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20. Abyssal Attack (1998)

This filmmaker's science fiction thriller chronicles a collection of scene-stealing supporting players portraying soldiers of fortune employed to sink the cruise ship a fictional ship. But a massive sea creature has got there first! Featuring the potential cephalopod fodder are Kevin J O'Connor as a diamond criminal.

19. 1900's Tale (1998)

A newborn, left on the ocean-going ship the central location, grows up to be a gifted pianist (the main star) who refuses to leave the vessel. The peak moment of the director's fantastical tale is the protagonist battling a musical showdown with a jazz legend, rather unfairly portrayed as a arrogant character.

18. Waterworld (1995)

The lead actor plays a warrior-esque wanderer with aquatic adaptations and a enhanced watercraft in this big-budget sci-fi B-movie, set in a later era where disappearing glaciers have inundated the world. All people is seeking mythical Dryland while fighting off the antagonist and his gang of constantly puffing raiders.

17. Titanic (1997)

An extended period of romantic interludes between a posh chick (the female lead) and an itinerant yobbo (the male lead) are redeemed by this filmmaker's breathtaking depiction of among history's well-known catastrophes. It's impossible not to respect the audacity of a director who manages to twist a death toll of 1,500 into an heartening narrative of freedom.

16. Vessel of Madness (1965)

Commoners, artistic entertainers and German ideologists rub shoulders on a ocean liner sailing from Mexico to the Old World in the pre-war era. The director's large-scale film features a legendary actress, in her last performance, as a sad divorcee, but it's another actor, as the medical officer, and Simone Signoret, as a aristocratic rebel, who provide the motion picture with its powerful impact.

15. Final Journey (1960)

The USS Claridon is destroyed in an blast and Robert Stack's spouse (Dorothy Malone) is stranded in their room in this compelling early catastrophe film. Can Stack and a brave technician (the actor) free her prior to the boat submerges? Interesting note: the Claridon is embodied by the legendary European vessel a real ship.

14. Death on the Nile (1978)

Angela Lansbury are including the killing culprits on board a Nile paddle steamer in this all-star Agatha Christie detective story. The main star, as Hercule Poirot, is unable to halt half the cast being killed, which whittles down his persons of interest to a manageable number. Bags more fun than the modern adaptation.

13. Ocean Stillness (1989)

Nicole Kidman portray a husband and wife attempting to recover from the pain of their son's death by venturing on their vessel for a trip in the ocean, where they recover a co-star from a damaged vessel. Big mistake! This filmmaker's thriller is essentially a horror film at sea, but an exceptionally well-made one that made her famous.

12. The Maggie (1954)

An Englishman, moving furniture for an wealthy entrepreneur, is deceived into hiring a dilapidated "Scottish vessel" in the director's harsh Ealing comedy in the subversive vein of his own Whisky Galore!. Naturally, the vessel's Scottish captain and team deceive the inexperienced passengers for a journey, in every meaning of the expression.

11. Unstoppable Force (1974)

This filmmaker imparts his suspense story a state-of-the-nation tilt in this nerve-shredding yarn of detonators planted on a commercial vessel, the SS Britannic. What's the correct choice? David Hemmings play explosive technicians; a supporting player, as the vessel's activities coordinator, serves up a emotional study in humorous tragedy.

10. The Poseidon Adventure (1972)

This adaptation of the author's book is part of the peaks of the 1970s disaster genre. The central vessel is overturned by a tsunami, and it's the job of the main protagonist to direct his followers through the flipped hull to rescue. Shelley Winters is remarkable as a small business owner's partner with a practical experience of athletic swimming.

9. All is Lost (2013)

Robert Redford provides a late-career exemplary performance in single character portrayal as a individual struggling to stay alive in the Indian Ocean after his yacht, the main setting, is impaired in a crash with an stray shipping container. It's anxious enough to observe, so heaven knows how exceptionally strenuous it must have been for the 76-year-old star to film.

8. Vessel Leader (2013)

The lead actor does excellent performance in among his ordinary-person-in-extraordinary-circumstances roles, as the commander of an US merchant vessel seized by African raiders off the specific location. His performance is complemented by another actor ("I control this vessel"), providing a outstanding initial cinematic appearance as the raider leader in the director's tense movie, derived from true stories. Should the final sequence doesn't make you blub, you have no heart.

7. Geometric Shape (2009)

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