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20. Ocean Terror (1998)

This filmmaker's sci-fi horror pulp chronicles a group of scene-stealing ensemble cast playing mercenaries hired to demolish the luxury liner the main setting. However a massive sea creature has beaten them to it! Featuring the endangered passengers are Kevin J O'Connor as a gem smuggler.

19. The Legend of 1900 (1998)

A baby, left on the transatlantic liner the central location, grows up to be a talented keyboardist (the lead actor) who never steps off the ship. The highlight of the director's whimsical hokum is the protagonist fighting a piano duel with Jelly Roll Morton, arguably inaccurately shown as a arrogant character.

18. Ocean Planet (1995)

The main star portrays a warrior-esque drifter with mutated appendages and a enhanced sailing vessel in this megabudget sci-fi B-movie, located in a future where melting polar ice-caps have submerged the Earth. The entire population is hunting for legendary terra firma while fighting off the antagonist and his band of continuously smoking marauders.

17. The Titanic (1997)

An extended period of romantic interludes between a wealthy lady (the female lead) and an working-class man (the male lead) are rescued by the director's impressive reconstruction of among history's well-known catastrophes. You have to admire the chutzpah of a film-maker who artfully converts a death toll of 1,500 into an emotionally uplifting story of liberation.

16. Ship of Fools (1965)

Working-class people, artistic entertainers and Nazi eugenicists interact on a commercial vessel journeying from Mexico to the Continent in 1933. This filmmaker's epic includes a legendary actress, in her swan song, as a melancholy character, but it's Oskar Werner, as the vessel's physician, and another cast member, as a radical countess, who deliver the movie with its emotional wallop.

15. Ultimate Trip (1960)

The fictional ship is ripped apart in an detonation and Robert Stack's partner (the co-star) is stuck in their room in this compelling early catastrophe film. Will Stack and a courageous worker (the supporting player) save her before the ship sinks? Curious detail: the Claridon is embodied by the famous European vessel a real ship.

14. Death on the Nile (1978)

Angela Lansbury are part of the murder suspects on board a Egyptian riverboat in this celebrity-filled crime novelist murder mystery. Peter Ustinov, as the famous detective, cannot prevent several passengers being killed, which narrows his suspects to a limited selection. Bags more fun than the recent version.

13. Ocean Stillness (1989)

Two lead actors play a married couple attempting to recover from the pain of their son's death by sailing their boat for a trip in the Pacific, where they rescue another actor from a damaged vessel. Poor decision! The director's suspense film is fundamentally a killers-on-the-loose story at on the ocean, but an high-quality one that launched her career.

12. The Maggie (1954)

An British man, shipping furniture for an wealthy entrepreneur, is manipulated into employing a dilapidated "type of boat" in Alexander Mackendrick's dark UK production in the subversive tradition of his own earlier film. Of course, the boat's British skipper and team trick the main characters for a trip, in multiple interpretations of the expression.

11. Overwhelming Power (1974)

This filmmaker provides his suspense story a social commentary perspective in this anxiety-inducing tale of detonators planted on a passenger ship, the fictional ship. Red wire or blue wire? Richard Harris act as explosive technicians; another actor, as the vessel's activities coordinator, serves up a heartbreaking depiction in humorous tragedy.

10. Poseidon's Journey (1972)

This cinematic interpretation of Paul Gallico's literary work is among the zenith of the era of disaster movies. The SS Poseidon is overturned by a tidal wave, and it's the job of the main protagonist to direct his followers through the upturned vessel to safety. a supporting player is unforgettable as a small business owner's partner with a practical history of competitive swimming.

9. Total Loss (2013)

Robert Redford gives a experienced exemplary performance in one-man show as a person fighting to survive in the specific sea after his personal boat, the fictional ship, is harmed in a crash with an stray cargo box. It's anxious enough to watch, so it's difficult to comprehend how physically gruelling it must have been for the elderly actor to shoot.

8. Vessel Leader (2013)

The main star delivers outstanding acting in one of his regular-guys-under-intolerable-pressure roles, as the captain of an US merchant vessel commandeered by Somali pirates off the geographical area. He has great chemistry by Barkhad Abdi ("I control this vessel"), delivering a outstanding first movie role as the criminal boss in this filmmaker's suspense film, inspired by real events. If the final sequence fails to move you, you're not human.

7. Three-Sided Figure (2009)

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