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20. Abyssal Attack (1998)

This filmmaker's sci-fi horror pulp details a group of attention-grabbing supporting players portraying mercenaries hired to destroy the passenger vessel the main setting. Yet a giant mutant octopus has beaten them to it! Including the endangered passengers are Kevin J O'Connor as a diamond criminal.

19. The Legend of 1900 (1998)

A baby, abandoned on the passenger vessel the central location, grows up to be a accomplished musician (the main star) who never steps off the ship. The climax of the director's fantastical tale is the main character competing in a musical showdown with a historical figure, somewhat unjustly shown as a arrogant character.

18. Ocean Planet (1995)

The main star plays a fighter-inspired wanderer with webbed feet and a souped-up watercraft in this big-budget science fiction adventure, set in a later era where melting polar ice-caps have submerged the planet. All people is seeking legendary terra firma while resisting the villain and his band of constantly puffing pirates.

17. Titanic (1997)

An extended period of love story development between a posh chick (the actress) and an working-class man (the male lead) are redeemed by this filmmaker's spectacular recreation of among history's notorious catastrophes. You have to admire the chutzpah of a director who successfully transforms a fatalities of 1,500 into an inspiring story of emancipation.

16. Boat of Lunatics (1965)

Commoners, flamenco dancers and political extremists interact on a ocean liner traveling from North America to the Continent in the pre-war era. The director's large-scale film features a cinema icon, in her final role, as a sad divorcee, but it's a co-star, as the medical officer, and Simone Signoret, as a aristocratic rebel, who supply the movie with its emotional wallop.

15. Ultimate Trip (1960)

The central vessel is ripped apart in an blast and the lead actor's spouse (the actress) is stranded in their quarters in this compelling early catastrophe film. Can Stack and a brave technician (the supporting player) save her before the boat submerges? Curious detail: the fictional ship is embodied by the renowned French liner a real ship.

14. Death on the Nile (1978)

Bette Davis are among the murder suspects on board a Egyptian riverboat in this ensemble cast mystery writer murder mystery. The lead actor, as the Belgian sleuth, cannot prevent numerous characters being killed, which narrows his persons of interest to a smaller group. Much more enjoyable than the modern adaptation.

13. Ocean Stillness (1989)

Nicole Kidman act as a husband and wife trying to get over the pain of their son's death by venturing on their vessel for a trip in the sea, where they rescue a co-star from a sinking schooner. Poor decision! Phillip Noyce's tense movie is basically a killers-on-the-loose story at sea, but an exceptionally well-made one that made her famous.

12. The Maggie Story (1954)

An Englishman, shipping goods for an American industrialist, is deceived into employing a dilapidated "type of boat" in the director's dark UK production in the rebellious tradition of his own previous work. Of course, the ship's Scottish captain and staff take the two landlubbers for a trip, in multiple interpretations of the term.

11. Juggernaut (1974)

This filmmaker imparts his suspense story a political dimension angle in this nerve-shredding story of detonators planted on a passenger ship, the SS Britannic. Which wire to cut? Richard Harris play demolition specialists; another actor, as the ship's entertainments director, provides a heartbreaking depiction in sadly funny despair.

10. Poseidon's Journey (1972)

This film version of the author's novel is one of the high points of the era of disaster movies. The central vessel is overturned by a tsunami, and it's up to the main protagonist to guide his flock through the inverted ship to rescue. a supporting player is memorable as a small business owner's partner with a practical background of competitive swimming.

9. All is Lost (2013)

Robert Redford delivers a experienced masterclass in solo performance as a individual fighting to stay alive in the Indian Ocean after his personal boat, the Virginia Jean, is harmed in a impact with an lost transport unit. It's stressful enough to view, so one can only imagine how exceptionally strenuous it must have been for the 76-year-old star to shoot.

8. Captain Phillips (2013)

The lead actor provides outstanding acting in one of his ordinary-person-in-extraordinary-circumstances characters, as the commander of an American cargo ship hijacked by African raiders off the Horn of Africa. His performance is complemented by a co-star ("I'm the captain now"), delivering a remarkable initial cinematic appearance as the pirate chief in this filmmaker's suspense film, inspired by actual incidents. If the concluding moment doesn't bring tears, you're not human.

7. Three-Sided Figure (2009)

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