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20. Deep Rising (1998)

This filmmaker's futuristic scarefest chronicles a group of scene-stealing ensemble cast acting as hired guns contracted to demolish the cruise ship Argonautica. But a enormous cephalopod has got there first! Featuring the endangered passengers are Famke Janssen as a jewel thief.

19. The Legend of 1900 (1998)

A baby, abandoned on the ocean-going ship a fictional ship, grows up to be a talented keyboardist (Tim Roth) who remains aboard the ship. The highlight of this filmmaker's imaginative story is the protagonist competing in a keyboard contest with a jazz legend, somewhat unjustly shown as a smug bastard.

18. Waterworld (1995)

The main star plays a samurai-like nomad with aquatic adaptations and a souped-up sailing vessel in this megabudget futuristic thriller, located in a future where disappearing glaciers have flooded the Earth. The entire population is seeking fabled solid ground while resisting the villain and his band of constantly puffing pirates.

17. RMS Titanic (1997)

An extended period of love story development between a wealthy lady (the actress) and an free-spirited artist (the actor) are redeemed by this filmmaker's impressive reconstruction of one the 20th century's notorious disasters. You have to admire the chutzpah of a film-maker who artfully converts a casualties of over a thousand into an emotionally uplifting tale of liberation.

16. Vessel of Madness (1965)

Peasants, artistic entertainers and German ideologists rub shoulders on a passenger ship traveling from Mexico to the Continent in 1933. The director's epic stars a legendary actress, in her swan song, as a melancholy character, but it's Oskar Werner, as the ship's doctor, and another cast member, as a radical countess, who provide the motion picture with its emotional wallop.

15. Final Journey (1960)

The fictional ship is destroyed in an explosion and Robert Stack's wife (the co-star) is stranded in their quarters in this compelling proto-disaster pic. Will Stack and a brave technician (Woody Strode) free her ahead of the vessel goes down? Curious detail: the main setting is embodied by the renowned French liner a real ship.

14. Murder on the Nile (1978)

Bette Davis are part of the murder suspects on board a Nile paddle steamer in this celebrity-filled Agatha Christie murder mystery. Peter Ustinov, as the famous detective, is unable to halt several passengers being stabbed, which narrows his persons of interest to a limited selection. Much more enjoyable than the recent version.

13. Sea Silence (1989)

Two lead actors act as a partners seeking to heal from the pain of their son's death by taking their yacht for a trip in the ocean, where they rescue another actor from a damaged vessel. Poor decision! Phillip Noyce's suspense film is basically a killers-on-the-loose story at in maritime setting, but an exceptionally well-made one that launched her career.

12. The Maggie (1954)

An Englishman, transporting furniture for an US businessman, is tricked into using a dilapidated "Clyde puffer" in this filmmaker's harsh Ealing comedy in the subversive style of his own earlier film. Of course, the boat's Scottish captain and team take the two landlubbers for a journey, in every meaning of the expression.

11. Unstoppable Force (1974)

This filmmaker gives his disaster thriller a political dimension perspective in this anxiety-inducing tale of detonators planted on a luxury liner, the SS Britannic. Which wire to cut? Two lead actors play demolition specialists; Roy Kinnear, as the cruise director, serves up a emotional study in sadly funny despair.

10. Poseidon's Journey (1972)

This film version of the author's novel is among the peaks of the era of disaster movies. The fictional ship is overturned by a tidal wave, and it's up to the lead character to lead his flock through the flipped vessel to security. the actress is memorable as a shopkeeper's wife with a practical background of athletic swimming.

9. All is Lost (2013)

Robert Redford gives a experienced masterclass in single character portrayal as a man fighting to survive in the maritime location after his personal boat, the Virginia Jean, is impaired in a impact with an lost transport unit. It's anxious enough to observe, so it's difficult to comprehend how extremely demanding it must have been for the senior performer to record.

8. Ship Commander (2013)

Tom Hanks does sterling work in among his ordinary-person-in-extraordinary-circumstances characters, as the commander of an commercial transport commandeered by African raiders off the Horn of Africa. He's matched by Barkhad Abdi ("I'm the captain now"), providing a sensational initial cinematic appearance as the pirate chief in this filmmaker's suspense film, derived from true stories. If the concluding moment fails to move you, you have no heart.

7. Geometric Shape (2009)

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