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20. Ocean Terror (1998)

Stephen Sommers' science fiction thriller follows a collection of scene-stealing character actors acting as soldiers of fortune contracted to sink the luxury liner Argonautica. But a massive sea creature has got there first! Featuring the endangered passengers are Famke Janssen as a diamond criminal.

19. The Legend of 1900 (1998)

A infant, abandoned on the passenger vessel the central location, develops to be a accomplished musician (the main star) who remains aboard the ship. The climax of this filmmaker's imaginative story is the main character competing in a musical showdown with a historical figure, somewhat unjustly portrayed as a arrogant character.

18. Waterworld (1995)

Kevin Costner acts as a samurai-like wanderer with mutated appendages and a enhanced watercraft in this high-cost sci-fi B-movie, taking place in a later era where vanishing ice sheets have flooded the Earth. All people is seeking fabled solid ground while resisting the villain and his group of continuously smoking pirates.

17. The Titanic (1997)

Two hours of romantic interludes between a wealthy lady (the actress) and an itinerant yobbo (the actor) are saved by this filmmaker's impressive reconstruction of a famous well-known catastrophes. You have to admire the audacity of a film-maker who artfully converts a death toll of over a thousand into an heartening narrative of freedom.

16. Boat of Lunatics (1965)

Working-class people, Spanish performers and German ideologists interact on a ocean liner journeying from North America to Europe in the interwar period. The director's epic features a cinema icon, in her final role, as a unhappy separated woman, but it's a co-star, as the ship's doctor, and a talented performer, as a political noblewoman, who deliver the motion picture with its powerful impact.

15. Ultimate Trip (1960)

The fictional ship is torn asunder in an explosion and the protagonist's spouse (Dorothy Malone) is stuck in their room in this gripping early catastrophe film. Will Stack and a brave technician (the supporting player) save her ahead of the vessel goes down? Fun fact: the fictional ship is embodied by the legendary historic ship an actual ocean liner.

14. Death on the Nile (1978)

Two legendary actresses are including the murder suspects on board a Egyptian riverboat in this celebrity-filled mystery writer detective story. The lead actor, as the Belgian sleuth, fails to stop half the cast being shot, which whittles down his suspects to a smaller group. Bags more fun than the recent version.

13. Sea Silence (1989)

Sam Neill act as a husband and wife attempting to recover from the pain of their son's death by taking their yacht for a spin in the Pacific, where they save Billy Zane from a sinking schooner. Poor decision! This filmmaker's thriller is fundamentally a slasher movie at sea, but an ultra-classy one that put Kidman on the map.

12. The Maggie (1954)

An British man, moving goods for an wealthy entrepreneur, is tricked into using a dilapidated "Scottish vessel" in this filmmaker's brutal UK production in the unconventional tradition of his own Whisky Galore!. Of course, the boat's UK commander and team trick the main characters for a ride, in all senses of the term.

11. Unstoppable Force (1974)

This filmmaker gives his suspense story a political dimension tilt in this anxiety-inducing yarn of bombs positioned on a commercial vessel, the main setting. What's the correct choice? David Hemmings portray bomb disposal experts; Roy Kinnear, as the ship's entertainments director, provides a heartbreaking portrayal in sadly funny despair.

10. Poseidon's Journey (1972)

This film version of Paul Gallico's novel is among the zenith of the seventies catastrophe films. The central vessel is capsized by a tsunami, and it's the responsibility of Reverend Gene Hackman to guide his followers through the inverted hull to security. the actress is memorable as a shopkeeper's wife with a practical experience of athletic swimming.

9. All is Lost (2013)

The main star delivers a late-career exemplary performance in single character portrayal as a man fighting to stay alive in the specific sea after his sailing vessel, the Virginia Jean, is damaged in a collision with an errant transport unit. It's stressful enough to view, so it's difficult to comprehend how extremely demanding it must have been for the elderly actor to record.

8. Captain Phillips (2013)

The main star delivers outstanding acting in part of his regular-guys-under-intolerable-pressure performances, as the skipper of an American cargo ship seized by maritime criminals off the Horn of Africa. He's matched by a co-star ("I'm the captain now"), providing a outstanding initial cinematic appearance as the criminal boss in Paul Greengrass's suspense film, based on actual incidents. When the final sequence doesn't bring tears, you're emotionally detached.

7. Three-Sided Figure (2009)

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