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20. Ocean Terror (1998)

This filmmaker's sci-fi horror pulp chronicles a bunch of memorable ensemble cast acting as mercenaries employed to demolish the passenger vessel a fictional ship. However a enormous cephalopod has beaten them to it! Featuring the endangered passengers are Kevin J O'Connor as a diamond criminal.

19. The Legend of 1900 (1998)

A infant, abandoned on the passenger vessel a fictional ship, grows up to be a accomplished musician (the main star) who never steps off the ship. The highlight of Giuseppe Tornatore's imaginative story is the protagonist fighting a piano duel with a jazz legend, rather unfairly shown as a overconfident individual.

18. Aquatic World (1995)

Kevin Costner portrays a samurai-like drifter with webbed feet and a souped-up watercraft in this high-cost sci-fi B-movie, located in a distant time where vanishing ice sheets have inundated the world. Everyone is searching for mythical Dryland while fighting off Dennis Hopper and his group of constantly puffing pirates.

17. RMS Titanic (1997)

Two hours of love story development between a wealthy lady (the female lead) and an free-spirited artist (the male lead) are redeemed by James Cameron's impressive reconstruction of one the 20th century's well-known catastrophes. It's impossible not to respect the audacity of a director who artfully converts a death toll of over a thousand into an emotionally uplifting tale of emancipation.

16. Vessel of Madness (1965)

Working-class people, flamenco dancers and German ideologists interact on a ocean liner journeying from Mexico to the Old World in 1933. The director's sweeping drama stars a cinema icon, in her swan song, as a unhappy separated woman, but it's Oskar Werner, as the vessel's physician, and another cast member, as a aristocratic rebel, who deliver the film with its powerful impact.

15. Final Journey (1960)

The fictional ship is torn asunder in an blast and the protagonist's wife (the co-star) is trapped in their quarters in this compelling precursor to disaster movies. Can the main character and a courageous worker (the actor) free her ahead of the vessel goes down? Fun fact: the main setting is represented by the legendary historic ship Île de France.

14. Murder on the Nile (1978)

Bette Davis are part of the homicide possibilities on board a African vessel in this ensemble cast mystery writer detective story. Peter Ustinov, as the famous detective, is unable to halt several passengers being killed, which reduces his persons of interest to a manageable number. Significantly better than the modern adaptation.

13. Dead Calm (1989)

Two lead actors play a partners seeking to heal from the grief of their offspring's demise by sailing their boat for a spin in the sea, where they rescue another actor from a damaged vessel. Big mistake! This filmmaker's thriller is fundamentally a killers-on-the-loose story at sea, but an exceptionally well-made one that put Kidman on the map.

12. Maggie's Tale (1954)

An British man, transporting furniture for an US businessman, is tricked into using a dilapidated "Scottish vessel" in this filmmaker's harsh UK production in the rebellious vein of his own Whisky Galore!. Predictably, the vessel's British skipper and team deceive the inexperienced passengers for a trip, in multiple interpretations of the word.

11. Juggernaut (1974)

Richard Lester gives his suspense story a state-of-the-nation angle in this tension-filled tale of bombs placed on a commercial vessel, the main setting. What's the correct choice? Two lead actors portray explosive technicians; another actor, as the cruise director, serves up a heartbreaking study in humorous tragedy.

10. Poseidon's Journey (1972)

This adaptation of the author's book is one of the peaks of the era of disaster movies. The SS Poseidon is capsized by a tidal wave, and it's the responsibility of Reverend Gene Hackman to direct his followers through the inverted hull to rescue. Shelley Winters is unforgettable as a shopkeeper's wife with a useful experience of athletic swimming.

9. Everything's Gone (2013)

Robert Redford gives a mature exemplary performance in single character portrayal as a individual battling to stay alive in the Indian Ocean after his personal boat, the main setting, is harmed in a impact with an lost shipping container. It's stressful enough to watch, so one can only imagine how extremely demanding it must have been for the elderly actor to record.

8. Vessel Leader (2013)

The lead actor delivers sterling work in among his ordinary-person-in-extraordinary-circumstances performances, as the skipper of an American cargo ship commandeered by maritime criminals off the geographical area. He has great chemistry by another actor ("I control this vessel"), providing a remarkable initial cinematic appearance as the pirate chief in this filmmaker's thriller, inspired by actual incidents. If the concluding moment doesn't make you blub, you have no heart.

7. Triangle (2009)

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