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20. Deep Rising (1998)

This filmmaker's science fiction thriller follows a bunch of scene-stealing character actors acting as soldiers of fortune contracted to destroy the luxury liner a fictional ship. However a massive sea creature has already arrived! Including the potential cephalopod fodder are Treat Williams as a diamond criminal.

19. The 1900 Story (1998)

A infant, left on the passenger vessel the central location, develops to be a accomplished musician (the main star) who refuses to leave the ship. The climax of the director's imaginative story is the protagonist competing in a musical showdown with Jelly Roll Morton, arguably inaccurately shown as a overconfident individual.

18. Aquatic World (1995)

Kevin Costner acts as a fighter-inspired drifter with mutated appendages and a souped-up sailing vessel in this high-cost futuristic thriller, taking place in a future where melting polar ice-caps have inundated the world. The entire population is hunting for fabled solid ground while fighting off the antagonist and his group of chain-smoking raiders.

17. The Titanic (1997)

Two hours of love story development between a upper-class woman (the female lead) and an free-spirited artist (the male lead) are rescued by this filmmaker's spectacular recreation of one the 20th century's most infamous disasters. You have to admire the boldness of a cinematic artist who artfully converts a death toll of numerous victims into an inspiring tale of liberation.

16. Ship of Fools (1965)

Working-class people, artistic entertainers and German ideologists mingle on a ocean liner journeying from North America to Europe in the pre-war era. This filmmaker's epic features a legendary actress, in her final role, as a unhappy separated woman, but it's Oskar Werner, as the vessel's physician, and Simone Signoret, as a political noblewoman, who deliver the film with its dramatic punch.

15. The Last Voyage (1960)

The central vessel is torn asunder in an detonation and the lead actor's spouse (Dorothy Malone) is stuck in their cabin in this intense proto-disaster pic. Is it possible for Stack and a heroic engineer (Woody Strode) free her ahead of the vessel goes down? Fun fact: the Claridon is embodied by the renowned European vessel Île de France.

14. Murder on the Nile (1978)

Bette Davis are among the homicide possibilities on board a Egyptian riverboat in this celebrity-filled mystery writer murder mystery. Peter Ustinov, as the famous detective, fails to stop numerous characters being shot, which narrows his persons of interest to a smaller group. Bags more fun than the modern adaptation.

13. Ocean Stillness (1989)

Nicole Kidman portray a partners attempting to recover from the grief of their offspring's demise by sailing their boat for a journey in the ocean, where they save a co-star from a damaged vessel. Costly error! The director's thriller is essentially a slasher movie at on the ocean, but an high-quality one that launched her career.

12. The Maggie (1954)

An Englishman, moving furniture for an US businessman, is tricked into using a dilapidated "Clyde puffer" in this filmmaker's brutal UK production in the subversive tradition of his own previous work. Naturally, the ship's Scottish captain and team trick the main characters for a ride, in multiple interpretations of the term.

11. Overwhelming Power (1974)

The director imparts his suspense story a social commentary perspective in this tension-filled story of explosives planted on a passenger ship, the fictional ship. Which wire to cut? Two lead actors play explosive technicians; another actor, as the cruise director, serves up a emotional portrayal in tragicomic desperation.

10. Poseidon's Journey (1972)

This film version of Paul Gallico's novel is one of the peaks of the seventies catastrophe films. The fictional ship is overturned by a ocean surge, and it's the responsibility of the main protagonist to lead his group through the inverted hull to security. a supporting player is unforgettable as a retailer's spouse with a useful background of sports participation.

9. All is Lost (2013)

Robert Redford provides a experienced exemplary performance in one-man show as a man battling to stay alive in the Indian Ocean after his personal boat, the Virginia Jean, is impaired in a crash with an lost cargo box. It's anxious enough to watch, so heaven knows how extremely demanding it must have been for the 76-year-old star to film.

8. Captain Phillips (2013)

The lead actor delivers sterling work in among his regular-guys-under-intolerable-pressure performances, as the captain of an commercial transport seized by maritime criminals off the Horn of Africa. He has great chemistry by a co-star ("Now I'm in charge"), making a remarkable film debut as the pirate chief in Paul Greengrass's thriller, derived from actual incidents. When the last scene doesn't bring tears, you have no heart.

7. Three-Sided Figure (2009)

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