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20. Deep Rising (1998)

The director's futuristic scarefest details a bunch of memorable supporting players portraying soldiers of fortune contracted to sink the cruise ship the main setting. However a giant mutant octopus has already arrived! Among the endangered passengers are Famke Janssen as a gem smuggler.

19. The 1900 Story (1998)

A infant, left on the transatlantic liner a fictional ship, develops to be a talented keyboardist (Tim Roth) who never steps off the boat. The peak moment of this filmmaker's fantastical tale is the main character battling a musical showdown with a historical figure, arguably inaccurately portrayed as a overconfident individual.

18. Ocean Planet (1995)

Kevin Costner portrays a samurai-like nomad with aquatic adaptations and a enhanced sailing vessel in this big-budget futuristic thriller, located in a distant time where melting polar ice-caps have submerged the planet. The entire population is searching for fabled solid ground while fighting off the villain and his gang of constantly puffing raiders.

17. Titanic (1997)

Two hours of love story development between a posh chick (the actress) and an free-spirited artist (Leonardo DiCaprio) are rescued by this filmmaker's impressive reconstruction of a famous most infamous tragedies. It's impossible not to respect the audacity of a cinematic artist who artfully converts a casualties of numerous victims into an inspiring tale of liberation.

16. Ship of Fools (1965)

Commoners, Spanish performers and German ideologists interact on a commercial vessel traveling from Latin America to the Continent in 1933. Stanley Kramer's sweeping drama stars a cinema icon, in her last performance, as a sad divorcee, but it's another actor, as the medical officer, and a talented performer, as a aristocratic rebel, who deliver the motion picture with its dramatic punch.

15. Final Journey (1960)

The central vessel is ripped apart in an explosion and the lead actor's partner (Dorothy Malone) is trapped in their room in this gripping precursor to disaster movies. Can Stack and a brave technician (the supporting player) rescue her ahead of the ship sinks? Curious detail: the main setting is represented by the renowned European vessel Île de France.

14. Death on the Nile (1978)

Angela Lansbury are part of the murder suspects on board a African vessel in this celebrity-filled Agatha Christie detective story. Peter Ustinov, as Hercule Poirot, is unable to halt numerous characters being stabbed, which whittles down his potential killers to a limited selection. Significantly better than the recent version.

13. Ocean Stillness (1989)

Nicole Kidman play a husband and wife trying to get over the pain of their child's passing by sailing their boat for a spin in the sea, where they recover another actor from a sinking schooner. Costly error! This filmmaker's tense movie is fundamentally a horror film at on the ocean, but an high-quality one that launched her career.

12. Maggie's Tale (1954)

An British man, transporting goods for an wealthy entrepreneur, is manipulated into using a dilapidated "type of boat" in Alexander Mackendrick's harsh UK production in the rebellious style of his own earlier film. Naturally, the boat's British skipper and crew deceive the inexperienced passengers for a ride, in multiple interpretations of the expression.

11. Juggernaut (1974)

The director imparts his suspense story a state-of-the-nation tilt in this anxiety-inducing story of explosives positioned on a luxury liner, the main setting. Which wire to cut? Two lead actors act as bomb disposal experts; Roy Kinnear, as the vessel's activities coordinator, serves up a touching study in humorous tragedy.

10. Poseidon's Journey (1972)

This film version of Paul Gallico's book is among the zenith of the 1970s disaster genre. The fictional ship is overturned by a ocean surge, and it's up to Reverend Gene Hackman to lead his followers through the upturned ship to safety. a supporting player is memorable as a shopkeeper's wife with a useful experience of athletic swimming.

9. All is Lost (2013)

The main star delivers a experienced brilliant acting in one-man show as a man struggling to endure in the Indian Ocean after his sailing vessel, the Virginia Jean, is damaged in a collision with an errant shipping container. It's anxious enough to observe, so heaven knows how physically gruelling it must have been for the elderly actor to record.

8. Ship Commander (2013)

The lead actor provides excellent performance in part of his ordinary-person-in-extraordinary-circumstances performances, as the skipper of an American cargo ship hijacked by maritime criminals off the geographical area. His performance is complemented by Barkhad Abdi ("Now I'm in charge"), making a outstanding film debut as the criminal boss in this filmmaker's tense movie, derived from true stories. Should the last scene doesn't make you blub, you have no heart.

7. Three-Sided Figure (2009)

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