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20. Deep Rising (1998)

The director's science fiction thriller follows a group of memorable ensemble cast acting as hired guns contracted to destroy the luxury liner a fictional ship. Yet a giant mutant octopus has beaten them to it! Among the potential cephalopod fodder are Kevin J O'Connor as a diamond criminal.

19. The Legend of 1900 (1998)

A newborn, deserted on the ocean-going ship the central location, matures to be a gifted pianist (the main star) who refuses to leave the ship. The climax of Giuseppe Tornatore's whimsical hokum is the protagonist competing in a musical showdown with Jelly Roll Morton, rather unfairly portrayed as a overconfident individual.

18. Ocean Planet (1995)

The lead actor portrays a samurai-like nomad with aquatic adaptations and a modified trimaran in this high-cost sci-fi B-movie, taking place in a later era where disappearing glaciers have flooded the planet. All people is hunting for fabled solid ground while fighting off Dennis Hopper and his band of chain-smoking marauders.

17. Titanic (1997)

An extended period of love story development between a wealthy lady (Kate Winslet) and an working-class man (Leonardo DiCaprio) are redeemed by this filmmaker's breathtaking depiction of a famous notorious tragedies. It's impossible not to respect the chutzpah of a film-maker who artfully converts a fatalities of over a thousand into an inspiring narrative of freedom.

16. Boat of Lunatics (1965)

Commoners, artistic entertainers and Nazi eugenicists mingle on a passenger ship journeying from Mexico to the Continent in the pre-war era. The director's epic stars a cinema icon, in her last performance, as a unhappy separated woman, but it's another actor, as the vessel's physician, and Simone Signoret, as a political noblewoman, who supply 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 room in this gripping precursor to disaster movies. Will Stack and a brave technician (the supporting player) save her before the boat submerges? Interesting note: the main setting is represented by the famous European vessel Île de France.

14. Murder on the Nile (1978)

Angela Lansbury are part of the killing culprits on board a Egyptian riverboat in this all-star Agatha Christie detective story. The lead actor, as the famous detective, is unable to halt several passengers being shot, which reduces his potential killers to a manageable number. Significantly better than the modern adaptation.

13. Sea Silence (1989)

Two lead actors portray a married couple seeking to heal from the trauma of their child's passing by venturing on their vessel for a spin in the sea, where they rescue Billy Zane from a damaged vessel. Big mistake! This filmmaker's tense movie is basically a killers-on-the-loose story at on the ocean, but an exceptionally well-made one that launched her career.

12. Maggie's Tale (1954)

An Englishman, transporting items for an US businessman, is manipulated into employing a poor condition "Clyde puffer" in Alexander Mackendrick's harsh Ealing comedy in the subversive vein of his own previous work. Of course, the ship's British skipper and staff deceive the inexperienced passengers for a ride, in every meaning of the word.

11. Unstoppable Force (1974)

This filmmaker gives his disaster thriller a social commentary angle in this nerve-shredding tale of bombs planted on a luxury liner, the main setting. Which wire to cut? David Hemmings portray bomb disposal experts; a supporting player, as the vessel's activities coordinator, delivers a heartbreaking study in sadly funny despair.

10. Ocean Disaster (1972)

This film version of this writer's novel is part of the peaks of the 1970s disaster genre. The central vessel is flipped over by a tsunami, and it's the responsibility of the main protagonist to lead his flock through the inverted hull to safety. a supporting player is unforgettable as a shopkeeper's wife with a useful background of sports participation.

9. All is Lost (2013)

The main star provides a experienced masterclass in single character portrayal as a person battling to stay alive in the Indian Ocean after his sailing vessel, the fictional ship, is impaired in a impact with an errant transport unit. It's nerve-wracking enough to view, so it's difficult to comprehend how exceptionally strenuous it must have been for the 76-year-old star to film.

8. Vessel Leader (2013)

Tom Hanks does outstanding acting in part of his everyman-in-crisis performances, as the skipper of an commercial transport seized by African raiders off the Horn of Africa. He has great chemistry by a co-star ("I control this vessel"), delivering a outstanding first movie role as the criminal boss in the director's tense movie, inspired by true stories. If the final sequence doesn't make you blub, you're not human.

7. Triangle (2009)

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