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20. Ocean Terror (1998)

The director's science fiction thriller details a collection of memorable ensemble cast playing mercenaries employed to sink the passenger vessel a fictional ship. However a giant mutant octopus has got there first! Among the endangered passengers are Kevin J O'Connor as a diamond criminal.

19. 1900's Tale (1998)

A infant, abandoned on the passenger vessel a fictional ship, matures to be a gifted pianist (the lead actor) who remains aboard the boat. The peak moment of this filmmaker's imaginative story is Roth competing in a keyboard contest with a jazz legend, arguably inaccurately depicted as a smug bastard.

18. Waterworld (1995)

The lead actor acts as a warrior-esque wanderer with aquatic adaptations and a souped-up sailing vessel in this megabudget futuristic thriller, taking place in a distant time where vanishing ice sheets have submerged the planet. All people is seeking fabled solid ground while fending off Dennis Hopper and his band of chain-smoking raiders.

17. RMS Titanic (1997)

A significant portion of romantic interludes between a wealthy lady (the female lead) and an working-class man (the male lead) are redeemed by James Cameron's breathtaking depiction of one the 20th century's notorious disasters. It's impossible not to respect the chutzpah of a film-maker who manages to twist a death toll of 1,500 into an inspiring narrative of freedom.

16. Vessel of Madness (1965)

Working-class people, Spanish performers and Nazi eugenicists rub shoulders on a commercial vessel journeying from Latin America to Europe in the interwar period. This filmmaker's sweeping drama includes a legendary actress, in her last performance, as a melancholy character, but it's Oskar Werner, as the vessel's physician, and a talented performer, as a radical countess, who supply the motion picture with its emotional wallop.

15. Final Journey (1960)

The fictional ship is ripped apart in an explosion and the protagonist's spouse (Dorothy Malone) is trapped in their quarters in this gripping precursor to disaster movies. Is it possible for the hero and a brave technician (the supporting player) free her prior to the ship sinks? Interesting note: the Claridon is embodied by the legendary European vessel a real ship.

14. Murder on the Nile (1978)

Two legendary actresses are including the murder suspects on board a African vessel in this all-star mystery writer detective story. Peter Ustinov, as the Belgian sleuth, is unable to halt half the cast being stabbed, which narrows his potential killers to a smaller group. Bags more fun than the modern adaptation.

13. Dead Calm (1989)

Nicole Kidman play a married couple attempting to recover from the grief of their offspring's demise by sailing their boat for a spin in the sea, where they save another actor from a damaged vessel. Costly error! This filmmaker's thriller is essentially a slasher movie at in maritime setting, but an high-quality one that launched her career.

12. Maggie's Tale (1954)

An Englishman, moving items for an wealthy entrepreneur, is manipulated into hiring a poor condition "type of boat" in this filmmaker's brutal UK production in the subversive tradition of his own previous work. Predictably, the boat's Scottish captain and team deceive the inexperienced passengers for a ride, in every meaning of the expression.

11. Juggernaut (1974)

This filmmaker gives his suspense story a social commentary tilt in this tension-filled tale of explosives placed on a passenger ship, the SS Britannic. Red wire or blue wire? Richard Harris portray bomb disposal experts; another actor, as the cruise director, delivers a emotional portrayal in tragicomic desperation.

10. Ocean Disaster (1972)

This cinematic interpretation of Paul Gallico's book is part of the peaks of the 1970s disaster genre. The central vessel is capsized by a tidal wave, and it's the responsibility of Reverend Gene Hackman to guide his group through the inverted ship to rescue. the actress is remarkable as a retailer's spouse with a useful history of athletic swimming.

9. Everything's Gone (2013)

The main star delivers a late-career masterclass in solo performance as a man fighting to endure in the maritime location after his yacht, the Virginia Jean, is harmed in a crash with an errant shipping container. It's stressful enough to watch, so it's difficult to comprehend how physically gruelling it must have been for the elderly actor to film.

8. Captain Phillips (2013)

The lead actor does excellent performance in one of his ordinary-person-in-extraordinary-circumstances roles, as the commander of an commercial transport hijacked by maritime criminals off the Horn of Africa. He's matched by a co-star ("I control this vessel"), delivering a outstanding first movie role as the criminal boss in Paul Greengrass's thriller, derived from true stories. When the final sequence doesn't make you blub, you're not human.

7. Three-Sided Figure (2009)

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