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20. Ocean Terror (1998)

Stephen Sommers' futuristic scarefest follows a group of memorable ensemble cast portraying mercenaries contracted to demolish the passenger vessel the main setting. Yet a enormous cephalopod has beaten them to it! Among the endangered passengers are Famke Janssen as a diamond criminal.

19. 1900's Tale (1998)

A newborn, abandoned on the ocean-going ship SS Virginian, grows up to be a gifted pianist (the lead actor) who refuses to leave the boat. The climax of Giuseppe Tornatore's whimsical hokum is Roth competing in a piano duel with a historical figure, rather unfairly depicted as a overconfident individual.

18. Ocean Planet (1995)

Kevin Costner plays a samurai-like nomad with aquatic adaptations and a enhanced watercraft in this megabudget science fiction adventure, taking place in a distant time where vanishing ice sheets have submerged the Earth. All people is searching for fabled solid ground while fighting off Dennis Hopper and his group of continuously smoking raiders.

17. Titanic (1997)

A significant portion of tiresome canoodling between a wealthy lady (Kate Winslet) and an working-class man (the male lead) are rescued by James Cameron's breathtaking depiction of among history's well-known tragedies. You have to admire the chutzpah of a film-maker who artfully converts a casualties of numerous victims into an emotionally uplifting narrative of freedom.

16. Vessel of Madness (1965)

Peasants, Spanish performers and German ideologists interact on a passenger ship journeying from Mexico to Europe in the interwar period. The director's epic includes a legendary actress, in her final role, as a melancholy character, but it's a co-star, as the medical officer, and Simone Signoret, as a radical countess, who supply the motion picture with its powerful impact.

15. Final Journey (1960)

The USS Claridon is ripped apart in an explosion and the protagonist's partner (Dorothy Malone) is stuck in their cabin in this gripping precursor to disaster movies. Will the main character and a heroic engineer (the supporting player) rescue her ahead of the boat submerges? Fun fact: the main setting is represented by the renowned French liner an actual ocean liner.

14. Nile Killing (1978)

Two legendary actresses are including the murder suspects on board a Nile paddle steamer in this ensemble cast mystery writer detective story. Peter Ustinov, as the Belgian sleuth, cannot prevent numerous characters being killed, which whittles down his potential killers to a manageable number. Much more enjoyable than the 2022 remake.

13. Dead Calm (1989)

Nicole Kidman play a husband and wife trying to get over the pain of their offspring's demise by venturing on their vessel for a trip in the ocean, where they save Billy Zane from a foundering ship. Big mistake! Phillip Noyce's thriller is basically a killers-on-the-loose story at on the ocean, but an high-quality one that launched her career.

12. The Maggie (1954)

An Englishman, moving items for an US businessman, is deceived into employing a run-down "type of boat" in this filmmaker's harsh British film in the rebellious tradition of his own Whisky Galore!. Of course, the ship's UK commander and team take the two landlubbers for a journey, in every meaning of the term.

11. Juggernaut (1974)

The director imparts his disaster thriller a political dimension tilt in this anxiety-inducing story of detonators placed on a passenger ship, the fictional ship. Which wire to cut? David Hemmings play demolition specialists; another actor, as the cruise director, provides a heartbreaking portrayal in sadly funny despair.

10. The Poseidon Adventure (1972)

This film version of the author's novel is among the zenith of the seventies catastrophe films. The fictional ship is capsized by a tsunami, and it's up to Reverend Gene Hackman to lead his group through the upturned hull to security. Shelley Winters is unforgettable as a retailer's spouse with a handy history of sports participation.

9. Everything's Gone (2013)

The lead actor gives a experienced brilliant acting in solo performance as a individual struggling to survive in the specific sea after his personal boat, the main setting, is harmed in a impact with an lost transport unit. It's nerve-wracking enough to view, so heaven knows how physically gruelling it must have been for the elderly actor to record.

8. Captain Phillips (2013)

The lead actor provides outstanding acting in among his ordinary-person-in-extraordinary-circumstances roles, as the captain of an US merchant vessel seized by African raiders off the geographical area. His performance is complemented by a co-star ("I control this vessel"), making a sensational initial cinematic appearance as the criminal boss in this filmmaker's tense movie, inspired by real events. When the final sequence doesn't make you blub, you're emotionally detached.

7. Three-Sided Figure (2009)

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