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20. Abyssal Attack (1998)

This filmmaker's futuristic scarefest details a collection of attention-grabbing character actors playing mercenaries employed to destroy the luxury liner a fictional ship. But a massive sea creature has already arrived! Featuring the likely victims are Kevin J O'Connor as a jewel thief.

19. The Legend of 1900 (1998)

A newborn, abandoned on the ocean-going ship SS Virginian, matures to be a gifted pianist (the lead actor) who refuses to leave the boat. The climax of Giuseppe Tornatore's whimsical hokum is the main character battling a piano duel with a jazz legend, rather unfairly portrayed as a overconfident individual.

18. Ocean Planet (1995)

Kevin Costner plays a fighter-inspired wanderer with aquatic adaptations and a enhanced sailing vessel in this high-cost futuristic thriller, located in a later era where vanishing ice sheets have flooded the world. Everyone is hunting for legendary terra firma while fighting off the villain and his gang of constantly puffing raiders.

17. RMS Titanic (1997)

An extended period of love story development between a posh chick (Kate Winslet) and an working-class man (the male lead) are redeemed by this filmmaker's impressive reconstruction of one the 20th century's most infamous catastrophes. You have to admire the chutzpah of a director who artfully converts a death toll of over a thousand into an inspiring narrative of freedom.

16. Vessel of Madness (1965)

Peasants, Spanish performers and political extremists mingle on a passenger ship sailing from North America to the Old World in 1933. Stanley Kramer's large-scale film includes Vivien Leigh, in her swan song, as a sad divorcee, but it's Oskar Werner, as the ship's doctor, and a talented performer, as a aristocratic rebel, who supply the film with its emotional wallop.

15. Ultimate Trip (1960)

The central vessel is destroyed in an blast and the lead actor's spouse (the co-star) is stuck in their room in this compelling precursor to disaster movies. Will the main character and a courageous worker (the supporting player) free her ahead of the boat submerges? Curious detail: the main setting is played by the legendary European vessel a real ship.

14. Murder on the Nile (1978)

Two legendary actresses are including the killing culprits on board a African vessel in this all-star mystery writer murder mystery. Peter Ustinov, as the Belgian sleuth, is unable to halt several passengers being killed, which reduces his persons of interest to a limited selection. Much more enjoyable than the modern adaptation.

13. Ocean Stillness (1989)

Nicole Kidman portray a partners trying to get over the grief of their son's death by sailing their boat for a spin in the ocean, where they save a co-star from a damaged vessel. Big mistake! The director's tense movie is essentially a killers-on-the-loose story at in maritime setting, but an high-quality one that put Kidman on the map.

12. The Maggie Story (1954)

An British man, shipping items for an US businessman, is tricked into employing a dilapidated "type of boat" in Alexander Mackendrick's harsh British film in the rebellious vein of his own earlier film. Naturally, the vessel's British skipper and staff take the two landlubbers for a trip, in multiple interpretations of the word.

11. Juggernaut (1974)

This filmmaker imparts his suspense story a political dimension tilt in this anxiety-inducing story of bombs planted on a luxury liner, the SS Britannic. Which wire to cut? David Hemmings act as bomb disposal experts; Roy Kinnear, as the vessel's activities coordinator, delivers a heartbreaking study in sadly funny despair.

10. Ocean Disaster (1972)

This film version of the author's literary work is part of the zenith of the seventies catastrophe films. The SS Poseidon is capsized by a tsunami, and it's up to the main protagonist to lead his followers through the upturned vessel to security. a supporting player is unforgettable as a retailer's spouse with a useful background of sports participation.

9. Everything's Gone (2013)

The lead actor provides a late-career brilliant acting in single character portrayal as a man battling to endure in the Indian Ocean after his sailing vessel, the Virginia Jean, is damaged in a collision with an lost shipping container. It's anxious enough to view, so it's difficult to comprehend how exceptionally strenuous it must have been for the 76-year-old star to record.

8. Vessel Leader (2013)

Tom Hanks does sterling work in among his everyman-in-crisis performances, as the captain of an US merchant vessel commandeered by Somali pirates off the specific location. He's matched by a co-star ("I control this vessel"), delivering a sensational film debut as the pirate chief in Paul Greengrass's thriller, based on real events. If the final sequence fails to move you, you're emotionally detached.

7. Triangle (2009)

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