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20. Deep Rising (1998)

This filmmaker's futuristic scarefest follows a bunch of memorable character actors portraying soldiers of fortune contracted to destroy the cruise ship a fictional ship. However a massive sea creature has already arrived! Including the potential cephalopod fodder are Treat Williams as a gem smuggler.

19. 1900's Tale (1998)

A baby, deserted on the passenger vessel the central location, grows up to be a accomplished musician (the main star) who refuses to leave the vessel. The highlight of the director's fantastical tale is Roth fighting a musical showdown with a jazz legend, arguably inaccurately depicted as a arrogant character.

18. Aquatic World (1995)

The main star plays a samurai-like wanderer with webbed feet and a souped-up trimaran in this high-cost sci-fi B-movie, set in a future where melting polar ice-caps have flooded the Earth. The entire population is searching for mythical Dryland while fighting off the villain and his band of constantly puffing pirates.

17. The Titanic (1997)

A significant portion of romantic interludes between a upper-class woman (the actress) and an working-class man (the male lead) are rescued by James Cameron's spectacular recreation of one the 20th century's well-known disasters. One must appreciate the audacity of a cinematic artist who successfully transforms a fatalities of over a thousand into an heartening narrative of emancipation.

16. Vessel of Madness (1965)

Commoners, Spanish performers and political extremists mingle on a ocean liner traveling from Mexico to the Old World in the pre-war era. This filmmaker's epic includes Vivien Leigh, in her swan song, as a unhappy separated woman, but it's Oskar Werner, as the vessel's physician, and Simone Signoret, as a radical countess, who supply the movie with its powerful impact.

15. Ultimate Trip (1960)

The central vessel is ripped apart in an explosion and the lead actor's partner (the actress) is trapped in their cabin in this intense proto-disaster pic. Is it possible for Stack and a brave technician (Woody Strode) rescue her ahead of the vessel goes down? Fun fact: the Claridon is represented by the legendary European vessel a real ship.

14. Nile Killing (1978)

Bette Davis are including the killing culprits on board a African vessel in this all-star Agatha Christie murder mystery. Peter Ustinov, as the famous detective, is unable to halt numerous characters being shot, which whittles down his persons of interest to a manageable number. Significantly better than the modern adaptation.

13. Ocean Stillness (1989)

Sam Neill play a partners attempting to recover from the pain of their child's passing by sailing their boat for a spin in the Pacific, where they save a co-star from a damaged vessel. Costly error! This filmmaker's suspense film is essentially a slasher movie at on the ocean, but an ultra-classy one that made her famous.

12. The Maggie Story (1954)

An British man, shipping furniture for an wealthy entrepreneur, is deceived into hiring a dilapidated "Scottish vessel" in Alexander Mackendrick's harsh British film in the subversive vein of his own Whisky Galore!. Of course, the boat's UK commander and crew trick the main characters for a ride, in all senses of the term.

11. Overwhelming Power (1974)

Richard Lester gives his disaster thriller a state-of-the-nation perspective in this anxiety-inducing yarn of detonators positioned on a luxury liner, the main setting. What's the correct choice? Richard Harris act as bomb disposal experts; a supporting player, as the vessel's activities coordinator, provides a emotional portrayal in sadly funny despair.

10. Poseidon's Journey (1972)

This adaptation of this writer's book is part of the peaks of the seventies catastrophe films. The fictional ship is capsized by a tidal wave, and it's the responsibility of the main protagonist to guide his group through the upturned hull to security. the actress is memorable as a small business owner's partner with a handy history of competitive swimming.

9. Everything's Gone (2013)

The main star provides a mature brilliant acting in single character portrayal as a man battling to endure in the maritime location after his personal boat, the Virginia Jean, is harmed in a collision with an lost cargo box. It's nerve-wracking enough to view, so one can only imagine how extremely demanding it must have been for the senior performer to record.

8. Captain Phillips (2013)

Tom Hanks provides sterling work in part of his regular-guys-under-intolerable-pressure characters, as the commander of an commercial transport commandeered by Somali pirates off the Horn of Africa. He has great chemistry by a co-star ("I'm the captain now"), delivering a outstanding first movie role as the criminal boss in Paul Greengrass's tense movie, based on true stories. If the final sequence doesn't make you blub, you're emotionally detached.

7. Triangle (2009)

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