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20. Deep Rising (1998)

Stephen Sommers' science fiction thriller chronicles a collection of attention-grabbing supporting players playing mercenaries contracted to destroy the passenger vessel a fictional ship. Yet a giant mutant octopus has got there first! Including the endangered passengers are Treat Williams as a diamond criminal.

19. The 1900 Story (1998)

A baby, abandoned on the ocean-going ship a fictional ship, grows up to be a talented keyboardist (Tim Roth) who refuses to leave the boat. The climax of the director's imaginative story is the main character fighting a musical showdown with a jazz legend, arguably inaccurately shown as a arrogant character.

18. Waterworld (1995)

Kevin Costner plays a fighter-inspired nomad with aquatic adaptations and a modified watercraft in this high-cost futuristic thriller, set in a later era where vanishing ice sheets have flooded the Earth. The entire population is seeking mythical Dryland while resisting Dennis Hopper and his band of chain-smoking raiders.

17. The Titanic (1997)

A significant portion of love story development between a posh chick (the actress) and an itinerant yobbo (the male lead) are rescued by this filmmaker's breathtaking depiction of one the 20th century's well-known disasters. You have to admire the boldness of a film-maker who manages to twist a death toll of numerous victims into an heartening narrative of liberation.

16. Vessel of Madness (1965)

Peasants, Spanish performers and German ideologists rub shoulders on a commercial vessel traveling from Mexico to the Old World in 1933. The director's sweeping drama stars Vivien Leigh, in her final role, as a sad divorcee, but it's another actor, as the ship's doctor, and another cast member, as a radical countess, who provide the film with its emotional wallop.

15. The Last Voyage (1960)

The fictional ship is destroyed in an detonation and Robert Stack's wife (the actress) is stranded in their cabin in this gripping early catastrophe film. Is it possible for the main character and a courageous worker (the actor) save her ahead of the boat submerges? Interesting note: the Claridon is represented by the legendary historic ship Île de France.

14. Death on the Nile (1978)

Angela Lansbury are including the killing culprits on board a Egyptian riverboat in this all-star mystery writer murder mystery. Peter Ustinov, as the Belgian sleuth, cannot prevent numerous characters being killed, which reduces his persons of interest to a manageable number. Much more enjoyable than the 2022 remake.

13. Ocean Stillness (1989)

Sam Neill portray a husband and wife seeking to heal from the trauma of their offspring's demise by sailing their boat for a spin in the sea, where they recover another actor from a damaged vessel. Poor decision! This filmmaker's suspense film is essentially a horror film at in maritime setting, but an exceptionally well-made one that launched her career.

12. Maggie's Tale (1954)

An UK citizen, moving goods for an American industrialist, is tricked into using a poor condition "Clyde puffer" in Alexander Mackendrick's brutal UK production in the rebellious vein of his own Whisky Galore!. Predictably, the vessel's Scottish captain and team take the two landlubbers for a trip, in all senses of the term.

11. Unstoppable Force (1974)

The director imparts his catastrophe film a state-of-the-nation perspective in this anxiety-inducing story of explosives positioned on a commercial vessel, the SS Britannic. Which wire to cut? Richard Harris play explosive technicians; a supporting player, as the ship's entertainments director, delivers a touching depiction in tragicomic desperation.

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 tidal wave, and it's the job of Reverend Gene Hackman to lead his group through the inverted ship to safety. Shelley Winters is unforgettable as a small business owner's partner with a useful experience of athletic swimming.

9. Total Loss (2013)

The main star provides a experienced exemplary performance in single character portrayal as a man fighting to survive in the specific sea after his sailing vessel, the main setting, is impaired in a crash with an stray transport unit. It's nerve-wracking enough to observe, so one can only imagine how physically gruelling it must have been for the elderly actor to film.

8. Ship Commander (2013)

The main star provides outstanding acting in part of his ordinary-person-in-extraordinary-circumstances roles, as the skipper of an commercial transport commandeered by maritime criminals off the specific location. He has great chemistry by Barkhad Abdi ("Now I'm in charge"), providing a sensational film debut as the criminal boss in Paul Greengrass's tense movie, inspired by real events. Should the final sequence doesn't make you blub, you're emotionally detached.

7. Three-Sided Figure (2009)

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