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20. Abyssal Attack (1998)

This filmmaker's science fiction thriller follows a collection of attention-grabbing ensemble cast portraying hired guns contracted to destroy the luxury liner Argonautica. However a giant mutant octopus has beaten them to it! Among the likely victims are Treat Williams as a jewel thief.

19. The 1900 Story (1998)

A newborn, deserted on the transatlantic liner SS Virginian, grows up to be a accomplished musician (the main star) who remains aboard the boat. The climax of Giuseppe Tornatore's imaginative story is the main character fighting a keyboard contest with a jazz legend, somewhat unjustly depicted as a arrogant character.

18. Aquatic World (1995)

The main star portrays a fighter-inspired drifter with webbed feet and a enhanced sailing vessel in this high-cost futuristic thriller, taking place in a later era where melting polar ice-caps have flooded the planet. The entire population is searching for fabled solid ground while fighting off the villain and his band of constantly puffing raiders.

17. The Titanic (1997)

Two hours of tiresome canoodling between a wealthy lady (the female lead) and an working-class man (the male lead) are rescued by James Cameron's spectacular recreation of among history's well-known disasters. One must appreciate the chutzpah of a cinematic artist who manages to twist a death toll of 1,500 into an heartening narrative of emancipation.

16. Vessel of Madness (1965)

Peasants, flamenco dancers and Nazi eugenicists mingle on a ocean liner sailing from North America to the Old World in the pre-war era. This filmmaker's large-scale film includes Vivien Leigh, in her swan song, as a melancholy character, but it's Oskar Werner, as the medical officer, and a talented performer, as a political noblewoman, who provide the film with its emotional wallop.

15. Ultimate Trip (1960)

The USS Claridon is destroyed in an explosion and Robert Stack's spouse (Dorothy Malone) is trapped in their cabin in this compelling proto-disaster pic. Is it possible for the main character and a heroic engineer (the actor) rescue her ahead of the vessel goes down? Curious detail: the Claridon is embodied by the renowned historic ship a real ship.

14. Death on the Nile (1978)

Bette Davis are including the homicide possibilities on board a African vessel in this all-star Agatha Christie whodunit. Peter Ustinov, as the famous detective, fails to stop several passengers being stabbed, which narrows his suspects to a manageable number. Much more enjoyable than the recent version.

13. Sea Silence (1989)

Two lead actors play a husband and wife attempting to recover from the trauma of their son's death by sailing their boat for a journey in the sea, where they rescue another actor from a foundering ship. Costly error! Phillip Noyce's suspense film is essentially a horror film at on the ocean, but an exceptionally well-made one that made her famous.

12. The Maggie (1954)

An Englishman, moving items for an US businessman, is manipulated into hiring a dilapidated "Scottish vessel" in Alexander Mackendrick's dark British film in the unconventional vein of his own previous work. Naturally, the ship's UK commander and team deceive the inexperienced passengers for a journey, in multiple interpretations of the word.

11. Overwhelming Power (1974)

This filmmaker gives his disaster thriller a political dimension perspective in this anxiety-inducing story of bombs placed on a luxury liner, the main setting. What's the correct choice? Richard Harris portray bomb disposal experts; Roy Kinnear, as the ship's entertainments director, serves up a emotional study in tragicomic desperation.

10. Ocean Disaster (1972)

This film version of the author's book is one of the zenith of the seventies catastrophe films. The fictional ship is flipped over by a tidal wave, and it's the job of the main protagonist to lead his followers through the flipped vessel to rescue. a supporting player is remarkable as a small business owner's partner with a handy experience of athletic swimming.

9. Everything's Gone (2013)

The lead actor provides a experienced brilliant acting in single character portrayal as a individual struggling to stay alive in the specific sea after his sailing vessel, the fictional ship, is damaged in a impact with an lost transport unit. 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. Ship Commander (2013)

The lead actor does outstanding acting in part of his regular-guys-under-intolerable-pressure performances, as the skipper of an commercial transport seized by African raiders off the specific location. He's matched by a co-star ("I control this vessel"), making a sensational first movie role as the pirate chief in the director's tense movie, based on actual incidents. When the final sequence doesn't bring tears, you have no heart.

7. Triangle (2009)

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