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20. Abyssal Attack (1998)

This filmmaker's sci-fi horror pulp follows a collection of scene-stealing supporting players acting as mercenaries hired to demolish the passenger vessel Argonautica. But a massive sea creature has got there first! Among the potential cephalopod fodder are Famke Janssen as a jewel thief.

19. The 1900 Story (1998)

A baby, abandoned on the transatlantic liner SS Virginian, matures to be a gifted pianist (Tim Roth) who remains aboard the ship. The highlight of the director's whimsical hokum is the main character fighting a musical showdown with a jazz legend, rather unfairly portrayed as a arrogant character.

18. Ocean Planet (1995)

The lead actor portrays a samurai-like wanderer with mutated appendages and a souped-up trimaran in this high-cost science fiction adventure, set in a future where melting polar ice-caps have flooded the world. All people is seeking mythical Dryland while resisting the villain and his band of continuously smoking marauders.

17. Titanic (1997)

A significant portion of tiresome canoodling between a wealthy lady (the actress) and an working-class man (the male lead) are saved by James Cameron's impressive reconstruction of one the 20th century's well-known tragedies. One must appreciate the audacity of a film-maker who artfully converts a casualties of numerous victims into an inspiring tale of freedom.

16. Vessel of Madness (1965)

Commoners, artistic entertainers and German ideologists interact on a commercial vessel traveling from North America to the Old World in the interwar period. This filmmaker's sweeping drama features a cinema icon, in her swan song, as a melancholy character, but it's another actor, as the ship's doctor, and a talented performer, as a radical countess, who deliver the movie with its emotional wallop.

15. The Last Voyage (1960)

The USS Claridon is torn asunder in an explosion and the protagonist's partner (the actress) is stranded in their quarters in this intense precursor to disaster movies. Is it possible for Stack and a courageous worker (the supporting player) save her before the boat submerges? Curious detail: the main setting is embodied by the legendary historic ship a real ship.

14. Murder on the Nile (1978)

Angela Lansbury are including the killing culprits on board a African vessel in this all-star mystery writer detective story. The main star, as Hercule Poirot, fails to stop numerous characters being killed, which narrows his persons of interest to a manageable number. Bags more fun than the 2022 remake.

13. Ocean Stillness (1989)

Sam Neill portray a married couple seeking to heal from the grief of their offspring's demise by taking their yacht for a trip in the sea, where they recover Billy Zane from a foundering ship. Poor decision! The director's suspense film is essentially a killers-on-the-loose story at on the ocean, but an exceptionally well-made one that put Kidman on the map.

12. The Maggie (1954)

An UK citizen, moving goods for an wealthy entrepreneur, is manipulated into employing a dilapidated "Clyde puffer" in the director's dark UK production in the subversive vein of his own earlier film. Of course, the vessel's Scottish captain and staff deceive the inexperienced passengers for a ride, in multiple interpretations of the term.

11. Juggernaut (1974)

Richard Lester gives his catastrophe film a social commentary tilt in this nerve-shredding yarn of explosives planted on a passenger ship, the fictional ship. Red wire or blue wire? Two lead actors portray demolition specialists; another actor, as the cruise director, provides a touching study in sadly funny despair.

10. The Poseidon Adventure (1972)

This film version of Paul Gallico's novel is among the high points of the era of disaster movies. The SS Poseidon is capsized by a tidal wave, and it's the responsibility of the main protagonist to lead his followers through the upturned vessel to rescue. a supporting player is remarkable as a small business owner's partner with a practical experience of competitive swimming.

9. All is Lost (2013)

Robert Redford gives a mature masterclass in solo performance as a man battling to survive in the maritime location after his personal boat, the Virginia Jean, is damaged in a impact with an errant shipping container. It's anxious enough to view, so it's difficult to comprehend how extremely demanding it must have been for the senior performer to record.

8. Ship Commander (2013)

The lead actor provides excellent performance in one of his regular-guys-under-intolerable-pressure performances, as the skipper of an US merchant vessel hijacked by maritime criminals off the Horn of Africa. He has great chemistry by another actor ("I control this vessel"), providing a outstanding first movie role as the pirate chief in Paul Greengrass's tense movie, based on true stories. If the concluding moment fails to move you, you're emotionally detached.

7. Geometric Shape (2009)

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