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20. Ocean Terror (1998)

The director's science fiction thriller details a bunch of memorable ensemble cast acting as soldiers of fortune hired to sink the luxury liner Argonautica. However a massive sea creature has already arrived! Including the potential cephalopod fodder are Famke Janssen as a diamond criminal.

19. 1900's Tale (1998)

A newborn, deserted on the transatlantic liner a fictional ship, develops to be a accomplished musician (the lead actor) who never steps off the vessel. The climax of the director's imaginative story is the main character competing in a keyboard contest with a historical figure, arguably inaccurately shown as a smug bastard.

18. Aquatic World (1995)

Kevin Costner portrays a fighter-inspired drifter with webbed feet and a souped-up sailing vessel in this high-cost futuristic thriller, taking place in a future where disappearing glaciers have inundated the Earth. All people is seeking fabled solid ground while fending off the antagonist and his group of continuously smoking pirates.

17. RMS Titanic (1997)

An extended period of love story development between a wealthy lady (the female lead) and an itinerant yobbo (the male lead) are saved by James Cameron's breathtaking depiction of a famous notorious catastrophes. One must appreciate the audacity of a director who successfully transforms a casualties of numerous victims into an emotionally uplifting tale of emancipation.

16. Vessel of Madness (1965)

Peasants, flamenco dancers and political extremists interact on a commercial vessel sailing from Latin America to the Old World in the interwar period. This filmmaker's epic includes a cinema icon, in her swan song, as a sad divorcee, but it's Oskar Werner, as the vessel's physician, and another cast member, as a aristocratic rebel, who provide the motion picture with its emotional wallop.

15. Ultimate Trip (1960)

The central vessel is destroyed in an detonation and Robert Stack's wife (Dorothy Malone) is stuck in their cabin in this intense proto-disaster pic. Will the hero and a courageous worker (the supporting player) rescue her before the vessel goes down? Curious detail: the Claridon is represented by the famous European vessel a real ship.

14. Nile Killing (1978)

Bette Davis are part of the homicide possibilities on board a Egyptian riverboat in this all-star mystery writer whodunit. The lead actor, as the Belgian sleuth, is unable to halt numerous characters being killed, which whittles down his potential killers to a smaller group. Bags more fun than the recent version.

13. Sea Silence (1989)

Sam Neill act as a partners seeking to heal from the trauma of their offspring's demise by sailing their boat for a journey in the sea, where they rescue Billy Zane from a sinking schooner. Costly error! This filmmaker's thriller is essentially a slasher movie at on the ocean, but an ultra-classy one that launched her career.

12. Maggie's Tale (1954)

An Englishman, moving items for an US businessman, is manipulated into using a poor condition "Clyde puffer" in this filmmaker's dark UK production in the rebellious style of his own previous work. Predictably, the ship's British skipper and staff deceive the inexperienced passengers for a journey, in every meaning of the word.

11. Juggernaut (1974)

The director gives his suspense story a social commentary tilt in this nerve-shredding yarn of explosives planted on a passenger ship, the main setting. What's the correct choice? David Hemmings portray bomb disposal experts; another actor, as the vessel's activities coordinator, delivers a heartbreaking portrayal in sadly funny despair.

10. Poseidon's Journey (1972)

This cinematic interpretation of Paul Gallico's book is among the peaks of the 1970s disaster genre. The fictional ship is flipped over by a tsunami, and it's the responsibility of the lead character to direct his followers through the upturned ship to rescue. Shelley Winters is remarkable as a shopkeeper's wife with a practical experience of athletic swimming.

9. All is Lost (2013)

The lead actor delivers a experienced masterclass in one-man show as a individual fighting to survive in the maritime location after his sailing vessel, the Virginia Jean, is damaged in a crash with an stray shipping container. It's stressful enough to watch, so one can only imagine how exceptionally strenuous it must have been for the elderly actor to film.

8. Vessel Leader (2013)

The main star delivers outstanding acting in part of his ordinary-person-in-extraordinary-circumstances performances, as the skipper of an US merchant vessel commandeered by African raiders off the Horn of Africa. He's matched by a co-star ("I control this vessel"), making a remarkable first movie role as the criminal boss in this filmmaker's suspense film, based on true stories. If the last scene doesn't make you blub, you're not human.

7. Triangle (2009)

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