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20. Ocean Terror (1998)

The director's futuristic scarefest details a bunch of memorable ensemble cast portraying mercenaries contracted to destroy the cruise ship the main setting. Yet a enormous cephalopod has already arrived! Including the endangered passengers are Treat Williams as a diamond criminal.

19. 1900's Tale (1998)

A infant, abandoned on the transatlantic liner the central location, develops to be a gifted pianist (the lead actor) who refuses to leave the ship. The highlight of the director's fantastical tale is the main character competing in a keyboard contest with a historical figure, somewhat unjustly portrayed as a overconfident individual.

18. Waterworld (1995)

Kevin Costner plays a fighter-inspired drifter with mutated appendages and a souped-up watercraft in this high-cost futuristic thriller, set in a later era where vanishing ice sheets have inundated the planet. Everyone is seeking legendary terra firma while resisting Dennis Hopper and his group of constantly puffing pirates.

17. RMS Titanic (1997)

A significant portion of love story development between a wealthy lady (the actress) and an working-class man (the male lead) are rescued by the director's breathtaking depiction of among history's most infamous tragedies. It's impossible not to respect the audacity of a cinematic artist who artfully converts a fatalities of over a thousand into an heartening story of freedom.

16. Vessel of Madness (1965)

Working-class people, flamenco dancers and Nazi eugenicists rub shoulders on a passenger ship traveling from North America to the Old World in the interwar period. The director's large-scale film features a legendary actress, in her final role, as a sad divorcee, but it's a co-star, as the medical officer, and another cast member, as a political noblewoman, who supply 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 trapped in their room in this intense proto-disaster pic. Will Stack and a heroic engineer (the supporting player) rescue her before the boat submerges? Curious detail: the main setting is embodied by the famous French liner Île de France.

14. Nile Killing (1978)

Two legendary actresses are including the murder suspects on board a African vessel in this all-star Agatha Christie whodunit. The lead actor, as the Belgian sleuth, is unable to halt half the cast being killed, which reduces his persons of interest to a smaller group. Much more enjoyable than the 2022 remake.

13. Sea Silence (1989)

Nicole Kidman portray a husband and wife seeking to heal from the pain of their son's death by taking their yacht for a trip in the sea, where they rescue a co-star from a damaged vessel. Poor decision! Phillip Noyce's suspense film is basically a horror film at sea, but an high-quality one that launched her career.

12. Maggie's Tale (1954)

An UK citizen, transporting goods for an US businessman, is manipulated into hiring a dilapidated "Clyde puffer" in this filmmaker's dark UK production in the rebellious tradition of his own earlier film. Naturally, the boat's UK commander and crew trick the main characters for a trip, in multiple interpretations of the term.

11. Overwhelming Power (1974)

The director provides his catastrophe film a state-of-the-nation perspective in this tension-filled story of explosives positioned on a luxury liner, the SS Britannic. What's the correct choice? David Hemmings play explosive technicians; Roy Kinnear, as the ship's entertainments director, serves up a heartbreaking portrayal in sadly funny despair.

10. The Poseidon Adventure (1972)

This adaptation of Paul Gallico's book is one of the peaks of the 1970s disaster genre. The SS Poseidon is capsized by a tsunami, and it's the job of Reverend Gene Hackman to guide his flock through the inverted vessel to security. the actress is remarkable as a small business owner's partner with a useful history of competitive swimming.

9. Total Loss (2013)

The main star provides a mature masterclass in one-man show as a person struggling to stay alive in the Indian Ocean after his yacht, the Virginia Jean, is damaged in a crash with an errant shipping container. It's anxious enough to view, so heaven knows how physically gruelling it must have been for the 76-year-old star to record.

8. Ship Commander (2013)

The main star does sterling work in among his everyman-in-crisis performances, as the skipper of an commercial transport hijacked by Somali pirates off the geographical area. He's matched by a co-star ("Now I'm in charge"), making a sensational film debut as the criminal boss in the director's thriller, inspired by actual incidents. Should the concluding moment doesn't bring tears, you're not human.

7. Three-Sided Figure (2009)

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