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20. Deep Rising (1998)

This filmmaker's science fiction thriller details a bunch of attention-grabbing character actors acting as mercenaries hired to demolish the cruise ship Argonautica. Yet a enormous cephalopod has beaten them to it! Featuring the potential cephalopod fodder are Famke Janssen as a gem smuggler.

19. 1900's Tale (1998)

A baby, deserted on the transatlantic liner the central location, develops to be a talented keyboardist (Tim Roth) who remains aboard the ship. The peak moment of the director's imaginative story is the main character battling a keyboard contest with a jazz legend, arguably inaccurately shown as a arrogant character.

18. Aquatic World (1995)

Kevin Costner portrays a fighter-inspired wanderer with mutated appendages and a souped-up watercraft in this megabudget science fiction adventure, set in a later era where melting polar ice-caps have flooded the world. The entire population is hunting for mythical Dryland while fending off the villain and his gang of chain-smoking marauders.

17. RMS Titanic (1997)

A significant portion of love story development between a wealthy lady (the female lead) and an working-class man (the male lead) are redeemed by the director's impressive reconstruction of one the 20th century's most infamous tragedies. One must appreciate the audacity of a film-maker who artfully converts a casualties of over a thousand into an inspiring tale of liberation.

16. Ship of Fools (1965)

Commoners, artistic entertainers and political extremists rub shoulders on a commercial vessel sailing from Latin America to the Continent in 1933. Stanley Kramer's large-scale film features Vivien Leigh, in her swan song, as a melancholy character, but it's another actor, as the vessel's physician, and a talented performer, as a radical countess, who deliver the motion picture with its dramatic punch.

15. The Last Voyage (1960)

The fictional ship is destroyed in an detonation and Robert Stack's partner (Dorothy Malone) is stranded in their quarters in this intense early catastrophe film. Is it possible for the hero and a brave technician (Woody Strode) save her before the boat submerges? Curious detail: the fictional ship is embodied by the legendary French liner an actual ocean liner.

14. Death on the Nile (1978)

Two legendary actresses are part of the killing culprits on board a Egyptian riverboat in this celebrity-filled mystery writer whodunit. The lead actor, as the famous detective, is unable to halt several passengers being killed, which narrows his potential killers to a limited selection. Bags more fun than the modern adaptation.

13. Dead Calm (1989)

Nicole Kidman portray a married couple attempting to recover from the pain of their offspring's demise by sailing their boat for a trip in the sea, where they rescue another actor from a sinking schooner. Costly error! Phillip Noyce's tense movie is fundamentally a killers-on-the-loose story at sea, but an exceptionally well-made one that made her famous.

12. The Maggie (1954)

An UK citizen, shipping goods for an American industrialist, is manipulated into employing a dilapidated "Clyde puffer" in Alexander Mackendrick's harsh Ealing comedy in the subversive tradition of his own earlier film. Naturally, the boat's British skipper and crew deceive the inexperienced passengers for a trip, in all senses of the word.

11. Juggernaut (1974)

Richard Lester imparts his catastrophe film a state-of-the-nation angle in this anxiety-inducing story of bombs planted on a commercial vessel, the SS Britannic. Which wire to cut? Richard Harris act as bomb disposal experts; a supporting player, as the vessel's activities coordinator, provides a touching depiction in sadly funny despair.

10. The Poseidon Adventure (1972)

This cinematic interpretation of this writer's book is part of the zenith of the seventies catastrophe films. The central vessel is flipped over by a tidal wave, and it's the job of the main protagonist to direct his followers through the inverted vessel to rescue. a supporting player is remarkable as a retailer's spouse with a practical history of sports participation.

9. All is Lost (2013)

The lead actor delivers a mature exemplary performance in solo performance as a individual struggling to endure in the maritime location after his sailing vessel, the Virginia Jean, is harmed in a impact with an errant transport unit. It's anxious enough to watch, so heaven knows how physically gruelling it must have been for the elderly actor to film.

8. Captain Phillips (2013)

The main star provides excellent performance in among his everyman-in-crisis performances, as the skipper of an commercial transport hijacked by maritime criminals off the geographical area. He has great chemistry by another actor ("I control this vessel"), providing a outstanding film debut as the raider leader in Paul Greengrass's thriller, inspired by actual incidents. If the last scene fails to move you, you're not human.

7. Triangle (2009)

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