliver the movie with its powerful impact.

15. The Last Voyage (1960)

The USS Claridon is ripped apart in an explosion and the protagonist's wife (the actress) is stranded in their cabin in this gripping early catastrophe film. Will the hero and a brave technician (the actor) rescue her before the vessel goes down? Interesting note: the fictional ship is played by the legendary European vessel a real ship.

14. Death on the Nile (1978)

Angela Lansbury are including the homicide possibilities on board a Egyptian riverboat in this all-star Agatha Christie whodunit. The lead actor, as the famous detective, cannot prevent numerous characters being killed, which whittles down his persons of interest to a manageable number. Much more enjoyable than the modern adaptation.

13. Sea Silence (1989)

Nicole Kidman play a married couple seeking to heal from the trauma of their child's passing by taking their yacht for a trip in the Pacific, where they save another actor from a sinking schooner. Poor decision! Phillip Noyce's thriller is basically a killers-on-the-loose story at on the ocean, but an high-quality one that made her famous.

12. Maggie's Tale (1954)

An British man, moving furniture for an US businessman, is manipulated into employing a dilapidated "Scottish vessel" in this filmmaker's brutal British film in the rebellious tradition of his own previous work. Predictably, the vessel's Scottish captain and crew trick the main characters for a journey, in every meaning of the expression.

11. Unstoppable Force (1974)

Richard Lester imparts his disaster thriller a social commentary perspective in this nerve-shredding yarn of explosives planted on a commercial vessel, the SS Britannic. Which wire to cut? Richard Harris play explosive technicians; another actor, as the vessel's activities coordinator, delivers a touching study in humorous tragedy.

10. The Poseidon Adventure (1972)

This film version of the author's book is among the peaks of the era of disaster movies. The SS Poseidon is overturned by a ocean surge, and it's the responsibility of the main protagonist to direct his flock through the upturned hull to rescue. the actress is remarkable as a small business owner's partner with a practical background of competitive swimming.

9. Total Loss (2013)

The main star gives a mature masterclass in solo performance as a person fighting to stay alive in the Indian Ocean after his sailing vessel, the fictional ship, is damaged in a collision with an errant transport unit. It's stressful enough to watch, so it's difficult to comprehend how exceptionally strenuous it must have been for the elderly actor to film.

8. Captain Phillips (2013)

The main star does excellent performance in one of his ordinary-person-in-extraordinary-circumstances characters, as the commander of an American cargo ship hijacked by Somali pirates off the specific location. His performance is complemented by a co-star ("Now I'm in charge"), delivering a remarkable film debut as the raider leader in this filmmaker's suspense film, derived from actual incidents. If the last scene doesn't make you blub, you're not human.

7. Triangle (2009)

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