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20. Deep Rising (1998)

Stephen Sommers' futuristic scarefest follows a group of scene-stealing character actors playing mercenaries hired to demolish the luxury liner a fictional ship. But a massive sea creature has got there first! Including the potential cephalopod fodder are Kevin J O'Connor as a gem smuggler.

19. The Legend of 1900 (1998)

A infant, deserted on the passenger vessel the central location, develops to be a accomplished musician (the main star) who remains aboard the ship. The highlight of Giuseppe Tornatore's imaginative story is Roth battling a piano duel with a historical figure, rather unfairly depicted as a overconfident individual.

18. Aquatic World (1995)

The lead actor portrays a warrior-esque wanderer with aquatic adaptations and a enhanced watercraft in this megabudget science fiction adventure, set in a later era where vanishing ice sheets have submerged the planet. The entire population is hunting for mythical Dryland while resisting the villain and his band of continuously smoking marauders.

17. Titanic (1997)

An extended period of tiresome canoodling between a wealthy lady (the actress) and an working-class man (Leonardo DiCaprio) are rescued by James Cameron's spectacular recreation of among history's well-known disasters. It's impossible not to respect the boldness of a film-maker who artfully converts a death toll of numerous victims into an emotionally uplifting story of emancipation.

16. Boat of Lunatics (1965)

Working-class people, flamenco dancers and German ideologists mingle on a passenger ship journeying from Mexico to Europe in the pre-war era. The director's epic includes a legendary actress, in her swan song, as a sad divorcee, but it's another actor, as the ship's doctor, and another cast member, as a aristocratic rebel, who supply the film with its emotional wallop.

15. Ultimate Trip (1960)

The central vessel is destroyed in an detonation and Robert Stack's wife (Dorothy Malone) is trapped in their cabin in this compelling early catastrophe film. Can the main character and a brave technician (the supporting player) free her prior to the boat submerges? Curious detail: the Claridon is represented by the renowned French liner a real ship.

14. Murder on the Nile (1978)

Two legendary actresses are among the homicide possibilities on board a African vessel in this all-star Agatha Christie detective story. Peter Ustinov, as the Belgian sleuth, fails to stop several passengers being stabbed, which narrows his persons of interest to a smaller group. Much more enjoyable than the modern adaptation.

13. Ocean Stillness (1989)

Sam Neill portray a husband and wife seeking to heal from the pain of their child's passing by venturing on their vessel for a trip in the Pacific, where they save a co-star from a sinking schooner. Big mistake! The director's thriller is fundamentally a horror film at sea, but an high-quality one that launched her career.

12. Maggie's Tale (1954)

An Englishman, shipping items for an American industrialist, is manipulated into using a poor condition "Scottish vessel" in the director's brutal UK production in the rebellious vein of his own previous work. Predictably, the boat's UK commander and team trick the main characters for a ride, in multiple interpretations of the term.

11. Overwhelming Power (1974)

The director gives his disaster thriller a state-of-the-nation perspective in this anxiety-inducing yarn of detonators placed on a passenger ship, the main setting. What's the correct choice? Two lead actors play demolition specialists; another actor, as the vessel's activities coordinator, delivers a heartbreaking depiction in humorous tragedy.

10. Ocean Disaster (1972)

This cinematic interpretation of Paul Gallico's novel is one of the high points of the seventies catastrophe films. The SS Poseidon is flipped over by a tidal wave, and it's the responsibility of Reverend Gene Hackman to guide his group through the inverted ship to rescue. a supporting player is remarkable as a shopkeeper's wife with a practical experience of competitive swimming.

9. Everything's Gone (2013)

The lead actor delivers a mature brilliant acting in one-man show as a man fighting to endure in the maritime location after his sailing vessel, the fictional ship, is harmed in a impact with an stray cargo box. It's nerve-wracking enough to observe, so one can only imagine how exceptionally strenuous it must have been for the senior performer to film.

8. Captain Phillips (2013)

The main star does outstanding acting in among his regular-guys-under-intolerable-pressure performances, as the skipper of an US merchant vessel commandeered by maritime criminals off the geographical area. He has great chemistry by another actor ("I'm the captain now"), providing a outstanding initial cinematic appearance as the raider leader in Paul Greengrass's suspense film, inspired by true stories. When the final sequence doesn't bring tears, you're not human.

7. Geometric Shape (2009)

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