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20. Ocean Terror (1998)

This filmmaker's science fiction thriller chronicles a group of scene-stealing supporting players acting as mercenaries contracted to destroy the passenger vessel a fictional ship. But a giant mutant octopus has got there first! Including the likely victims are Kevin J O'Connor as a diamond criminal.

19. The Legend of 1900 (1998)

A infant, left on the passenger vessel a fictional ship, matures to be a gifted pianist (the lead actor) who remains aboard the vessel. The climax of the director's fantastical tale is the main character fighting a musical showdown with Jelly Roll Morton, arguably inaccurately portrayed as a overconfident individual.

18. Ocean Planet (1995)

The main star portrays a samurai-like drifter with mutated appendages and a souped-up watercraft in this megabudget science fiction adventure, located in a future where disappearing glaciers have flooded the world. The entire population is seeking legendary terra firma while fending off Dennis Hopper and his group of continuously smoking pirates.

17. RMS Titanic (1997)

Two hours of tiresome canoodling between a upper-class woman (Kate Winslet) and an free-spirited artist (the actor) are rescued by James Cameron's impressive reconstruction of a famous well-known catastrophes. It's impossible not to respect the audacity of a cinematic artist who artfully converts a death toll of numerous victims into an heartening story of liberation.

16. Vessel of Madness (1965)

Working-class people, artistic entertainers and German ideologists mingle on a passenger ship sailing from Latin America to the Continent in 1933. This filmmaker's sweeping drama features Vivien Leigh, in her swan song, as a sad divorcee, but it's Oskar Werner, as the medical officer, and Simone Signoret, as a aristocratic rebel, who supply the movie with its powerful impact.

15. Final Journey (1960)

The fictional ship is destroyed in an detonation and Robert Stack's spouse (the co-star) is trapped in their cabin in this intense early catastrophe film. Is it possible for the hero and a courageous worker (the supporting player) free her ahead of the vessel goes down? Fun fact: the Claridon is played by the famous French liner an actual ocean liner.

14. Murder on the Nile (1978)

Two legendary actresses are including the murder suspects on board a Egyptian riverboat in this all-star crime novelist murder mystery. The main star, as the famous detective, fails to stop half the cast being killed, which whittles down his suspects to a manageable number. Significantly better than the recent version.

13. Ocean Stillness (1989)

Two lead actors portray a husband and wife attempting to recover from the pain of their offspring's demise by venturing on their vessel for a trip in the ocean, where they rescue Billy Zane from a foundering ship. Costly error! This filmmaker's thriller is fundamentally a killers-on-the-loose story at sea, but an ultra-classy one that launched her career.

12. The Maggie (1954)

An Englishman, moving items for an wealthy entrepreneur, is deceived into hiring a poor condition "Scottish vessel" in the director's dark British film in the unconventional tradition of his own Whisky Galore!. Of course, the ship's Scottish captain and staff trick the main characters for a ride, in every meaning of the expression.

11. Unstoppable Force (1974)

Richard Lester provides his catastrophe film a state-of-the-nation tilt in this nerve-shredding tale of explosives positioned on a passenger ship, the main setting. What's the correct choice? David Hemmings act as demolition specialists; Roy Kinnear, as the cruise director, delivers a touching portrayal in tragicomic desperation.

10. The Poseidon Adventure (1972)

This cinematic interpretation of the author's literary work is among the zenith of the seventies catastrophe films. The fictional ship is overturned by a tsunami, and it's up to the lead character to direct his group through the inverted ship to security. the actress is memorable as a retailer's spouse with a practical experience of sports participation.

9. All is Lost (2013)

The lead actor gives a late-career exemplary performance in one-man show as a individual struggling to stay alive in the Indian Ocean after his yacht, the fictional ship, is impaired in a crash with an errant cargo box. It's nerve-wracking enough to view, so one can only imagine how exceptionally strenuous it must have been for the 76-year-old star to record.

8. Captain Phillips (2013)

Tom Hanks provides sterling work in one of his regular-guys-under-intolerable-pressure roles, as the skipper of an American cargo ship hijacked by Somali pirates off the Horn of Africa. He's matched by another actor ("I control this vessel"), providing a outstanding film debut as the raider leader in this filmmaker's tense movie, based on actual incidents. If the concluding moment doesn't bring tears, you're emotionally detached.

7. Geometric Shape (2009)

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