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20. Ocean Terror (1998)

This filmmaker's sci-fi horror pulp details a collection of memorable ensemble cast portraying mercenaries contracted to sink the passenger vessel Argonautica. But a massive sea creature has already arrived! Among the likely victims are Famke Janssen as a jewel thief.

19. The 1900 Story (1998)

A infant, deserted on the transatlantic liner SS Virginian, matures to be a gifted pianist (Tim Roth) who refuses to leave the boat. The highlight of Giuseppe Tornatore's fantastical tale is the main character competing in a musical showdown with Jelly Roll Morton, somewhat unjustly depicted as a overconfident individual.

18. Waterworld (1995)

The lead actor portrays a warrior-esque drifter with webbed feet and a enhanced trimaran in this megabudget sci-fi B-movie, taking place in a future where vanishing ice sheets have inundated the planet. The entire population is hunting for mythical Dryland while fending off the villain and his group of continuously smoking raiders.

17. The Titanic (1997)

Two hours of love story development between a wealthy lady (the actress) and an itinerant yobbo (the male lead) are saved by James Cameron's impressive reconstruction of among history's most infamous catastrophes. It's impossible not to respect the chutzpah of a film-maker who successfully transforms a casualties of over a thousand into an heartening story of freedom.

16. Ship of Fools (1965)

Commoners, Spanish performers and German ideologists rub shoulders on a commercial vessel traveling from Mexico to the Continent in 1933. Stanley Kramer's large-scale film stars a legendary actress, in her final role, as a unhappy separated woman, but it's Oskar Werner, as the medical officer, and Simone Signoret, as a political noblewoman, who supply the motion picture with its powerful impact.

15. The Last Voyage (1960)

The central vessel is destroyed in an blast and the protagonist's spouse (Dorothy Malone) is stuck in their quarters in this compelling proto-disaster pic. Can the hero and a heroic engineer (the supporting player) rescue her before the boat submerges? Curious detail: the fictional ship is embodied by the legendary historic ship an actual ocean liner.

14. Death on the Nile (1978)

Bette Davis are among the homicide possibilities on board a African vessel in this ensemble cast mystery writer murder mystery. The main star, as the Belgian sleuth, fails to stop half the cast being stabbed, which reduces his persons of interest to a smaller group. Bags more fun than the recent version.

13. Dead Calm (1989)

Nicole Kidman act as a partners attempting to recover from the grief of their son's death by taking their yacht for a trip in the sea, where they save another actor from a foundering ship. Costly error! Phillip Noyce's suspense film is basically a slasher movie at sea, but an exceptionally well-made one that put Kidman on the map.

12. The Maggie (1954)

An Englishman, shipping furniture for an American industrialist, is deceived into using a run-down "type of boat" in this filmmaker's brutal British film in the unconventional vein of his own Whisky Galore!. Of course, the boat's UK commander and team deceive the inexperienced passengers for a trip, in multiple interpretations of the expression.

11. Unstoppable Force (1974)

The director provides his catastrophe film a state-of-the-nation angle in this nerve-shredding story of explosives positioned on a passenger ship, the main setting. Which wire to cut? Two lead actors portray explosive technicians; Roy Kinnear, as the vessel's activities coordinator, delivers a emotional portrayal in humorous tragedy.

10. Poseidon's Journey (1972)

This film version of the author's book is among the zenith of the era of disaster movies. The central vessel is overturned by a tsunami, and it's the job of Reverend Gene Hackman to direct his group through the upturned vessel to rescue. a supporting player is memorable as a shopkeeper's wife with a useful experience of athletic swimming.

9. Total Loss (2013)

The lead actor delivers a mature masterclass in one-man show as a person battling to stay alive in the Indian Ocean after his personal boat, the fictional ship, is harmed in a collision with an lost shipping container. It's stressful enough to watch, so heaven knows how physically gruelling it must have been for the elderly actor to shoot.

8. Captain Phillips (2013)

Tom Hanks provides excellent performance in part of his ordinary-person-in-extraordinary-circumstances roles, as the commander of an US merchant vessel hijacked by African raiders off the geographical area. He has great chemistry by Barkhad Abdi ("I'm the captain now"), providing a outstanding film debut as the pirate chief in this filmmaker's thriller, inspired by real events. If the last scene doesn't bring tears, you're not human.

7. Triangle (2009)

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