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20. Ocean Terror (1998)

Stephen Sommers' science fiction thriller follows a group of attention-grabbing supporting players acting as soldiers of fortune employed to destroy the luxury liner Argonautica. But a giant mutant octopus has already arrived! Featuring the likely victims are Kevin J O'Connor as a diamond criminal.

19. The 1900 Story (1998)

A baby, deserted on the passenger vessel the central location, develops to be a accomplished musician (the main star) who refuses to leave the ship. The climax of Giuseppe Tornatore's imaginative story is the main character competing in a musical showdown with a historical figure, rather unfairly depicted as a arrogant character.

18. Ocean Planet (1995)

Kevin Costner plays a warrior-esque wanderer with aquatic adaptations and a enhanced sailing vessel in this high-cost science fiction adventure, located in a distant time where vanishing ice sheets have inundated the Earth. Everyone is seeking mythical Dryland while fending off the antagonist and his group of continuously smoking pirates.

17. The Titanic (1997)

An extended period of romantic interludes between a upper-class woman (the actress) and an working-class man (the actor) are redeemed by the director's impressive reconstruction of a famous most infamous tragedies. One must appreciate the audacity of a film-maker who successfully transforms a fatalities of 1,500 into an emotionally uplifting tale of freedom.

16. Vessel of Madness (1965)

Commoners, flamenco dancers and political extremists interact on a passenger ship sailing from Mexico to the Old World in the interwar period. Stanley Kramer's epic features a legendary actress, in her swan song, as a melancholy character, but it's another actor, as the medical officer, and a talented performer, as a political noblewoman, who provide the movie with its dramatic punch.

15. The Last Voyage (1960)

The central vessel is ripped apart in an detonation and the protagonist's partner (the co-star) is stuck in their room in this compelling precursor to disaster movies. Is it possible for the main character and a heroic engineer (the supporting player) save her before the ship sinks? Fun fact: the main setting is played by the famous European vessel Île de France.

14. Murder on the Nile (1978)

Bette Davis are among the homicide possibilities on board a Egyptian riverboat in this all-star crime novelist murder mystery. The main star, as the Belgian sleuth, is unable to halt several passengers being shot, which narrows his suspects to a manageable number. Much more enjoyable than the recent version.

13. Sea Silence (1989)

Nicole Kidman portray a partners trying to get over the grief of their offspring's demise by sailing their boat for a spin in the sea, where they recover a co-star from a damaged vessel. Big mistake! This filmmaker's tense movie is fundamentally a killers-on-the-loose story at sea, but an high-quality one that made her famous.

12. Maggie's Tale (1954)

An British man, shipping goods for an wealthy entrepreneur, is deceived into employing a run-down "Scottish vessel" in the director's harsh British film in the subversive tradition of his own Whisky Galore!. Of course, the boat's UK commander and crew deceive the inexperienced passengers for a journey, in multiple interpretations of the expression.

11. Unstoppable Force (1974)

This filmmaker gives his disaster thriller a state-of-the-nation angle in this nerve-shredding yarn of explosives placed on a passenger ship, the main setting. Red wire or blue wire? David Hemmings play bomb disposal experts; a supporting player, as the ship's entertainments director, provides a emotional study in tragicomic desperation.

10. Poseidon's Journey (1972)

This film version of Paul Gallico's novel is among the zenith of the seventies catastrophe films. The fictional ship is capsized by a tsunami, and it's the responsibility of Reverend Gene Hackman to direct his followers through the upturned vessel to rescue. Shelley Winters is unforgettable as a shopkeeper's wife with a practical experience of sports participation.

9. Everything's Gone (2013)

The main star delivers a mature masterclass in solo performance as a individual battling to endure in the maritime location after his personal boat, the main setting, is harmed in a crash with an stray cargo box. It's stressful enough to observe, so heaven knows how extremely demanding it must have been for the senior performer to shoot.

8. Captain Phillips (2013)

The lead actor does outstanding acting in one of his regular-guys-under-intolerable-pressure performances, as the commander of an commercial transport commandeered by African raiders off the geographical area. His performance is complemented by a co-star ("I control this vessel"), providing a remarkable film debut as the pirate chief in Paul Greengrass's tense movie, derived from real events. When the final sequence doesn't make you blub, you're emotionally detached.

7. Triangle (2009)

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