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20. Ocean Terror (1998)

Stephen Sommers' science fiction thriller details a bunch of attention-grabbing ensemble cast playing hired guns employed to demolish the cruise ship Argonautica. Yet a giant mutant octopus has already arrived! Including the likely victims are Kevin J O'Connor as a diamond criminal.

19. The Legend of 1900 (1998)

A newborn, abandoned on the passenger vessel a fictional ship, grows up to be a talented keyboardist (the main star) who refuses to leave the vessel. The peak moment of Giuseppe Tornatore's whimsical hokum is Roth competing in a musical showdown with a historical figure, arguably inaccurately depicted as a smug bastard.

18. Ocean Planet (1995)

The lead actor plays a samurai-like wanderer with aquatic adaptations and a enhanced trimaran in this big-budget sci-fi B-movie, taking place in a later era where disappearing glaciers have flooded the planet. The entire population is searching for fabled solid ground while fighting off the villain and his band of chain-smoking marauders.

17. RMS Titanic (1997)

Two hours of tiresome canoodling between a posh chick (the female lead) and an free-spirited artist (the actor) are saved by the director's impressive reconstruction of one the 20th century's notorious disasters. One must appreciate the audacity of a director who manages to twist a fatalities of over a thousand into an emotionally uplifting story of liberation.

16. Vessel of Madness (1965)

Commoners, flamenco dancers and German ideologists mingle on a ocean liner journeying from Mexico to Europe in the pre-war era. Stanley Kramer's sweeping drama features a legendary actress, in her final role, as a unhappy separated woman, but it's a co-star, as the vessel's physician, and Simone Signoret, as a radical countess, who supply the motion picture with its powerful impact.

15. Ultimate Trip (1960)

The fictional ship is destroyed in an explosion and the protagonist's partner (the co-star) is stranded in their cabin in this gripping proto-disaster pic. Can Stack and a brave technician (Woody Strode) free her before the boat submerges? Interesting note: the Claridon is represented by the famous historic ship a real ship.

14. Death on the Nile (1978)

Angela Lansbury are part of the murder suspects on board a Nile paddle steamer in this ensemble cast Agatha Christie whodunit. Peter Ustinov, as Hercule Poirot, fails to stop numerous characters being shot, which narrows his suspects to a manageable number. Bags more fun than the recent version.

13. Ocean Stillness (1989)

Two lead actors portray a partners trying to get over the trauma of their son's death by venturing on their vessel for a trip in the Pacific, where they save Billy Zane from a damaged vessel. Costly error! Phillip Noyce's suspense film is basically a slasher movie at in maritime setting, but an high-quality one that put Kidman on the map.

12. The Maggie (1954)

An British man, transporting items for an wealthy entrepreneur, is tricked into employing a poor condition "Scottish vessel" in this filmmaker's dark Ealing comedy in the subversive tradition of his own previous work. Predictably, the boat's British skipper and crew deceive the inexperienced passengers for a journey, in every meaning of the term.

11. Juggernaut (1974)

Richard Lester imparts his catastrophe film a social commentary perspective in this nerve-shredding tale of detonators placed on a luxury liner, the main setting. Which wire to cut? David Hemmings portray demolition specialists; a supporting player, as the cruise director, delivers a heartbreaking study in sadly funny despair.

10. Poseidon's Journey (1972)

This adaptation of this writer's novel is among the high points of the era of disaster movies. The fictional ship is overturned by a tidal wave, and it's the responsibility of Reverend Gene Hackman to guide his followers through the flipped ship to safety. the actress is remarkable as a small business owner's partner with a practical background of competitive swimming.

9. Everything's Gone (2013)

Robert Redford provides a experienced masterclass in single character portrayal as a individual struggling to survive in the Indian Ocean after his yacht, the Virginia Jean, is damaged in a crash with an lost cargo box. It's anxious enough to observe, so heaven knows how exceptionally strenuous it must have been for the elderly actor to record.

8. Ship Commander (2013)

The lead actor provides excellent performance in one of his ordinary-person-in-extraordinary-circumstances performances, as the commander of an commercial transport seized by African raiders off the specific location. His performance is complemented by a co-star ("I'm the captain now"), delivering a sensational first movie role as the pirate chief in this filmmaker's tense movie, derived from real events. When the final sequence fails to move you, you're not human.

7. Triangle (2009)

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