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20. Abyssal Attack (1998)

The director's sci-fi horror pulp chronicles a collection of scene-stealing character actors acting as mercenaries contracted to sink the passenger vessel a fictional ship. However a enormous cephalopod has already arrived! Featuring the endangered passengers are Treat Williams as a diamond criminal.

19. 1900's Tale (1998)

A baby, left on the ocean-going ship a fictional ship, grows up to be a talented keyboardist (the lead actor) who remains aboard the vessel. The peak moment of Giuseppe Tornatore's whimsical hokum is Roth fighting a keyboard contest with a jazz legend, arguably inaccurately depicted as a smug bastard.

18. Waterworld (1995)

Kevin Costner portrays a samurai-like nomad with mutated appendages and a enhanced watercraft in this big-budget science fiction adventure, set in a later era where vanishing ice sheets have flooded the world. The entire population is seeking legendary terra firma while fending off the villain and his band of constantly puffing marauders.

17. The Titanic (1997)

An extended period of love story development between a wealthy lady (the female lead) and an free-spirited artist (the male lead) are redeemed by this filmmaker's breathtaking depiction of a famous most infamous catastrophes. It's impossible not to respect the audacity of a director who artfully converts a death toll of over a thousand into an heartening tale of freedom.

16. Ship of Fools (1965)

Peasants, flamenco dancers and Nazi eugenicists interact on a passenger ship journeying from Latin America to the Continent in the interwar period. Stanley Kramer's large-scale film features Vivien Leigh, in her last performance, as a sad divorcee, but it's Oskar Werner, as the vessel's physician, and another cast member, as a political noblewoman, who deliver the film with its emotional wallop.

15. The Last Voyage (1960)

The central vessel is torn asunder in an detonation and the lead actor's wife (the co-star) is trapped in their quarters in this intense early catastrophe film. Is it possible for Stack and a courageous worker (Woody Strode) save her before the ship sinks? Fun fact: the main setting is played by the renowned historic ship an actual ocean liner.

14. Nile Killing (1978)

Bette Davis are among the murder suspects on board a African vessel in this celebrity-filled Agatha Christie detective story. Peter Ustinov, as Hercule Poirot, fails to stop numerous characters being shot, which narrows his suspects to a limited selection. Significantly better than the modern adaptation.

13. Dead Calm (1989)

Sam Neill portray a husband and wife seeking to heal from the grief of their son's death by taking their yacht for a journey in the sea, where they recover another actor from a foundering ship. Big mistake! The director's suspense film is essentially a killers-on-the-loose story at in maritime setting, but an exceptionally well-made one that launched her career.

12. Maggie's Tale (1954)

An Englishman, shipping furniture for an US businessman, is manipulated into employing a dilapidated "Clyde puffer" in this filmmaker's harsh British film in the subversive style of his own previous work. Of course, the ship's UK commander and staff trick the main characters for a trip, in multiple interpretations of the expression.

11. Overwhelming Power (1974)

Richard Lester imparts his disaster thriller a political dimension angle in this tension-filled tale of explosives placed on a commercial vessel, the main setting. What's the correct choice? Richard Harris act as bomb disposal experts; another actor, as the vessel's activities coordinator, serves up a touching depiction in sadly funny despair.

10. Ocean Disaster (1972)

This film version of Paul Gallico's literary work is among the high points of the seventies catastrophe films. The central vessel is capsized by a ocean surge, and it's the job of Reverend Gene Hackman to direct his followers through the flipped vessel to safety. the actress is unforgettable as a retailer's spouse with a handy experience of sports participation.

9. All is Lost (2013)

The main star provides a experienced masterclass in one-man show as a man struggling to stay alive in the specific sea after his sailing vessel, the main setting, is impaired in a collision with an lost cargo box. It's nerve-wracking enough to view, so it's difficult to comprehend how physically gruelling it must have been for the elderly actor to film.

8. Ship Commander (2013)

Tom Hanks does outstanding acting in among his ordinary-person-in-extraordinary-circumstances roles, as the captain of an US merchant vessel commandeered by maritime criminals off the geographical area. His performance is complemented by another actor ("I'm the captain now"), providing a remarkable initial cinematic appearance as the pirate chief in the director's thriller, inspired by true stories. Should the last scene doesn't make you blub, you're emotionally detached.

7. Triangle (2009)

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