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20. Abyssal Attack (1998)

Stephen Sommers' science fiction thriller follows a bunch of memorable character actors acting as soldiers of fortune contracted to sink the cruise ship the main setting. Yet a enormous cephalopod has got there first! Featuring the likely victims are Kevin J O'Connor as a jewel thief.

19. The 1900 Story (1998)

A baby, abandoned on the ocean-going ship the central location, develops to be a gifted pianist (Tim Roth) who remains aboard the ship. The climax of the director's whimsical hokum is Roth battling a musical showdown with a historical figure, arguably inaccurately portrayed as a overconfident individual.

18. Waterworld (1995)

The lead actor acts as a fighter-inspired nomad with webbed feet and a enhanced trimaran in this big-budget futuristic thriller, taking place in a future where vanishing ice sheets have inundated the world. All people is hunting for fabled solid ground while fending off Dennis Hopper and his band of chain-smoking raiders.

17. The Titanic (1997)

Two hours of tiresome canoodling between a posh chick (Kate Winslet) and an free-spirited artist (the actor) are saved by James Cameron's breathtaking depiction of among history's notorious tragedies. One must appreciate the boldness of a director who successfully transforms a fatalities of 1,500 into an inspiring tale of liberation.

16. Vessel of Madness (1965)

Peasants, artistic entertainers and German ideologists rub shoulders on a ocean liner sailing from North America to the Continent in 1933. The director's epic features Vivien Leigh, in her swan song, as a melancholy character, but it's another actor, as the ship's doctor, and a talented performer, as a political noblewoman, who provide the film with its emotional wallop.

15. Ultimate Trip (1960)

The central vessel is destroyed in an explosion and the lead actor's spouse (Dorothy Malone) is stuck in their room in this intense early catastrophe film. Can the main character and a courageous worker (the supporting player) free her prior to the vessel goes down? Curious detail: the Claridon is played by the legendary European vessel an actual ocean liner.

14. Nile Killing (1978)

Bette Davis are among the homicide possibilities on board a Egyptian riverboat in this ensemble cast mystery writer detective story. The lead actor, as the famous detective, fails to stop numerous characters being killed, which reduces his suspects to a smaller group. Much more enjoyable than the modern adaptation.

13. Dead Calm (1989)

Sam Neill play a husband and wife attempting to recover from the trauma of their son's death by sailing their boat for a trip in the ocean, where they recover another actor from a sinking schooner. Poor decision! The director's thriller is essentially a killers-on-the-loose story at on the ocean, but an high-quality one that put Kidman on the map.

12. The Maggie Story (1954)

An British man, transporting goods for an wealthy entrepreneur, is tricked into employing a poor condition "type of boat" in the director's brutal Ealing comedy in the unconventional style of his own Whisky Galore!. Of course, the vessel's British skipper and crew deceive the inexperienced passengers for a trip, in multiple interpretations of the word.

11. Juggernaut (1974)

This filmmaker provides his catastrophe film a social commentary tilt in this anxiety-inducing yarn of bombs planted on a luxury liner, the main setting. Which wire to cut? Richard Harris act as bomb disposal experts; another actor, as the vessel's activities coordinator, serves up a touching depiction in humorous tragedy.

10. The Poseidon Adventure (1972)

This film version of Paul Gallico's book is one of the high points of the seventies catastrophe films. The SS Poseidon is capsized by a ocean surge, and it's the job of Reverend Gene Hackman to guide his group through the upturned hull to safety. Shelley Winters is memorable as a retailer's spouse with a practical experience of athletic swimming.

9. All is Lost (2013)

Robert Redford gives a late-career exemplary performance in solo performance as a individual battling to stay alive in the maritime location after his sailing vessel, the Virginia Jean, is impaired in a impact with an stray transport unit. It's anxious enough to view, so it's difficult to comprehend how physically gruelling it must have been for the 76-year-old star to record.

8. Ship Commander (2013)

The main star provides outstanding acting in among his regular-guys-under-intolerable-pressure roles, as the commander of an US merchant vessel commandeered by maritime criminals off the Horn of Africa. He's matched by a co-star ("Now I'm in charge"), delivering a outstanding initial cinematic appearance as the pirate chief in this filmmaker's suspense film, based on real events. Should the last scene fails to move you, you have no heart.

7. Three-Sided Figure (2009)

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