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20. Deep Rising (1998)

This filmmaker's sci-fi horror pulp follows a bunch of attention-grabbing character actors portraying soldiers of fortune hired to demolish the passenger vessel the main setting. But a massive sea creature has already arrived! Featuring the likely victims are Kevin J O'Connor as a gem smuggler.

19. The Legend of 1900 (1998)

A infant, left on the ocean-going ship the central location, grows up to be a talented keyboardist (Tim Roth) who refuses to leave the vessel. The peak moment of Giuseppe Tornatore's fantastical tale is the main character competing in a piano duel with a historical figure, somewhat unjustly shown as a smug bastard.

18. Ocean Planet (1995)

The lead actor acts as a samurai-like nomad with webbed feet and a modified sailing vessel in this big-budget futuristic thriller, located in a future where vanishing ice sheets have flooded the Earth. The entire population is seeking fabled solid ground while resisting the antagonist and his gang of continuously smoking marauders.

17. Titanic (1997)

A significant portion of romantic interludes between a upper-class woman (the actress) and an free-spirited artist (the male lead) are redeemed by the director's spectacular recreation of among history's most infamous disasters. One must appreciate the audacity of a cinematic artist who manages to twist a death toll of numerous victims into an inspiring narrative of emancipation.

16. Ship of Fools (1965)

Commoners, flamenco dancers and political extremists interact on a ocean liner traveling from Latin America to the Continent in the interwar period. The director's sweeping drama includes a cinema icon, in her swan song, as a sad divorcee, but it's Oskar Werner, as the vessel's physician, and another cast member, as a aristocratic rebel, who provide the movie with its powerful impact.

15. Final Journey (1960)

The central vessel is torn asunder in an blast and the protagonist's wife (the actress) is stranded in their cabin in this gripping proto-disaster pic. Is it possible for the hero and a courageous worker (the actor) save her ahead of the vessel goes down? Interesting note: the main setting is embodied by the renowned historic ship Île de France.

14. Death on the Nile (1978)

Angela Lansbury are part of the murder suspects on board a Egyptian riverboat in this all-star crime novelist detective story. The lead actor, as the famous detective, cannot prevent several passengers being stabbed, which narrows his potential killers to a manageable number. Significantly better than the modern adaptation.

13. Dead Calm (1989)

Two lead actors act as a partners attempting to recover from the grief of their offspring's demise by sailing their boat for a spin in the Pacific, where they save another actor from a foundering ship. Big mistake! Phillip Noyce's tense movie is basically a horror film at on the ocean, but an ultra-classy one that put Kidman on the map.

12. Maggie's Tale (1954)

An British man, moving items for an American industrialist, is manipulated into using a run-down "Scottish vessel" in Alexander Mackendrick's dark UK production in the unconventional style of his own Whisky Galore!. Of course, the ship's Scottish captain and staff trick the main characters for a trip, in all senses of the term.

11. Overwhelming Power (1974)

The director imparts his catastrophe film a social commentary perspective in this anxiety-inducing tale of explosives positioned on a commercial vessel, the fictional ship. Which wire to cut? David Hemmings act as demolition specialists; a supporting player, as the vessel's activities coordinator, serves up a emotional depiction in tragicomic desperation.

10. The Poseidon Adventure (1972)

This adaptation of the author's novel is one of the high points of the seventies catastrophe films. The SS Poseidon is capsized by a tidal wave, and it's up to the lead character to lead his followers through the flipped ship to rescue. a supporting player is unforgettable as a shopkeeper's wife with a practical background of athletic swimming.

9. All is Lost (2013)

The main star gives a mature masterclass in single character portrayal as a individual battling to survive in the maritime location after his sailing vessel, the fictional ship, is harmed in a collision with an stray transport unit. It's nerve-wracking enough to observe, so one can only imagine how exceptionally strenuous it must have been for the senior performer to film.

8. Vessel Leader (2013)

Tom Hanks delivers sterling work in one of his regular-guys-under-intolerable-pressure characters, as the captain of an American cargo ship seized by maritime criminals off the geographical area. He has great chemistry by another actor ("I'm the captain now"), providing a sensational film debut as the raider leader in this filmmaker's thriller, based on true stories. When the last scene doesn't bring tears, you have no heart.

7. Three-Sided Figure (2009)

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