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20. Abyssal Attack (1998)

The director's futuristic scarefest chronicles a group of scene-stealing character actors acting as hired guns employed to sink the cruise ship a fictional ship. But a massive sea creature has got there first! Featuring the potential cephalopod fodder are Famke Janssen as a gem smuggler.

19. 1900's Tale (1998)

A newborn, abandoned on the ocean-going ship a fictional ship, develops to be a talented keyboardist (Tim Roth) who refuses to leave the ship. The peak moment of the director's fantastical tale is the main character battling a keyboard contest with Jelly Roll Morton, arguably inaccurately portrayed as a arrogant character.

18. Ocean Planet (1995)

The lead actor plays a warrior-esque nomad with aquatic adaptations and a souped-up sailing vessel in this high-cost science fiction adventure, taking place in a distant time where vanishing ice sheets have inundated the planet. All people is seeking mythical Dryland while fending off the villain and his group of constantly puffing raiders.

17. The Titanic (1997)

An extended period of love story development between a wealthy lady (the female lead) and an working-class man (the actor) are rescued by James Cameron's spectacular recreation of among history's notorious tragedies. It's impossible not to respect the chutzpah of a film-maker who artfully converts a fatalities of numerous victims into an inspiring story of emancipation.

16. Ship of Fools (1965)

Peasants, Spanish performers and Nazi eugenicists mingle on a ocean liner traveling from North America to the Old World in 1933. Stanley Kramer's large-scale film includes a legendary actress, in her last performance, as a sad divorcee, but it's another actor, as the medical officer, and another cast member, as a political noblewoman, who supply the movie with its emotional wallop.

15. Ultimate Trip (1960)

The fictional ship is torn asunder in an blast and Robert Stack's partner (Dorothy Malone) is trapped in their cabin in this intense proto-disaster pic. Will the main character and a heroic engineer (Woody Strode) free her ahead of the ship sinks? Fun fact: the Claridon is represented by the renowned European vessel Île de France.

14. Nile Killing (1978)

Bette Davis are including the homicide possibilities on board a Nile paddle steamer in this all-star Agatha Christie whodunit. Peter Ustinov, as the famous detective, fails to stop several passengers being shot, which whittles down his suspects to a manageable number. Bags more fun than the recent version.

13. Sea Silence (1989)

Sam Neill play a married couple seeking to heal from the pain of their son's death by venturing on their vessel for a journey in the sea, where they rescue another actor from a damaged vessel. Costly error! This filmmaker's thriller is essentially a horror film at sea, but an exceptionally well-made one that put Kidman on the map.

12. Maggie's Tale (1954)

An Englishman, moving items for an American industrialist, is deceived into hiring a poor condition "type of boat" in the director's harsh UK production in the unconventional vein of his own Whisky Galore!. Predictably, the ship's UK commander and staff trick the main characters for a trip, in every meaning of the word.

11. Unstoppable Force (1974)

The director gives his suspense story a political dimension angle in this anxiety-inducing story of explosives planted on a commercial vessel, the SS Britannic. Which wire to cut? Two lead actors act as explosive technicians; Roy Kinnear, as the cruise director, delivers a touching study in humorous tragedy.

10. Ocean Disaster (1972)

This cinematic interpretation of the author's novel is one of the high points of the 1970s disaster genre. The central vessel is overturned by a tidal wave, and it's the responsibility of the main protagonist to guide his flock through the flipped vessel to security. Shelley Winters is memorable as a retailer's spouse with a useful experience of athletic swimming.

9. All is Lost (2013)

Robert Redford gives a late-career brilliant acting in solo performance as a man battling to stay alive in the maritime location after his yacht, the Virginia Jean, is impaired in a impact with an stray transport unit. It's nerve-wracking enough to observe, so heaven knows how exceptionally strenuous it must have been for the 76-year-old star to record.

8. Vessel Leader (2013)

The lead actor provides excellent performance in among his everyman-in-crisis performances, as the commander of an commercial transport seized by Somali pirates off the specific location. His performance is complemented by Barkhad Abdi ("I control this vessel"), delivering a remarkable film debut as the criminal boss in this filmmaker's tense movie, derived from real events. Should the concluding moment fails to move you, you're emotionally detached.

7. Triangle (2009)

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