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20. Deep Rising (1998)

Stephen Sommers' sci-fi horror pulp details a group of attention-grabbing character actors portraying hired guns contracted to destroy the cruise ship a fictional ship. But a enormous cephalopod has got there first! Featuring the potential cephalopod fodder are Treat Williams as a diamond criminal.

19. 1900's Tale (1998)

A baby, left on the ocean-going ship the central location, develops to be a gifted pianist (Tim Roth) who never steps off the vessel. The climax of this filmmaker's fantastical tale is the protagonist battling a keyboard contest with Jelly Roll Morton, somewhat unjustly shown as a overconfident individual.

18. Aquatic World (1995)

The main star portrays a warrior-esque wanderer with aquatic adaptations and a enhanced sailing vessel in this big-budget science fiction adventure, located in a later era where disappearing glaciers have submerged the planet. Everyone is hunting for fabled solid ground while fighting off Dennis Hopper and his band of continuously smoking marauders.

17. Titanic (1997)

A significant portion of love story development between a upper-class woman (the actress) and an itinerant yobbo (the male lead) are saved by James Cameron's impressive reconstruction of one the 20th century's notorious disasters. You have to admire the audacity of a director who manages to twist a fatalities of 1,500 into an inspiring narrative of emancipation.

16. Boat of Lunatics (1965)

Commoners, flamenco dancers and German ideologists mingle on a passenger ship traveling from Mexico to the Old World in 1933. The director's epic stars a cinema icon, in her final role, as a melancholy character, but it's a co-star, as the ship's doctor, and a talented performer, as a radical countess, who deliver the movie with its dramatic punch.

15. The Last Voyage (1960)

The USS Claridon is destroyed in an detonation and the lead actor's wife (the actress) is trapped in their room in this intense early catastrophe film. Is it possible for the hero and a brave technician (the actor) save her ahead of the boat submerges? Curious detail: the fictional ship is embodied by the renowned historic ship a real ship.

14. Nile Killing (1978)

Bette Davis are part of the homicide possibilities on board a African vessel in this celebrity-filled crime novelist murder mystery. The main star, as Hercule Poirot, is unable to halt half the cast being killed, which reduces his persons of interest to a manageable number. Significantly better than the recent version.

13. Sea Silence (1989)

Nicole Kidman act as a partners attempting to recover from the pain of their offspring's demise by taking their yacht for a spin in the Pacific, where they save another actor from a sinking schooner. Poor decision! The director's tense movie is fundamentally a slasher movie at in maritime setting, but an high-quality one that made her famous.

12. The Maggie Story (1954)

An British man, shipping furniture for an American industrialist, is tricked into hiring a run-down "type of boat" in the director's brutal UK production in the subversive vein of his own earlier film. Naturally, the boat's British skipper and staff deceive the inexperienced passengers for a journey, in all senses of the word.

11. Overwhelming Power (1974)

This filmmaker gives his catastrophe film a social commentary perspective in this nerve-shredding yarn of explosives positioned on a passenger ship, the SS Britannic. Which wire to cut? Richard Harris play demolition specialists; a supporting player, as the ship's entertainments director, provides a touching depiction in humorous tragedy.

10. Poseidon's Journey (1972)

This cinematic interpretation of Paul Gallico's literary work is among the zenith of the seventies catastrophe films. The SS Poseidon is flipped over by a ocean surge, and it's up to the lead character to direct his flock through the inverted vessel to rescue. Shelley Winters is unforgettable as a shopkeeper's wife with a practical experience of competitive swimming.

9. Total Loss (2013)

The main star gives a late-career masterclass in single character portrayal as a individual fighting to endure in the specific sea after his sailing vessel, the main setting, is harmed in a collision with an errant cargo box. It's anxious enough to watch, so one can only imagine how exceptionally strenuous it must have been for the 76-year-old star to record.

8. Captain Phillips (2013)

The lead actor does sterling work in part of his ordinary-person-in-extraordinary-circumstances roles, as the captain of an commercial transport seized by Somali pirates off the Horn of Africa. His performance is complemented by Barkhad Abdi ("I control this vessel"), providing a outstanding initial cinematic appearance as the criminal boss in the director's tense movie, inspired by true stories. Should the last scene fails to move you, you're not human.

7. Three-Sided Figure (2009)

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