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20. Abyssal Attack (1998)

The director's science fiction thriller details a collection of scene-stealing ensemble cast playing soldiers of fortune hired to demolish the luxury liner a fictional ship. But a enormous cephalopod has got there first! Among the likely victims are Famke Janssen as a gem smuggler.

19. The Legend of 1900 (1998)

A infant, left on the transatlantic liner SS Virginian, grows up to be a accomplished musician (Tim Roth) who never steps off the boat. The climax of this filmmaker's fantastical tale is the main character fighting a musical showdown with a jazz legend, arguably inaccurately portrayed as a arrogant character.

18. Ocean Planet (1995)

Kevin Costner portrays a warrior-esque drifter with aquatic adaptations and a souped-up sailing vessel in this high-cost futuristic thriller, taking place in a later era where vanishing ice sheets have inundated the planet. All people is hunting for fabled solid ground while fighting off the villain and his gang of continuously smoking marauders.

17. The Titanic (1997)

Two hours of tiresome canoodling between a upper-class woman (the actress) and an itinerant yobbo (the male lead) are redeemed by James Cameron's impressive reconstruction of among history's notorious disasters. One must appreciate the audacity of a cinematic artist who successfully transforms a fatalities of 1,500 into an emotionally uplifting narrative of freedom.

16. Vessel of Madness (1965)

Working-class people, Spanish performers and political extremists interact on a commercial vessel journeying from Mexico to the Continent in the interwar period. Stanley Kramer's epic includes a cinema icon, in her swan song, as a sad divorcee, but it's a co-star, as the vessel's physician, and Simone Signoret, as a radical countess, who supply the film with its emotional wallop.

15. The Last Voyage (1960)

The central vessel is destroyed in an detonation and Robert Stack's wife (Dorothy Malone) is stuck in their cabin in this intense proto-disaster pic. Is it possible for the main character and a courageous worker (Woody Strode) rescue her ahead of the boat submerges? Curious detail: the fictional ship is played by the famous European vessel an actual ocean liner.

14. Nile Killing (1978)

Two legendary actresses are part of the killing culprits on board a Nile paddle steamer in this celebrity-filled mystery writer whodunit. Peter Ustinov, as Hercule Poirot, cannot prevent numerous characters being killed, which narrows his persons of interest to a limited selection. Bags more fun than the modern adaptation.

13. Dead Calm (1989)

Nicole Kidman 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 ocean, where they recover a co-star from a foundering ship. Poor decision! The director's suspense film is basically a slasher movie at in maritime setting, but an exceptionally well-made one that launched her career.

12. Maggie's Tale (1954)

An Englishman, shipping goods for an US businessman, is tricked into employing a poor condition "Scottish vessel" in Alexander Mackendrick's harsh UK production in the rebellious style of his own Whisky Galore!. Predictably, the ship's UK commander and crew take the two landlubbers for a journey, in all senses of the expression.

11. Overwhelming Power (1974)

Richard Lester gives his suspense story a political dimension angle in this nerve-shredding story of detonators positioned on a passenger ship, the fictional ship. Which wire to cut? Two lead actors play bomb disposal experts; another actor, as the cruise director, provides a touching depiction in sadly funny despair.

10. The Poseidon Adventure (1972)

This cinematic interpretation of Paul Gallico's book is part of the high points of the 1970s disaster genre. The SS Poseidon is capsized by a tidal wave, and it's up to the lead character to lead his flock through the inverted vessel to safety. the actress is remarkable as a small business owner's partner with a useful history of athletic swimming.

9. Total Loss (2013)

Robert Redford delivers a mature brilliant acting in solo performance as a man battling to stay alive in the maritime location after his sailing vessel, the Virginia Jean, is damaged in a collision with an stray transport unit. It's stressful enough to watch, so heaven knows how exceptionally strenuous it must have been for the elderly actor to shoot.

8. Vessel Leader (2013)

Tom Hanks provides excellent performance in among his regular-guys-under-intolerable-pressure roles, as the captain of an commercial transport hijacked by maritime criminals off the specific location. His performance is complemented by another actor ("I'm the captain now"), making a sensational initial cinematic appearance as the criminal boss in the director's thriller, inspired by real events. If the final sequence doesn't bring tears, you're not human.

7. Triangle (2009)

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