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20. Ocean Terror (1998)

This filmmaker's futuristic scarefest chronicles a bunch of attention-grabbing character actors playing soldiers of fortune contracted to demolish the luxury liner a fictional ship. However a giant mutant octopus has got there first! Featuring the endangered passengers are Famke Janssen as a diamond criminal.

19. 1900's Tale (1998)

A newborn, deserted on the transatlantic liner the central location, matures to be a accomplished musician (the lead actor) who refuses to leave the ship. The climax of Giuseppe Tornatore's imaginative story is Roth competing in a piano duel with Jelly Roll Morton, somewhat unjustly portrayed as a smug bastard.

18. Ocean Planet (1995)

The lead actor portrays a fighter-inspired drifter with webbed feet and a modified watercraft in this high-cost sci-fi B-movie, located in a later era where disappearing glaciers have flooded the planet. Everyone is seeking fabled solid ground while fending off the villain and his group of constantly puffing marauders.

17. RMS Titanic (1997)

A significant portion of romantic interludes between a wealthy lady (Kate Winslet) and an itinerant yobbo (the male lead) are redeemed by this filmmaker's spectacular recreation of among history's most infamous disasters. It's impossible not to respect the chutzpah of a director who successfully transforms a fatalities of 1,500 into an emotionally uplifting narrative of liberation.

16. Boat of Lunatics (1965)

Peasants, Spanish performers and Nazi eugenicists interact on a ocean liner sailing from North America to the Continent in 1933. Stanley Kramer's large-scale film features a cinema icon, in her swan song, as a sad divorcee, but it's another actor, as the vessel's physician, and another cast member, as a radical countess, who provide the film with its powerful impact.

15. The Last Voyage (1960)

The central vessel is ripped apart in an detonation and the lead actor's partner (the actress) is stuck in their cabin in this gripping early catastrophe film. Will the hero and a heroic engineer (the supporting player) free her ahead of the ship sinks? Interesting note: the main setting is embodied by the legendary European vessel Île de France.

14. Nile Killing (1978)

Bette Davis are among the killing culprits on board a African vessel in this all-star Agatha Christie murder mystery. The main star, as the Belgian sleuth, fails to stop several passengers being stabbed, which reduces his suspects to a smaller group. Bags more fun than the recent version.

13. Dead Calm (1989)

Two lead actors portray a partners seeking to heal from the pain of their offspring's demise by venturing on their vessel for a journey in the Pacific, where they rescue Billy Zane from a damaged vessel. Poor decision! This filmmaker's tense movie is fundamentally a slasher movie at sea, but an high-quality one that made her famous.

12. The Maggie (1954)

An Englishman, moving goods for an wealthy entrepreneur, is tricked into using a run-down "Clyde puffer" in this filmmaker's dark UK production in the unconventional vein of his own previous work. Naturally, the ship's British skipper and staff deceive the inexperienced passengers for a journey, in multiple interpretations of the word.

11. Unstoppable Force (1974)

This filmmaker imparts his suspense story a state-of-the-nation tilt in this tension-filled yarn of bombs planted on a commercial vessel, the main setting. Which wire to cut? David Hemmings play demolition specialists; a supporting player, as the cruise director, serves up a touching portrayal in sadly funny despair.

10. Poseidon's Journey (1972)

This cinematic interpretation of Paul Gallico's literary work is one of the high points of the era of disaster movies. The central vessel is overturned by a tidal wave, and it's the job of the lead character to direct his group through the upturned hull to security. a supporting player is unforgettable as a small business owner's partner with a useful background of athletic swimming.

9. Total Loss (2013)

The lead actor delivers a experienced masterclass in one-man show as a person struggling to endure in the Indian Ocean after his personal boat, the main setting, is harmed in a crash with an lost transport unit. It's nerve-wracking enough to view, so one can only imagine how extremely demanding it must have been for the 76-year-old star to shoot.

8. Ship Commander (2013)

The lead actor delivers outstanding acting in one of his everyman-in-crisis characters, as the commander of an American cargo ship hijacked by African raiders off the Horn of Africa. His performance is complemented by Barkhad Abdi ("I'm the captain now"), making a remarkable film debut as the criminal boss in this filmmaker's suspense film, based on actual incidents. If the concluding moment doesn't bring tears, you're not human.

7. Triangle (2009)

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