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20. Ocean Terror (1998)

The director's futuristic scarefest follows a collection of attention-grabbing character actors playing soldiers of fortune employed to demolish the passenger vessel Argonautica. Yet a massive sea creature has already arrived! Including the endangered passengers are Treat Williams as a jewel thief.

19. The Legend of 1900 (1998)

A infant, deserted on the transatlantic liner the central location, grows up to be a accomplished musician (Tim Roth) who never steps off the ship. The climax of the director's imaginative story is the main character competing in a piano duel with a jazz legend, rather unfairly depicted as a arrogant character.

18. Ocean Planet (1995)

Kevin Costner plays a warrior-esque nomad with mutated appendages and a modified trimaran in this megabudget futuristic thriller, set in a distant time where disappearing glaciers have flooded the world. Everyone is hunting for fabled solid ground while resisting the villain and his gang of continuously smoking raiders.

17. The Titanic (1997)

Two hours of love story development between a posh chick (Kate Winslet) and an free-spirited artist (Leonardo DiCaprio) are saved by James Cameron's spectacular recreation of among history's well-known tragedies. It's impossible not to respect the audacity of a director who manages to twist a fatalities of over a thousand into an emotionally uplifting tale of liberation.

16. Ship of Fools (1965)

Peasants, artistic entertainers and Nazi eugenicists rub shoulders on a commercial vessel journeying from Mexico to the Continent in the pre-war era. This filmmaker's epic stars a cinema icon, in her swan song, as a melancholy character, but it's another actor, as the medical officer, and another cast member, as a political noblewoman, who deliver the film with its emotional wallop.

15. Ultimate Trip (1960)

The central vessel is ripped apart in an explosion and the protagonist's spouse (Dorothy Malone) is trapped in their quarters in this intense proto-disaster pic. Is it possible for Stack and a heroic engineer (Woody Strode) free her prior to the boat submerges? Interesting note: the Claridon is represented by the renowned historic ship an actual ocean liner.

14. Nile Killing (1978)

Two legendary actresses are among the murder suspects on board a African vessel in this ensemble cast Agatha Christie detective story. The main star, as the famous detective, is unable to halt several passengers being killed, which reduces his potential killers to a manageable number. Significantly better than the 2022 remake.

13. Dead Calm (1989)

Two lead actors play a husband and wife attempting to recover from the grief of their offspring's demise by venturing on their vessel for a trip in the Pacific, where they recover Billy Zane from a foundering ship. Costly error! The director's suspense film is basically a killers-on-the-loose story at sea, but an ultra-classy one that put Kidman on the map.

12. The Maggie Story (1954)

An Englishman, moving goods for an US businessman, is tricked into employing a run-down "Scottish vessel" in this filmmaker's harsh British film in the rebellious tradition of his own previous work. Predictably, the vessel's Scottish captain and crew trick the main characters for a journey, in every meaning of the term.

11. Juggernaut (1974)

Richard Lester provides his suspense story a political dimension tilt in this tension-filled tale of bombs positioned on a luxury liner, the fictional ship. Which wire to cut? Two lead actors portray explosive technicians; another actor, as the ship's entertainments director, delivers a touching study in tragicomic desperation.

10. The Poseidon Adventure (1972)

This adaptation of this writer's literary work is among the peaks of the seventies catastrophe films. The central vessel is capsized by a ocean surge, and it's up to Reverend Gene Hackman to lead his followers through the flipped ship to security. Shelley Winters is unforgettable as a retailer's spouse with a practical experience of competitive swimming.

9. Total Loss (2013)

The lead actor gives a mature brilliant acting in solo performance as a individual fighting to stay alive in the specific sea after his personal boat, the main setting, is damaged in a collision with an lost cargo box. It's stressful enough to watch, so heaven knows how physically gruelling it must have been for the 76-year-old star to shoot.

8. Ship Commander (2013)

Tom Hanks delivers excellent performance in one of his ordinary-person-in-extraordinary-circumstances roles, as the skipper of an US merchant vessel seized by Somali pirates off the geographical area. He has great chemistry by a co-star ("I'm the captain now"), delivering a remarkable film debut as the criminal boss in this filmmaker's suspense film, derived from actual incidents. If the concluding moment doesn't bring tears, you're not human.

7. Triangle (2009)

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