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20. Ocean Terror (1998)

Stephen Sommers' sci-fi horror pulp details a bunch of attention-grabbing supporting players playing mercenaries contracted to sink the cruise ship Argonautica. But a massive sea creature has already arrived! Including the potential cephalopod fodder are Famke Janssen as a gem smuggler.

19. The 1900 Story (1998)

A infant, deserted on the passenger vessel the central location, grows up to be a gifted pianist (the lead actor) who never steps off the ship. The climax of the director's fantastical tale is the protagonist competing in a piano duel with a jazz legend, rather unfairly shown as a arrogant character.

18. Ocean Planet (1995)

The main star plays a warrior-esque nomad with aquatic adaptations and a souped-up trimaran in this high-cost science fiction adventure, located in a later era where vanishing ice sheets have submerged the planet. All people is hunting for mythical Dryland while fending off the antagonist and his group of constantly puffing pirates.

17. RMS Titanic (1997)

Two hours of romantic interludes between a posh chick (Kate Winslet) and an free-spirited artist (the male lead) are redeemed by this filmmaker's impressive reconstruction of one the 20th century's well-known catastrophes. You have to admire the boldness of a cinematic artist who manages to twist a death toll of over a thousand into an emotionally uplifting narrative of emancipation.

16. Ship of Fools (1965)

Working-class people, flamenco dancers and Nazi eugenicists interact on a commercial vessel traveling from Latin America to the Continent in the pre-war era. The director's large-scale film includes Vivien Leigh, in her final role, as a sad divorcee, but it's a co-star, as the vessel's physician, and another cast member, as a aristocratic rebel, who deliver the film with its emotional wallop.

15. Final Journey (1960)

The fictional ship is torn asunder in an explosion and the lead actor's partner (the actress) is stuck in their quarters in this intense proto-disaster pic. Can Stack and a brave technician (the supporting player) rescue her ahead of the boat submerges? Curious detail: the Claridon is played by the famous historic ship a real ship.

14. Murder on the Nile (1978)

Two legendary actresses are among the killing culprits on board a Nile paddle steamer in this all-star mystery writer murder mystery. Peter Ustinov, as the Belgian sleuth, is unable to halt several passengers being stabbed, which whittles down his potential killers to a smaller group. Much more enjoyable than the recent version.

13. Dead Calm (1989)

Sam Neill play a partners attempting to recover from the trauma of their child's passing by taking their yacht for a journey in the Pacific, where they rescue another actor from a damaged vessel. Big mistake! The director's tense movie is basically a horror film at in maritime setting, but an ultra-classy one that made her famous.

12. The Maggie (1954)

An Englishman, transporting items for an US businessman, is deceived into employing a dilapidated "Scottish vessel" in this filmmaker's harsh British film in the unconventional style of his own earlier film. Of course, the vessel's UK commander and staff take the two landlubbers for a trip, in all senses of the expression.

11. Overwhelming Power (1974)

The director gives his catastrophe film a social commentary perspective in this tension-filled yarn of explosives placed on a passenger ship, the SS Britannic. Which wire to cut? Two lead actors play explosive technicians; another actor, as the vessel's activities coordinator, delivers a heartbreaking portrayal in tragicomic desperation.

10. Poseidon's Journey (1972)

This film version of this writer's novel is among the peaks of the seventies catastrophe films. The fictional ship is flipped over by a tsunami, and it's up to the lead character to lead his followers through the inverted vessel to rescue. a supporting player is unforgettable as a shopkeeper's wife with a useful history of athletic swimming.

9. Everything's Gone (2013)

The main star provides a experienced brilliant acting in one-man show as a person fighting to survive in the maritime location after his personal boat, the main setting, is harmed in a collision with an errant shipping container. It's anxious enough to observe, so it's difficult to comprehend how extremely demanding it must have been for the elderly actor to record.

8. Vessel Leader (2013)

The main star does sterling work in one of his everyman-in-crisis performances, as the commander of an commercial transport seized by maritime criminals off the specific location. He has great chemistry by a co-star ("Now I'm in charge"), making a sensational initial cinematic appearance as the raider leader in this filmmaker's thriller, inspired by actual incidents. Should the last scene doesn't make you blub, you have no heart.

7. Triangle (2009)

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