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20. Abyssal Attack (1998)

The director's science fiction thriller details a group of memorable supporting players portraying soldiers of fortune employed to destroy the cruise ship Argonautica. However a massive sea creature has already arrived! Among the likely victims are Treat Williams as a jewel thief.

19. The 1900 Story (1998)

A infant, abandoned on the passenger vessel the central location, grows up to be a accomplished musician (the main star) who remains aboard the boat. The highlight of Giuseppe Tornatore's imaginative story is the main character fighting a piano duel with a historical figure, arguably inaccurately shown as a arrogant character.

18. Waterworld (1995)

The main star acts as a samurai-like nomad with aquatic adaptations and a modified trimaran in this megabudget science fiction adventure, taking place in a future where vanishing ice sheets have inundated the world. The entire population is seeking fabled solid ground while resisting the antagonist and his gang of chain-smoking marauders.

17. Titanic (1997)

Two hours of romantic interludes between a upper-class woman (the actress) and an free-spirited artist (Leonardo DiCaprio) are rescued by James Cameron's breathtaking depiction of one the 20th century's notorious catastrophes. One must appreciate the chutzpah of a director who artfully converts a death toll of 1,500 into an heartening narrative of emancipation.

16. Boat of Lunatics (1965)

Working-class people, flamenco dancers and Nazi eugenicists mingle on a commercial vessel sailing from North America to the Old World in 1933. The director's sweeping drama features a cinema icon, in her last performance, as a melancholy character, but it's Oskar Werner, as the medical officer, and a talented performer, as a political noblewoman, who supply the movie with its emotional wallop.

15. Ultimate Trip (1960)

The fictional ship is ripped apart in an blast and the lead actor's spouse (the co-star) is stuck in their room in this gripping proto-disaster pic. Is it possible for Stack and a courageous worker (Woody Strode) save her before the vessel goes down? Interesting note: the fictional ship is embodied by the famous historic ship an actual ocean liner.

14. Murder on the Nile (1978)

Two legendary actresses are part of the killing culprits on board a Egyptian riverboat in this all-star crime novelist murder mystery. The main star, as the Belgian sleuth, fails to stop several passengers being killed, which narrows his potential killers to a limited selection. Much more enjoyable than the modern adaptation.

13. Ocean Stillness (1989)

Two lead actors act as a husband and wife seeking to heal from the grief of their son's death by sailing their boat for a trip in the sea, where they save Billy Zane from a damaged vessel. Costly error! This filmmaker's suspense film is fundamentally a slasher movie at sea, but an high-quality one that put Kidman on the map.

12. The Maggie (1954)

An British man, moving items for an American industrialist, is tricked into employing a run-down "type of boat" in this filmmaker's dark UK production in the unconventional vein of his own earlier film. Of course, the vessel's UK commander and crew trick the main characters for a journey, in all senses of the term.

11. Unstoppable Force (1974)

This filmmaker provides his catastrophe film a political dimension tilt in this anxiety-inducing story of detonators placed on a passenger ship, the SS Britannic. What's the correct choice? Richard Harris act as demolition specialists; Roy Kinnear, as the vessel's activities coordinator, delivers a heartbreaking portrayal in sadly funny despair.

10. Poseidon's Journey (1972)

This adaptation of the author's book is among the high points of the era of disaster movies. The central vessel is capsized by a tidal wave, and it's up to the main protagonist to direct his flock through the upturned ship to rescue. a supporting player is remarkable as a retailer's spouse with a practical background of competitive swimming.

9. Everything's Gone (2013)

Robert Redford provides a late-career brilliant acting in one-man show as a man fighting to stay alive in the Indian Ocean after his yacht, the fictional ship, is harmed in a crash with an errant shipping container. It's nerve-wracking enough to view, so it's difficult to comprehend how exceptionally strenuous it must have been for the 76-year-old star to film.

8. Captain Phillips (2013)

The main star does sterling work in part of his everyman-in-crisis roles, as the skipper of an US merchant vessel seized by African raiders off the specific location. His performance is complemented by a co-star ("Now I'm in charge"), providing a outstanding first movie role as the criminal boss in Paul Greengrass's thriller, derived from actual incidents. If the final sequence doesn't make you blub, you're not human.

7. Three-Sided Figure (2009)

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