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20. Ocean Terror (1998)

Stephen Sommers' sci-fi horror pulp details a group of scene-stealing supporting players acting as mercenaries contracted to sink the passenger vessel a fictional ship. Yet a massive sea creature has already arrived! Including the likely victims are Treat Williams as a diamond criminal.

19. The 1900 Story (1998)

A newborn, left on the ocean-going ship a fictional ship, develops to be a gifted pianist (Tim Roth) who remains aboard the boat. The peak moment of the director's whimsical hokum is the protagonist competing in a musical showdown with a historical figure, arguably inaccurately portrayed as a overconfident individual.

18. Aquatic World (1995)

The main star portrays a samurai-like nomad with mutated appendages and a modified watercraft in this high-cost futuristic thriller, taking place in a distant time where disappearing glaciers have inundated the planet. Everyone is searching for fabled solid ground while fending off the antagonist and his band of continuously smoking pirates.

17. The Titanic (1997)

An extended period of love story development between a upper-class woman (the female lead) and an free-spirited artist (Leonardo DiCaprio) are redeemed by James Cameron's impressive reconstruction of among history's most infamous catastrophes. One must appreciate the chutzpah of a cinematic artist who manages to twist a death toll of numerous victims into an inspiring narrative of liberation.

16. Ship of Fools (1965)

Commoners, Spanish performers and political extremists interact on a passenger ship sailing from Latin America to the Continent in the interwar period. This filmmaker's sweeping drama stars Vivien Leigh, in her final role, as a unhappy separated woman, but it's a co-star, as the ship's doctor, and a talented performer, as a radical countess, who provide the movie with its emotional wallop.

15. The Last Voyage (1960)

The central vessel is ripped apart in an blast and Robert Stack's partner (the co-star) is trapped in their room in this intense precursor to disaster movies. Can the hero and a heroic engineer (the actor) rescue her before the vessel goes down? Curious detail: the Claridon is played by the legendary French liner Île de France.

14. Death on the Nile (1978)

Two legendary actresses are including the murder suspects on board a Nile paddle steamer in this all-star crime novelist whodunit. The main star, as the famous detective, cannot prevent half the cast being killed, which narrows his persons of interest to a manageable number. Significantly better than the modern adaptation.

13. Dead Calm (1989)

Nicole Kidman act as a married couple attempting to recover from the grief of their offspring's demise by taking their yacht for a trip in the Pacific, where they save a co-star from a foundering ship. Poor decision! Phillip Noyce's suspense film is essentially a horror film at on the ocean, but an exceptionally well-made one that put Kidman on the map.

12. Maggie's Tale (1954)

An UK citizen, shipping goods for an wealthy entrepreneur, is manipulated into hiring a dilapidated "Clyde puffer" in Alexander Mackendrick's brutal Ealing comedy in the rebellious vein of his own earlier film. Predictably, the boat's Scottish captain and crew take the two landlubbers for a ride, in multiple interpretations of the word.

11. Juggernaut (1974)

The director provides his disaster thriller a social commentary perspective in this anxiety-inducing tale of explosives positioned on a commercial vessel, the SS Britannic. Red wire or blue wire? David Hemmings play demolition specialists; a supporting player, as the cruise director, delivers a emotional portrayal in tragicomic desperation.

10. The Poseidon Adventure (1972)

This cinematic interpretation of this writer's novel is one of the zenith of the era of disaster movies. The central vessel is flipped over by a tidal wave, and it's the responsibility of the main protagonist to guide his flock through the flipped hull to safety. a supporting player is unforgettable as a retailer's spouse with a handy history of sports participation.

9. Total Loss (2013)

The lead actor provides a experienced exemplary performance in single character portrayal as a man fighting to stay alive in the maritime location after his yacht, the main setting, is damaged in a collision with an lost shipping container. It's nerve-wracking enough to view, so heaven knows how physically gruelling it must have been for the 76-year-old star to shoot.

8. Vessel Leader (2013)

Tom Hanks provides sterling work in one of his everyman-in-crisis characters, as the commander of an commercial transport commandeered by maritime criminals off the geographical area. His performance is complemented by another actor ("I control this vessel"), making a outstanding first movie role as the criminal boss in Paul Greengrass's thriller, inspired by actual incidents. When the concluding moment doesn't bring tears, you're not human.

7. Three-Sided Figure (2009)

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