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20. Ocean Terror (1998)

Stephen Sommers' sci-fi horror pulp chronicles a bunch of memorable character actors portraying hired guns employed to destroy the passenger vessel Argonautica. However a massive sea creature has got there first! Among the potential cephalopod fodder are Treat Williams as a diamond criminal.

19. 1900's Tale (1998)

A baby, deserted on the transatlantic liner SS Virginian, develops to be a talented keyboardist (Tim Roth) who never steps off the ship. The peak moment of the director's whimsical hokum is the main character battling a keyboard contest with a historical figure, somewhat unjustly depicted as a arrogant character.

18. Ocean Planet (1995)

The main star acts as a samurai-like nomad with aquatic adaptations and a enhanced sailing vessel in this megabudget science fiction adventure, located in a later era where disappearing glaciers have flooded the world. All people is seeking fabled solid ground while fending off the antagonist and his gang of chain-smoking marauders.

17. The Titanic (1997)

An extended period of romantic interludes between a upper-class woman (the actress) and an working-class man (the male lead) are redeemed by James Cameron's impressive reconstruction of a famous notorious catastrophes. You have to admire the boldness of a director who manages to twist a fatalities of over a thousand into an heartening tale of freedom.

16. Ship of Fools (1965)

Working-class people, artistic entertainers and political extremists interact on a commercial vessel sailing from Mexico to the Continent in the interwar period. The director's large-scale film includes a cinema icon, in her final role, as a unhappy separated woman, but it's a co-star, as the vessel's physician, and Simone Signoret, as a political noblewoman, who provide the movie with its dramatic punch.

15. The Last Voyage (1960)

The fictional ship is ripped apart in an detonation and Robert Stack's spouse (the actress) is stuck in their cabin in this gripping precursor to disaster movies. Will the main character and a heroic engineer (the supporting player) save her before the ship sinks? Curious detail: the fictional ship is played by the famous historic ship a real ship.

14. Death on the Nile (1978)

Two legendary actresses are among the killing culprits on board a Egyptian riverboat in this celebrity-filled Agatha Christie murder mystery. Peter Ustinov, as the Belgian sleuth, cannot prevent numerous characters being killed, which whittles down his persons of interest to a limited selection. Much more enjoyable than the modern adaptation.

13. Sea Silence (1989)

Two lead actors play a partners attempting to recover from the grief of their offspring's demise by sailing their boat for a trip in the sea, where they rescue Billy Zane from a damaged vessel. Poor decision! The director's suspense film is basically a slasher movie at sea, but an exceptionally well-made one that put Kidman on the map.

12. The Maggie Story (1954)

An Englishman, shipping goods for an American industrialist, is tricked into hiring a poor condition "Scottish vessel" in this filmmaker's harsh UK production in the subversive style of his own earlier film. Naturally, the ship's UK commander and crew take the two landlubbers for a ride, in every meaning of the word.

11. Overwhelming Power (1974)

The director imparts his suspense story a social commentary perspective in this anxiety-inducing story of bombs placed on a commercial vessel, the main setting. Red wire or blue wire? Two lead actors act as demolition specialists; Roy Kinnear, as the cruise director, serves up a touching study in humorous tragedy.

10. Poseidon's Journey (1972)

This cinematic interpretation of this writer's novel is part of the peaks of the era of disaster movies. The central vessel is overturned by a ocean surge, and it's the responsibility of the main protagonist to direct his followers through the flipped vessel to safety. the actress is unforgettable as a retailer's spouse with a practical experience of athletic swimming.

9. Total Loss (2013)

The lead actor delivers a late-career brilliant acting in one-man show as a man battling to stay alive in the specific sea after his yacht, the Virginia Jean, is damaged in a impact with an stray transport unit. It's nerve-wracking enough to observe, so heaven knows how extremely demanding it must have been for the elderly actor to record.

8. Captain Phillips (2013)

The main star delivers excellent performance in one of his regular-guys-under-intolerable-pressure performances, as the commander of an American cargo ship commandeered by African raiders off the Horn of Africa. He has great chemistry by Barkhad Abdi ("I control this vessel"), providing a sensational first movie role as the raider leader in the director's tense movie, derived from actual incidents. If the last scene doesn't make you blub, you're not human.

7. Geometric Shape (2009)

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