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20. Abyssal Attack (1998)

The director's futuristic scarefest chronicles a bunch of attention-grabbing character actors playing mercenaries hired to sink the luxury liner the main setting. However a massive sea creature has got there first! Among the potential cephalopod fodder are Kevin J O'Connor as a gem smuggler.

19. The 1900 Story (1998)

A infant, deserted on the transatlantic liner SS Virginian, grows up to be a accomplished musician (the lead actor) who never steps off the vessel. The peak moment of the director's whimsical hokum is the protagonist competing in a piano duel with a historical figure, somewhat unjustly portrayed as a arrogant character.

18. Aquatic World (1995)

Kevin Costner portrays a warrior-esque wanderer with mutated appendages and a souped-up watercraft in this big-budget science fiction adventure, taking place in a distant time where melting polar ice-caps have flooded the planet. The entire population is seeking legendary terra firma while fighting off the antagonist and his band of chain-smoking pirates.

17. RMS Titanic (1997)

A significant portion of tiresome canoodling between a wealthy lady (the actress) and an free-spirited artist (the male lead) are rescued by this filmmaker's impressive reconstruction of among history's well-known disasters. It's impossible not to respect the chutzpah of a film-maker who successfully transforms a death toll of over a thousand into an emotionally uplifting story of freedom.

16. Ship of Fools (1965)

Peasants, flamenco dancers and Nazi eugenicists mingle on a commercial vessel sailing from Mexico to Europe in the interwar period. Stanley Kramer's sweeping drama features a cinema icon, in her swan song, as a unhappy separated woman, but it's a co-star, as the ship's doctor, and another cast member, as a aristocratic rebel, who supply the film with its powerful impact.

15. Ultimate Trip (1960)

The USS Claridon is destroyed in an blast and the protagonist's wife (the actress) is trapped in their room in this gripping proto-disaster pic. Can the hero and a courageous worker (Woody Strode) free her before the boat submerges? Interesting note: the main setting is represented by the renowned French liner Île de France.

14. Death on the Nile (1978)

Bette Davis are part of the homicide possibilities on board a Nile paddle steamer in this all-star Agatha Christie whodunit. The lead actor, as Hercule Poirot, is unable to halt numerous characters being stabbed, which reduces his persons of interest to a limited selection. Much more enjoyable than the recent version.

13. Sea Silence (1989)

Sam Neill portray a partners attempting to recover from the pain of their child's passing by venturing on their vessel for a trip in the sea, where they save another actor from a sinking schooner. Big mistake! Phillip Noyce's thriller is basically a killers-on-the-loose story at on the ocean, but an high-quality one that launched her career.

12. Maggie's Tale (1954)

An UK citizen, moving furniture for an American industrialist, is tricked into using a dilapidated "type of boat" in Alexander Mackendrick's dark Ealing comedy in the rebellious style of his own Whisky Galore!. Predictably, the vessel's Scottish captain and staff take the two landlubbers for a ride, in multiple interpretations of the term.

11. Overwhelming Power (1974)

Richard Lester gives his suspense story a social commentary angle in this tension-filled story of detonators planted on a luxury liner, the SS Britannic. Red wire or blue wire? Two lead actors play explosive technicians; another actor, as the cruise director, serves up a touching study in sadly funny despair.

10. The Poseidon Adventure (1972)

This cinematic interpretation of the author's novel is part of the high points of the 1970s disaster genre. The SS Poseidon is overturned by a tsunami, and it's the responsibility of the main protagonist to direct his followers through the flipped hull to rescue. the actress is unforgettable as a small business owner's partner with a useful background of sports participation.

9. Everything's Gone (2013)

The main star provides a late-career brilliant acting in solo performance as a person battling to stay alive in the specific sea after his sailing vessel, the Virginia Jean, is impaired in a impact with an lost cargo box. It's nerve-wracking enough to view, so one can only imagine how exceptionally strenuous it must have been for the 76-year-old star to film.

8. Ship Commander (2013)

The lead actor delivers sterling work in part of his everyman-in-crisis performances, as the captain of an American cargo ship hijacked by African raiders off the geographical area. He has great chemistry by Barkhad Abdi ("Now I'm in charge"), delivering a remarkable film debut as the criminal boss in Paul Greengrass's tense movie, inspired by true stories. If the last scene doesn't bring tears, you're emotionally detached.

7. Geometric Shape (2009)

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