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20. Deep Rising (1998)

The director's futuristic scarefest follows a collection of scene-stealing supporting players playing soldiers of fortune hired to demolish the luxury liner the main setting. But a giant mutant octopus has got there first! Including the endangered passengers are Kevin J O'Connor as a jewel thief.

19. The Legend of 1900 (1998)

A newborn, left on the passenger vessel SS Virginian, grows up to be a talented keyboardist (the lead actor) who refuses to leave the boat. The peak moment of the director's whimsical hokum is Roth battling a musical showdown with a historical figure, somewhat unjustly depicted as a overconfident individual.

18. Ocean Planet (1995)

Kevin Costner acts as a warrior-esque nomad with webbed feet and a enhanced sailing vessel in this megabudget science fiction adventure, set in a future where melting polar ice-caps have submerged the Earth. The entire population is seeking mythical Dryland while fending off the antagonist and his gang of chain-smoking raiders.

17. RMS Titanic (1997)

A significant portion of love story development between a wealthy lady (Kate Winslet) and an itinerant yobbo (Leonardo DiCaprio) are rescued by this filmmaker's impressive reconstruction of among history's most infamous tragedies. It's impossible not to respect the audacity of a director who successfully transforms a death toll of over a thousand into an heartening tale of liberation.

16. Vessel of Madness (1965)

Peasants, artistic entertainers and Nazi eugenicists interact on a passenger ship journeying from North America to the Old World in the pre-war era. This filmmaker's sweeping drama includes a legendary actress, in her final role, as a melancholy character, but it's Oskar Werner, as the ship's doctor, and another cast member, as a radical countess, who supply the film with its dramatic punch.

15. Final Journey (1960)

The fictional ship is destroyed in an explosion and Robert Stack's wife (the actress) is trapped in their room in this gripping proto-disaster pic. Is it possible for the hero and a brave technician (the actor) free her prior to the vessel goes down? Fun fact: the Claridon is embodied by the legendary European vessel Île de France.

14. Death on the Nile (1978)

Angela Lansbury are among the homicide possibilities on board a Egyptian riverboat in this all-star Agatha Christie murder mystery. Peter Ustinov, as Hercule Poirot, cannot prevent half the cast being shot, which narrows his potential killers to a smaller group. Bags more fun than the 2022 remake.

13. Ocean Stillness (1989)

Nicole Kidman act as a partners trying to get over the trauma of their offspring's demise by taking their yacht for a trip in the Pacific, where they rescue a co-star from a sinking schooner. Big mistake! Phillip Noyce's tense movie is essentially a slasher movie at in maritime setting, but an ultra-classy one that made her famous.

12. The Maggie (1954)

An UK citizen, shipping furniture for an American industrialist, is deceived into using a run-down "type of boat" in Alexander Mackendrick's harsh UK production in the subversive style of his own previous work. Of course, the vessel's British skipper and team trick the main characters for a journey, in all senses of the expression.

11. Unstoppable Force (1974)

The director gives his catastrophe film a state-of-the-nation perspective in this tension-filled tale of explosives planted on a luxury liner, the main setting. Red wire or blue wire? Two lead actors play bomb disposal experts; another actor, as the ship's entertainments director, provides a emotional depiction in sadly funny despair.

10. Ocean Disaster (1972)

This cinematic interpretation of the author's literary work is one of the high points of the seventies catastrophe films. The SS Poseidon is capsized by a tidal wave, and it's the job of the main protagonist to direct his flock through the inverted ship to safety. Shelley Winters is unforgettable as a retailer's spouse with a useful background of athletic swimming.

9. Everything's Gone (2013)

Robert Redford provides a mature exemplary performance in single character portrayal as a man fighting to endure in the maritime location after his personal boat, the fictional ship, is impaired in a impact with an lost transport unit. It's stressful enough to view, so one can only imagine how exceptionally strenuous it must have been for the senior performer to shoot.

8. Ship Commander (2013)

The main star does excellent performance in among his everyman-in-crisis performances, as the captain of an American cargo ship hijacked by Somali pirates off the Horn of Africa. He has great chemistry by Barkhad Abdi ("Now I'm in charge"), delivering a sensational first movie role as the pirate chief in Paul Greengrass's suspense film, inspired by real events. Should the concluding moment doesn't make you blub, you're not human.

7. Geometric Shape (2009)

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