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20. Abyssal Attack (1998)

Stephen Sommers' futuristic scarefest details a group of memorable supporting players acting as hired guns contracted to sink the passenger vessel the main setting. But a massive sea creature has already arrived! Including the endangered passengers are Kevin J O'Connor as a jewel thief.

19. The Legend of 1900 (1998)

A infant, deserted on the transatlantic liner a fictional ship, grows up to be a gifted pianist (the main star) who never steps off the vessel. The climax of Giuseppe Tornatore's fantastical tale is the protagonist battling a piano duel with a historical figure, rather unfairly portrayed as a overconfident individual.

18. Ocean Planet (1995)

The lead actor portrays a samurai-like drifter with webbed feet and a souped-up trimaran in this megabudget sci-fi B-movie, taking place in a later era where disappearing glaciers have flooded the Earth. The entire population is seeking fabled solid ground while resisting the villain and his band of chain-smoking marauders.

17. Titanic (1997)

An extended period of tiresome canoodling between a wealthy lady (the female lead) and an itinerant yobbo (the actor) are rescued by this filmmaker's impressive reconstruction of one the 20th century's most infamous tragedies. It's impossible not to respect the chutzpah of a cinematic artist who manages to twist a casualties of over a thousand into an emotionally uplifting narrative of emancipation.

16. Boat of Lunatics (1965)

Working-class people, Spanish performers and German ideologists interact on a commercial vessel sailing from North America to Europe in 1933. The director's epic features Vivien Leigh, in her swan song, as a sad divorcee, but it's another actor, as the ship's doctor, and another cast member, as a radical countess, who provide the film with its emotional wallop.

15. Final Journey (1960)

The central vessel is torn asunder in an blast and the protagonist's spouse (the co-star) is stuck in their quarters in this gripping early catastrophe film. Is it possible for the main character and a courageous worker (the actor) save her before the ship sinks? Fun fact: the Claridon is represented by the famous historic ship a real ship.

14. Death on the Nile (1978)

Bette Davis are part of the killing culprits on board a Nile paddle steamer in this ensemble cast Agatha Christie whodunit. The lead actor, as Hercule Poirot, cannot prevent numerous characters being killed, which reduces his persons of interest to a limited selection. Significantly better than the recent version.

13. Sea Silence (1989)

Sam Neill portray a partners trying to get over the pain of their son's death by taking their yacht for a journey in the Pacific, where they save another actor from a sinking schooner. Costly error! The director's tense movie is essentially a slasher movie at in maritime setting, but an exceptionally well-made one that put Kidman on the map.

12. The Maggie Story (1954)

An UK citizen, shipping furniture for an US businessman, is deceived into using a run-down "type of boat" in this filmmaker's brutal Ealing comedy in the unconventional vein of his own earlier film. Naturally, the boat's British skipper and crew trick the main characters for a journey, in multiple interpretations of the term.

11. Unstoppable Force (1974)

Richard Lester provides his catastrophe film a political dimension angle in this tension-filled yarn of explosives planted on a passenger ship, the main setting. What's the correct choice? Richard Harris portray bomb disposal experts; a supporting player, as the ship's entertainments director, serves up a touching study in humorous tragedy.

10. Ocean Disaster (1972)

This cinematic interpretation of Paul Gallico's literary work is one of the peaks of the era of disaster movies. The fictional ship is overturned by a tsunami, and it's the job of Reverend Gene Hackman to direct his followers through the flipped ship to security. the actress is memorable as a shopkeeper's wife with a practical experience of competitive swimming.

9. All is Lost (2013)

The lead actor gives a mature exemplary performance in one-man show as a individual fighting to survive in the Indian Ocean after his yacht, the fictional ship, is harmed in a crash with an stray cargo box. It's stressful enough to watch, so one can only imagine how extremely demanding it must have been for the 76-year-old star to shoot.

8. Ship Commander (2013)

The main star provides outstanding acting in one of his ordinary-person-in-extraordinary-circumstances performances, as the captain of an US merchant vessel hijacked by maritime criminals off the geographical area. He's matched by Barkhad Abdi ("I'm the captain now"), making a outstanding initial cinematic appearance as the raider leader in Paul Greengrass's tense movie, inspired by true stories. Should the final sequence doesn't make you blub, you're emotionally detached.

7. Three-Sided Figure (2009)

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