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20. Ocean Terror (1998)

This filmmaker's science fiction thriller follows a group of attention-grabbing character actors acting as soldiers of fortune hired to demolish the luxury liner a fictional ship. However a giant mutant octopus has already arrived! Featuring the potential cephalopod fodder are Kevin J O'Connor as a jewel thief.

19. The Legend of 1900 (1998)

A infant, abandoned on the passenger vessel the central location, develops to be a talented keyboardist (the lead actor) who remains aboard the ship. The peak moment of the director's imaginative story is the protagonist fighting a piano duel with Jelly Roll Morton, rather unfairly depicted as a overconfident individual.

18. Aquatic World (1995)

The lead actor plays a fighter-inspired wanderer with webbed feet and a enhanced trimaran in this big-budget sci-fi B-movie, taking place in a future where vanishing ice sheets have inundated the world. Everyone is hunting for fabled solid ground while resisting Dennis Hopper and his gang of constantly puffing raiders.

17. RMS Titanic (1997)

An extended period of love story development between a wealthy lady (the female lead) and an itinerant yobbo (the actor) are rescued by this filmmaker's breathtaking depiction of among history's most infamous tragedies. It's impossible not to respect the audacity of a director who successfully transforms a casualties of over a thousand into an emotionally uplifting narrative of emancipation.

16. Ship of Fools (1965)

Commoners, flamenco dancers and Nazi eugenicists mingle on a passenger ship sailing from North America to the Continent in 1933. The director's large-scale film includes a legendary actress, in her swan song, as a melancholy character, but it's a co-star, as the ship's doctor, and a talented performer, as a radical countess, who supply the movie with its dramatic punch.

15. Final Journey (1960)

The USS Claridon is destroyed in an blast and Robert Stack's wife (the actress) is stranded in their room in this compelling precursor to disaster movies. Can Stack and a heroic engineer (the supporting player) save her before the vessel goes down? Fun fact: the main setting is played by the famous historic ship a real ship.

14. Murder on the Nile (1978)

Two legendary actresses are part of the homicide possibilities on board a African vessel in this celebrity-filled mystery writer whodunit. The main star, as the Belgian sleuth, is unable to halt several passengers being stabbed, which reduces his persons of interest to a manageable number. Much more enjoyable than the recent version.

13. Ocean Stillness (1989)

Nicole Kidman play a married couple trying to get over the trauma of their offspring's demise by venturing on their vessel for a trip in the ocean, where they save a co-star from a damaged vessel. Costly error! Phillip Noyce's suspense film is basically a horror film at sea, but an high-quality one that made her famous.

12. The Maggie (1954)

An British man, transporting items for an American industrialist, is tricked into employing a dilapidated "type of boat" in this filmmaker's brutal British film in the rebellious style of his own earlier film. Naturally, the boat's UK commander and team trick the main characters for a ride, in multiple interpretations of the expression.

11. Unstoppable Force (1974)

Richard Lester gives his catastrophe film a political dimension perspective in this tension-filled tale of bombs planted on a commercial vessel, the main setting. Red wire or blue wire? Two lead actors act as bomb disposal experts; a supporting player, as the vessel's activities coordinator, delivers a heartbreaking portrayal in sadly funny despair.

10. The Poseidon Adventure (1972)

This film version of Paul Gallico's novel is part of the zenith of the seventies catastrophe films. The central vessel is overturned by a tidal wave, and it's up to the lead character to direct his flock through the inverted vessel to safety. a supporting player is memorable as a retailer's spouse with a useful history of competitive swimming.

9. Everything's Gone (2013)

The lead actor delivers a experienced exemplary performance in solo performance as a person fighting to endure in the specific sea after his yacht, the fictional ship, is harmed in a impact with an errant shipping container. It's stressful enough to observe, so heaven knows how physically gruelling it must have been for the senior performer to record.

8. Ship Commander (2013)

The lead actor provides excellent performance in one of his regular-guys-under-intolerable-pressure characters, as the skipper of an American cargo ship hijacked by maritime criminals off the Horn of Africa. He's matched by Barkhad Abdi ("Now I'm in charge"), providing a outstanding initial cinematic appearance as the raider leader in Paul Greengrass's tense movie, based on real events. If the last scene fails to move you, you're not human.

7. Triangle (2009)

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