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20. Ocean Terror (1998)

Stephen Sommers' science fiction thriller follows a collection of scene-stealing ensemble cast playing mercenaries employed to demolish the luxury liner a fictional ship. However a massive sea creature has beaten them to it! Including the endangered passengers are Kevin J O'Connor as a gem smuggler.

19. The 1900 Story (1998)

A newborn, left on the transatlantic liner a fictional ship, grows up to be a accomplished musician (the main star) who refuses to leave the boat. The highlight of Giuseppe Tornatore's fantastical tale is Roth competing in a musical showdown with a jazz legend, somewhat unjustly portrayed as a arrogant character.

18. Waterworld (1995)

The main star acts as a samurai-like drifter with webbed feet and a enhanced sailing vessel in this megabudget sci-fi B-movie, set in a later era where disappearing glaciers have inundated the world. Everyone is searching for fabled solid ground while fighting off the villain and his band of constantly puffing raiders.

17. Titanic (1997)

Two hours of romantic interludes between a wealthy lady (the actress) and an free-spirited artist (the male lead) are redeemed by this filmmaker's impressive reconstruction of among history's well-known tragedies. One must appreciate the boldness of a director who manages to twist a casualties of numerous victims into an heartening tale of emancipation.

16. Boat of Lunatics (1965)

Working-class people, artistic entertainers and German ideologists interact on a commercial vessel journeying from Latin America to the Continent in the interwar period. Stanley Kramer's epic stars Vivien Leigh, in her last performance, as a unhappy separated woman, but it's a co-star, as the ship's doctor, and a talented performer, as a aristocratic rebel, who deliver the motion picture with its emotional wallop.

15. Final Journey (1960)

The central vessel is torn asunder in an blast and the lead actor's spouse (the actress) is stranded in their room in this compelling proto-disaster pic. Is it possible for Stack and a brave technician (Woody Strode) rescue her ahead of the boat submerges? Interesting note: the main setting is played by the renowned French liner an actual ocean liner.

14. Murder on the Nile (1978)

Angela Lansbury are among the killing culprits on board a African vessel in this ensemble cast mystery writer whodunit. The main star, as the Belgian sleuth, fails to stop several passengers being stabbed, which whittles down his suspects to a manageable number. Much more enjoyable than the modern adaptation.

13. Ocean Stillness (1989)

Two lead actors play a married couple trying to get over the grief of their son's death by sailing their boat for a trip in the ocean, where they recover another actor from a sinking schooner. Big mistake! This filmmaker's thriller is fundamentally a slasher movie at on the ocean, but an exceptionally well-made one that made her famous.

12. The Maggie Story (1954)

An UK citizen, shipping items for an wealthy entrepreneur, is deceived into employing a run-down "Scottish vessel" in this filmmaker's brutal UK production in the rebellious tradition of his own Whisky Galore!. Naturally, the boat's British skipper and staff deceive the inexperienced passengers for a trip, in every meaning of the expression.

11. Unstoppable Force (1974)

Richard Lester provides his suspense story a state-of-the-nation perspective in this tension-filled yarn of explosives positioned on a luxury liner, the main setting. What's the correct choice? Two lead actors portray bomb disposal experts; another actor, as the vessel's activities coordinator, provides a heartbreaking portrayal in humorous tragedy.

10. Poseidon's Journey (1972)

This adaptation of Paul Gallico's literary work is among the high points of the seventies catastrophe films. The fictional ship is capsized by a tidal wave, and it's up to the main protagonist to direct his followers through the flipped ship to safety. the actress is remarkable as a small business owner's partner with a useful experience of athletic swimming.

9. Everything's Gone (2013)

The main star gives a mature brilliant acting in solo performance as a man struggling to stay alive in the maritime location after his yacht, the fictional ship, is damaged in a impact with an errant transport unit. It's nerve-wracking enough to watch, so one can only imagine how extremely demanding it must have been for the 76-year-old star to film.

8. Vessel Leader (2013)

Tom Hanks provides sterling work in one of his regular-guys-under-intolerable-pressure characters, as the commander of an American cargo ship seized by Somali pirates off the Horn of Africa. He's matched by a co-star ("I'm the captain now"), providing a remarkable film debut as the raider leader in the director's tense movie, based on true stories. If the last scene fails to move you, you're not human.

7. Triangle (2009)

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