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20. Abyssal Attack (1998)

Stephen Sommers' sci-fi horror pulp details a collection of memorable ensemble cast playing soldiers of fortune contracted to demolish the luxury liner Argonautica. Yet a massive sea creature has beaten them to it! Featuring the likely victims are Kevin J O'Connor as a gem smuggler.

19. The 1900 Story (1998)

A infant, abandoned on the transatlantic liner the central location, grows up to be a talented keyboardist (Tim Roth) who never steps off the vessel. The climax of Giuseppe Tornatore's fantastical tale is Roth fighting a keyboard contest with a historical figure, somewhat unjustly portrayed as a arrogant character.

18. Waterworld (1995)

The lead actor plays a fighter-inspired drifter with aquatic adaptations and a enhanced watercraft in this megabudget sci-fi B-movie, taking place in a future where disappearing glaciers have submerged the planet. The entire population is hunting for fabled solid ground while fighting off Dennis Hopper and his band of chain-smoking raiders.

17. RMS Titanic (1997)

An extended period of love story development between a posh chick (the female lead) and an working-class man (Leonardo DiCaprio) are rescued by James Cameron's breathtaking depiction of among history's notorious disasters. It's impossible not to respect the chutzpah of a cinematic artist who artfully converts a death toll of numerous victims into an emotionally uplifting tale of freedom.

16. Boat of Lunatics (1965)

Peasants, Spanish performers and Nazi eugenicists mingle on a ocean liner journeying from North America to the Old World in the interwar period. Stanley Kramer's sweeping drama features a cinema icon, in her swan song, as a unhappy separated woman, but it's Oskar Werner, as the ship's doctor, and a talented performer, as a radical countess, who deliver the motion picture with its powerful impact.

15. The Last Voyage (1960)

The USS Claridon is destroyed in an detonation and Robert Stack's spouse (the actress) is stranded in their cabin in this gripping early catastrophe film. Will the main character and a heroic engineer (the actor) save her ahead of the boat submerges? Interesting note: the main setting is represented by the famous French liner Île de France.

14. Death on the Nile (1978)

Two legendary actresses are including the homicide possibilities on board a Nile paddle steamer in this celebrity-filled crime novelist detective story. Peter Ustinov, as the Belgian sleuth, cannot prevent numerous characters being stabbed, which whittles down his persons of interest to a manageable number. Significantly better than the recent version.

13. Ocean Stillness (1989)

Nicole Kidman act as a husband and wife attempting to recover from the trauma of their son's death by sailing their boat for a trip in the Pacific, where they save a co-star from a sinking schooner. Poor decision! This filmmaker's thriller is basically a killers-on-the-loose story at sea, but an high-quality one that put Kidman on the map.

12. Maggie's Tale (1954)

An Englishman, shipping furniture for an wealthy entrepreneur, is tricked into hiring a poor condition "Scottish vessel" in the director's dark Ealing comedy in the unconventional style of his own earlier film. Naturally, the vessel's UK commander and team trick the main characters for a ride, in all senses of the term.

11. Juggernaut (1974)

This filmmaker imparts his suspense story a state-of-the-nation angle in this nerve-shredding tale of bombs planted on a commercial vessel, the main setting. Red wire or blue wire? Richard Harris portray demolition specialists; a supporting player, as the vessel's activities coordinator, provides a heartbreaking portrayal in sadly funny despair.

10. Ocean Disaster (1972)

This film version of the author's book is among the peaks of the seventies catastrophe films. The SS Poseidon is overturned by a ocean surge, and it's the responsibility of the main protagonist to lead his flock through the upturned hull to security. the actress is memorable as a shopkeeper's wife with a useful experience of sports participation.

9. Total Loss (2013)

Robert Redford gives a late-career exemplary performance in solo performance as a individual struggling to endure in the specific sea after his personal boat, the Virginia Jean, is damaged in a impact with an lost transport unit. It's anxious enough to watch, so one can only imagine how exceptionally strenuous it must have been for the 76-year-old star to film.

8. Captain Phillips (2013)

Tom Hanks does sterling work in among his ordinary-person-in-extraordinary-circumstances characters, as the skipper of an American cargo ship hijacked by African raiders off the specific location. He has great chemistry by another actor ("I'm the captain now"), making a remarkable initial cinematic appearance as the pirate chief in this filmmaker's tense movie, inspired by actual incidents. Should the concluding moment fails to move you, you have no heart.

7. Triangle (2009)

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