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20. Abyssal Attack (1998)

This filmmaker's sci-fi horror pulp follows a bunch of memorable ensemble cast playing hired guns hired to demolish the luxury liner Argonautica. But a enormous cephalopod has already arrived! Featuring the likely victims are Kevin J O'Connor as a gem smuggler.

19. The Legend of 1900 (1998)

A newborn, deserted on the ocean-going ship the central location, develops to be a talented keyboardist (the lead actor) who remains aboard the boat. The peak moment of this filmmaker's imaginative story is the main character fighting a keyboard contest with a historical figure, somewhat unjustly shown as a arrogant character.

18. Waterworld (1995)

Kevin Costner plays a fighter-inspired drifter with aquatic adaptations and a modified sailing vessel in this megabudget sci-fi B-movie, taking place in a later era where disappearing glaciers have flooded the planet. Everyone is searching for fabled solid ground while resisting the antagonist and his group of constantly puffing raiders.

17. RMS Titanic (1997)

A significant portion of romantic interludes between a posh chick (the actress) and an working-class man (the actor) are redeemed by this filmmaker's breathtaking depiction of a famous most infamous disasters. It's impossible not to respect the chutzpah of a cinematic artist who manages to twist a fatalities of numerous victims into an heartening narrative of emancipation.

16. Vessel of Madness (1965)

Working-class people, flamenco dancers and Nazi eugenicists mingle on a ocean liner sailing from North America to the Old World in the pre-war era. The director's sweeping drama features a cinema icon, in her swan song, as a sad divorcee, but it's Oskar Werner, as the vessel's physician, and another cast member, as a political noblewoman, who supply the film with its dramatic punch.

15. Ultimate Trip (1960)

The fictional ship is torn asunder in an blast and the protagonist's partner (the actress) is trapped in their room in this intense precursor to disaster movies. Can the hero and a heroic engineer (the supporting player) rescue her before the boat submerges? Curious detail: the Claridon is embodied by the famous European vessel Île de France.

14. Nile Killing (1978)

Bette Davis are including the killing culprits on board a Nile paddle steamer in this celebrity-filled mystery writer murder mystery. The lead actor, as Hercule Poirot, is unable to halt several passengers being shot, which narrows his suspects to a limited selection. Much more enjoyable than the recent version.

13. Sea Silence (1989)

Sam Neill play a married couple attempting to recover from the pain of their son's death by taking their yacht for a journey in the Pacific, where they recover another actor from a foundering ship. Big mistake! Phillip Noyce's tense movie is basically a horror film at sea, but an high-quality one that made her famous.

12. The Maggie Story (1954)

An British man, transporting furniture for an wealthy entrepreneur, is deceived into using a dilapidated "type of boat" in Alexander Mackendrick's harsh Ealing comedy in the subversive tradition of his own Whisky Galore!. Of course, the ship's Scottish captain and staff deceive the inexperienced passengers for a ride, in every meaning of the term.

11. Unstoppable Force (1974)

The director imparts his suspense story a state-of-the-nation perspective in this anxiety-inducing tale of bombs positioned on a commercial vessel, the main setting. Which wire to cut? David Hemmings act as bomb disposal experts; another actor, as the ship's entertainments director, serves up a heartbreaking depiction in humorous tragedy.

10. The Poseidon Adventure (1972)

This film version of Paul Gallico's literary work is one of the peaks of the 1970s disaster genre. The SS Poseidon is overturned by a tsunami, and it's up to the lead character to guide his group through the upturned vessel to rescue. Shelley Winters is remarkable as a small business owner's partner with a practical background of competitive swimming.

9. Total Loss (2013)

The lead actor provides a late-career masterclass in single character portrayal as a person fighting to survive in the specific sea after his yacht, the main setting, is impaired in a crash with an stray transport unit. It's stressful enough to watch, so it's difficult to comprehend how exceptionally strenuous it must have been for the senior performer to shoot.

8. Captain Phillips (2013)

Tom Hanks delivers excellent performance in among his everyman-in-crisis roles, as the commander of an commercial transport hijacked by Somali pirates off the specific location. His performance is complemented by another actor ("I control this vessel"), delivering a sensational initial cinematic appearance as the criminal boss in this filmmaker's tense movie, derived from true stories. If the final sequence fails to move you, you're not human.

7. Triangle (2009)

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