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20. Ocean Terror (1998)

The director's sci-fi horror pulp follows a bunch of attention-grabbing character actors playing hired guns contracted to destroy the luxury liner Argonautica. But a massive sea creature has already arrived! Including the potential cephalopod fodder are Famke Janssen as a diamond criminal.

19. The Legend of 1900 (1998)

A baby, abandoned on the passenger vessel the central location, grows up to be a talented keyboardist (the lead actor) who remains aboard the ship. The highlight of the director's fantastical tale is Roth competing in a piano duel with Jelly Roll Morton, arguably inaccurately portrayed as a arrogant character.

18. Waterworld (1995)

The main star portrays a samurai-like drifter with webbed feet and a souped-up trimaran in this high-cost futuristic thriller, taking place in a distant time where disappearing glaciers have submerged the planet. The entire population is searching for fabled solid ground while fighting off the antagonist and his group of continuously smoking marauders.

17. RMS Titanic (1997)

A significant portion of love story development between a wealthy lady (the actress) and an working-class man (the male lead) are saved by the director's spectacular recreation of a famous notorious tragedies. One must appreciate the chutzpah of a director who successfully transforms a casualties of numerous victims into an heartening story of emancipation.

16. Boat of Lunatics (1965)

Peasants, artistic entertainers and political extremists mingle on a passenger ship journeying from North America to the Continent in the pre-war era. Stanley Kramer's epic features a legendary actress, in her last performance, as a melancholy character, but it's another actor, as the ship's doctor, and another cast member, as a aristocratic rebel, who supply the film with its dramatic punch.

15. The Last Voyage (1960)

The USS Claridon is ripped apart in an blast and the protagonist's partner (the co-star) is stranded in their quarters in this compelling early catastrophe film. Will the main character and a brave technician (the actor) free her ahead of the boat submerges? Curious detail: the fictional ship is played by the legendary European vessel Île de France.

14. Murder on the Nile (1978)

Bette Davis are part of the killing culprits on board a Egyptian riverboat in this ensemble cast mystery writer detective story. The lead actor, as the famous detective, cannot prevent half the cast being killed, which reduces his potential killers to a limited selection. Much more enjoyable than the modern adaptation.

13. Ocean Stillness (1989)

Nicole Kidman portray a husband and wife trying to get over the grief of their offspring's demise by venturing on their vessel for a journey in the Pacific, where they recover a co-star from a sinking schooner. Costly error! The director's thriller is basically a slasher movie at in maritime setting, but an high-quality one that launched her career.

12. The Maggie Story (1954)

An British man, moving furniture for an wealthy entrepreneur, is manipulated into using a poor condition "Clyde puffer" in the director's harsh Ealing comedy in the unconventional vein of his own previous work. Naturally, the vessel's UK commander and staff take the two landlubbers for a ride, in all senses of the term.

11. Overwhelming Power (1974)

Richard Lester imparts his suspense story a political dimension perspective in this anxiety-inducing yarn of detonators planted on a luxury liner, the fictional ship. Red wire or blue wire? David Hemmings portray bomb disposal experts; a supporting player, as the vessel's activities coordinator, serves up a touching portrayal in tragicomic desperation.

10. Poseidon's Journey (1972)

This cinematic interpretation of Paul Gallico's novel is one of the high points of the 1970s disaster genre. The SS Poseidon is overturned by a ocean surge, and it's the job of Reverend Gene Hackman to direct his group through the flipped hull to security. a supporting player is memorable as a retailer's spouse with a practical background of athletic swimming.

9. All is Lost (2013)

Robert Redford gives a late-career brilliant acting in solo performance as a person struggling to stay alive in the Indian Ocean after his yacht, the Virginia Jean, is damaged in a impact with an lost shipping container. It's stressful 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)

Tom Hanks provides excellent performance in among his everyman-in-crisis characters, as the captain of an American cargo ship seized by maritime criminals off the Horn of Africa. He has great chemistry by another actor ("I'm the captain now"), providing a remarkable initial cinematic appearance as the criminal boss in the director's tense movie, derived from actual incidents. Should the last scene fails to move you, you're not human.

7. Triangle (2009)

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