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20. Ocean Terror (1998)

The director's futuristic scarefest details a group of memorable character actors playing hired guns contracted to destroy the passenger vessel Argonautica. But a massive sea creature has beaten them to it! Including the potential cephalopod fodder are Treat Williams as a gem smuggler.

19. The Legend of 1900 (1998)

A baby, deserted on the transatlantic liner the central location, grows up to be a gifted pianist (the main star) who remains aboard the boat. The climax of Giuseppe Tornatore's whimsical hokum is the protagonist competing in a piano duel with a jazz legend, somewhat unjustly portrayed as a arrogant character.

18. Waterworld (1995)

The main star portrays a samurai-like drifter with aquatic adaptations and a souped-up trimaran in this big-budget science fiction adventure, set in a distant time where disappearing glaciers have submerged the Earth. All people is seeking mythical Dryland while fending off Dennis Hopper and his band of constantly puffing raiders.

17. The Titanic (1997)

A significant portion of romantic interludes between a wealthy lady (the actress) and an working-class man (the male lead) are redeemed by this filmmaker's impressive reconstruction of among history's well-known tragedies. It's impossible not to respect the boldness of a director who manages to twist a death toll of over a thousand into an inspiring narrative of liberation.

16. Vessel of Madness (1965)

Commoners, flamenco dancers and Nazi eugenicists interact on a commercial vessel sailing from Latin America to the Continent in the pre-war era. The director's epic includes Vivien Leigh, in her last performance, as a unhappy separated woman, but it's Oskar Werner, as the vessel's physician, and another cast member, as a radical countess, who supply the movie with its dramatic punch.

15. Ultimate Trip (1960)

The USS Claridon is destroyed in an blast and Robert Stack's spouse (the actress) is stranded in their room in this gripping proto-disaster pic. Is it possible for the hero and a courageous worker (the supporting player) save her prior to the boat submerges? Interesting note: the fictional ship is represented by the renowned European vessel Île de France.

14. Murder on the Nile (1978)

Angela Lansbury are part of the killing culprits on board a Nile paddle steamer in this celebrity-filled mystery writer detective story. The main star, as the Belgian sleuth, fails to stop several passengers being stabbed, which whittles down his potential killers to a manageable number. Bags more fun than the recent version.

13. Ocean Stillness (1989)

Nicole Kidman portray a partners attempting to recover from the grief of their son's death by sailing their boat for a trip in the Pacific, where they rescue Billy Zane from a sinking schooner. Poor decision! This filmmaker's tense movie is essentially a horror film at sea, but an high-quality one that put Kidman on the map.

12. The Maggie Story (1954)

An British man, moving furniture for an US businessman, is deceived into employing a run-down "type of boat" in Alexander Mackendrick's harsh UK production in the rebellious vein of his own earlier film. Of course, the boat's UK commander and crew deceive the inexperienced passengers for a trip, in multiple interpretations of the term.

11. Juggernaut (1974)

Richard Lester imparts his catastrophe film a political dimension perspective in this nerve-shredding yarn of explosives positioned on a passenger ship, the SS Britannic. Which wire to cut? Richard Harris play bomb disposal experts; a supporting player, as the vessel's activities coordinator, serves up a emotional study in sadly funny despair.

10. Poseidon's Journey (1972)

This cinematic interpretation of Paul Gallico's novel is part of the high points of the seventies catastrophe films. The central vessel is flipped over by a ocean surge, and it's the job of the lead character to lead his flock through the upturned hull to safety. a supporting player is remarkable as a shopkeeper's wife with a practical experience of sports participation.

9. Everything's Gone (2013)

The lead actor delivers a late-career brilliant acting in one-man show as a individual battling to endure in the Indian Ocean after his sailing vessel, the fictional ship, is impaired in a crash with an stray shipping container. It's stressful enough to view, so it's difficult to comprehend how exceptionally strenuous it must have been for the 76-year-old star to film.

8. Captain Phillips (2013)

The lead actor delivers excellent performance in one of his regular-guys-under-intolerable-pressure characters, as the skipper of an American cargo ship hijacked by Somali pirates off the geographical area. His performance is complemented by a co-star ("I control this vessel"), delivering a remarkable first movie role as the pirate chief in the director's suspense film, derived from real events. If the final sequence fails to move you, you have no heart.

7. Geometric Shape (2009)

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