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20. Abyssal Attack (1998)

This filmmaker's sci-fi horror pulp chronicles a collection of scene-stealing supporting players acting as hired guns contracted to destroy the passenger vessel Argonautica. But a giant mutant octopus has already arrived! Including the potential cephalopod fodder are Treat Williams as a jewel thief.

19. 1900's Tale (1998)

A newborn, left on the ocean-going ship the central location, grows up to be a gifted pianist (Tim Roth) who remains aboard the boat. The highlight of Giuseppe Tornatore's fantastical tale is Roth fighting a keyboard contest with a jazz legend, arguably inaccurately shown as a arrogant character.

18. Aquatic World (1995)

Kevin Costner portrays a warrior-esque wanderer with webbed feet and a modified trimaran in this big-budget sci-fi B-movie, located in a later era where melting polar ice-caps have inundated the Earth. The entire population is seeking mythical Dryland while fending off the antagonist and his gang of chain-smoking pirates.

17. RMS Titanic (1997)

A significant portion of tiresome canoodling between a upper-class woman (the female lead) and an working-class man (the actor) are saved by the director's spectacular recreation of among history's well-known tragedies. It's impossible not to respect the boldness of a director who artfully converts a casualties of over a thousand into an inspiring tale of emancipation.

16. Ship of Fools (1965)

Peasants, flamenco dancers and German ideologists mingle on a passenger ship traveling from Latin America to the Old World in 1933. This filmmaker's sweeping drama stars Vivien Leigh, in her final role, as a unhappy separated woman, but it's another actor, as the ship's doctor, and a talented performer, as a political noblewoman, who deliver the film with its emotional wallop.

15. Ultimate Trip (1960)

The fictional ship is destroyed in an explosion and Robert Stack's partner (Dorothy Malone) is stranded in their quarters in this gripping precursor to disaster movies. Will Stack and a courageous worker (the actor) rescue her ahead of the ship sinks? Fun fact: the fictional ship is played by the legendary French liner an actual ocean liner.

14. Death on the Nile (1978)

Angela Lansbury are including the homicide possibilities on board a African vessel in this celebrity-filled Agatha Christie detective story. The main star, as Hercule Poirot, cannot prevent several passengers being killed, which reduces his potential killers to a manageable number. Bags more fun than the 2022 remake.

13. Ocean Stillness (1989)

Nicole Kidman act as a husband and wife trying to get over the trauma of their child's passing by venturing on their vessel for a spin in the Pacific, where they rescue a co-star from a foundering ship. Costly error! This filmmaker's suspense film is fundamentally a horror film at in maritime setting, but an exceptionally well-made one that made her famous.

12. Maggie's Tale (1954)

An Englishman, moving furniture for an wealthy entrepreneur, is tricked into hiring a run-down "Scottish vessel" in this filmmaker's dark UK production in the unconventional style of his own earlier film. Naturally, the ship's UK commander and team trick the main characters for a trip, in every meaning of the expression.

11. Overwhelming Power (1974)

The director gives his disaster thriller a social commentary tilt in this tension-filled story of explosives planted on a luxury liner, the fictional ship. Which wire to cut? Two lead actors play bomb disposal experts; Roy Kinnear, as the ship's entertainments director, serves up a touching depiction in sadly funny despair.

10. The Poseidon Adventure (1972)

This film version of Paul Gallico's literary work is part of the zenith of the seventies catastrophe films. The central vessel is capsized by a ocean surge, and it's up to the lead character to direct his followers through the inverted ship to security. a supporting player is memorable as a retailer's spouse with a useful history of competitive swimming.

9. Total Loss (2013)

The main star delivers a experienced brilliant acting in solo performance as a man fighting to stay alive in the specific sea after his yacht, the fictional ship, is impaired in a collision with an stray shipping container. It's stressful enough to observe, so it's difficult to comprehend how physically gruelling it must have been for the elderly actor to film.

8. Captain Phillips (2013)

The lead actor provides sterling work in among his ordinary-person-in-extraordinary-circumstances roles, as the captain of an American cargo ship seized by African raiders off the geographical area. He's matched by a co-star ("I control this vessel"), delivering a sensational film debut as the raider leader in this filmmaker's suspense film, derived from true stories. Should the concluding moment doesn't make you blub, you're not human.

7. Triangle (2009)

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