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20. Deep Rising (1998)

Stephen Sommers' sci-fi horror pulp follows a bunch of memorable supporting players acting as mercenaries hired to sink the cruise ship Argonautica. Yet a enormous cephalopod has got there first! Among the endangered passengers are Kevin J O'Connor as a jewel thief.

19. The 1900 Story (1998)

A newborn, deserted on the passenger vessel SS Virginian, matures to be a gifted pianist (Tim Roth) who remains aboard the vessel. The highlight of Giuseppe Tornatore's imaginative story is Roth fighting a keyboard contest with Jelly Roll Morton, somewhat unjustly shown as a overconfident individual.

18. Aquatic World (1995)

The main star portrays a warrior-esque nomad with mutated appendages and a enhanced watercraft in this big-budget science fiction adventure, set in a future where melting polar ice-caps have submerged the world. Everyone is hunting for legendary terra firma while fending off Dennis Hopper and his band of chain-smoking pirates.

17. RMS Titanic (1997)

An extended period of tiresome canoodling between a upper-class woman (Kate Winslet) and an working-class man (Leonardo DiCaprio) are redeemed by James Cameron's spectacular recreation of among history's notorious disasters. You have to admire the chutzpah of a director who manages to twist a fatalities of numerous victims into an inspiring story of liberation.

16. Vessel of Madness (1965)

Commoners, flamenco dancers and German ideologists mingle on a commercial vessel journeying from Mexico to Europe in the interwar period. This filmmaker's large-scale film includes a cinema icon, in her swan song, as a unhappy separated woman, but it's a co-star, as the medical officer, and a talented performer, as a aristocratic rebel, who supply the movie with its dramatic punch.

15. Final Journey (1960)

The USS Claridon is destroyed in an explosion and the protagonist's wife (the actress) is trapped in their quarters in this compelling proto-disaster pic. Can the hero and a heroic engineer (the supporting player) save her ahead of the ship sinks? Interesting note: the main setting is represented by the renowned historic ship a real ship.

14. Death on the Nile (1978)

Angela Lansbury are part of the murder suspects on board a Egyptian riverboat in this all-star crime novelist detective story. The main star, as the Belgian sleuth, cannot prevent numerous characters being shot, which narrows his persons of interest to a manageable number. Much more enjoyable than the modern adaptation.

13. Sea Silence (1989)

Two lead actors portray a partners seeking to heal from the grief of their child's passing by venturing on their vessel for a spin in the sea, where they recover a co-star from a sinking schooner. Costly error! Phillip Noyce's thriller is fundamentally a horror film at on the ocean, but an high-quality one that launched her career.

12. The Maggie Story (1954)

An British man, transporting goods for an US businessman, is tricked into hiring a poor condition "type of boat" in the director's brutal British film in the subversive vein of his own previous work. Naturally, the vessel's UK commander and staff deceive the inexperienced passengers for a trip, in every meaning of the word.

11. Unstoppable Force (1974)

The director provides his suspense story a political dimension tilt in this nerve-shredding story of explosives placed on a luxury liner, the fictional ship. Which wire to cut? David Hemmings play bomb disposal experts; another actor, as the vessel's activities coordinator, delivers a emotional portrayal in sadly funny despair.

10. Ocean Disaster (1972)

This cinematic interpretation of Paul Gallico's literary work is part of the zenith of the 1970s disaster genre. The central vessel is flipped over by a tsunami, and it's the responsibility of Reverend Gene Hackman to direct his group through the inverted ship to rescue. Shelley Winters is remarkable as a retailer's spouse with a useful history of sports participation.

9. All is Lost (2013)

The main star delivers a experienced brilliant acting in solo performance as a individual struggling to survive in the maritime location after his personal boat, the fictional ship, is harmed in a crash with an stray shipping container. 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 does sterling work in one of his ordinary-person-in-extraordinary-circumstances roles, as the commander of an commercial transport seized by African raiders off the Horn of Africa. He's matched by Barkhad Abdi ("I'm the captain now"), providing a outstanding first movie role as the raider leader in the director's tense movie, derived from true stories. When the concluding moment doesn't bring tears, you're emotionally detached.

7. Three-Sided Figure (2009)

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