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20. Ocean Terror (1998)

This filmmaker's sci-fi horror pulp chronicles a group of attention-grabbing ensemble cast playing hired guns hired to destroy the luxury liner the main setting. But a enormous cephalopod has got there first! Among the potential cephalopod fodder are Famke Janssen as a diamond criminal.

19. The 1900 Story (1998)

A infant, left on the transatlantic liner a fictional ship, develops to be a accomplished musician (the main star) who remains aboard the vessel. The peak moment of Giuseppe Tornatore's fantastical tale is Roth fighting a musical showdown with Jelly Roll Morton, arguably inaccurately shown as a overconfident individual.

18. Ocean Planet (1995)

The lead actor portrays a warrior-esque wanderer with webbed feet and a modified sailing vessel in this megabudget futuristic thriller, located in a future where disappearing glaciers have flooded the planet. Everyone is hunting for fabled solid ground while fending off the villain and his group of chain-smoking raiders.

17. The Titanic (1997)

A significant portion of love story development between a wealthy lady (Kate Winslet) and an free-spirited artist (Leonardo DiCaprio) are redeemed by this filmmaker's breathtaking depiction of a famous well-known catastrophes. One must appreciate the boldness of a director who successfully transforms a fatalities of numerous victims into an emotionally uplifting tale of freedom.

16. Boat of Lunatics (1965)

Peasants, artistic entertainers and German ideologists interact on a ocean liner journeying from North America to the Old World in the interwar period. The director's epic includes a legendary actress, in her swan song, as a unhappy separated woman, but it's another actor, as the medical officer, and another cast member, as a political noblewoman, who provide the film with its emotional wallop.

15. Final Journey (1960)

The USS Claridon is ripped apart in an explosion and the lead actor's partner (the co-star) is trapped in their quarters in this intense precursor to disaster movies. Will the hero and a heroic engineer (Woody Strode) save her ahead of the vessel goes down? Interesting note: the Claridon is represented by the renowned French liner Île de France.

14. Nile Killing (1978)

Bette Davis are part of the killing culprits on board a African vessel in this celebrity-filled Agatha Christie murder mystery. The main star, as Hercule Poirot, fails to stop half the cast being stabbed, which whittles down his suspects to a limited selection. Bags more fun than the modern adaptation.

13. Dead Calm (1989)

Two lead actors act as a husband and wife attempting to recover from the grief of their child's passing by sailing their boat for a journey in the sea, where they save Billy Zane from a damaged vessel. Costly error! The director's tense movie is basically a killers-on-the-loose story at on the ocean, but an exceptionally well-made one that launched her career.

12. Maggie's Tale (1954)

An British man, transporting goods for an wealthy entrepreneur, is manipulated into using a dilapidated "type of boat" in the director's dark UK production in the subversive vein of his own earlier film. Naturally, the boat's UK commander and team trick the main characters for a journey, in every meaning of the expression.

11. Juggernaut (1974)

This filmmaker imparts his suspense story a state-of-the-nation tilt in this tension-filled yarn of explosives positioned on a commercial vessel, the SS Britannic. Red wire or blue wire? David Hemmings play bomb disposal experts; a supporting player, as the vessel's activities coordinator, provides a touching study in sadly funny despair.

10. Ocean Disaster (1972)

This film version of Paul Gallico's book is part of the zenith of the seventies catastrophe films. The SS Poseidon is capsized by a tidal wave, and it's the responsibility of the main protagonist to guide his followers through the upturned ship to safety. a supporting player is remarkable as a small business owner's partner with a handy history of athletic swimming.

9. All is Lost (2013)

The main star provides a mature masterclass in single character portrayal as a person battling to survive in the maritime location after his personal boat, the fictional ship, is impaired in a collision with an errant cargo box. It's nerve-wracking enough to view, so one can only imagine how extremely demanding it must have been for the senior performer to film.

8. Vessel Leader (2013)

The main star delivers sterling work in one of his ordinary-person-in-extraordinary-circumstances characters, as the skipper of an commercial transport seized by maritime criminals off the geographical area. He has great chemistry by Barkhad Abdi ("I control this vessel"), delivering a sensational film debut as the criminal boss in the director's tense movie, based on actual incidents. If the concluding moment fails to move you, you're emotionally detached.

7. Three-Sided Figure (2009)

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