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20. Deep Rising (1998)

Stephen Sommers' sci-fi horror pulp follows a group of scene-stealing ensemble cast portraying hired guns employed to destroy the passenger vessel the main setting. But a giant mutant octopus has already arrived! Including the endangered passengers are Famke Janssen as a jewel thief.

19. The 1900 Story (1998)

A infant, abandoned on the transatlantic liner SS Virginian, grows up to be a talented keyboardist (the lead actor) who refuses to leave the ship. The peak moment of the director's fantastical tale is Roth battling a keyboard contest with Jelly Roll Morton, rather unfairly portrayed as a overconfident individual.

18. Waterworld (1995)

The main star acts as a fighter-inspired nomad with mutated appendages and a enhanced sailing vessel in this high-cost science fiction adventure, located in a future where melting polar ice-caps have flooded the world. All people is hunting for fabled solid ground while fending off the antagonist and his band of continuously smoking pirates.

17. Titanic (1997)

A significant portion of romantic interludes between a wealthy lady (the actress) and an free-spirited artist (the actor) are redeemed by James Cameron's spectacular recreation of among history's well-known tragedies. It's impossible not to respect the chutzpah of a film-maker who artfully converts a fatalities of over a thousand into an heartening narrative of emancipation.

16. Vessel of Madness (1965)

Peasants, artistic entertainers and political extremists rub shoulders on a commercial vessel sailing from North America to the Continent in the pre-war era. The director's sweeping drama includes Vivien Leigh, in her last performance, as a unhappy separated woman, but it's Oskar Werner, as the ship's doctor, and a talented performer, as a aristocratic rebel, who supply the motion picture with its dramatic punch.

15. Final Journey (1960)

The fictional ship is torn asunder in an explosion and the lead actor's partner (Dorothy Malone) is trapped in their quarters in this gripping proto-disaster pic. Can Stack and a heroic engineer (the supporting player) save her prior to the ship sinks? Curious detail: the fictional ship is represented by the legendary French liner Île de France.

14. Death on the Nile (1978)

Two legendary actresses are including the murder suspects on board a Nile paddle steamer in this celebrity-filled Agatha Christie whodunit. Peter Ustinov, as Hercule Poirot, cannot prevent half the cast being killed, which reduces his suspects to a limited selection. Significantly better than the modern adaptation.

13. Sea Silence (1989)

Nicole Kidman play a married couple attempting to recover from the grief of their child's passing by venturing on their vessel for a journey in the Pacific, 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 ultra-classy one that put Kidman on the map.

12. Maggie's Tale (1954)

An British man, shipping goods for an US businessman, is deceived into employing a run-down "type of boat" in this filmmaker's harsh UK production in the unconventional style of his own previous work. Of course, the ship's Scottish captain and crew deceive the inexperienced passengers for a trip, in all senses of the term.

11. Juggernaut (1974)

The director imparts his suspense story a social commentary perspective in this anxiety-inducing story of detonators placed on a luxury liner, the fictional ship. Red wire or blue wire? Richard Harris portray demolition specialists; another actor, as the cruise director, delivers a touching portrayal in humorous tragedy.

10. Poseidon's Journey (1972)

This film version of this writer's book is one of the peaks of the seventies catastrophe films. The SS Poseidon is flipped over by a tsunami, and it's the responsibility of the lead character to lead his group through the flipped hull to rescue. the actress is remarkable as a retailer's spouse with a practical history of sports participation.

9. Everything's Gone (2013)

The main star delivers a experienced masterclass in single character portrayal as a man battling to endure in the specific sea after his yacht, the main setting, is harmed in a impact with an errant shipping container. It's nerve-wracking enough to watch, so it's difficult to comprehend how physically gruelling it must have been for the 76-year-old star to film.

8. Captain Phillips (2013)

The main star does sterling work in part of his ordinary-person-in-extraordinary-circumstances characters, as the commander of an commercial transport hijacked by Somali pirates off the geographical area. His performance is complemented by a co-star ("Now I'm in charge"), delivering a remarkable initial cinematic appearance as the pirate chief in the director's thriller, inspired by true stories. Should the final sequence doesn't bring tears, you're not human.

7. Triangle (2009)

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