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20. Deep Rising (1998)

Stephen Sommers' futuristic scarefest chronicles a collection of attention-grabbing character actors playing mercenaries employed to demolish the passenger vessel the main setting. However a giant mutant octopus has beaten them to it! Among the endangered passengers are Famke Janssen as a jewel thief.

19. The 1900 Story (1998)

A baby, left on the passenger vessel the central location, grows up to be a gifted pianist (the lead actor) who remains aboard the vessel. The highlight of the director's imaginative story is the protagonist battling a piano duel with a historical figure, rather unfairly portrayed as a arrogant character.

18. Aquatic World (1995)

The lead actor acts as a fighter-inspired drifter with webbed feet and a enhanced watercraft in this high-cost futuristic thriller, set in a future where disappearing glaciers have inundated the Earth. Everyone is searching for fabled solid ground while resisting the villain and his group of constantly puffing raiders.

17. The Titanic (1997)

A significant portion of romantic interludes between a posh chick (the actress) and an working-class man (Leonardo DiCaprio) are rescued by James Cameron's breathtaking depiction of one the 20th century's most infamous catastrophes. One must appreciate the audacity of a film-maker who artfully converts a casualties of over a thousand into an heartening tale of emancipation.

16. Ship of Fools (1965)

Working-class people, artistic entertainers and political extremists rub shoulders on a commercial vessel traveling from Mexico to the Continent in the pre-war era. This filmmaker's epic features a legendary actress, in her final role, as a melancholy character, but it's a co-star, as the vessel's physician, and another cast member, as a radical countess, who provide the motion picture with its powerful impact.

15. Ultimate Trip (1960)

The USS Claridon is ripped apart in an detonation and the protagonist's spouse (Dorothy Malone) is trapped in their cabin in this gripping early catastrophe film. Can the main character and a heroic engineer (the actor) rescue her prior to the vessel goes down? Curious detail: the main setting is played by the famous French liner an actual ocean liner.

14. Nile Killing (1978)

Two legendary actresses are among the murder suspects on board a African vessel in this ensemble cast Agatha Christie murder mystery. The lead actor, as the Belgian sleuth, fails to stop numerous characters being killed, which narrows his suspects to a manageable number. Much more enjoyable than the recent version.

13. Dead Calm (1989)

Two lead actors play a partners seeking to heal from the pain of their son's death by taking their yacht for a spin in the Pacific, where they save another actor from a damaged vessel. Costly error! Phillip Noyce's tense movie is essentially a killers-on-the-loose story at on the ocean, but an exceptionally well-made one that put Kidman on the map.

12. The Maggie (1954)

An UK citizen, moving items for an American industrialist, is deceived into using a poor condition "Clyde puffer" in Alexander Mackendrick's dark Ealing comedy in the rebellious vein of his own Whisky Galore!. Naturally, the ship's Scottish captain and staff take the two landlubbers for a journey, in all senses of the term.

11. Unstoppable Force (1974)

The director imparts his suspense story a social commentary tilt in this tension-filled tale of bombs placed on a passenger ship, the fictional ship. Which wire to cut? Richard Harris act as bomb disposal experts; a supporting player, as the ship's entertainments director, provides a heartbreaking portrayal in sadly funny despair.

10. The Poseidon Adventure (1972)

This cinematic interpretation of the author's literary work is among the high points of the 1970s disaster genre. The SS Poseidon is capsized by a tidal wave, and it's the job of Reverend Gene Hackman to guide his group through the flipped ship to safety. the actress is unforgettable as a retailer's spouse with a handy history of sports participation.

9. All is Lost (2013)

The main star delivers a late-career exemplary performance in one-man show as a individual struggling to survive in the maritime location after his yacht, the main setting, is harmed in a impact with an errant cargo box. It's nerve-wracking enough to watch, so heaven knows how exceptionally strenuous it must have been for the elderly actor to shoot.

8. Vessel Leader (2013)

Tom Hanks provides sterling work in part of his regular-guys-under-intolerable-pressure roles, as the captain of an American cargo ship commandeered by African raiders off the Horn of Africa. His performance is complemented by a co-star ("I'm the captain now"), providing a outstanding initial cinematic appearance as the criminal boss in Paul Greengrass's thriller, derived from true stories. When the final sequence fails to move you, you have no heart.

7. Geometric Shape (2009)

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