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20. Abyssal Attack (1998)

This filmmaker's science fiction thriller details a collection of attention-grabbing ensemble cast playing hired guns contracted to destroy the cruise ship the main setting. But a massive sea creature has got there first! Among the endangered passengers are Treat Williams as a diamond criminal.

19. The 1900 Story (1998)

A baby, abandoned on the ocean-going ship the central location, grows up to be a gifted pianist (the main star) who refuses to leave the ship. The climax of this filmmaker's whimsical hokum is the protagonist fighting a piano duel with a historical figure, somewhat unjustly shown as a arrogant character.

18. Waterworld (1995)

Kevin Costner plays a samurai-like drifter with mutated appendages and a enhanced watercraft in this high-cost science fiction adventure, taking place in a later era where disappearing glaciers have flooded the Earth. All people is searching for mythical Dryland while resisting Dennis Hopper and his group of continuously smoking pirates.

17. The Titanic (1997)

An extended period of romantic interludes between a wealthy lady (the female lead) and an free-spirited artist (Leonardo DiCaprio) are rescued by the director's breathtaking depiction of one the 20th century's well-known tragedies. It's impossible not to respect the chutzpah of a film-maker who successfully transforms a fatalities of 1,500 into an heartening story of liberation.

16. Vessel of Madness (1965)

Commoners, artistic entertainers and Nazi eugenicists interact on a ocean liner sailing from North America to Europe in the interwar period. Stanley Kramer's sweeping drama includes a legendary actress, in her last performance, as a sad divorcee, but it's a co-star, as the ship's doctor, and another cast member, as a radical countess, who supply the motion picture with its powerful impact.

15. Final Journey (1960)

The fictional ship is torn asunder in an explosion and Robert Stack's partner (the co-star) is stuck in their cabin in this intense early catastrophe film. Can the main character and a heroic engineer (the actor) rescue her prior to the vessel goes down? Fun fact: the main setting is represented by the renowned European vessel a real ship.

14. Murder on the Nile (1978)

Bette Davis are part of the homicide possibilities on board a Egyptian riverboat in this all-star mystery writer whodunit. The main star, as the famous detective, is unable to halt half the cast being killed, which reduces his potential killers to a smaller group. Significantly better than the modern adaptation.

13. Sea Silence (1989)

Nicole Kidman play a partners seeking to heal from the pain of their son's death by taking their yacht for a spin in the Pacific, where they save Billy Zane from a damaged vessel. Costly error! The director's suspense film is fundamentally a slasher movie at sea, but an ultra-classy one that launched her career.

12. Maggie's Tale (1954)

An Englishman, transporting furniture for an US businessman, is tricked into hiring a run-down "Scottish vessel" in the director's brutal UK production in the unconventional tradition of his own earlier film. Naturally, the boat's British skipper and crew trick the main characters for a trip, in all senses of the term.

11. Juggernaut (1974)

Richard Lester provides his disaster thriller a political dimension tilt in this anxiety-inducing yarn of explosives planted on a luxury liner, the fictional ship. Red wire or blue wire? David Hemmings portray bomb disposal experts; another actor, as the cruise director, delivers a touching portrayal in tragicomic desperation.

10. The Poseidon Adventure (1972)

This adaptation of this writer's novel is part of the peaks of the seventies catastrophe films. The SS Poseidon is flipped over by a tsunami, and it's the responsibility of the main protagonist to guide his flock through the inverted vessel to security. the actress is unforgettable as a retailer's spouse with a practical experience of competitive swimming.

9. Total Loss (2013)

The main star provides a experienced brilliant acting in one-man show as a person struggling to stay alive in the specific sea after his personal boat, the Virginia Jean, is impaired in a impact with an lost shipping container. It's anxious enough to view, so heaven knows how physically gruelling it must have been for the elderly actor to shoot.

8. Captain Phillips (2013)

Tom Hanks does sterling work in one of his ordinary-person-in-extraordinary-circumstances roles, as the captain of an US merchant vessel seized by African raiders off the specific location. His performance is complemented by a co-star ("I control this vessel"), making a sensational first movie role as the criminal boss in the director's tense movie, based on true stories. When the concluding moment fails to move you, you're emotionally detached.

7. Three-Sided Figure (2009)

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