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20. Deep Rising (1998)

Stephen Sommers' sci-fi horror pulp follows a group of scene-stealing character actors acting as hired guns contracted to sink the luxury liner Argonautica. But a massive sea creature has beaten them to it! Featuring the likely victims are Treat Williams as a gem smuggler.

19. The 1900 Story (1998)

A infant, abandoned on the ocean-going ship SS Virginian, matures to be a accomplished musician (the lead actor) who never steps off the boat. The highlight of Giuseppe Tornatore's imaginative story is the main character competing in a keyboard contest with a historical figure, somewhat unjustly shown as a overconfident individual.

18. Ocean Planet (1995)

The lead actor plays a samurai-like nomad with mutated appendages and a modified sailing vessel in this megabudget futuristic thriller, located in a later era where vanishing ice sheets have flooded the planet. All people is hunting for fabled solid ground while fighting off the antagonist and his band of chain-smoking marauders.

17. RMS Titanic (1997)

An extended period of tiresome canoodling between a wealthy lady (the actress) and an working-class man (Leonardo DiCaprio) are rescued by James Cameron's impressive reconstruction of among history's well-known disasters. One must appreciate the chutzpah of a director who manages to twist a death toll of numerous victims into an inspiring tale of emancipation.

16. Boat of Lunatics (1965)

Peasants, Spanish performers and political extremists mingle on a ocean liner journeying from Latin America to the Continent in the pre-war era. The director's epic includes a cinema icon, in her swan song, as a unhappy separated woman, but it's another actor, as the medical officer, and another cast member, as a political noblewoman, who deliver the motion picture with its dramatic punch.

15. Final Journey (1960)

The fictional ship is ripped apart in an blast and Robert Stack's partner (the co-star) is trapped in their quarters in this intense precursor to disaster movies. Is it possible for the hero and a brave technician (the actor) rescue her ahead of the boat submerges? Interesting note: the Claridon is played by the famous European vessel a real ship.

14. Murder on the Nile (1978)

Two legendary actresses are including the murder suspects on board a Nile paddle steamer in this celebrity-filled mystery writer whodunit. Peter Ustinov, as the famous detective, fails to stop numerous characters being shot, which reduces his suspects to a limited selection. Much more enjoyable than the recent version.

13. Sea Silence (1989)

Two lead actors act as a husband and wife trying to get over the grief of their child's passing by venturing on their vessel for a journey in the sea, where they save another actor from a damaged vessel. Poor decision! This filmmaker's tense movie is fundamentally a killers-on-the-loose story at on the ocean, but an high-quality one that launched her career.

12. Maggie's Tale (1954)

An UK citizen, moving goods for an American industrialist, is deceived into hiring a poor condition "Clyde puffer" in this filmmaker's brutal Ealing comedy in the subversive style of his own previous work. Of course, the ship's British skipper and staff trick the main characters for a trip, in every meaning of the term.

11. Juggernaut (1974)

This filmmaker provides his catastrophe film a social commentary perspective in this tension-filled tale of detonators positioned on a luxury liner, the SS Britannic. Which wire to cut? David Hemmings play bomb disposal experts; Roy Kinnear, as the cruise director, delivers a touching depiction in humorous tragedy.

10. Poseidon's Journey (1972)

This cinematic interpretation of this writer's literary work is among the high points of the 1970s disaster genre. The SS Poseidon is capsized by a tsunami, and it's the responsibility of the main protagonist to lead his flock through the flipped vessel to security. Shelley Winters is unforgettable as a retailer's spouse with a practical background of athletic swimming.

9. Everything's Gone (2013)

Robert Redford delivers a experienced masterclass in one-man show as a person struggling to survive in the maritime location after his personal boat, the Virginia Jean, is impaired in a impact with an errant transport unit. It's nerve-wracking enough to observe, so one can only imagine how physically gruelling it must have been for the senior performer to shoot.

8. Captain Phillips (2013)

The lead actor does outstanding acting in one of his ordinary-person-in-extraordinary-circumstances roles, as the captain of an American cargo ship hijacked by maritime criminals off the geographical area. He's matched by a co-star ("Now I'm in charge"), making a remarkable initial cinematic appearance as the raider leader in Paul Greengrass's thriller, based on actual incidents. If the last scene doesn't bring tears, you're emotionally detached.

7. Geometric Shape (2009)

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