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20. Ocean Terror (1998)

Stephen Sommers' science fiction thriller follows a bunch of scene-stealing ensemble cast portraying mercenaries hired to destroy the passenger vessel the main setting. But a giant mutant octopus has got there first! Featuring the potential cephalopod fodder are Kevin J O'Connor as a jewel thief.

19. 1900's Tale (1998)

A baby, deserted on the transatlantic liner the central location, develops to be a accomplished musician (the lead actor) who remains aboard the vessel. The climax of the director's fantastical tale is the protagonist fighting a musical showdown with a jazz legend, arguably inaccurately depicted as a arrogant character.

18. Aquatic World (1995)

The lead actor plays a samurai-like wanderer with webbed feet and a modified trimaran in this big-budget sci-fi B-movie, located in a later era where vanishing ice sheets have inundated the planet. Everyone is hunting for mythical Dryland while fending off the villain and his gang of constantly puffing marauders.

17. The Titanic (1997)

An extended period of love story development between a upper-class woman (the actress) and an working-class man (Leonardo DiCaprio) are saved by this filmmaker's impressive reconstruction of among history's most infamous catastrophes. It's impossible not to respect the boldness of a film-maker who manages to twist a casualties of over a thousand into an inspiring narrative of liberation.

16. Ship of Fools (1965)

Working-class people, flamenco dancers and German ideologists rub shoulders on a passenger ship traveling from Mexico to Europe in the pre-war era. Stanley Kramer's epic stars a legendary actress, in her final role, as a sad divorcee, but it's a co-star, as the medical officer, and another cast member, as a political noblewoman, who supply the movie with its emotional wallop.

15. Ultimate Trip (1960)

The central vessel is torn asunder in an explosion and the protagonist's wife (the co-star) is stuck in their room in this gripping precursor to disaster movies. Will the hero and a courageous worker (Woody Strode) save her prior to the ship sinks? Curious detail: the Claridon is played by the famous French liner an actual ocean liner.

14. Murder on the Nile (1978)

Two legendary actresses are including the killing culprits on board a Nile paddle steamer in this all-star Agatha Christie detective story. The main star, as the Belgian sleuth, is unable to halt half the cast being shot, which reduces his potential killers to a smaller group. Much more enjoyable than the modern adaptation.

13. Sea Silence (1989)

Nicole Kidman act as a husband and wife attempting to recover from the grief of their child's passing by venturing on their vessel for a spin in the ocean, where they recover a co-star from a foundering ship. Poor decision! The director's tense movie is basically a killers-on-the-loose story at in maritime setting, but an exceptionally well-made one that launched her career.

12. The Maggie Story (1954)

An UK citizen, transporting goods for an wealthy entrepreneur, is deceived into using a run-down "type of boat" in Alexander Mackendrick's brutal Ealing comedy in the subversive vein of his own previous work. Predictably, the ship's UK commander and staff deceive the inexperienced passengers for a trip, in multiple interpretations of the term.

11. Overwhelming Power (1974)

The director provides his suspense story a state-of-the-nation perspective in this tension-filled tale of detonators placed on a luxury liner, the fictional ship. Which wire to cut? Two lead actors portray bomb disposal experts; a supporting player, as the ship's entertainments director, serves up a emotional depiction in tragicomic desperation.

10. Poseidon's Journey (1972)

This film version of this writer's novel is one of the high points of the 1970s disaster genre. The SS Poseidon is overturned by a tidal wave, and it's the job of Reverend Gene Hackman to guide his flock through the inverted ship to safety. a supporting player is remarkable as a small business owner's partner with a useful background of competitive swimming.

9. All is Lost (2013)

The lead actor provides a late-career masterclass in single character portrayal as a individual struggling to survive in the specific sea after his personal boat, the main setting, is harmed in a crash with an stray transport unit. It's stressful enough to watch, so one can only imagine how physically gruelling it must have been for the elderly actor to film.

8. Ship Commander (2013)

Tom Hanks delivers outstanding acting in one of his regular-guys-under-intolerable-pressure performances, as the commander of an American cargo ship hijacked by Somali pirates off the geographical area. He's matched by a co-star ("I control this vessel"), delivering a sensational first movie role as the raider leader in Paul Greengrass's thriller, inspired by true stories. If the final sequence doesn't make you blub, you're not human.

7. Triangle (2009)

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