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20. Abyssal Attack (1998)

Stephen Sommers' futuristic scarefest follows a bunch of memorable supporting players acting as soldiers of fortune hired to sink the cruise ship a fictional ship. Yet a giant mutant octopus has beaten them to it! Among the likely victims are Kevin J O'Connor as a diamond criminal.

19. The 1900 Story (1998)

A infant, abandoned on the transatlantic liner SS Virginian, grows up to be a gifted pianist (the lead actor) who remains aboard the vessel. The peak moment of this filmmaker's imaginative story is the protagonist battling a keyboard contest with Jelly Roll Morton, arguably inaccurately shown as a smug bastard.

18. Aquatic World (1995)

Kevin Costner acts as a samurai-like wanderer with mutated appendages and a enhanced trimaran in this megabudget futuristic thriller, taking place in a distant time where disappearing glaciers have submerged the world. All people is searching for fabled solid ground while fighting off the villain and his band of constantly puffing raiders.

17. The Titanic (1997)

An extended period of tiresome canoodling between a upper-class woman (the female lead) and an working-class man (the actor) are saved by this filmmaker's impressive reconstruction of a famous most infamous disasters. You have to admire the audacity of a director who artfully converts a fatalities of numerous victims into an inspiring story of liberation.

16. Ship of Fools (1965)

Peasants, Spanish performers and political extremists interact on a commercial vessel journeying from Mexico to Europe in 1933. Stanley Kramer's large-scale film features a legendary actress, in her swan song, as a melancholy character, but it's Oskar Werner, as the medical officer, and another cast member, as a radical countess, who deliver the motion picture with its emotional wallop.

15. The Last Voyage (1960)

The fictional ship is torn asunder in an explosion and the lead actor's partner (the co-star) is trapped in their cabin in this intense precursor to disaster movies. Will the hero and a courageous worker (Woody Strode) save her before the vessel goes down? Curious detail: the main setting is represented by the legendary European vessel a real ship.

14. Murder on the Nile (1978)

Bette Davis are part of the homicide possibilities on board a Egyptian riverboat in this all-star Agatha Christie whodunit. The main star, as the famous detective, is unable to halt half the cast being stabbed, which narrows his suspects to a limited selection. Bags more fun than the recent version.

13. Dead Calm (1989)

Sam Neill act as a married couple seeking to heal from the pain of their child's passing by taking their yacht for a trip in the Pacific, where they save Billy Zane from a sinking schooner. Poor decision! Phillip Noyce's thriller is essentially a horror film at on the ocean, but an ultra-classy one that made her famous.

12. The Maggie Story (1954)

An Englishman, transporting furniture for an American industrialist, is deceived into hiring a poor condition "Scottish vessel" in this filmmaker's harsh British film in the rebellious tradition of his own earlier film. Of course, the boat's Scottish captain and team trick the main characters for a trip, in multiple interpretations of the expression.

11. Juggernaut (1974)

The director gives his catastrophe film a political dimension angle in this anxiety-inducing story of detonators planted on a commercial vessel, the SS Britannic. Which wire to cut? Two lead actors portray demolition specialists; another actor, as the vessel's activities coordinator, provides a touching portrayal in sadly funny despair.

10. Poseidon's Journey (1972)

This film version of the author's novel is one of the zenith of the 1970s disaster genre. The fictional ship is flipped over by a ocean surge, and it's the job of the main protagonist to guide his followers through the inverted vessel to security. the actress is unforgettable as a small business owner's partner with a practical history of athletic swimming.

9. Everything's Gone (2013)

Robert Redford gives a experienced masterclass in solo performance as a person fighting to survive in the Indian Ocean after his sailing vessel, the fictional ship, is harmed in a impact with an errant cargo box. It's stressful enough to watch, so one can only imagine how extremely demanding it must have been for the elderly actor to shoot.

8. Ship Commander (2013)

The lead actor provides outstanding acting in one of his regular-guys-under-intolerable-pressure characters, as the skipper of an US merchant vessel hijacked by African raiders off the Horn of Africa. His performance is complemented by a co-star ("I control this vessel"), making a remarkable first movie role as the pirate chief in the director's thriller, derived from actual incidents. When the concluding moment doesn't bring tears, you're emotionally detached.

7. Three-Sided Figure (2009)

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