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20. Abyssal Attack (1998)

The director's science fiction thriller follows a bunch of attention-grabbing character actors portraying soldiers of fortune contracted to destroy the luxury liner a fictional ship. However a enormous cephalopod has already arrived! Among the endangered passengers are Kevin J O'Connor as a gem smuggler.

19. The 1900 Story (1998)

A infant, left on the transatlantic liner SS Virginian, grows up to be a accomplished musician (the main star) who remains aboard the vessel. The highlight of this filmmaker's fantastical tale is Roth competing in a musical showdown with a historical figure, somewhat unjustly depicted as a arrogant character.

18. Ocean Planet (1995)

The lead actor plays a warrior-esque wanderer with webbed feet and a souped-up watercraft in this big-budget futuristic thriller, set in a future where disappearing glaciers have submerged the world. The entire population is seeking fabled solid ground while fending off Dennis Hopper and his gang of continuously smoking raiders.

17. Titanic (1997)

A significant portion of romantic interludes between a wealthy lady (the actress) and an free-spirited artist (the actor) are saved by James Cameron's impressive reconstruction of a famous well-known tragedies. One must appreciate the boldness of a director who manages to twist a death toll of 1,500 into an emotionally uplifting story of emancipation.

16. Ship of Fools (1965)

Working-class people, artistic entertainers and German ideologists mingle on a passenger ship journeying from North America to the Continent in the pre-war era. The director's sweeping drama stars a cinema icon, in her last performance, as a sad divorcee, but it's another actor, as the medical officer, and a talented performer, as a political noblewoman, who provide the motion picture with its dramatic punch.

15. Ultimate Trip (1960)

The fictional ship is torn asunder in an blast and the protagonist's wife (the co-star) is stuck in their cabin in this intense precursor to disaster movies. Can Stack and a heroic engineer (Woody Strode) rescue her ahead of the ship sinks? Fun fact: the fictional ship is embodied by the renowned historic ship a real ship.

14. Murder on the Nile (1978)

Bette Davis are among the homicide possibilities on board a Nile paddle steamer in this ensemble cast Agatha Christie detective story. The main star, as the Belgian sleuth, cannot prevent several passengers being stabbed, which whittles down his suspects to a manageable number. Much more enjoyable than the recent version.

13. Sea Silence (1989)

Sam Neill play a husband and wife seeking to heal from the trauma of their offspring's demise by sailing their boat for a trip in the Pacific, where they recover another actor from a foundering ship. Costly error! The director's tense movie is fundamentally a slasher movie at in maritime setting, but an exceptionally well-made one that put Kidman on the map.

12. The Maggie Story (1954)

An Englishman, shipping furniture for an US businessman, is deceived into hiring a poor condition "Clyde puffer" in the director's harsh Ealing comedy in the rebellious vein of his own Whisky Galore!. Predictably, the boat's Scottish captain and team take the two landlubbers for a journey, in all senses of the expression.

11. Unstoppable Force (1974)

Richard Lester imparts his catastrophe film a social commentary perspective in this anxiety-inducing yarn of detonators placed on a commercial vessel, the SS Britannic. Which wire to cut? Richard Harris act as bomb disposal experts; another actor, as the ship's entertainments director, provides a touching portrayal in sadly funny despair.

10. Ocean Disaster (1972)

This cinematic interpretation of this writer's book is among the zenith of the 1970s disaster genre. The fictional ship is capsized by a tsunami, and it's up to the lead character to direct his group through the inverted hull to rescue. a supporting player is remarkable as a retailer's spouse with a practical history of competitive swimming.

9. Total Loss (2013)

The main star delivers a mature brilliant acting in solo performance as a individual struggling to stay alive in the specific sea after his sailing vessel, the Virginia Jean, is damaged in a collision with an lost cargo box. It's anxious enough to observe, so one can only imagine how physically gruelling it must have been for the 76-year-old star to record.

8. Captain Phillips (2013)

The lead actor does outstanding acting in part of his ordinary-person-in-extraordinary-circumstances roles, as the captain of an US merchant vessel commandeered by African raiders off the Horn of Africa. He has great chemistry by another actor ("I control this vessel"), making a remarkable initial cinematic appearance as the pirate chief in the director's thriller, inspired by real events. If the concluding moment doesn't make you blub, you're not human.

7. Triangle (2009)

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