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20. Abyssal Attack (1998)

The director's futuristic scarefest chronicles a collection of attention-grabbing character actors acting as soldiers of fortune contracted to demolish the cruise ship a fictional ship. However a enormous cephalopod has already arrived! Among the likely victims are Kevin J O'Connor as a diamond criminal.

19. The Legend of 1900 (1998)

A newborn, abandoned on the passenger vessel a fictional ship, grows up to be a accomplished musician (the main star) who remains aboard the ship. The highlight of this filmmaker's whimsical hokum is the main character battling a keyboard contest with Jelly Roll Morton, rather unfairly portrayed as a arrogant character.

18. Waterworld (1995)

The lead actor plays a samurai-like drifter with aquatic adaptations and a modified sailing vessel in this big-budget sci-fi B-movie, taking place in a later era where vanishing ice sheets have flooded the planet. The entire population is searching for mythical Dryland while fending off the antagonist and his group of continuously smoking pirates.

17. The Titanic (1997)

An extended period of tiresome canoodling between a posh chick (the actress) and an free-spirited artist (the male lead) are saved by James Cameron's impressive reconstruction of one the 20th century's notorious tragedies. You have to admire the boldness of a film-maker who artfully converts a casualties of 1,500 into an heartening narrative of freedom.

16. Ship of Fools (1965)

Working-class people, artistic entertainers and political extremists rub shoulders on a ocean liner sailing from North America to the Old World in 1933. This filmmaker's epic includes a legendary actress, in her last performance, as a sad divorcee, but it's a co-star, as the ship's doctor, and Simone Signoret, as a radical countess, who deliver the motion picture with its dramatic punch.

15. Final Journey (1960)

The central vessel is destroyed in an blast and the protagonist's partner (the actress) is stranded in their quarters in this compelling proto-disaster pic. Can Stack and a brave technician (the actor) save her before the ship sinks? Interesting note: the Claridon is played by the famous French liner a real ship.

14. Death on the Nile (1978)

Two legendary actresses are including the killing culprits on board a African vessel in this ensemble cast mystery writer murder mystery. Peter Ustinov, as the famous detective, cannot prevent several passengers being killed, which whittles down his suspects to a limited selection. Much more enjoyable than the recent version.

13. Sea Silence (1989)

Two lead actors act as a married couple trying to get over the pain of their son's death by venturing on their vessel for a trip in the ocean, where they recover another actor from a sinking schooner. Big mistake! Phillip Noyce's tense movie is basically a killers-on-the-loose story at on the ocean, but an exceptionally well-made one that made her famous.

12. The Maggie Story (1954)

An UK citizen, transporting furniture for an US businessman, is tricked into hiring a dilapidated "Clyde puffer" in Alexander Mackendrick's harsh Ealing comedy in the subversive vein of his own previous work. Predictably, the boat's British skipper and team take the two landlubbers for a journey, in all senses of the word.

11. Overwhelming Power (1974)

This filmmaker provides his suspense story a state-of-the-nation perspective in this anxiety-inducing story of bombs planted on a passenger ship, the SS Britannic. What's the correct choice? Richard Harris act as bomb disposal experts; another actor, as the cruise director, serves up a heartbreaking portrayal in sadly funny despair.

10. The Poseidon Adventure (1972)

This cinematic interpretation of the author's novel is part of the high points of the seventies catastrophe films. The fictional ship is capsized by a tidal wave, and it's up to the main protagonist to guide his group through the flipped vessel to security. Shelley Winters is unforgettable as a retailer's spouse with a handy background of sports participation.

9. All is Lost (2013)

Robert Redford gives a experienced exemplary performance in single character portrayal as a individual struggling to survive in the maritime location after his sailing vessel, the main setting, is impaired in a crash with an stray transport unit. It's nerve-wracking enough to observe, so it's difficult to comprehend how extremely demanding it must have been for the elderly actor to record.

8. Captain Phillips (2013)

The lead actor does outstanding acting in among his regular-guys-under-intolerable-pressure performances, as the captain of an American cargo ship seized by Somali pirates off the specific location. He has great chemistry by another actor ("I control this vessel"), delivering a remarkable first movie role as the criminal boss in this filmmaker's suspense film, based on real events. Should the last scene fails to move you, you're not human.

7. Geometric Shape (2009)

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