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20. Ocean Terror (1998)

This filmmaker's sci-fi horror pulp chronicles a bunch of attention-grabbing supporting players portraying mercenaries contracted to sink the cruise ship a fictional ship. However a giant mutant octopus has got there first! Among the potential cephalopod fodder are Famke Janssen as a gem smuggler.

19. The 1900 Story (1998)

A newborn, deserted on the passenger vessel SS Virginian, matures to be a gifted pianist (Tim Roth) who never steps off the vessel. The peak moment of the director's whimsical hokum is Roth battling a keyboard contest with a historical figure, arguably inaccurately shown as a smug bastard.

18. Aquatic World (1995)

The lead actor acts as a warrior-esque wanderer with webbed feet and a souped-up trimaran in this megabudget science fiction adventure, located in a distant time where vanishing ice sheets have submerged the Earth. All people is seeking legendary terra firma while fighting off the villain and his group of constantly puffing pirates.

17. RMS Titanic (1997)

A significant portion of tiresome canoodling between a posh chick (the actress) and an working-class man (the actor) are redeemed by James Cameron's breathtaking depiction of one the 20th century's notorious catastrophes. It's impossible not to respect the chutzpah of a cinematic artist who successfully transforms a casualties of numerous victims into an heartening tale of liberation.

16. Ship of Fools (1965)

Commoners, artistic entertainers and Nazi eugenicists mingle on a commercial vessel journeying from Mexico to the Continent in the pre-war era. Stanley Kramer's large-scale film includes a legendary actress, in her final role, as a melancholy character, but it's Oskar Werner, as the ship's doctor, and Simone Signoret, as a radical countess, who provide the motion picture with its powerful impact.

15. Ultimate Trip (1960)

The central vessel is destroyed in an explosion and Robert Stack's spouse (Dorothy Malone) is stuck in their room in this gripping early catastrophe film. Will the main character and a heroic engineer (the supporting player) rescue her before the vessel goes down? Curious detail: the fictional ship is played by the renowned European vessel a real ship.

14. Death on the Nile (1978)

Two legendary actresses are including the murder suspects on board a Egyptian riverboat in this celebrity-filled mystery writer detective story. Peter Ustinov, as Hercule Poirot, fails to stop numerous characters being shot, which reduces his suspects to a limited selection. Significantly better than the 2022 remake.

13. Sea Silence (1989)

Sam Neill act as a husband and wife attempting to recover from the pain of their offspring's demise by taking their yacht for a spin in the sea, where they rescue Billy Zane from a sinking schooner. Costly error! The director's tense movie is fundamentally a slasher movie at on the ocean, but an high-quality one that put Kidman on the map.

12. The Maggie (1954)

An Englishman, shipping items for an American industrialist, is manipulated into using a poor condition "Clyde puffer" in this filmmaker's brutal UK production in the subversive tradition of his own previous work. Predictably, the vessel's Scottish captain and crew trick the main characters for a ride, in multiple interpretations of the term.

11. Overwhelming Power (1974)

The director imparts his suspense story a state-of-the-nation angle in this nerve-shredding yarn of detonators planted on a luxury liner, the SS Britannic. What's the correct choice? Two lead actors portray bomb disposal experts; a supporting player, as the cruise director, serves up a heartbreaking portrayal in humorous tragedy.

10. Ocean Disaster (1972)

This film version of the author's literary work is among the zenith of the era of disaster movies. The central vessel is flipped over by a tidal wave, and it's the responsibility of Reverend Gene Hackman to guide his followers through the flipped vessel to safety. the actress is remarkable as a retailer's spouse with a useful background of sports participation.

9. Everything's Gone (2013)

Robert Redford gives a late-career brilliant acting in one-man show as a man struggling to survive in the Indian Ocean after his personal boat, the Virginia Jean, is damaged in a impact with an errant cargo box. It's stressful enough to watch, so heaven knows how exceptionally strenuous it must have been for the 76-year-old star to film.

8. Ship Commander (2013)

The lead actor provides sterling work in one of his everyman-in-crisis roles, as the commander of an US merchant vessel hijacked by maritime criminals off the geographical area. He's matched by another actor ("I control this vessel"), making a remarkable initial cinematic appearance as the criminal boss in this filmmaker's thriller, inspired by real events. When the final sequence fails to move you, you're emotionally detached.

7. Three-Sided Figure (2009)

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