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20. Deep Rising (1998)

Stephen Sommers' sci-fi horror pulp follows a group of scene-stealing character actors portraying hired guns hired to demolish the cruise ship the main setting. But a massive sea creature has beaten them to it! Including the endangered passengers are Kevin J O'Connor as a jewel thief.

19. 1900's Tale (1998)

A infant, abandoned on the transatlantic liner a fictional ship, matures to be a accomplished musician (Tim Roth) who refuses to leave the boat. The climax of this filmmaker's imaginative story is Roth competing in a keyboard contest with Jelly Roll Morton, rather unfairly portrayed as a smug bastard.

18. Waterworld (1995)

The lead actor acts as a warrior-esque wanderer with webbed feet and a enhanced trimaran in this megabudget futuristic thriller, set in a later era where disappearing glaciers have inundated the planet. All people is seeking mythical Dryland while resisting the villain and his group of chain-smoking raiders.

17. Titanic (1997)

A significant portion of romantic interludes between a upper-class woman (Kate Winslet) and an itinerant yobbo (Leonardo DiCaprio) are rescued by James Cameron's impressive reconstruction of one the 20th century's notorious catastrophes. One must appreciate the boldness of a film-maker who artfully converts a death toll of over a thousand into an heartening story of freedom.

16. Ship of Fools (1965)

Peasants, flamenco dancers and political extremists mingle on a ocean liner traveling from North America to the Continent in the interwar period. Stanley Kramer's sweeping drama includes Vivien Leigh, in her final role, as a sad divorcee, but it's Oskar Werner, as the ship's doctor, and another cast member, as a aristocratic rebel, who provide the motion picture with its emotional wallop.

15. Final Journey (1960)

The central vessel is destroyed in an blast and the lead actor's partner (the co-star) is stuck in their cabin in this intense proto-disaster pic. Is it possible for the hero and a courageous worker (Woody Strode) free her before the boat submerges? Interesting note: the fictional ship is represented by the famous French liner an actual ocean liner.

14. Death on the Nile (1978)

Two legendary actresses are including the killing culprits on board a African vessel in this ensemble cast crime novelist murder mystery. The main star, as the famous detective, fails to stop half the cast being shot, which narrows his suspects to a limited selection. Significantly better than the recent version.

13. Dead Calm (1989)

Sam Neill portray a husband and wife trying to get over the trauma of their son's death by taking their yacht for a trip in the ocean, where they save Billy Zane from a sinking schooner. Big mistake! This filmmaker's thriller is fundamentally a killers-on-the-loose story at on the ocean, but an high-quality one that made her famous.

12. The Maggie (1954)

An Englishman, transporting goods for an US businessman, is tricked into employing a poor condition "type of boat" in Alexander Mackendrick's harsh Ealing comedy in the rebellious style of his own Whisky Galore!. Naturally, the vessel's Scottish captain and staff deceive the inexperienced passengers for a trip, in multiple interpretations of the term.

11. Juggernaut (1974)

The director provides his disaster thriller a political dimension perspective in this nerve-shredding tale of explosives positioned on a commercial vessel, the SS Britannic. Red wire or blue wire? David Hemmings play explosive technicians; Roy Kinnear, as the ship's entertainments director, serves up a heartbreaking depiction in humorous tragedy.

10. The Poseidon Adventure (1972)

This adaptation of the author's literary work is one of the high points of the seventies catastrophe films. The SS Poseidon is overturned by a tidal wave, and it's the job of Reverend Gene Hackman to direct his flock through the upturned vessel to security. Shelley Winters is remarkable as a shopkeeper's wife with a practical history of athletic swimming.

9. Everything's Gone (2013)

Robert Redford provides a experienced masterclass in single character portrayal as a man fighting to endure in the Indian Ocean after his personal boat, the main setting, is damaged in a crash with an stray cargo box. It's nerve-wracking enough to observe, so heaven knows how physically gruelling it must have been for the 76-year-old star to record.

8. Vessel Leader (2013)

The lead actor provides outstanding acting in part of his everyman-in-crisis characters, as the commander of an US merchant vessel commandeered by African raiders off the specific location. He's matched by Barkhad Abdi ("I'm the captain now"), making a outstanding film debut as the criminal boss in this filmmaker's suspense film, derived from real events. Should the final sequence fails to move you, you're not human.

7. Three-Sided Figure (2009)

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