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20. Deep Rising (1998)

Stephen Sommers' sci-fi horror pulp details a group of scene-stealing character actors playing soldiers of fortune employed to destroy the luxury liner Argonautica. But a giant mutant octopus has got there first! Featuring the likely victims are Kevin J O'Connor as a jewel thief.

19. The Legend of 1900 (1998)

A infant, deserted on the transatlantic liner the central location, develops to be a talented keyboardist (the main star) who remains aboard the ship. The peak moment of this filmmaker's imaginative story is Roth battling a keyboard contest with a historical figure, arguably inaccurately portrayed as a arrogant character.

18. Ocean Planet (1995)

Kevin Costner plays a samurai-like nomad with aquatic adaptations and a souped-up watercraft in this high-cost science fiction adventure, taking place in a distant time where disappearing glaciers have submerged the world. Everyone is searching for fabled solid ground while resisting the antagonist and his group of chain-smoking marauders.

17. Titanic (1997)

A significant portion of romantic interludes between a posh chick (the female lead) and an free-spirited artist (Leonardo DiCaprio) are rescued by the director's breathtaking depiction of among history's most infamous disasters. It's impossible not to respect the chutzpah of a director who artfully converts a casualties of 1,500 into an emotionally uplifting tale of freedom.

16. Ship of Fools (1965)

Peasants, artistic entertainers and political extremists rub shoulders on a commercial vessel journeying from Latin America to Europe in the interwar period. Stanley Kramer's sweeping drama features a cinema icon, in her final role, as a unhappy separated woman, but it's another actor, as the ship's doctor, and a talented performer, as a political noblewoman, who provide the film with its dramatic punch.

15. The Last Voyage (1960)

The USS Claridon is destroyed in an explosion and Robert Stack's spouse (Dorothy Malone) is stranded in their cabin in this intense precursor to disaster movies. Is it possible for the hero and a heroic engineer (Woody Strode) free her ahead of the vessel goes down? Curious detail: the fictional ship is represented by the famous European vessel a real ship.

14. Murder on the Nile (1978)

Angela Lansbury are among the killing culprits on board a Nile paddle steamer in this celebrity-filled crime novelist detective story. The main star, as the Belgian sleuth, cannot prevent half the cast being shot, which whittles down his persons of interest to a manageable number. Significantly better than the recent version.

13. Sea Silence (1989)

Nicole Kidman play a married couple trying to get over the trauma of their offspring's demise by venturing on their vessel for a spin in the Pacific, where they recover Billy Zane from a damaged vessel. Poor decision! This filmmaker's thriller is basically a killers-on-the-loose story at in maritime setting, but an exceptionally well-made one that launched her career.

12. Maggie's Tale (1954)

An Englishman, transporting goods for an wealthy entrepreneur, is tricked into employing a dilapidated "Clyde puffer" in the director's harsh Ealing comedy in the rebellious vein of his own previous work. Naturally, the ship's British skipper and crew deceive the inexperienced passengers for a ride, in every meaning of the expression.

11. Unstoppable Force (1974)

This filmmaker provides his suspense story a social commentary perspective in this tension-filled story of explosives placed on a passenger ship, the main setting. What's the correct choice? Richard Harris act as explosive technicians; another actor, as the vessel's activities coordinator, delivers a heartbreaking study in tragicomic desperation.

10. Ocean Disaster (1972)

This cinematic interpretation of the author's novel is part of the zenith of the era of disaster movies. The central vessel is capsized by a tsunami, and it's the job of Reverend Gene Hackman to lead his followers through the flipped vessel to rescue. a supporting player is memorable as a shopkeeper's wife with a practical background of sports participation.

9. Everything's Gone (2013)

Robert Redford provides a mature brilliant acting in single character portrayal as a individual battling to survive in the specific sea after his sailing vessel, the Virginia Jean, is impaired in a impact with an stray shipping container. It's nerve-wracking enough to watch, so one can only imagine how extremely demanding it must have been for the elderly actor to film.

8. Ship Commander (2013)

The main star does sterling work in part of his everyman-in-crisis characters, as the captain of an American cargo ship commandeered by Somali pirates off the geographical area. His performance is complemented by Barkhad Abdi ("I'm the captain now"), providing a outstanding film debut as the criminal boss in Paul Greengrass's tense movie, inspired by true stories. If the final sequence doesn't make you blub, you're not human.

7. Three-Sided Figure (2009)

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