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20. Abyssal Attack (1998)

This filmmaker's science fiction thriller follows a collection of memorable ensemble cast playing soldiers of fortune employed to sink the passenger vessel Argonautica. But a massive sea creature has beaten them to it! Including the potential cephalopod fodder are Kevin J O'Connor as a jewel thief.

19. 1900's Tale (1998)

A baby, abandoned on the passenger vessel a fictional ship, grows up to be a accomplished musician (the main star) who never steps off the boat. The peak moment of Giuseppe Tornatore's imaginative story is the protagonist competing in a piano duel with Jelly Roll Morton, arguably inaccurately portrayed as a overconfident individual.

18. Ocean Planet (1995)

The main star portrays a samurai-like nomad with aquatic adaptations and a modified watercraft in this high-cost science fiction adventure, set in a later era where vanishing ice sheets have submerged the planet. Everyone is hunting for fabled solid ground while fending off the villain and his band of constantly puffing pirates.

17. The Titanic (1997)

A significant portion of tiresome canoodling between a upper-class woman (the actress) and an free-spirited artist (the male lead) are saved by James Cameron's impressive reconstruction of a famous well-known disasters. You have to admire the audacity of a cinematic artist who successfully transforms a death toll of over a thousand into an emotionally uplifting story of liberation.

16. Ship of Fools (1965)

Commoners, flamenco dancers and political extremists mingle on a ocean liner traveling from North America to Europe in 1933. This filmmaker's large-scale film features a cinema icon, in her final role, as a sad divorcee, but it's another actor, as the vessel's physician, and a talented performer, as a political noblewoman, who deliver the motion picture with its dramatic punch.

15. Ultimate Trip (1960)

The fictional ship is torn asunder in an blast and the lead actor's wife (the actress) is stuck in their cabin in this compelling precursor to disaster movies. Will the hero and a brave technician (Woody Strode) free her before the ship sinks? Fun fact: the Claridon is played by the famous French liner a real ship.

14. Nile Killing (1978)

Angela Lansbury are including the killing culprits on board a African vessel in this celebrity-filled crime novelist detective story. Peter Ustinov, as the famous detective, fails to stop numerous characters being stabbed, which narrows his suspects to a smaller group. Significantly better than the modern adaptation.

13. Ocean Stillness (1989)

Two lead actors portray a partners trying to get over the grief of their offspring's demise by taking their yacht for a spin in the sea, where they save another actor from a sinking schooner. Costly error! This filmmaker's thriller is essentially a slasher movie at sea, but an high-quality one that made her famous.

12. The Maggie (1954)

An UK citizen, shipping goods for an US businessman, is deceived into employing a dilapidated "Scottish vessel" in the director's harsh UK production in the rebellious vein of his own Whisky Galore!. Naturally, the boat's Scottish captain and staff deceive the inexperienced passengers for a trip, in all senses of the expression.

11. Overwhelming Power (1974)

This filmmaker provides his catastrophe film a state-of-the-nation angle in this nerve-shredding yarn of explosives planted on a commercial vessel, the SS Britannic. Which wire to cut? Richard Harris portray explosive technicians; another actor, as the vessel's activities coordinator, serves up a emotional portrayal in tragicomic desperation.

10. Poseidon's Journey (1972)

This film version of the author's literary work is among the high points of the era of disaster movies. The fictional ship is flipped over by a tsunami, and it's the job of the main protagonist to guide his flock through the upturned hull to rescue. a supporting player is remarkable as a retailer's spouse with a practical background of athletic swimming.

9. Everything's Gone (2013)

The main star delivers a late-career exemplary performance in solo performance as a man fighting to endure in the specific sea after his sailing vessel, the main setting, is harmed in a impact with an errant transport unit. It's nerve-wracking enough to observe, so it's difficult to comprehend how physically gruelling it must have been for the senior performer to film.

8. Vessel Leader (2013)

The lead actor delivers sterling work in among his regular-guys-under-intolerable-pressure performances, as the commander of an American cargo ship commandeered by maritime criminals off the geographical area. His performance is complemented by another actor ("I control this vessel"), making a remarkable film debut as the pirate chief in this filmmaker's tense movie, derived from real events. When the last scene doesn't bring tears, you have no heart.

7. Three-Sided Figure (2009)

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