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20. Deep Rising (1998)

Stephen Sommers' futuristic scarefest follows a collection of scene-stealing character actors acting as mercenaries hired to sink the luxury liner the main setting. But a massive sea creature has beaten them to it! Including the potential cephalopod fodder are Treat Williams as a gem smuggler.

19. The 1900 Story (1998)

A baby, abandoned on the transatlantic liner SS Virginian, grows up to be a gifted pianist (the lead actor) who never steps off the vessel. The highlight of this filmmaker's whimsical hokum is the main character competing in a keyboard contest with a historical figure, rather unfairly shown as a arrogant character.

18. Ocean Planet (1995)

The main star acts as a samurai-like drifter with mutated appendages and a modified trimaran in this big-budget science fiction adventure, taking place in a distant time where melting polar ice-caps have flooded the world. All people is hunting for mythical Dryland while resisting Dennis Hopper and his band of continuously smoking pirates.

17. Titanic (1997)

Two hours of love story development between a upper-class woman (the actress) and an itinerant yobbo (the male lead) are saved by the director's impressive reconstruction of one the 20th century's most infamous catastrophes. It's impossible not to respect the audacity of a film-maker who successfully transforms a fatalities of numerous victims into an inspiring story of liberation.

16. Ship of Fools (1965)

Peasants, artistic entertainers and Nazi eugenicists mingle on a ocean liner traveling from Latin America to the Continent in 1933. This filmmaker's large-scale film includes Vivien Leigh, in her swan song, as a unhappy separated woman, but it's another actor, as the vessel's physician, and another cast member, as a radical countess, who deliver the motion picture with its emotional wallop.

15. Ultimate Trip (1960)

The central vessel is destroyed in an detonation and the lead actor's partner (the co-star) is stranded in their cabin in this intense early catastrophe film. Is it possible for the hero and a heroic engineer (Woody Strode) save her before the ship sinks? Fun fact: the fictional ship is embodied by the famous historic ship a real ship.

14. Nile Killing (1978)

Angela Lansbury are including the killing culprits on board a Egyptian riverboat in this all-star mystery writer detective story. The lead actor, as the famous detective, cannot prevent several passengers being stabbed, which whittles down his suspects to a smaller group. Significantly better than the modern adaptation.

13. Sea Silence (1989)

Sam Neill play a husband and wife seeking to heal from the pain of their offspring's demise by sailing their boat for a journey in the sea, where they save a co-star from a sinking schooner. Poor decision! The director's tense movie is essentially a killers-on-the-loose story at in maritime setting, but an high-quality one that put Kidman on the map.

12. The Maggie (1954)

An Englishman, shipping items for an wealthy entrepreneur, is tricked into using a dilapidated "Clyde puffer" in the director's harsh British film in the unconventional style of his own Whisky Galore!. Of course, the boat's Scottish captain and staff take the two landlubbers for a trip, in multiple interpretations of the expression.

11. Juggernaut (1974)

Richard Lester gives his suspense story a political dimension perspective in this tension-filled tale of explosives positioned on a luxury liner, the main setting. Which wire to cut? David Hemmings act as demolition specialists; another actor, as the vessel's activities coordinator, provides a touching portrayal in sadly funny despair.

10. Ocean Disaster (1972)

This adaptation of Paul Gallico's literary work is among the zenith of the era of disaster movies. The SS Poseidon is capsized by a ocean surge, and it's the responsibility of the main protagonist to lead his group through the inverted hull to safety. a supporting player is remarkable as a small business owner's partner with a handy background of competitive swimming.

9. Total Loss (2013)

Robert Redford provides a late-career brilliant acting in solo performance as a person fighting to stay alive in the specific sea after his sailing vessel, the main setting, is impaired in a collision with an stray transport unit. It's anxious enough to view, so one can only imagine how exceptionally strenuous it must have been for the elderly actor to film.

8. Vessel Leader (2013)

The main star does outstanding acting in one of his regular-guys-under-intolerable-pressure performances, as the commander of an US merchant vessel commandeered by maritime criminals off the Horn of Africa. His performance is complemented by Barkhad Abdi ("Now I'm in charge"), making a outstanding initial cinematic appearance as the criminal boss in Paul Greengrass's thriller, based on true stories. If the concluding moment doesn't bring tears, you're not human.

7. Geometric Shape (2009)

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