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20. Ocean Terror (1998)

Stephen Sommers' futuristic scarefest chronicles a collection of memorable ensemble cast portraying hired guns employed to destroy the passenger vessel Argonautica. Yet a giant mutant octopus has already arrived! Among the endangered passengers are Treat Williams as a gem smuggler.

19. The 1900 Story (1998)

A newborn, deserted on the passenger vessel SS Virginian, grows up to be a gifted pianist (the main star) who never steps off the boat. The highlight of Giuseppe Tornatore's fantastical tale is Roth competing in a musical showdown with Jelly Roll Morton, somewhat unjustly portrayed as a smug bastard.

18. Waterworld (1995)

The main star acts as a fighter-inspired drifter with aquatic adaptations and a modified sailing vessel in this megabudget science fiction adventure, set in a distant time where disappearing glaciers have submerged the planet. Everyone is seeking mythical Dryland while fending off Dennis Hopper and his group of constantly puffing marauders.

17. The Titanic (1997)

A significant portion of tiresome canoodling between a upper-class woman (the actress) and an free-spirited artist (the actor) are saved by James Cameron's breathtaking depiction of a famous notorious catastrophes. It's impossible not to respect the chutzpah of a film-maker who manages to twist a fatalities of over a thousand into an emotionally uplifting narrative of emancipation.

16. Boat of Lunatics (1965)

Working-class people, flamenco dancers and German ideologists interact on a ocean liner traveling from Latin America to the Continent in the interwar period. Stanley Kramer's large-scale film includes Vivien Leigh, in her swan song, as a sad divorcee, but it's Oskar Werner, as the ship's doctor, and a talented performer, as a political noblewoman, who deliver the movie with its powerful impact.

15. Final Journey (1960)

The USS Claridon is ripped apart in an blast and the protagonist's spouse (the co-star) is trapped in their cabin in this intense precursor to disaster movies. Will the main character and a courageous worker (Woody Strode) save her ahead of the ship sinks? Curious detail: the fictional ship is represented by the famous European vessel an actual ocean liner.

14. Nile Killing (1978)

Two legendary actresses are among the murder suspects on board a Nile paddle steamer in this all-star Agatha Christie whodunit. The main star, as the famous detective, is unable to halt half the cast being stabbed, which whittles down his persons of interest to a manageable number. Bags more fun than the modern adaptation.

13. Sea Silence (1989)

Sam Neill play a partners seeking to heal from the trauma of their child's passing by sailing their boat for a journey in the Pacific, where they save another actor from a sinking schooner. Big mistake! The director's thriller is basically a killers-on-the-loose story at in maritime setting, but an exceptionally well-made one that put Kidman on the map.

12. The Maggie Story (1954)

An UK citizen, moving furniture for an wealthy entrepreneur, is manipulated into using a run-down "Scottish vessel" in the director's dark Ealing comedy in the unconventional vein of his own previous work. Naturally, the ship's UK commander and staff deceive the inexperienced passengers for a ride, in every meaning of the word.

11. Juggernaut (1974)

This filmmaker gives his disaster thriller a state-of-the-nation tilt in this anxiety-inducing yarn of explosives positioned on a passenger ship, the main setting. Which wire to cut? David Hemmings play bomb disposal experts; a supporting player, as the cruise director, serves up a emotional portrayal in humorous tragedy.

10. Ocean Disaster (1972)

This cinematic interpretation of this writer's literary work is among the zenith of the seventies catastrophe films. The fictional ship is flipped over by a ocean surge, and it's the responsibility of the main protagonist to lead his group through the inverted vessel to safety. a supporting player is memorable as a shopkeeper's wife with a useful experience of sports participation.

9. Everything's Gone (2013)

Robert Redford gives a mature masterclass in one-man show as a man battling to survive in the Indian Ocean after his yacht, the main setting, is damaged in a crash with an stray shipping container. It's anxious enough to watch, so it's difficult to comprehend how physically gruelling it must have been for the senior performer to film.

8. Captain Phillips (2013)

Tom Hanks delivers sterling work in part of his regular-guys-under-intolerable-pressure characters, as the commander of an commercial transport hijacked by maritime criminals off the specific location. His performance is complemented by a co-star ("I'm the captain now"), making a remarkable film debut as the raider leader in this filmmaker's tense movie, based on actual incidents. Should the concluding moment doesn't bring tears, you have no heart.

7. Geometric Shape (2009)

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