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20. Ocean Terror (1998)

Stephen Sommers' science fiction thriller chronicles a group of scene-stealing ensemble cast playing mercenaries contracted to demolish the passenger vessel a fictional ship. Yet a enormous cephalopod has beaten them to it! Featuring the endangered passengers are Kevin J O'Connor as a diamond criminal.

19. 1900's Tale (1998)

A infant, abandoned on the ocean-going ship a fictional ship, grows up to be a talented keyboardist (Tim Roth) who never steps off the boat. The highlight of Giuseppe Tornatore's whimsical hokum is the main character competing in a piano duel with Jelly Roll Morton, somewhat unjustly shown as a arrogant character.

18. Waterworld (1995)

The lead actor acts as a fighter-inspired nomad with mutated appendages and a enhanced watercraft in this high-cost futuristic thriller, located in a later era where melting polar ice-caps have inundated the planet. All people is searching for fabled solid ground while fighting off the villain and his gang of constantly puffing marauders.

17. Titanic (1997)

A significant portion of romantic interludes between a posh chick (the actress) and an working-class man (the male lead) are redeemed by the director's impressive reconstruction of a famous notorious catastrophes. You have to admire the chutzpah of a director who artfully converts a death toll of 1,500 into an inspiring tale of liberation.

16. Vessel of Madness (1965)

Peasants, artistic entertainers and political extremists rub shoulders on a passenger ship journeying from North America to the Continent in the interwar period. The director's large-scale film stars 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 political noblewoman, who supply the motion picture with its powerful impact.

15. Ultimate Trip (1960)

The USS Claridon is torn asunder in an detonation and the protagonist's wife (the actress) is trapped in their cabin in this gripping precursor to disaster movies. Is it possible for Stack and a courageous worker (the actor) rescue her before the vessel goes down? Interesting note: the fictional ship is embodied by the famous historic ship Île de France.

14. Nile Killing (1978)

Two legendary actresses are part of the killing culprits on board a Egyptian riverboat in this ensemble cast mystery writer detective story. The lead actor, as the famous detective, cannot prevent several passengers being killed, which whittles down his persons of interest to a manageable number. Significantly better than the recent version.

13. Sea Silence (1989)

Two lead actors act as a husband and wife seeking to heal from the pain of their child's passing by sailing their boat for a journey in the ocean, where they save a co-star from a sinking schooner. Costly error! Phillip Noyce's tense movie is fundamentally a slasher movie at in maritime setting, but an exceptionally well-made one that put Kidman on the map.

12. Maggie's Tale (1954)

An UK citizen, moving goods for an wealthy entrepreneur, is manipulated into employing a poor condition "type of boat" in Alexander Mackendrick's harsh British film in the rebellious vein of his own previous work. Predictably, the ship's Scottish captain and staff trick the main characters for a trip, in multiple interpretations of the expression.

11. Unstoppable Force (1974)

Richard Lester provides his suspense story a social commentary tilt in this anxiety-inducing yarn of bombs positioned on a passenger ship, the SS Britannic. What's the correct choice? Two lead actors portray demolition specialists; Roy Kinnear, as the cruise director, serves up a touching depiction in tragicomic desperation.

10. Ocean Disaster (1972)

This film version of the author's literary work is part of the zenith of the era of disaster movies. The fictional ship is flipped over by a tidal wave, and it's the job of the main protagonist to guide his followers through the flipped ship to rescue. the actress is remarkable as a small business owner's partner with a useful background of competitive swimming.

9. Everything's Gone (2013)

The lead actor gives a mature exemplary performance in one-man show as a individual fighting to survive in the specific sea after his personal boat, the Virginia Jean, is impaired in a impact with an lost cargo box. It's nerve-wracking enough to view, so it's difficult to comprehend how extremely demanding it must have been for the 76-year-old star to film.

8. Vessel Leader (2013)

The lead actor does outstanding acting in part of his everyman-in-crisis roles, as the commander of an US merchant vessel commandeered by maritime criminals off the geographical area. He's matched by a co-star ("Now I'm in charge"), delivering a sensational first movie role as the raider leader in Paul Greengrass's tense movie, derived from true stories. If the final sequence fails to move you, you have no heart.

7. Three-Sided Figure (2009)

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