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20. Ocean Terror (1998)

Stephen Sommers' sci-fi horror pulp details a collection of attention-grabbing ensemble cast acting as soldiers of fortune contracted to sink the luxury liner the main setting. However a massive sea creature has got there first! Featuring the likely victims are Kevin J O'Connor as a jewel thief.

19. The 1900 Story (1998)

A baby, left on the ocean-going ship a fictional ship, grows up to be a talented keyboardist (the main star) who remains aboard the ship. The climax of the director's whimsical hokum is Roth competing in a musical showdown with a jazz legend, somewhat unjustly shown as a smug bastard.

18. Waterworld (1995)

Kevin Costner acts as a fighter-inspired nomad with mutated appendages and a enhanced sailing vessel in this megabudget science fiction adventure, taking place in a distant time where melting polar ice-caps have submerged the world. All people is searching for fabled solid ground while resisting Dennis Hopper and his band of constantly puffing raiders.

17. The Titanic (1997)

A significant portion of love story development between a upper-class woman (Kate Winslet) and an free-spirited artist (the actor) are saved by this filmmaker's impressive reconstruction of one the 20th century's most infamous disasters. You have to admire the chutzpah of a film-maker who manages to twist a fatalities of over a thousand into an heartening tale of emancipation.

16. Vessel of Madness (1965)

Commoners, Spanish performers and political extremists rub shoulders on a ocean liner sailing from Mexico to the Continent in the interwar period. The director's sweeping drama stars a legendary actress, in her final role, as a unhappy separated woman, but it's another actor, as the vessel's physician, and a talented performer, as a radical countess, who provide the film with its dramatic punch.

15. The Last Voyage (1960)

The fictional ship is ripped apart in an explosion and the protagonist's partner (the actress) is trapped in their cabin in this intense proto-disaster pic. Will the main character and a courageous worker (the supporting player) save her ahead of the vessel goes down? Fun fact: the fictional ship is embodied by the famous European vessel a real ship.

14. Death on the Nile (1978)

Two legendary actresses are including the killing culprits on board a Nile paddle steamer in this ensemble cast crime novelist whodunit. Peter Ustinov, as the famous detective, fails to stop numerous characters being stabbed, which narrows his potential killers to a smaller group. Much more enjoyable than the modern adaptation.

13. Dead Calm (1989)

Sam Neill act as a partners attempting to recover from the grief of their child's passing by taking their yacht for a journey in the sea, where they rescue a co-star from a foundering ship. Poor decision! This filmmaker's tense movie is essentially a slasher movie at in maritime setting, but an ultra-classy one that made her famous.

12. The Maggie Story (1954)

An British man, moving goods for an American industrialist, is deceived into employing a run-down "type of boat" in the director's dark Ealing comedy in the subversive vein of his own previous work. Predictably, the ship's UK commander and crew trick the main characters for a trip, in every meaning of the expression.

11. Unstoppable Force (1974)

This filmmaker imparts his disaster thriller a political dimension angle in this nerve-shredding tale of bombs positioned on a luxury liner, the main setting. Red wire or blue wire? Richard Harris portray demolition specialists; a supporting player, as the cruise director, provides a touching study in tragicomic desperation.

10. The Poseidon Adventure (1972)

This adaptation of Paul Gallico's novel is one of the peaks of the seventies catastrophe films. The SS Poseidon is overturned by a ocean surge, and it's up to the lead character to direct his flock through the upturned vessel to security. Shelley Winters is unforgettable as a retailer's spouse with a useful experience of sports participation.

9. All is Lost (2013)

The main star gives a experienced exemplary performance in single character portrayal as a person battling to endure in the specific sea after his sailing vessel, the Virginia Jean, is harmed in a impact with an errant shipping container. It's stressful enough to watch, so it's difficult to comprehend how extremely demanding it must have been for the elderly actor to record.

8. Vessel Leader (2013)

The lead actor provides outstanding acting in among his ordinary-person-in-extraordinary-circumstances roles, as the commander of an American cargo ship seized by Somali pirates off the geographical area. He has great chemistry by Barkhad Abdi ("Now I'm in charge"), making a remarkable initial cinematic appearance as the criminal boss in the director's tense movie, inspired by actual incidents. Should the last scene doesn't make you blub, you have no heart.

7. Triangle (2009)

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