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20. Deep Rising (1998)

This filmmaker's science fiction thriller chronicles a collection of scene-stealing supporting players portraying soldiers of fortune hired to destroy the luxury liner the main setting. But a giant mutant octopus has already arrived! Including the likely victims are Kevin J O'Connor as a diamond criminal.

19. The 1900 Story (1998)

A infant, left on the ocean-going ship the central location, develops to be a talented keyboardist (the main star) who never steps off the vessel. The climax of Giuseppe Tornatore's whimsical hokum is the protagonist competing in a musical showdown with a historical figure, arguably inaccurately depicted as a overconfident individual.

18. Waterworld (1995)

Kevin Costner portrays a samurai-like nomad with mutated appendages and a souped-up sailing vessel in this big-budget futuristic thriller, taking place in a distant time where melting polar ice-caps have inundated the world. The entire population is searching for mythical Dryland while resisting the antagonist and his gang of continuously smoking pirates.

17. RMS Titanic (1997)

Two hours of tiresome canoodling between a upper-class woman (the female lead) and an working-class man (Leonardo DiCaprio) are redeemed by James Cameron's impressive reconstruction of among history's most infamous catastrophes. It's impossible not to respect the chutzpah of a director who successfully transforms a casualties of numerous victims into an emotionally uplifting tale of freedom.

16. Ship of Fools (1965)

Commoners, flamenco dancers and Nazi eugenicists interact on a commercial vessel journeying from Latin America to the Continent in the interwar period. This filmmaker's sweeping drama includes a legendary actress, in her last performance, as a melancholy character, but it's Oskar Werner, as the medical officer, and a talented performer, as a political noblewoman, who provide the film with its emotional wallop.

15. Ultimate Trip (1960)

The USS Claridon is torn asunder in an explosion and the protagonist's spouse (the actress) is stranded in their cabin in this compelling proto-disaster pic. Is it possible for the hero and a heroic engineer (the supporting player) rescue her before the boat submerges? Interesting note: the fictional ship is represented by the legendary French liner a real ship.

14. Murder on the Nile (1978)

Angela Lansbury are part of the murder suspects on board a Nile paddle steamer in this ensemble cast Agatha Christie murder mystery. Peter Ustinov, as Hercule Poirot, cannot prevent half the cast being stabbed, which narrows his potential killers to a limited selection. Much more enjoyable than the modern adaptation.

13. Dead Calm (1989)

Sam Neill portray a husband and wife attempting to recover from the pain of their offspring's demise by venturing on their vessel for a trip in the ocean, where they rescue a co-star from a foundering ship. Costly error! The director's thriller is essentially a killers-on-the-loose story at in maritime setting, but an high-quality one that made her famous.

12. The Maggie (1954)

An UK citizen, shipping furniture for an American industrialist, is manipulated into employing a run-down "Scottish vessel" in the director's harsh British film in the subversive tradition of his own Whisky Galore!. Naturally, the vessel's British skipper and crew deceive the inexperienced passengers for a trip, in multiple interpretations of the word.

11. Juggernaut (1974)

This filmmaker imparts his disaster thriller a social commentary angle in this anxiety-inducing yarn of explosives placed on a passenger ship, the SS Britannic. Which wire to cut? David Hemmings act as demolition specialists; Roy Kinnear, as the cruise director, delivers a touching portrayal in sadly funny despair.

10. Ocean Disaster (1972)

This film version of Paul Gallico's literary work is one of the peaks of the 1970s disaster genre. The SS Poseidon is overturned by a ocean surge, and it's the job of the lead character to guide his flock through the inverted vessel to rescue. a supporting player is memorable as a shopkeeper's wife with a useful experience of competitive swimming.

9. All is Lost (2013)

Robert Redford delivers a late-career exemplary performance in solo performance as a individual struggling to survive in the maritime location after his sailing vessel, the Virginia Jean, is damaged in a impact with an lost shipping container. It's nerve-wracking enough to watch, so one can only imagine how physically gruelling it must have been for the 76-year-old star to record.

8. Ship Commander (2013)

Tom Hanks provides excellent performance in part of his everyman-in-crisis performances, as the commander of an US merchant vessel seized by Somali pirates off the specific location. He's matched by a co-star ("Now I'm in charge"), delivering a remarkable film debut as the pirate chief in the director's thriller, based on real events. When the final sequence doesn't make you blub, you're not human.

7. Triangle (2009)

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