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20. Ocean Terror (1998)

The director's science fiction thriller chronicles a collection of attention-grabbing ensemble cast playing mercenaries employed to destroy the cruise ship a fictional ship. However a enormous cephalopod has beaten them to it! Among the potential cephalopod fodder are Famke Janssen as a jewel thief.

19. 1900's Tale (1998)

A baby, abandoned on the passenger vessel the central location, matures to be a accomplished musician (the main star) who refuses to leave the vessel. The highlight of this filmmaker's fantastical tale is Roth fighting a musical showdown with a jazz legend, somewhat unjustly shown as a overconfident individual.

18. Aquatic World (1995)

Kevin Costner plays a warrior-esque drifter with aquatic adaptations and a modified trimaran in this big-budget futuristic thriller, taking place in a distant time where melting polar ice-caps have flooded the planet. Everyone is seeking mythical Dryland while resisting the antagonist and his gang of chain-smoking marauders.

17. Titanic (1997)

Two hours of romantic interludes between a upper-class woman (Kate Winslet) and an free-spirited artist (the male lead) are rescued by James Cameron's impressive reconstruction of among history's well-known disasters. It's impossible not to respect the boldness of a film-maker who manages to twist a casualties of 1,500 into an heartening story of freedom.

16. Boat of Lunatics (1965)

Commoners, artistic entertainers and political extremists rub shoulders on a passenger ship journeying from Latin America to the Continent in the interwar period. The director's large-scale film features a legendary actress, in her swan song, as a melancholy character, but it's Oskar Werner, as the ship's doctor, and a talented performer, as a radical countess, who deliver the film with its powerful impact.

15. Final Journey (1960)

The USS Claridon is ripped apart in an explosion and the protagonist's wife (the actress) is stranded in their cabin in this compelling proto-disaster pic. Can the main character and a courageous worker (the actor) rescue her prior to the ship sinks? Curious detail: the Claridon is represented by the renowned European vessel Île de France.

14. Death on the Nile (1978)

Angela Lansbury are among the killing culprits on board a African vessel in this celebrity-filled Agatha Christie detective story. The lead actor, as the Belgian sleuth, fails to stop several passengers being shot, which whittles down his persons of interest to a manageable number. Significantly better than the recent version.

13. Ocean Stillness (1989)

Two lead actors act as a partners attempting to recover from the trauma of their child's passing by sailing their boat for a trip in the sea, where they recover another actor from a damaged vessel. Costly error! The director's thriller is basically a killers-on-the-loose story at sea, but an high-quality one that launched her career.

12. The Maggie (1954)

An UK citizen, transporting furniture for an wealthy entrepreneur, is deceived into using a dilapidated "type of boat" in the director's dark UK production in the rebellious tradition of his own earlier film. Of course, the boat's UK commander and crew deceive the inexperienced passengers for a ride, in all senses of the expression.

11. Overwhelming Power (1974)

The director gives his suspense story a political dimension perspective in this anxiety-inducing yarn of detonators planted on a luxury liner, the SS Britannic. Which wire to cut? Two lead actors act as demolition specialists; Roy Kinnear, as the ship's entertainments director, serves up a touching study in sadly funny despair.

10. Poseidon's Journey (1972)

This film version of Paul Gallico's literary work is one of the peaks of the seventies catastrophe films. The central vessel is capsized by a ocean surge, and it's the job of Reverend Gene Hackman to direct his group through the upturned hull to safety. a supporting player is memorable as a shopkeeper's wife with a practical background of athletic swimming.

9. Total Loss (2013)

The main star delivers a mature exemplary performance in solo performance as a man fighting to survive in the Indian Ocean after his personal boat, the Virginia Jean, is harmed in a crash with an errant transport unit. It's anxious enough to watch, so heaven knows how physically gruelling it must have been for the senior performer to record.

8. Captain Phillips (2013)

The lead actor does sterling work in part of his regular-guys-under-intolerable-pressure characters, as the captain of an US merchant vessel seized by maritime criminals off the geographical area. He's matched by a co-star ("I control this vessel"), providing a outstanding initial cinematic appearance as the raider leader in this filmmaker's thriller, derived from real events. If the final sequence fails to move you, you're emotionally detached.

7. Three-Sided Figure (2009)

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