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20. Deep Rising (1998)

The director's futuristic scarefest chronicles a bunch of memorable character actors portraying soldiers of fortune contracted to demolish the luxury liner the main setting. Yet a giant mutant octopus has already arrived! Including the potential cephalopod fodder are Treat Williams as a diamond criminal.

19. The 1900 Story (1998)

A baby, deserted on the ocean-going ship a fictional ship, develops to be a gifted pianist (the lead actor) who refuses to leave the ship. The highlight of this filmmaker's whimsical hokum is the main character fighting a keyboard contest with a historical figure, arguably inaccurately depicted as a smug bastard.

18. Waterworld (1995)

The main star acts as a fighter-inspired wanderer with mutated appendages and a modified trimaran in this big-budget futuristic thriller, set in a later era where disappearing glaciers have submerged the planet. The entire population is hunting for fabled solid ground while fighting off the villain and his gang of continuously smoking raiders.

17. RMS Titanic (1997)

An extended period of romantic interludes between a wealthy lady (the actress) and an working-class man (the male lead) are saved by this filmmaker's spectacular recreation of a famous notorious catastrophes. It's impossible not to respect the chutzpah of a cinematic artist who successfully transforms a casualties of over a thousand into an heartening story of emancipation.

16. Ship of Fools (1965)

Peasants, flamenco dancers and political extremists rub shoulders on a ocean liner journeying from North America to the Continent in the pre-war era. This filmmaker's large-scale film features a legendary actress, in her final role, as a melancholy character, but it's another actor, as the medical officer, and a talented performer, as a aristocratic rebel, who supply the film with its emotional wallop.

15. Final Journey (1960)

The USS Claridon is torn asunder in an blast and the protagonist's wife (Dorothy Malone) is stuck in their room in this intense early catastrophe film. Is it possible for Stack and a heroic engineer (the actor) rescue her prior to the vessel goes down? Fun fact: the main setting is embodied by the famous European vessel a real ship.

14. Death on the Nile (1978)

Two legendary actresses are among the killing culprits on board a African vessel in this ensemble cast Agatha Christie whodunit. The main star, as Hercule Poirot, cannot prevent several passengers being stabbed, which narrows his suspects to a manageable number. Significantly better than the modern adaptation.

13. Sea Silence (1989)

Two lead actors act as a married couple attempting to recover from the trauma of their child's passing by sailing their boat for a trip in the sea, where they recover another actor from a damaged vessel. Poor decision! The director's thriller is basically a killers-on-the-loose story at in maritime setting, but an exceptionally well-made one that made her famous.

12. Maggie's Tale (1954)

An UK citizen, transporting items for an American industrialist, is deceived into hiring a poor condition "type of boat" in Alexander Mackendrick's brutal UK production in the rebellious vein of his own earlier film. Of course, the ship's Scottish captain and team take the two landlubbers for a trip, in all senses of the term.

11. Overwhelming Power (1974)

Richard Lester provides his suspense story a social commentary tilt in this nerve-shredding tale of detonators positioned on a passenger ship, the SS Britannic. What's the correct choice? Two lead actors portray bomb disposal experts; another actor, as the cruise director, provides a touching portrayal in sadly funny despair.

10. Poseidon's Journey (1972)

This film version of Paul Gallico's novel is one of the peaks of the 1970s disaster genre. The central vessel is capsized by a ocean surge, and it's the responsibility of Reverend Gene Hackman to guide his flock through the flipped ship to security. the actress is remarkable as a retailer's spouse with a useful background of competitive swimming.

9. All is Lost (2013)

The lead actor gives a late-career brilliant acting in solo performance as a person battling to endure in the specific sea after his yacht, the main setting, is harmed in a impact with an lost cargo box. It's anxious enough to view, so heaven knows how physically gruelling it must have been for the 76-year-old star to record.

8. Ship Commander (2013)

Tom Hanks does sterling work in part of his everyman-in-crisis roles, as the commander of an commercial transport hijacked by African raiders off the Horn of Africa. He's matched by a co-star ("Now I'm in charge"), providing a remarkable first movie role as the raider leader in Paul Greengrass's thriller, derived from true stories. When the final sequence fails to move you, you have no heart.

7. Geometric Shape (2009)

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