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20. Ocean Terror (1998)

The director's sci-fi horror pulp chronicles a collection of scene-stealing supporting players acting as soldiers of fortune employed to sink the cruise ship the main setting. However a enormous cephalopod has already arrived! Including the endangered passengers are Kevin J O'Connor as a gem smuggler.

19. The Legend of 1900 (1998)

A baby, abandoned on the transatlantic liner a fictional ship, develops to be a accomplished musician (the lead actor) who remains aboard the boat. The climax of this filmmaker's fantastical tale is the protagonist competing in a musical showdown with Jelly Roll Morton, arguably inaccurately depicted as a overconfident individual.

18. Waterworld (1995)

The lead actor acts as a fighter-inspired wanderer with webbed feet and a enhanced watercraft in this megabudget science fiction adventure, located in a future where melting polar ice-caps have inundated the world. The entire population is searching for mythical Dryland while fighting off the antagonist and his band of chain-smoking pirates.

17. The Titanic (1997)

Two hours of tiresome canoodling between a upper-class woman (Kate Winslet) and an free-spirited artist (Leonardo DiCaprio) are rescued by James Cameron's spectacular recreation of one the 20th century's notorious disasters. One must appreciate the chutzpah of a director who manages to twist a fatalities of numerous victims into an emotionally uplifting story of freedom.

16. Boat of Lunatics (1965)

Peasants, artistic entertainers and German ideologists interact on a passenger ship traveling from North America to the Old World in the pre-war era. Stanley Kramer's epic stars Vivien Leigh, in her swan song, as a melancholy character, but it's a co-star, as the vessel's physician, and a talented performer, as a aristocratic rebel, who provide the film with its dramatic punch.

15. Ultimate Trip (1960)

The USS Claridon is destroyed in an detonation and Robert Stack's wife (Dorothy Malone) is stuck in their cabin in this gripping precursor to disaster movies. Is it possible for the hero and a courageous worker (Woody Strode) rescue her prior to the vessel goes down? Curious detail: the main setting is played by the famous historic ship a real ship.

14. Death on the Nile (1978)

Angela Lansbury are among the murder suspects on board a Nile paddle steamer in this ensemble cast crime novelist whodunit. Peter Ustinov, as Hercule Poirot, is unable to halt numerous characters being shot, which whittles down his potential killers to a limited selection. Much more enjoyable than the recent version.

13. Sea Silence (1989)

Two lead actors play a married couple seeking to heal from the grief of their offspring's demise by venturing on their vessel for a journey in the Pacific, where they recover a co-star from a damaged vessel. Poor decision! The director's thriller is essentially a killers-on-the-loose story at in maritime setting, but an exceptionally well-made one that made her famous.

12. The Maggie (1954)

An Englishman, moving furniture for an US businessman, is deceived into using a run-down "type of boat" in this filmmaker's harsh Ealing comedy in the rebellious vein of his own earlier film. Predictably, the vessel's British skipper and crew deceive the inexperienced passengers for a ride, in all senses of the expression.

11. Juggernaut (1974)

The director imparts his suspense story a social commentary angle in this nerve-shredding story of detonators positioned on a passenger ship, the fictional ship. What's the correct choice? Richard Harris play demolition specialists; Roy Kinnear, as the cruise director, delivers a heartbreaking portrayal in tragicomic desperation.

10. Poseidon's Journey (1972)

This film version of this writer's book is part of the peaks of the era of disaster movies. The SS Poseidon is capsized by a tidal wave, and it's the job of Reverend Gene Hackman to direct his followers through the upturned vessel to rescue. the actress is remarkable as a small business owner's partner with a useful experience of athletic swimming.

9. Everything's Gone (2013)

The main star delivers a experienced exemplary performance in one-man show as a man battling to stay alive in the Indian Ocean after his personal boat, the Virginia Jean, is damaged in a crash with an errant cargo box. It's nerve-wracking enough to view, so heaven knows how exceptionally strenuous it must have been for the elderly actor to film.

8. Ship Commander (2013)

The lead actor delivers sterling work in one of his ordinary-person-in-extraordinary-circumstances characters, as the commander of an commercial transport commandeered by maritime criminals off the specific location. He has great chemistry by a co-star ("I'm the captain now"), making a outstanding film debut as the raider leader in this filmmaker's thriller, inspired by true stories. When the concluding moment fails to move you, you're not human.

7. Triangle (2009)

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