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20. Ocean Terror (1998)

Stephen Sommers' science fiction thriller chronicles a group of memorable character actors playing mercenaries employed to demolish the passenger vessel Argonautica. But a giant mutant octopus has already arrived! Among the endangered passengers are Treat Williams as a jewel thief.

19. 1900's Tale (1998)

A baby, deserted on the ocean-going ship the central location, grows up to be a gifted pianist (Tim Roth) who remains aboard the vessel. The peak moment of the director's fantastical tale is the main character competing in a piano duel with a jazz legend, somewhat unjustly portrayed as a overconfident individual.

18. Aquatic World (1995)

Kevin Costner acts as a samurai-like wanderer with webbed feet and a enhanced trimaran in this big-budget futuristic thriller, located in a future where disappearing glaciers have inundated the planet. The entire population is seeking mythical Dryland while resisting the villain and his band of chain-smoking pirates.

17. The Titanic (1997)

Two hours of love story development between a wealthy lady (Kate Winslet) and an free-spirited artist (the actor) are saved by the director's impressive reconstruction of among history's most infamous catastrophes. It's impossible not to respect the audacity of a cinematic artist who successfully transforms a fatalities of 1,500 into an emotionally uplifting tale of freedom.

16. Boat of Lunatics (1965)

Commoners, Spanish performers and Nazi eugenicists interact on a passenger ship traveling from Mexico to the Continent in the pre-war era. The director's epic features a legendary actress, in her swan song, as a unhappy separated woman, but it's another actor, as the medical officer, and Simone Signoret, as a radical countess, who deliver the film with its powerful impact.

15. Final Journey (1960)

The fictional ship is torn asunder in an detonation and Robert Stack's spouse (the actress) is trapped in their quarters in this intense proto-disaster pic. Is it possible for the main character and a heroic engineer (the supporting player) save her ahead of the boat submerges? Curious detail: the fictional ship is embodied by the legendary historic ship an actual ocean liner.

14. Nile Killing (1978)

Angela Lansbury are part of the homicide possibilities on board a Nile paddle steamer in this all-star Agatha Christie detective story. Peter Ustinov, as Hercule Poirot, fails to stop numerous characters being stabbed, which whittles down his suspects to a smaller group. Much more enjoyable than the modern adaptation.

13. Ocean Stillness (1989)

Sam Neill portray a partners attempting to recover from the trauma of their child's passing by sailing their boat for a journey in the sea, where they recover another actor from a damaged vessel. Big mistake! This filmmaker's suspense film is basically a horror film at on the ocean, but an ultra-classy one that launched her career.

12. The Maggie Story (1954)

An British man, transporting items for an American industrialist, is deceived into using a dilapidated "Scottish vessel" in Alexander Mackendrick's harsh British film in the rebellious style of his own earlier film. Of course, the ship's UK commander and crew trick the main characters for a ride, in every meaning of the word.

11. Juggernaut (1974)

This filmmaker provides his disaster thriller a social commentary tilt in this nerve-shredding tale of explosives planted on a commercial vessel, the main setting. Red wire or blue wire? David Hemmings portray demolition specialists; a supporting player, as the cruise director, serves up a heartbreaking portrayal in humorous tragedy.

10. Poseidon's Journey (1972)

This cinematic interpretation of Paul Gallico's literary work is among the high points of the era of disaster movies. The SS Poseidon is overturned by a tsunami, and it's the responsibility of Reverend Gene Hackman to lead his flock through the flipped ship to security. the actress is remarkable as a retailer's spouse with a handy experience of athletic swimming.

9. Everything's Gone (2013)

The main star provides a late-career exemplary performance in single character portrayal as a person fighting to survive in the Indian Ocean after his sailing vessel, the fictional ship, is impaired in a impact with an lost shipping container. It's stressful enough to observe, so one can only imagine how exceptionally strenuous it must have been for the 76-year-old star to shoot.

8. Ship Commander (2013)

Tom Hanks provides outstanding acting in one of his ordinary-person-in-extraordinary-circumstances roles, as the captain of an US merchant vessel hijacked by African raiders off the geographical area. His performance is complemented by another actor ("I control this vessel"), providing a outstanding first movie role as the pirate chief in the director's tense movie, based on true stories. If the concluding moment doesn't bring tears, you have no heart.

7. Geometric Shape (2009)

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