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20. Deep Rising (1998)

This filmmaker's futuristic scarefest follows a collection of memorable character actors playing soldiers of fortune contracted to destroy the luxury liner the main setting. But a giant mutant octopus has got there first! Featuring the potential cephalopod fodder are Treat Williams as a jewel thief.

19. The 1900 Story (1998)

A infant, left on the ocean-going ship a fictional ship, matures to be a talented keyboardist (the lead actor) who refuses to leave the ship. The climax of the director's whimsical hokum is the protagonist fighting a piano duel with a jazz legend, somewhat unjustly shown as a arrogant character.

18. Ocean Planet (1995)

The main star plays a warrior-esque nomad with mutated appendages and a modified sailing vessel in this big-budget futuristic thriller, located in a later era where melting polar ice-caps have flooded the world. All people is seeking fabled solid ground while resisting the antagonist and his gang of chain-smoking pirates.

17. Titanic (1997)

An extended period of romantic interludes between a posh chick (the female lead) and an working-class man (Leonardo DiCaprio) are rescued by this filmmaker's breathtaking depiction of among history's most infamous catastrophes. It's impossible not to respect the chutzpah of a film-maker who artfully converts a casualties of numerous victims into an inspiring story of liberation.

16. Boat of Lunatics (1965)

Working-class people, artistic entertainers and German ideologists rub shoulders on a ocean liner traveling from Latin America to the Continent in the interwar period. The director's sweeping drama includes Vivien Leigh, in her swan song, as a melancholy character, but it's another actor, as the ship's doctor, and another cast member, as a radical countess, who supply the motion picture with its emotional wallop.

15. Ultimate Trip (1960)

The central vessel is ripped apart in an detonation and Robert Stack's wife (the co-star) is stuck in their room in this gripping precursor to disaster movies. Is it possible for the main character and a brave technician (the supporting player) rescue her before the boat submerges? Interesting note: the main setting is embodied by the renowned historic ship Île de France.

14. Nile Killing (1978)

Two legendary actresses are including the homicide possibilities on board a African vessel in this ensemble cast crime novelist detective story. The lead actor, as the Belgian sleuth, fails to stop several passengers being killed, which reduces his potential killers to a smaller group. Bags more fun than the modern adaptation.

13. Sea Silence (1989)

Nicole Kidman play a partners trying to get over the pain of their son's death by sailing their boat for a trip in the Pacific, where they rescue another actor from a damaged vessel. Costly error! Phillip Noyce's suspense film is basically a slasher movie at sea, but an ultra-classy one that put Kidman on the map.

12. Maggie's Tale (1954)

An UK citizen, transporting furniture for an US businessman, is deceived into employing a run-down "type of boat" in this filmmaker's dark Ealing comedy in the unconventional vein of his own Whisky Galore!. Of course, the vessel's UK commander and team deceive the inexperienced passengers for a journey, in every meaning of the term.

11. Juggernaut (1974)

The director provides his suspense story a state-of-the-nation angle in this tension-filled story of bombs positioned on a passenger ship, the SS Britannic. What's the correct choice? Two lead actors play bomb disposal experts; another actor, as the ship's entertainments director, delivers a emotional depiction in tragicomic desperation.

10. The Poseidon Adventure (1972)

This film version of this writer's novel is one of the peaks of the 1970s disaster genre. The SS Poseidon is capsized by a ocean surge, and it's up to the lead character to lead his flock through the flipped vessel to security. the actress is memorable as a retailer's spouse with a practical background of sports participation.

9. Everything's Gone (2013)

The lead actor gives a mature masterclass in one-man show as a person struggling to survive in the specific sea after his personal boat, the main setting, is damaged in a collision with an stray cargo box. It's anxious enough to observe, so one can only imagine how physically gruelling it must have been for the senior performer to film.

8. Captain Phillips (2013)

The main star provides excellent performance in part of his regular-guys-under-intolerable-pressure roles, as the commander of an American cargo ship hijacked by African raiders off the geographical area. He's matched by another actor ("Now I'm in charge"), providing a outstanding film debut as the pirate chief in this filmmaker's thriller, inspired by true stories. When the concluding moment doesn't make you blub, you're emotionally detached.

7. Three-Sided Figure (2009)

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