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20. Abyssal Attack (1998)

Stephen Sommers' science fiction thriller follows a collection of scene-stealing ensemble cast playing hired guns hired to demolish the luxury liner a fictional ship. Yet a enormous cephalopod has got there first! Featuring the likely victims are Famke Janssen as a diamond criminal.

19. The 1900 Story (1998)

A infant, left on the transatlantic liner a fictional ship, develops to be a talented keyboardist (the main star) who remains aboard the ship. The highlight of this filmmaker's fantastical tale is Roth battling a keyboard contest with Jelly Roll Morton, somewhat unjustly depicted as a arrogant character.

18. Ocean Planet (1995)

Kevin Costner plays a fighter-inspired nomad with webbed feet and a enhanced trimaran in this high-cost sci-fi B-movie, taking place in a later era where melting polar ice-caps have submerged the Earth. All people is searching for legendary terra firma while resisting the antagonist and his gang of continuously smoking raiders.

17. Titanic (1997)

An extended period of love story development between a posh chick (the actress) and an working-class man (the male lead) are saved by the director's breathtaking depiction of among history's well-known catastrophes. One must appreciate the audacity of a film-maker who artfully converts a casualties of 1,500 into an heartening story of emancipation.

16. Boat of Lunatics (1965)

Working-class people, artistic entertainers and political extremists interact on a ocean liner traveling from North America to Europe in 1933. Stanley Kramer's large-scale film includes a cinema icon, in her swan song, as a melancholy character, 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. Ultimate Trip (1960)

The central vessel is torn asunder in an blast and the protagonist's wife (the co-star) is stranded in their room in this intense precursor to disaster movies. Can the main character and a brave technician (the supporting player) save her ahead of the vessel goes down? Curious detail: the Claridon is represented by the famous European vessel Île de France.

14. Murder on the Nile (1978)

Bette Davis are part of the murder suspects on board a African vessel in this all-star crime novelist murder mystery. The main star, as the famous detective, cannot prevent half the cast being killed, which reduces his potential killers to a limited selection. Bags more fun than the 2022 remake.

13. Dead Calm (1989)

Sam Neill act as a partners attempting to recover from the pain of their child's passing by venturing on their vessel for a spin in the ocean, where they rescue Billy Zane from a damaged vessel. Big mistake! The director's suspense film is basically a killers-on-the-loose story at sea, but an exceptionally well-made one that made her famous.

12. The Maggie (1954)

An Englishman, shipping furniture for an American industrialist, is tricked into using a dilapidated "Scottish vessel" in this filmmaker's dark UK production in the unconventional vein of his own earlier film. Naturally, the ship's Scottish captain and staff trick the main characters for a ride, in multiple interpretations of the term.

11. Juggernaut (1974)

The director imparts his disaster thriller a political dimension angle in this nerve-shredding yarn of detonators planted on a passenger ship, the main setting. Red wire or blue wire? Two lead actors portray demolition specialists; a supporting player, as the vessel's activities coordinator, provides a touching depiction in sadly funny despair.

10. Poseidon's Journey (1972)

This film version of Paul Gallico's novel is one of the peaks of the 1970s disaster genre. The central vessel is flipped over by a tidal wave, and it's the job of the lead character to direct his flock through the flipped ship to security. a supporting player is unforgettable as a small business owner's partner with a useful background of athletic swimming.

9. All is Lost (2013)

The main star gives a experienced brilliant acting in solo performance as a man battling to endure in the specific sea after his personal boat, the main setting, is harmed in a collision with an errant transport unit. It's stressful enough to watch, so it's difficult to comprehend how exceptionally strenuous it must have been for the 76-year-old star to film.

8. Captain Phillips (2013)

The main star provides excellent performance in part of his everyman-in-crisis characters, as the commander of an US merchant vessel seized by Somali pirates off the Horn of Africa. His performance is complemented by a co-star ("Now I'm in charge"), delivering a sensational initial cinematic appearance as the pirate chief in Paul Greengrass's suspense film, based on true stories. Should the final sequence doesn't bring tears, you're not human.

7. Triangle (2009)

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