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20. Deep Rising (1998)

This filmmaker's sci-fi horror pulp details a group of memorable supporting players portraying soldiers of fortune employed to sink the passenger vessel Argonautica. Yet a giant mutant octopus has already arrived! Among the endangered passengers are Kevin J O'Connor as a gem smuggler.

19. The 1900 Story (1998)

A newborn, deserted on the transatlantic liner a fictional ship, develops to be a accomplished musician (Tim Roth) who never steps off the boat. The peak moment of this filmmaker's whimsical hokum is the protagonist fighting a keyboard contest with a historical figure, somewhat unjustly portrayed as a arrogant character.

18. Ocean Planet (1995)

The lead actor portrays a warrior-esque drifter with aquatic adaptations and a enhanced trimaran in this high-cost science fiction adventure, set in a future where vanishing ice sheets have inundated the world. All people is seeking fabled solid ground while fending off Dennis Hopper and his band of constantly puffing pirates.

17. RMS Titanic (1997)

A significant portion of tiresome canoodling between a upper-class woman (the actress) and an itinerant yobbo (Leonardo DiCaprio) are redeemed by the director's impressive reconstruction of one the 20th century's notorious disasters. It's impossible not to respect the audacity of a director who manages to twist a death toll of 1,500 into an inspiring tale of emancipation.

16. Ship of Fools (1965)

Working-class people, Spanish performers and German ideologists interact on a commercial vessel traveling from North America to Europe in the pre-war era. This filmmaker's sweeping drama stars Vivien Leigh, in her swan song, as a unhappy separated woman, but it's another actor, as the ship's doctor, and Simone Signoret, as a aristocratic rebel, who provide the movie with its powerful impact.

15. The Last Voyage (1960)

The fictional ship is ripped apart in an explosion and the protagonist's partner (the actress) is stuck in their cabin in this gripping early catastrophe film. Will Stack and a heroic engineer (Woody Strode) free her prior to the ship sinks? Fun fact: the Claridon is played by the legendary French liner Île de France.

14. Death on the Nile (1978)

Bette Davis are including the homicide possibilities on board a Nile paddle steamer in this ensemble cast crime novelist whodunit. Peter Ustinov, as the Belgian sleuth, is unable to halt half the cast being stabbed, which reduces his persons of interest to a limited selection. Bags more fun than the modern adaptation.

13. Ocean Stillness (1989)

Two lead actors play a married couple attempting to recover from the grief of their offspring's demise by venturing on their vessel for a trip in the Pacific, where they save another actor from a sinking schooner. Poor decision! The director's tense movie is fundamentally 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 Story (1954)

An UK citizen, moving goods for an American industrialist, is manipulated into using a poor condition "type of boat" in Alexander Mackendrick's brutal UK production in the unconventional vein of his own earlier film. Predictably, the boat's British skipper and staff trick the main characters for a trip, in every meaning of the word.

11. Unstoppable Force (1974)

This filmmaker gives his suspense story a state-of-the-nation tilt in this tension-filled yarn of bombs placed on a luxury liner, the main setting. Red wire or blue wire? Richard Harris act as explosive technicians; Roy Kinnear, as the cruise director, serves up a heartbreaking portrayal in sadly funny despair.

10. Poseidon's Journey (1972)

This adaptation of the author's book is part of the peaks of the era of disaster movies. The SS Poseidon is capsized by a ocean surge, and it's the job of the main protagonist to direct his flock through the upturned hull to rescue. the actress is remarkable as a retailer's spouse with a useful history of athletic swimming.

9. Total Loss (2013)

The lead actor gives a mature brilliant acting in single character portrayal as a individual struggling to stay alive in the specific sea after his sailing vessel, the main setting, is damaged in a collision with an errant cargo box. It's anxious enough to watch, so heaven knows how extremely demanding it must have been for the senior performer to shoot.

8. Captain Phillips (2013)

The main star does sterling work in part of his everyman-in-crisis characters, as the commander of an US merchant vessel hijacked by African raiders off the Horn of Africa. He's matched by a co-star ("Now I'm in charge"), delivering a remarkable first movie role as the criminal boss in this filmmaker's tense movie, derived from true stories. If the concluding moment fails to move you, you're emotionally detached.

7. Triangle (2009)

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