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20. Ocean Terror (1998)

Stephen Sommers' science fiction thriller details a group of attention-grabbing supporting players portraying hired guns hired to sink the passenger vessel the main setting. However a massive sea creature has got there first! Including the endangered passengers are Treat Williams as a diamond criminal.

19. The Legend of 1900 (1998)

A newborn, abandoned on the ocean-going ship the central location, grows up to be a gifted pianist (Tim Roth) who refuses to leave the boat. The highlight of the director's whimsical hokum is the main character fighting a piano duel with a historical figure, somewhat unjustly depicted as a overconfident individual.

18. Waterworld (1995)

Kevin Costner acts as a samurai-like wanderer with aquatic adaptations and a enhanced trimaran in this big-budget sci-fi B-movie, located in a later era where disappearing glaciers have flooded the Earth. All people is seeking legendary terra firma while fending off Dennis Hopper and his gang of continuously smoking pirates.

17. RMS Titanic (1997)

An extended period of tiresome canoodling between a upper-class woman (the female lead) and an working-class man (Leonardo DiCaprio) are saved by this filmmaker's impressive reconstruction of a famous well-known catastrophes. You have to admire the audacity of a film-maker who manages to twist a casualties of 1,500 into an heartening tale of liberation.

16. Ship of Fools (1965)

Commoners, flamenco dancers and political extremists interact on a passenger ship sailing from Mexico to Europe in the interwar period. Stanley Kramer's large-scale film includes a cinema icon, in her last performance, as a melancholy character, but it's another actor, as the medical officer, and a talented performer, as a radical countess, who provide the film with its dramatic punch.

15. Ultimate Trip (1960)

The central vessel is torn asunder in an detonation and the lead actor's partner (the actress) is stranded in their quarters in this gripping early catastrophe film. Is it possible for Stack and a courageous worker (the actor) rescue her prior to the boat submerges? Interesting note: the fictional ship is played by the renowned French liner Île de France.

14. Murder on the Nile (1978)

Two legendary actresses are including the murder suspects on board a African vessel in this ensemble cast Agatha Christie murder mystery. Peter Ustinov, as Hercule Poirot, fails to stop several passengers being stabbed, which narrows his suspects to a limited selection. Significantly better than the 2022 remake.

13. Ocean Stillness (1989)

Nicole Kidman play a husband and wife seeking to heal from the grief of their child's passing by venturing on their vessel for a journey in the sea, where they rescue a co-star from a foundering ship. Poor decision! This filmmaker's tense movie is essentially a horror film at in maritime setting, but an ultra-classy one that made her famous.

12. Maggie's Tale (1954)

An UK citizen, transporting items for an American industrialist, is tricked into employing a run-down "Scottish vessel" in Alexander Mackendrick's dark UK production in the subversive vein of his own previous work. Predictably, the vessel's British skipper and team trick the main characters for a ride, in all senses of the expression.

11. Overwhelming Power (1974)

The director imparts his disaster thriller a social commentary angle in this nerve-shredding story of detonators positioned on a luxury liner, the main setting. What's the correct choice? David Hemmings act as bomb disposal experts; another actor, as the vessel's activities coordinator, serves up a heartbreaking depiction in sadly funny despair.

10. Poseidon's Journey (1972)

This cinematic interpretation of this writer's literary work is part of the peaks of the 1970s disaster genre. The SS Poseidon is overturned by a ocean surge, and it's up to the lead character to direct his followers through the flipped ship to safety. the actress is remarkable as a retailer's spouse with a handy experience of athletic swimming.

9. Total Loss (2013)

Robert Redford delivers a experienced brilliant acting in one-man show as a man battling to endure in the maritime location after his yacht, the Virginia Jean, is harmed in a collision with an stray shipping container. It's nerve-wracking enough to observe, so heaven knows how extremely demanding it must have been for the senior performer to shoot.

8. Captain Phillips (2013)

The lead actor delivers sterling work in part of his ordinary-person-in-extraordinary-circumstances characters, as the skipper of an US merchant vessel seized by maritime criminals off the specific location. He has great chemistry by a co-star ("I control this vessel"), delivering a outstanding film debut as the pirate chief in Paul Greengrass's suspense film, derived from real events. If the last scene doesn't make you blub, you're emotionally detached.

7. Geometric Shape (2009)

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