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20. Deep Rising (1998)

Stephen Sommers' sci-fi horror pulp follows a group of scene-stealing ensemble cast portraying hired guns contracted to destroy the luxury liner a fictional ship. But a enormous cephalopod has got there first! Featuring the endangered passengers are Treat Williams as a gem smuggler.

19. The 1900 Story (1998)

A infant, left on the transatlantic liner the central location, matures to be a accomplished musician (Tim Roth) who refuses to leave the boat. The highlight of the director's whimsical hokum is the protagonist competing in a piano duel with a historical figure, somewhat unjustly portrayed as a overconfident individual.

18. Aquatic World (1995)

Kevin Costner portrays a warrior-esque drifter with mutated appendages and a souped-up trimaran in this megabudget science fiction adventure, taking place in a distant time where disappearing glaciers have inundated the Earth. The entire population is hunting for legendary terra firma while fighting off Dennis Hopper and his group of constantly puffing raiders.

17. The Titanic (1997)

An extended period of tiresome canoodling between a wealthy lady (Kate Winslet) and an itinerant yobbo (the male lead) are saved by James Cameron's spectacular recreation of a famous most infamous catastrophes. One must appreciate the audacity of a cinematic artist who artfully converts a fatalities of over a thousand into an inspiring story of freedom.

16. Vessel of Madness (1965)

Commoners, Spanish performers and political extremists rub shoulders on a ocean liner traveling from North America to Europe in the interwar period. The director's sweeping drama includes Vivien Leigh, in her final role, as a unhappy separated woman, but it's another actor, as the vessel's physician, and a talented performer, as a radical countess, who supply the motion picture with its powerful impact.

15. The Last Voyage (1960)

The fictional ship is destroyed in an explosion and the lead actor's partner (the actress) is stuck in their room in this intense precursor to disaster movies. Will the hero and a brave technician (Woody Strode) free her ahead of the vessel goes down? Fun fact: the main setting is played by the famous European vessel a real ship.

14. Murder on the Nile (1978)

Bette Davis are including the killing culprits on board a Nile paddle steamer in this all-star Agatha Christie detective story. Peter Ustinov, as the Belgian sleuth, fails to stop half the cast being stabbed, which reduces his suspects to a smaller group. Significantly better than the modern adaptation.

13. Sea Silence (1989)

Nicole Kidman portray a married couple seeking to heal from the pain of their child's passing by taking their yacht for a journey in the ocean, where they save another actor from a sinking schooner. Big mistake! The director's suspense film is fundamentally a slasher movie at sea, but an ultra-classy one that put Kidman on the map.

12. The Maggie (1954)

An British man, shipping goods for an American industrialist, is deceived into hiring a dilapidated "type of boat" in the director's brutal Ealing comedy in the subversive style of his own earlier film. Naturally, the boat's Scottish captain and crew deceive the inexperienced passengers for a journey, in every meaning of the term.

11. Overwhelming Power (1974)

The director gives his suspense story a state-of-the-nation perspective in this nerve-shredding tale of bombs positioned on a commercial vessel, the main setting. Which wire to cut? Two lead actors portray explosive technicians; a supporting player, as the cruise director, delivers a touching study in humorous tragedy.

10. Poseidon's Journey (1972)

This film version of the author's book is part of the high points of the era of disaster movies. The SS Poseidon is capsized by a tsunami, and it's the responsibility of Reverend Gene Hackman to direct his group through the inverted hull to security. a supporting player is memorable as a small business owner's partner with a handy experience of athletic swimming.

9. All is Lost (2013)

The lead actor gives a late-career masterclass in one-man show as a individual struggling to stay alive in the specific sea after his sailing vessel, the main setting, is damaged in a collision with an lost transport unit. It's anxious enough to observe, so one can only imagine how physically gruelling it must have been for the elderly actor to film.

8. Captain Phillips (2013)

Tom Hanks delivers excellent performance in part of his everyman-in-crisis characters, as the commander of an commercial transport commandeered by maritime criminals off the geographical area. He has great chemistry by another actor ("I'm the captain now"), delivering a outstanding film debut as the pirate chief in the director's thriller, derived from true stories. If the last scene doesn't bring tears, you have no heart.

7. Triangle (2009)

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