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20. Ocean Terror (1998)

Stephen Sommers' futuristic scarefest follows a bunch of scene-stealing ensemble cast portraying hired guns employed to demolish the cruise ship a fictional ship. Yet a enormous cephalopod has beaten them to it! Including the endangered passengers are Kevin J O'Connor as a gem smuggler.

19. The Legend of 1900 (1998)

A baby, abandoned on the passenger vessel the central location, matures to be a talented keyboardist (Tim Roth) who refuses to leave the vessel. The highlight of the director's imaginative story is the main character competing in a musical showdown with Jelly Roll Morton, somewhat unjustly portrayed as a overconfident individual.

18. Ocean Planet (1995)

Kevin Costner acts as a warrior-esque drifter with mutated appendages and a modified watercraft in this high-cost science fiction adventure, set in a future where disappearing glaciers have submerged the planet. All people is seeking mythical Dryland while fending off the villain and his group of constantly puffing marauders.

17. RMS Titanic (1997)

An extended period of romantic interludes between a posh chick (the actress) and an working-class man (Leonardo DiCaprio) are rescued by James Cameron's spectacular recreation of among history's most infamous tragedies. It's impossible not to respect the boldness of a film-maker who successfully transforms a death toll of over a thousand into an emotionally uplifting narrative of liberation.

16. Vessel of Madness (1965)

Working-class people, artistic entertainers and political extremists mingle on a ocean liner traveling from North America to Europe in the interwar period. Stanley Kramer's epic features a cinema icon, in her swan song, as a melancholy character, but it's Oskar Werner, as the medical officer, and a talented performer, as a radical countess, who supply the film with its emotional wallop.

15. Final Journey (1960)

The USS Claridon is ripped apart in an blast and the protagonist's spouse (Dorothy Malone) is stranded in their room in this compelling proto-disaster pic. Is it possible for the main character and a courageous worker (the actor) save her before the boat submerges? Interesting note: the main setting is represented by the renowned historic ship a real ship.

14. Murder on the Nile (1978)

Angela Lansbury are including the killing culprits on board a African vessel in this celebrity-filled Agatha Christie murder mystery. The main star, as Hercule Poirot, is unable to halt several passengers being killed, which narrows his persons of interest to a limited selection. Significantly better than the 2022 remake.

13. Ocean Stillness (1989)

Sam Neill play a partners trying to get over the grief of their offspring's demise by taking their yacht for a journey in the ocean, where they recover another actor from a sinking schooner. Poor decision! The director's tense movie is fundamentally a slasher movie at in maritime setting, but an ultra-classy one that made her famous.

12. The Maggie (1954)

An UK citizen, transporting items for an wealthy entrepreneur, is manipulated into hiring a run-down "Clyde puffer" in Alexander Mackendrick's brutal Ealing comedy in the unconventional tradition of his own previous work. Of course, the boat's British skipper and crew take the two landlubbers for a trip, in multiple interpretations of the term.

11. Unstoppable Force (1974)

The director provides his suspense story a political dimension tilt in this nerve-shredding yarn of explosives planted on a luxury liner, the main setting. What's the correct choice? David Hemmings play bomb disposal experts; a supporting player, as the ship's entertainments director, provides a touching study in sadly funny despair.

10. The Poseidon Adventure (1972)

This adaptation of Paul Gallico's novel is one of the zenith of the 1970s disaster genre. The central vessel is overturned by a tsunami, and it's up to the main protagonist to lead his group through the flipped hull to security. the actress is unforgettable as a small business owner's partner with a useful background of competitive swimming.

9. All is Lost (2013)

Robert Redford gives a late-career masterclass in single character portrayal as a individual fighting to survive in the maritime location after his yacht, the fictional ship, is damaged in a impact with an stray transport unit. It's anxious enough to watch, so it's difficult to comprehend how extremely demanding it must have been for the elderly actor to record.

8. Captain Phillips (2013)

The main star delivers outstanding acting in one of his everyman-in-crisis characters, as the commander of an US merchant vessel seized by African raiders off the geographical area. He's matched by a co-star ("Now I'm in charge"), making a sensational film debut as the pirate chief in the director's thriller, based on actual incidents. Should the last scene fails to move you, you're not human.

7. Geometric Shape (2009)

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