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20. Ocean Terror (1998)

The director's sci-fi horror pulp follows a collection of attention-grabbing character actors portraying soldiers of fortune contracted to sink the cruise ship the main setting. Yet a enormous cephalopod has beaten them to it! Among the endangered passengers are Kevin J O'Connor as a diamond criminal.

19. The Legend of 1900 (1998)

A infant, left on the passenger vessel SS Virginian, grows up to be a talented keyboardist (the main star) who never steps off the ship. The climax of this filmmaker's imaginative story is the main character competing in a piano duel with a historical figure, rather unfairly depicted as a smug bastard.

18. Waterworld (1995)

The lead actor acts as a warrior-esque nomad with mutated appendages and a enhanced watercraft in this high-cost sci-fi B-movie, taking place in a future where vanishing ice sheets have flooded the world. All people is searching for mythical Dryland while fending off the antagonist and his band of constantly puffing marauders.

17. Titanic (1997)

Two hours of romantic interludes between a posh chick (the actress) and an working-class man (the male lead) are redeemed by this filmmaker's impressive reconstruction of one the 20th century's most infamous catastrophes. One must appreciate the audacity of a director who artfully converts a casualties of numerous victims into an heartening narrative of emancipation.

16. Boat of Lunatics (1965)

Commoners, flamenco dancers and Nazi eugenicists interact on a ocean liner journeying from Mexico to Europe in the pre-war era. This filmmaker's epic includes Vivien Leigh, in her last performance, as a unhappy separated woman, but it's Oskar Werner, as the medical officer, and another cast member, as a aristocratic rebel, who deliver the movie with its emotional wallop.

15. Final Journey (1960)

The USS Claridon is destroyed in an blast and the lead actor's partner (the co-star) is stranded in their quarters in this intense early catastrophe film. Is it possible for Stack and a brave technician (the actor) rescue her prior to the vessel goes down? Fun fact: the fictional ship is embodied by the famous historic ship Île de France.

14. Nile Killing (1978)

Bette Davis are including the homicide possibilities on board a Egyptian riverboat in this celebrity-filled crime novelist murder mystery. The lead actor, as the Belgian sleuth, fails to stop numerous characters being stabbed, which whittles down his suspects to a limited selection. Much more enjoyable than the recent version.

13. Dead Calm (1989)

Sam Neill act as a married couple attempting to recover from the grief of their son's death by venturing on their vessel for a trip in the ocean, where they recover a co-star from a damaged vessel. Costly error! The director's tense movie is fundamentally a horror film at on the ocean, but an high-quality one that put Kidman on the map.

12. Maggie's Tale (1954)

An British man, moving goods for an wealthy entrepreneur, is deceived into hiring a dilapidated "type of boat" in the director's dark British film in the subversive vein of his own earlier film. Of course, the vessel's UK commander and staff take the two landlubbers for a journey, in multiple interpretations of the expression.

11. Juggernaut (1974)

The director imparts his catastrophe film a social commentary tilt in this nerve-shredding yarn of bombs placed on a luxury liner, the fictional ship. Which wire to cut? David Hemmings portray demolition specialists; another actor, as the vessel's activities coordinator, provides a heartbreaking depiction in tragicomic desperation.

10. Ocean Disaster (1972)

This cinematic interpretation of the author's novel is one of the high points of the 1970s disaster genre. The SS Poseidon is flipped over by a ocean surge, and it's the job of Reverend Gene Hackman to direct his followers through the inverted ship to rescue. a supporting player is memorable as a shopkeeper's wife with a practical history of competitive swimming.

9. All is Lost (2013)

Robert Redford provides a experienced exemplary performance in solo performance as a individual struggling to stay alive in the maritime location after his personal boat, the fictional ship, is harmed in a crash with an errant transport unit. It's nerve-wracking enough to observe, so one can only imagine how extremely demanding it must have been for the senior performer to shoot.

8. Ship Commander (2013)

The lead actor does excellent performance in part of his everyman-in-crisis characters, as the skipper of an US merchant vessel hijacked by maritime criminals off the specific location. He has great chemistry by a co-star ("I control this vessel"), making a remarkable film debut as the raider leader in Paul Greengrass's thriller, based on actual incidents. Should the final sequence doesn't bring tears, you're not human.

7. Triangle (2009)

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