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20. Ocean Terror (1998)

This filmmaker's science fiction thriller details a bunch of scene-stealing character actors portraying mercenaries contracted to demolish the luxury liner a fictional ship. But a enormous cephalopod has beaten them to it! Among the likely victims are Treat Williams as a gem smuggler.

19. 1900's Tale (1998)

A newborn, abandoned on the ocean-going ship the central location, develops to be a talented keyboardist (the lead actor) who refuses to leave the boat. The highlight of Giuseppe Tornatore's whimsical hokum is the protagonist fighting a piano duel with a jazz legend, somewhat unjustly shown as a overconfident individual.

18. Waterworld (1995)

The main star acts as a samurai-like nomad with mutated appendages and a enhanced watercraft in this megabudget sci-fi B-movie, set in a later era where melting polar ice-caps have submerged the world. The entire population is seeking legendary terra firma while resisting Dennis Hopper and his band of continuously smoking raiders.

17. The Titanic (1997)

A significant portion of tiresome canoodling between a wealthy lady (the female lead) and an working-class man (Leonardo DiCaprio) are saved by this filmmaker's breathtaking depiction of a famous most infamous tragedies. You have to admire the chutzpah of a director who artfully converts a casualties of numerous victims into an emotionally uplifting narrative of freedom.

16. Boat of Lunatics (1965)

Working-class people, Spanish performers and political extremists interact on a ocean liner traveling from North America to the Old World in 1933. This filmmaker's epic includes a cinema icon, in her final role, as a sad divorcee, but it's a co-star, as the ship's doctor, and a talented performer, as a aristocratic rebel, who deliver the film with its dramatic punch.

15. Ultimate Trip (1960)

The central vessel is ripped apart in an blast and the lead actor's wife (the co-star) is trapped in their quarters in this intense early catastrophe film. Will the main character and a brave technician (the supporting player) rescue her ahead of the vessel goes down? Fun fact: the main setting is played by the famous French liner Île de France.

14. Death on the Nile (1978)

Angela Lansbury are among the homicide possibilities on board a Egyptian riverboat in this all-star Agatha Christie detective story. Peter Ustinov, as the famous detective, fails to stop several passengers being killed, which narrows his persons of interest to a manageable number. Significantly better than the modern adaptation.

13. Dead Calm (1989)

Two lead actors act as a husband and wife trying to get over the pain of their son's death by venturing on their vessel for a journey in the sea, where they recover a co-star from a foundering ship. Costly error! The director's suspense film is basically a horror film at on the ocean, but an ultra-classy one that launched her career.

12. The Maggie (1954)

An UK citizen, transporting furniture for an wealthy entrepreneur, is manipulated into hiring a poor condition "Clyde puffer" in the director's dark UK production in the subversive tradition of his own earlier film. Naturally, the ship's Scottish captain and staff trick the main characters for a journey, in multiple interpretations of the word.

11. Overwhelming Power (1974)

The director provides his disaster thriller a political dimension tilt in this anxiety-inducing yarn of explosives positioned on a commercial vessel, the fictional ship. Red wire or blue wire? Richard Harris portray demolition specialists; Roy Kinnear, as the ship's entertainments director, provides a touching depiction in humorous tragedy.

10. Ocean Disaster (1972)

This film version of the author's book is among the peaks of the era of disaster movies. The central vessel is flipped over by a tsunami, and it's the responsibility of Reverend Gene Hackman to guide his flock through the flipped hull to security. the actress is unforgettable as a shopkeeper's wife with a practical experience of sports participation.

9. All is Lost (2013)

The lead actor gives a mature brilliant acting in solo performance as a individual struggling to endure in the Indian Ocean after his personal boat, the main setting, is damaged in a impact with an stray transport unit. It's stressful enough to observe, so one can only imagine how extremely demanding it must have been for the elderly actor to film.

8. Captain Phillips (2013)

The main star provides sterling work in among his everyman-in-crisis characters, as the captain of an US merchant vessel seized by African raiders off the specific location. He has great chemistry by another actor ("Now I'm in charge"), making a sensational initial cinematic appearance as the raider leader in Paul Greengrass's tense movie, inspired by real events. When the final sequence doesn't bring tears, you're emotionally detached.

7. Geometric Shape (2009)

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