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20. Ocean Terror (1998)

The director's science fiction thriller follows a bunch of attention-grabbing supporting players acting as soldiers of fortune employed to destroy the luxury liner the main setting. But a massive sea creature has got there first! Featuring the endangered passengers are Treat Williams as a diamond criminal.

19. The 1900 Story (1998)

A newborn, left on the ocean-going ship a fictional ship, develops to be a gifted pianist (Tim Roth) who remains aboard the boat. The peak moment of this filmmaker's imaginative story is the protagonist battling a piano duel with a historical figure, somewhat unjustly depicted as a smug bastard.

18. Ocean Planet (1995)

The lead actor acts as a fighter-inspired nomad with mutated appendages and a enhanced sailing vessel in this high-cost futuristic thriller, taking place in a future where disappearing glaciers have flooded the Earth. The entire population is seeking fabled solid ground while fighting off the villain and his group of chain-smoking raiders.

17. RMS Titanic (1997)

Two hours of tiresome canoodling between a wealthy lady (the actress) and an itinerant yobbo (the male lead) are rescued by this filmmaker's spectacular recreation of among history's notorious disasters. It's impossible not to respect the chutzpah of a cinematic artist who manages to twist a death toll of over a thousand into an inspiring story of liberation.

16. Boat of Lunatics (1965)

Peasants, Spanish performers and political extremists rub shoulders on a commercial vessel journeying from Mexico to the Continent in the pre-war era. Stanley Kramer's sweeping drama features a legendary actress, in her swan song, as a sad divorcee, but it's a co-star, as the ship's doctor, and Simone Signoret, as a radical countess, who supply the motion picture with its dramatic punch.

15. The Last Voyage (1960)

The USS Claridon is destroyed in an detonation and the lead actor's spouse (the actress) is stuck in their cabin in this intense early catastrophe film. Can the main character and a heroic engineer (the supporting player) rescue her before the boat submerges? Interesting note: the main setting is embodied by the famous historic ship an actual ocean liner.

14. Nile Killing (1978)

Angela Lansbury are part of the killing culprits on board a Nile paddle steamer in this celebrity-filled mystery writer whodunit. The main star, as the Belgian sleuth, fails to stop numerous characters being killed, which whittles down his potential killers to a smaller group. Much more enjoyable than the recent version.

13. Ocean Stillness (1989)

Sam Neill portray a married couple attempting to recover from the grief of their offspring's demise by sailing their boat for a spin in the sea, where they save a co-star from a foundering ship. Costly error! The director's suspense film is basically a horror film at in maritime setting, but an exceptionally well-made one that put Kidman on the map.

12. The Maggie (1954)

An British man, transporting furniture for an US businessman, is deceived into using a run-down "Clyde puffer" in this filmmaker's harsh Ealing comedy in the rebellious vein of his own earlier film. Of course, the boat's Scottish captain and team deceive the inexperienced passengers for a journey, in multiple interpretations of the term.

11. Unstoppable Force (1974)

Richard Lester gives his disaster thriller a political dimension perspective in this nerve-shredding story of detonators placed on a passenger ship, the fictional ship. Which wire to cut? Two lead actors play bomb disposal experts; another actor, as the ship's entertainments director, delivers a touching study in tragicomic desperation.

10. The Poseidon Adventure (1972)

This adaptation of the author's literary work is one of the zenith of the era of disaster movies. The central vessel is capsized by a tsunami, and it's the job of the lead character to direct his followers through the upturned hull to safety. the actress is unforgettable as a retailer's spouse with a practical history of sports participation.

9. All is Lost (2013)

The lead actor provides a experienced exemplary performance in solo performance as a individual struggling to endure in the maritime location after his personal boat, the main setting, is impaired in a crash with an stray transport unit. It's stressful enough to observe, so it's difficult to comprehend how physically gruelling it must have been for the 76-year-old star to film.

8. Ship Commander (2013)

Tom Hanks does excellent performance in one of his regular-guys-under-intolerable-pressure characters, as the commander of an American cargo ship seized by African raiders off the specific location. He's matched by Barkhad Abdi ("I control this vessel"), delivering a outstanding first movie role as the pirate chief in this filmmaker's thriller, inspired by actual incidents. If the concluding moment doesn't make you blub, you're emotionally detached.

7. Geometric Shape (2009)

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