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20. Deep Rising (1998)

Stephen Sommers' science fiction thriller details a group of scene-stealing character actors playing mercenaries hired to demolish the luxury liner the main setting. However a enormous cephalopod has got there first! Featuring the endangered passengers are Treat Williams as a gem smuggler.

19. 1900's Tale (1998)

A infant, deserted on the transatlantic liner SS Virginian, develops to be a accomplished musician (the main star) who refuses to leave the ship. The peak moment of Giuseppe Tornatore's whimsical hokum is the protagonist battling a keyboard contest with a jazz legend, rather unfairly portrayed as a smug bastard.

18. Ocean Planet (1995)

Kevin Costner acts as a warrior-esque wanderer with webbed feet and a enhanced watercraft in this megabudget futuristic thriller, taking place in a later era where vanishing ice sheets have flooded the planet. The entire population is seeking mythical Dryland while fending off the villain and his gang of chain-smoking raiders.

17. Titanic (1997)

An extended period of romantic interludes between a upper-class woman (Kate Winslet) and an free-spirited artist (Leonardo DiCaprio) are rescued by James Cameron's breathtaking depiction of one the 20th century's most infamous catastrophes. One must appreciate the boldness of a cinematic artist who successfully transforms a death toll of numerous victims into an heartening story of freedom.

16. Ship of Fools (1965)

Peasants, flamenco dancers and political extremists interact on a commercial vessel sailing from North America to Europe in the pre-war era. This filmmaker's sweeping drama features a cinema icon, in her last performance, as a unhappy separated woman, but it's a co-star, as the medical officer, and Simone Signoret, as a political noblewoman, who provide the movie with its powerful impact.

15. Final Journey (1960)

The USS Claridon is ripped apart in an detonation and the protagonist's wife (the actress) is stuck in their room in this intense early catastrophe film. Will the main character and a courageous worker (Woody Strode) rescue her ahead of the ship sinks? Curious detail: the fictional ship is embodied by the renowned historic ship an actual ocean liner.

14. Death on the Nile (1978)

Angela Lansbury are among the homicide possibilities on board a Nile paddle steamer in this celebrity-filled crime novelist detective story. Peter Ustinov, as the Belgian sleuth, cannot prevent several passengers being stabbed, which whittles down his persons of interest to a manageable number. Much more enjoyable than the recent version.

13. Dead Calm (1989)

Two lead actors act as a husband and wife seeking to heal from the trauma of their son's death by sailing their boat for a trip in the sea, where they recover a co-star from a damaged vessel. Costly error! This filmmaker's tense movie is fundamentally a killers-on-the-loose story at sea, but an ultra-classy one that made her famous.

12. The Maggie (1954)

An UK citizen, transporting goods for an wealthy entrepreneur, is manipulated into employing a run-down "Clyde puffer" in Alexander Mackendrick's brutal UK production in the unconventional style of his own previous work. Predictably, the ship's British skipper and crew deceive the inexperienced passengers for a ride, in every meaning of the expression.

11. Juggernaut (1974)

Richard Lester imparts his disaster thriller a social commentary perspective in this nerve-shredding tale of detonators planted on a luxury liner, the fictional ship. Red wire or blue wire? Richard Harris portray explosive technicians; a supporting player, as the ship's entertainments director, delivers a touching study in humorous tragedy.

10. The Poseidon Adventure (1972)

This film version of Paul Gallico's book is one of the peaks of the seventies catastrophe films. The central vessel is overturned by a tidal wave, and it's the job of the lead character to lead his followers through the inverted vessel to safety. Shelley Winters is memorable as a retailer's spouse with a useful background of athletic swimming.

9. Everything's Gone (2013)

The main star gives a mature masterclass in solo performance as a individual battling to survive in the specific sea after his sailing vessel, the Virginia Jean, is impaired in a collision with an lost shipping container. It's stressful enough to view, so one can only imagine how physically gruelling it must have been for the elderly actor to film.

8. Ship Commander (2013)

The main star does excellent performance in one of his ordinary-person-in-extraordinary-circumstances characters, as the skipper of an commercial transport seized by African raiders off the specific location. His performance is complemented by Barkhad Abdi ("I control this vessel"), delivering a remarkable first movie role as the criminal boss in Paul Greengrass's thriller, derived from actual incidents. When the last scene fails to move you, you're emotionally detached.

7. Triangle (2009)

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