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20. Abyssal Attack (1998)

This filmmaker's sci-fi horror pulp follows a bunch of scene-stealing character actors playing hired guns contracted to sink the cruise ship the main setting. But a enormous cephalopod has got there first! Featuring the endangered passengers are Kevin J O'Connor as a gem smuggler.

19. The Legend of 1900 (1998)

A newborn, left on the transatlantic liner SS Virginian, matures to be a talented keyboardist (the main star) who remains aboard the ship. The peak moment of this filmmaker's imaginative story is the main character fighting a musical showdown with Jelly Roll Morton, somewhat unjustly depicted as a arrogant character.

18. Aquatic World (1995)

The main star plays a samurai-like drifter with webbed feet and a enhanced sailing vessel in this big-budget sci-fi B-movie, located in a future where melting polar ice-caps have inundated the Earth. All people is hunting for mythical Dryland while resisting Dennis Hopper and his group of constantly puffing pirates.

17. The Titanic (1997)

An extended period of love story development between a upper-class woman (the actress) and an working-class man (the male lead) are saved by James Cameron's spectacular recreation of one the 20th century's most infamous disasters. One must appreciate the audacity of a cinematic artist who manages to twist a fatalities of 1,500 into an emotionally uplifting narrative of liberation.

16. Ship of Fools (1965)

Commoners, flamenco dancers and political extremists mingle on a ocean liner sailing from North America to the Continent in the interwar period. This filmmaker's large-scale film stars Vivien Leigh, in her final role, as a sad divorcee, but it's Oskar Werner, as the vessel's physician, and another cast member, as a radical countess, who deliver the movie with its powerful impact.

15. Final Journey (1960)

The USS Claridon is ripped apart in an blast and the lead actor's wife (the actress) is trapped in their quarters in this intense precursor to disaster movies. Can the hero and a courageous worker (the actor) rescue her before the ship sinks? Curious detail: the main setting is embodied by the famous European vessel Île de France.

14. Nile Killing (1978)

Bette Davis are among the killing culprits on board a Egyptian riverboat in this all-star crime novelist detective story. Peter Ustinov, as Hercule Poirot, fails to stop several passengers being shot, which whittles down his suspects to a limited selection. Significantly better than the modern adaptation.

13. Dead Calm (1989)

Two lead actors play a husband and wife attempting to recover from the trauma of their child's passing by taking their yacht for a spin in the sea, where they rescue another actor from a damaged vessel. Big mistake! This filmmaker's suspense film is basically a slasher movie at on the ocean, but an exceptionally well-made one that launched her career.

12. The Maggie Story (1954)

An British man, moving furniture for an US businessman, is manipulated into employing a dilapidated "Scottish vessel" in this filmmaker's harsh British film in the rebellious vein of his own Whisky Galore!. Of course, the vessel's British skipper and team deceive the inexperienced passengers for a trip, in all senses of the term.

11. Juggernaut (1974)

The director gives his disaster thriller a state-of-the-nation perspective in this tension-filled story of explosives planted on a luxury liner, the fictional ship. Red wire or blue wire? Richard Harris act as bomb disposal experts; a supporting player, as the ship's entertainments director, serves up a heartbreaking depiction in tragicomic desperation.

10. Ocean Disaster (1972)

This film version of the author's book is part of the peaks of the 1970s disaster genre. The central vessel is capsized by a tsunami, and it's up to Reverend Gene Hackman to lead his flock through the upturned vessel to safety. a supporting player is unforgettable as a retailer's spouse with a useful history of competitive swimming.

9. All is Lost (2013)

The main star delivers a experienced masterclass in single character portrayal as a man fighting to endure in the specific sea after his personal boat, the Virginia Jean, is damaged in a collision with an errant shipping container. It's nerve-wracking enough to observe, so it's difficult to comprehend how exceptionally strenuous it must have been for the elderly actor to record.

8. Captain Phillips (2013)

The lead actor does sterling work in among his everyman-in-crisis roles, as the skipper of an commercial transport seized by maritime criminals off the Horn of Africa. His performance is complemented by a co-star ("I'm the captain now"), delivering a remarkable film debut as the criminal boss in Paul Greengrass's tense movie, based on real events. When the final sequence fails to move you, you're not human.

7. Geometric Shape (2009)

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