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20. Abyssal Attack (1998)

The director's sci-fi horror pulp details a bunch of memorable supporting players playing mercenaries hired to destroy the cruise ship the main setting. Yet a massive sea creature has beaten them to it! Featuring the likely victims are Famke Janssen as a gem smuggler.

19. The Legend of 1900 (1998)

A infant, left on the passenger vessel SS Virginian, develops to be a accomplished musician (Tim Roth) who never steps off the boat. The highlight of Giuseppe Tornatore's imaginative story is the protagonist battling a musical showdown with a jazz legend, somewhat unjustly depicted as a overconfident individual.

18. Aquatic World (1995)

The lead actor plays a warrior-esque nomad with aquatic adaptations and a modified trimaran in this high-cost science fiction adventure, located in a distant time where vanishing ice sheets have submerged the world. The entire population is hunting for fabled solid ground while fighting off Dennis Hopper and his group of continuously smoking pirates.

17. Titanic (1997)

A significant portion of romantic interludes between a wealthy lady (the female lead) and an working-class man (the actor) are saved by James Cameron's impressive reconstruction of one the 20th century's most infamous disasters. One must appreciate the boldness of a director who manages to twist a death toll of over a thousand into an heartening narrative of freedom.

16. Boat of Lunatics (1965)

Peasants, artistic entertainers and Nazi eugenicists interact on a commercial vessel sailing from North America to Europe in the pre-war era. This filmmaker's large-scale film features a legendary actress, in her final role, as a unhappy separated woman, but it's Oskar Werner, as the vessel's physician, and a talented performer, as a aristocratic rebel, who deliver the film with its powerful impact.

15. Ultimate Trip (1960)

The central vessel is destroyed in an explosion and the protagonist's spouse (the actress) is stuck in their cabin in this gripping early catastrophe film. Can the main character and a courageous worker (the supporting player) rescue her ahead of the boat submerges? Interesting note: the Claridon is represented by the legendary European vessel an actual ocean liner.

14. Death on the Nile (1978)

Two legendary actresses are part of the killing culprits on board a Nile paddle steamer in this ensemble cast mystery writer detective story. The main star, as Hercule Poirot, is unable to halt numerous characters being shot, which narrows his potential killers to a smaller group. Much more enjoyable than the modern adaptation.

13. Ocean Stillness (1989)

Nicole Kidman act as a partners attempting to recover from the pain of their offspring's demise by venturing on their vessel for a journey in the sea, where they save a co-star from a sinking schooner. Big mistake! This filmmaker's tense movie is fundamentally a horror film at in maritime setting, but an ultra-classy one that put Kidman on the map.

12. The Maggie Story (1954)

An British man, transporting furniture for an American industrialist, is manipulated into using a poor condition "Clyde puffer" in this filmmaker's harsh British film in the subversive style of his own Whisky Galore!. Naturally, the boat's UK commander and team deceive the inexperienced passengers for a ride, in all senses of the expression.

11. Juggernaut (1974)

The director imparts his suspense story a state-of-the-nation angle in this nerve-shredding tale of bombs placed on a passenger ship, the main setting. Which wire to cut? Two lead actors act as demolition specialists; another actor, as the cruise director, serves up a emotional depiction in tragicomic desperation.

10. The Poseidon Adventure (1972)

This film version of Paul Gallico's book is among the high points of the seventies catastrophe films. The SS Poseidon is overturned by a ocean surge, and it's up to the main protagonist to lead his flock through the inverted hull to rescue. a supporting player is memorable as a shopkeeper's wife with a practical experience of athletic swimming.

9. All is Lost (2013)

Robert Redford delivers a experienced exemplary performance in solo performance as a individual battling to stay alive in the specific sea after his sailing vessel, the fictional ship, is damaged in a collision with an stray transport unit. It's anxious enough to observe, so one can only imagine how exceptionally strenuous it must have been for the 76-year-old star to record.

8. Ship Commander (2013)

Tom Hanks provides excellent performance in among his everyman-in-crisis roles, as the skipper of an US merchant vessel hijacked by Somali pirates off the geographical area. His performance is complemented by a co-star ("I control this vessel"), providing a outstanding film debut as the pirate chief in Paul Greengrass's thriller, inspired by real events. When the concluding moment doesn't bring tears, you're emotionally detached.

7. Three-Sided Figure (2009)

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