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20. Deep Rising (1998)

The director's science fiction thriller chronicles a bunch of scene-stealing character actors acting as hired guns contracted to destroy the passenger vessel a fictional ship. Yet a massive sea creature has beaten them to it! Including the likely victims are Kevin J O'Connor as a gem smuggler.

19. The 1900 Story (1998)

A baby, left on the ocean-going ship SS Virginian, develops to be a talented keyboardist (the lead actor) who never steps off the vessel. The climax of the director's whimsical hokum is Roth fighting a piano duel with a historical figure, somewhat unjustly depicted as a smug bastard.

18. Aquatic World (1995)

The lead actor acts as a fighter-inspired drifter with aquatic adaptations and a souped-up trimaran in this megabudget sci-fi B-movie, taking place in a distant time where melting polar ice-caps have submerged the planet. All people is searching for fabled solid ground while fighting off the villain and his group of constantly puffing pirates.

17. Titanic (1997)

A significant portion of love story development between a posh chick (the actress) and an working-class man (the actor) are saved by the director's impressive reconstruction of among history's most infamous disasters. You have to admire the audacity of a director who manages to twist a fatalities of over a thousand into an emotionally uplifting story of freedom.

16. Boat of Lunatics (1965)

Peasants, flamenco dancers and Nazi eugenicists interact on a commercial vessel traveling from Mexico to Europe in 1933. Stanley Kramer's large-scale film stars Vivien Leigh, in her final role, as a melancholy character, but it's another actor, as the medical officer, and Simone Signoret, as a political noblewoman, who deliver the movie with its dramatic punch.

15. Ultimate Trip (1960)

The USS Claridon is destroyed in an detonation and Robert Stack's partner (the co-star) is trapped in their quarters in this intense proto-disaster pic. Will Stack and a brave technician (Woody Strode) free her before the boat submerges? Curious detail: the fictional ship is played by the legendary French liner a real ship.

14. Death on the Nile (1978)

Angela Lansbury are including the homicide possibilities on board a African vessel in this all-star Agatha Christie whodunit. The main star, as the famous detective, fails to stop numerous characters being stabbed, which reduces his persons of interest to a manageable number. Much more enjoyable than the recent version.

13. Sea Silence (1989)

Two lead actors portray a partners attempting to recover from the trauma of their offspring's demise by venturing on their vessel for a trip in the Pacific, where they save another actor from a damaged vessel. Poor decision! This filmmaker's suspense film is fundamentally a slasher movie at on the ocean, but an exceptionally well-made one that launched her career.

12. The Maggie (1954)

An UK citizen, moving goods for an American industrialist, is manipulated into employing a poor condition "type of boat" in Alexander Mackendrick's dark Ealing comedy in the rebellious tradition of his own previous work. Of course, the boat's UK commander and team take the two landlubbers for a journey, in all senses of the term.

11. Juggernaut (1974)

The director imparts his catastrophe film a state-of-the-nation angle in this nerve-shredding story of explosives positioned on a commercial vessel, the SS Britannic. Red wire or blue wire? David Hemmings portray demolition specialists; Roy Kinnear, as the cruise director, delivers a touching depiction in sadly funny despair.

10. The Poseidon Adventure (1972)

This cinematic interpretation of this writer's novel is among the zenith of the seventies catastrophe films. The central vessel is overturned by a tsunami, and it's the job of the lead character to direct his flock through the inverted ship to rescue. a supporting player is unforgettable as a retailer's spouse with a useful experience of sports participation.

9. All is Lost (2013)

The main star delivers a experienced brilliant acting in one-man show as a man struggling to stay alive in the maritime location after his personal boat, the Virginia Jean, is impaired in a impact with an lost transport unit. It's nerve-wracking enough to watch, so one can only imagine how physically gruelling it must have been for the 76-year-old star to film.

8. Captain Phillips (2013)

Tom Hanks delivers excellent performance in one of his everyman-in-crisis performances, as the captain of an American cargo ship hijacked by African raiders off the Horn of Africa. He has great chemistry by Barkhad Abdi ("I control this vessel"), providing a outstanding initial cinematic appearance as the raider leader in Paul Greengrass's thriller, inspired by true stories. Should the final sequence doesn't bring tears, you're not human.

7. Geometric Shape (2009)

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