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20. Ocean Terror (1998)

This filmmaker's science fiction thriller follows a bunch of memorable character actors playing mercenaries contracted to sink the luxury liner Argonautica. However a enormous cephalopod has got there first! Including the likely victims are Kevin J O'Connor as a diamond criminal.

19. The 1900 Story (1998)

A newborn, deserted on the ocean-going ship the central location, matures to be a accomplished musician (the main star) who never steps off the vessel. The peak moment of the director's imaginative story is Roth fighting a keyboard contest with a jazz legend, arguably inaccurately portrayed as a overconfident individual.

18. Waterworld (1995)

Kevin Costner portrays a samurai-like nomad with aquatic adaptations and a modified sailing vessel in this high-cost science fiction adventure, set in a future where disappearing glaciers have submerged the planet. Everyone is seeking fabled solid ground while resisting the antagonist and his gang of chain-smoking raiders.

17. Titanic (1997)

A significant portion of love story development between a wealthy lady (the actress) and an free-spirited artist (Leonardo DiCaprio) are rescued by this filmmaker's breathtaking depiction of among history's well-known catastrophes. It's impossible not to respect the chutzpah of a director who successfully transforms a death toll of 1,500 into an heartening tale of emancipation.

16. Boat of Lunatics (1965)

Peasants, flamenco dancers and German ideologists rub shoulders on a passenger ship journeying from Latin America to the Continent in the pre-war era. The director's epic features 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 deliver the motion picture with its powerful impact.

15. Ultimate Trip (1960)

The USS Claridon is torn asunder in an detonation and the lead actor's spouse (the co-star) is stuck in their quarters in this gripping proto-disaster pic. Is it possible for the main character and a brave technician (the supporting player) save her ahead of the boat submerges? Fun fact: the main setting is played by the famous French liner an actual ocean liner.

14. Death on the Nile (1978)

Two legendary actresses are among the homicide possibilities on board a African vessel in this ensemble cast crime novelist whodunit. The lead actor, as the famous detective, cannot prevent numerous characters being stabbed, which reduces his potential killers to a smaller group. Much more enjoyable than the recent version.

13. Sea Silence (1989)

Sam Neill portray a partners trying to get over the trauma of their son's death by sailing their boat for a journey in the sea, where they save Billy Zane from a sinking schooner. Poor decision! Phillip Noyce's suspense film is basically a killers-on-the-loose story at in maritime setting, but an exceptionally well-made one that made her famous.

12. The Maggie (1954)

An UK citizen, shipping furniture for an US businessman, is deceived into hiring a dilapidated "Clyde puffer" in the director's harsh Ealing comedy in the unconventional tradition of his own Whisky Galore!. Of course, the vessel's Scottish captain and staff trick the main characters for a ride, in multiple interpretations of the expression.

11. Juggernaut (1974)

Richard Lester gives his disaster thriller a social commentary perspective in this anxiety-inducing yarn of detonators placed on a passenger ship, the main setting. What's the correct choice? Two lead actors act as demolition specialists; another actor, as the ship's entertainments director, delivers a touching study in sadly funny despair.

10. The Poseidon Adventure (1972)

This cinematic interpretation of the author's novel is one of the zenith of the 1970s disaster genre. The SS Poseidon is flipped over by a ocean surge, and it's the responsibility of the main protagonist to lead his flock through the flipped ship to rescue. a supporting player is remarkable as a small business owner's partner with a practical background of athletic swimming.

9. Everything's Gone (2013)

The main star provides a late-career masterclass in single character portrayal as a man battling to stay alive in the specific sea after his sailing vessel, the main setting, is harmed in a crash with an lost transport unit. It's stressful enough to observe, so one can only imagine how physically gruelling it must have been for the elderly actor to shoot.

8. Vessel Leader (2013)

The main star delivers outstanding acting in one of his regular-guys-under-intolerable-pressure characters, as the captain of an commercial transport seized by Somali pirates off the geographical area. He's matched by a co-star ("Now I'm in charge"), providing a outstanding film debut as the raider leader in Paul Greengrass's tense movie, derived from true stories. Should the final sequence doesn't bring tears, you're emotionally detached.

7. Geometric Shape (2009)

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