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20. Deep Rising (1998)

This filmmaker's sci-fi horror pulp chronicles a collection of attention-grabbing supporting players portraying hired guns employed to destroy the luxury liner Argonautica. Yet a enormous cephalopod has already arrived! Including the endangered passengers are Famke Janssen as a jewel thief.

19. The 1900 Story (1998)

A baby, deserted on the transatlantic liner a fictional ship, develops to be a gifted pianist (Tim Roth) who never steps off the vessel. The highlight of the director's imaginative story is the main character competing in a musical showdown with Jelly Roll Morton, rather unfairly shown as a overconfident individual.

18. Ocean Planet (1995)

Kevin Costner acts as a warrior-esque drifter with aquatic adaptations and a souped-up watercraft in this megabudget science fiction adventure, set 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 pirates.

17. RMS Titanic (1997)

A significant portion of tiresome canoodling between a upper-class woman (the female lead) and an free-spirited artist (the male lead) are redeemed by the director's impressive reconstruction of among history's well-known tragedies. One must appreciate the boldness of a cinematic artist who successfully transforms a casualties of numerous victims into an emotionally uplifting tale of liberation.

16. Ship of Fools (1965)

Commoners, flamenco dancers and political extremists mingle on a ocean liner journeying from Mexico to Europe in the pre-war era. The director's epic includes Vivien Leigh, in her final role, as a unhappy separated woman, but it's Oskar Werner, as the medical officer, and another cast member, as a aristocratic rebel, who provide the film with its powerful impact.

15. Ultimate Trip (1960)

The central vessel is destroyed in an detonation and the lead actor's spouse (the actress) is stranded in their cabin in this gripping early catastrophe film. Is it possible for the main character and a brave technician (the supporting player) free her prior to the vessel goes down? Fun fact: the main setting is embodied by the renowned European vessel an actual ocean liner.

14. Nile Killing (1978)

Angela Lansbury are among the murder suspects on board a Egyptian riverboat in this celebrity-filled mystery writer whodunit. The lead actor, as Hercule Poirot, is unable to halt several passengers being killed, which whittles down his potential killers to a limited selection. Significantly better than the recent version.

13. Sea Silence (1989)

Sam Neill act as a married couple attempting to recover from the trauma of their son's death by taking their yacht for a trip in the ocean, where they save another actor from a foundering ship. Big mistake! This filmmaker's suspense film is essentially a horror film at on the ocean, but an exceptionally well-made one that put Kidman on the map.

12. The Maggie Story (1954)

An British man, transporting furniture for an US businessman, is deceived into using a dilapidated "Scottish vessel" in the director's dark UK production in the rebellious style of his own Whisky Galore!. Naturally, the ship's UK commander and staff deceive the inexperienced passengers for a trip, in all senses of the expression.

11. Juggernaut (1974)

This filmmaker provides his catastrophe film a social commentary perspective in this anxiety-inducing tale of bombs placed on a luxury liner, the main setting. Which wire to cut? David Hemmings play demolition specialists; Roy Kinnear, as the vessel's activities coordinator, serves up a emotional portrayal in sadly funny despair.

10. Ocean Disaster (1972)

This adaptation of the author's literary work is among the high points of the era of disaster movies. The SS Poseidon is flipped over by a tsunami, and it's the job of the lead character to lead his followers through the upturned hull to rescue. a supporting player is remarkable as a small business owner's partner with a handy background of athletic swimming.

9. All is Lost (2013)

The lead actor provides a late-career masterclass in one-man show as a individual fighting to survive in the specific sea after his sailing vessel, the main setting, is damaged in a collision with an lost cargo box. It's stressful enough to observe, so heaven knows how extremely demanding it must have been for the elderly actor to record.

8. Vessel Leader (2013)

The lead actor delivers excellent performance in part of his regular-guys-under-intolerable-pressure performances, as the commander of an commercial transport seized by African raiders off the specific location. He's matched by a co-star ("I'm the captain now"), delivering a remarkable first movie role as the criminal boss in the director's tense movie, based on real events. When the last scene fails to move you, you have no heart.

7. Three-Sided Figure (2009)

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