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20. Deep Rising (1998)

Stephen Sommers' sci-fi horror pulp follows a group of attention-grabbing supporting players acting as hired guns contracted to sink the cruise ship a fictional ship. Yet a massive sea creature has already arrived! Including the likely victims are Famke Janssen as a jewel thief.

19. The Legend of 1900 (1998)

A newborn, deserted on the passenger vessel a fictional ship, grows up to be a gifted pianist (the main star) who never steps off the vessel. The highlight of this filmmaker's imaginative story is the main character fighting a keyboard contest with Jelly Roll Morton, arguably inaccurately portrayed as a overconfident individual.

18. Aquatic World (1995)

The lead actor plays a fighter-inspired wanderer with aquatic adaptations and a enhanced sailing vessel in this big-budget futuristic thriller, set in a distant time where disappearing glaciers have submerged the world. The entire population is hunting for legendary terra firma while resisting the antagonist and his gang of chain-smoking pirates.

17. The Titanic (1997)

A significant portion of romantic interludes between a posh chick (the actress) and an itinerant yobbo (the male lead) are redeemed by this filmmaker's impressive reconstruction of among history's notorious catastrophes. One must appreciate the audacity of a director who successfully transforms a death toll of numerous victims into an heartening tale of emancipation.

16. Vessel of Madness (1965)

Peasants, Spanish performers and political extremists interact on a ocean liner traveling from North America to Europe in the pre-war era. Stanley Kramer's sweeping drama features a legendary actress, in her final role, as a sad divorcee, but it's Oskar Werner, as the vessel's physician, and another cast member, as a radical countess, who supply the movie with its emotional wallop.

15. The Last Voyage (1960)

The central vessel is torn asunder in an blast and the lead actor's partner (the co-star) is trapped in their quarters in this intense early catastrophe film. Can Stack and a brave technician (Woody Strode) save her prior to the boat submerges? Fun fact: the main setting is represented by the famous French liner an actual ocean liner.

14. Nile Killing (1978)

Angela Lansbury are among the homicide possibilities on board a African vessel in this all-star Agatha Christie whodunit. The lead actor, as the famous detective, cannot prevent half the cast being stabbed, which reduces his persons of interest to a limited selection. Bags more fun than the recent version.

13. Sea Silence (1989)

Sam Neill act as a partners seeking to heal from the trauma of their child's passing by taking their yacht for a journey in the sea, where they save a co-star from a damaged vessel. Big mistake! This filmmaker's suspense film is fundamentally a killers-on-the-loose story at sea, but an high-quality one that put Kidman on the map.

12. The Maggie (1954)

An Englishman, shipping furniture for an wealthy entrepreneur, is deceived into employing a dilapidated "type of boat" in Alexander Mackendrick's dark British film in the rebellious vein of his own previous work. Naturally, the vessel's British skipper and team trick the main characters for a journey, in all senses of the word.

11. Unstoppable Force (1974)

The director provides his disaster thriller a social commentary tilt in this tension-filled yarn of bombs planted on a commercial vessel, the fictional ship. Red wire or blue wire? Two lead actors play explosive technicians; a supporting player, as the vessel's activities coordinator, serves up a touching depiction in humorous tragedy.

10. Ocean Disaster (1972)

This cinematic interpretation of the author's literary work is part of the peaks of the 1970s disaster genre. The SS Poseidon is flipped over by a ocean surge, and it's the responsibility of Reverend Gene Hackman to guide his flock through the inverted hull to security. Shelley Winters is memorable as a shopkeeper's wife with a handy history of athletic swimming.

9. Total Loss (2013)

The lead actor gives a late-career brilliant acting in single character portrayal as a person battling to endure in the Indian Ocean after his sailing vessel, the main setting, is impaired in a collision with an stray transport unit. It's stressful enough to watch, so it's difficult to comprehend how extremely demanding it must have been for the senior performer to film.

8. Captain Phillips (2013)

Tom Hanks delivers excellent performance in among his everyman-in-crisis characters, as the captain of an American cargo ship seized by African raiders off the specific location. His performance is complemented by a co-star ("I'm the captain now"), providing a sensational initial cinematic appearance as the pirate chief in this filmmaker's suspense film, based on true stories. Should the concluding moment doesn't make you blub, you have no heart.

7. Geometric Shape (2009)

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