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20. Ocean Terror (1998)

This filmmaker's science fiction thriller chronicles a collection of attention-grabbing ensemble cast playing soldiers of fortune contracted to demolish the luxury liner the main setting. However a massive sea creature has got there first! Including the potential cephalopod fodder are Treat Williams as a diamond criminal.

19. The 1900 Story (1998)

A newborn, left on the ocean-going ship SS Virginian, develops to be a accomplished musician (Tim Roth) who refuses to leave the boat. The highlight of this filmmaker's imaginative story is Roth fighting a piano duel with Jelly Roll Morton, somewhat unjustly shown as a arrogant character.

18. Waterworld (1995)

Kevin Costner portrays a fighter-inspired nomad with webbed feet and a enhanced sailing vessel in this high-cost futuristic thriller, taking place in a future where disappearing glaciers have flooded the world. All people is hunting for legendary terra firma while fighting off the antagonist and his group of constantly puffing raiders.

17. Titanic (1997)

A significant portion of romantic interludes between a wealthy lady (the actress) and an itinerant yobbo (Leonardo DiCaprio) are redeemed by this filmmaker's breathtaking depiction of a famous most infamous disasters. One must appreciate the boldness of a director who artfully converts a death toll of over a thousand into an emotionally uplifting narrative of freedom.

16. Boat of Lunatics (1965)

Commoners, Spanish performers and Nazi eugenicists rub shoulders on a commercial vessel sailing from North America to the Old World in the interwar period. Stanley Kramer's epic stars a cinema icon, in her final role, as a unhappy separated woman, but it's a co-star, as the medical officer, and a talented performer, as a aristocratic rebel, who provide the motion picture with its powerful impact.

15. Final Journey (1960)

The fictional ship is ripped apart in an explosion and the lead actor's wife (Dorothy Malone) is trapped in their cabin in this compelling precursor to disaster movies. Can Stack and a brave technician (the actor) save her ahead of the vessel goes down? Interesting note: the Claridon is represented by the renowned European vessel a real ship.

14. Murder on the Nile (1978)

Bette Davis are including the murder suspects on board a Egyptian riverboat in this celebrity-filled Agatha Christie whodunit. The lead actor, as the Belgian sleuth, is unable to halt half the cast being killed, which whittles down his potential killers to a smaller group. Bags more fun than the modern adaptation.

13. Dead Calm (1989)

Nicole Kidman play a partners trying to get over the pain of their offspring's demise by taking their yacht for a trip in the ocean, where they rescue a co-star from a foundering ship. Big mistake! The director's suspense film is basically a horror film at in maritime setting, but an high-quality one that put Kidman on the map.

12. The Maggie (1954)

An UK citizen, shipping furniture for an American industrialist, is deceived into hiring a poor condition "type of boat" in Alexander Mackendrick's harsh UK production in the subversive vein of his own earlier film. Naturally, the ship's UK commander and crew trick the main characters for a journey, in all senses of the word.

11. Overwhelming Power (1974)

The director imparts his catastrophe film a state-of-the-nation angle in this anxiety-inducing tale of bombs positioned on a commercial vessel, the fictional ship. What's the correct choice? David Hemmings act as explosive technicians; a supporting player, as the ship's entertainments director, delivers a touching depiction in tragicomic desperation.

10. Ocean Disaster (1972)

This film version of Paul Gallico's novel is one of the high points of the era of disaster movies. The central vessel is overturned by a tsunami, and it's the responsibility of the main protagonist to guide his flock through the upturned hull to safety. a supporting player is memorable as a retailer's spouse with a practical experience of competitive swimming.

9. Everything's Gone (2013)

The main star provides a late-career brilliant acting in one-man show as a individual struggling to stay alive in the maritime location after his personal boat, the Virginia Jean, is damaged in a collision with an errant cargo box. It's stressful enough to watch, so heaven knows how extremely demanding it must have been for the elderly actor to record.

8. Vessel Leader (2013)

The main star delivers outstanding acting in part of his everyman-in-crisis roles, as the captain of an US merchant vessel commandeered by Somali pirates off the Horn of Africa. He has great chemistry by another actor ("Now I'm in charge"), making a sensational film debut as the criminal boss in this filmmaker's tense movie, inspired by real events. When the final sequence fails to move you, you have no heart.

7. Three-Sided Figure (2009)

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