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20. Abyssal Attack (1998)

This filmmaker's sci-fi horror pulp chronicles a collection of scene-stealing character actors acting as mercenaries employed to sink the cruise ship the main setting. Yet a enormous cephalopod has already arrived! Featuring the endangered passengers are Famke Janssen as a diamond criminal.

19. The 1900 Story (1998)

A newborn, abandoned on the passenger vessel a fictional ship, develops to be a gifted pianist (the main star) who refuses to leave the boat. The highlight of the director's whimsical hokum is the main character battling a musical showdown with a historical figure, rather unfairly shown as a arrogant character.

18. Aquatic World (1995)

Kevin Costner acts as a fighter-inspired wanderer with webbed feet and a enhanced sailing vessel in this big-budget sci-fi B-movie, set in a future where melting polar ice-caps have inundated the Earth. Everyone is hunting for mythical Dryland while resisting Dennis Hopper and his group of chain-smoking raiders.

17. Titanic (1997)

A significant portion of romantic interludes between a wealthy lady (the actress) and an working-class man (the actor) are saved by this filmmaker's spectacular recreation of a famous well-known tragedies. You have to admire the boldness of a director who successfully transforms a casualties of numerous victims into an heartening tale of freedom.

16. Vessel of Madness (1965)

Peasants, Spanish performers and German ideologists mingle on a commercial vessel sailing from North America to the Continent in the pre-war era. The director's large-scale film includes a cinema icon, in her last performance, as a unhappy separated woman, but it's another actor, as the medical officer, and another cast member, as a radical countess, who deliver the motion picture with its powerful impact.

15. The Last Voyage (1960)

The central vessel is torn asunder in an detonation and Robert Stack's spouse (Dorothy Malone) is stuck in their quarters in this compelling precursor to disaster movies. Will the hero and a heroic engineer (the actor) free her ahead of the boat submerges? Curious detail: the Claridon is represented by the renowned French liner Île de France.

14. Murder on the Nile (1978)

Two legendary actresses are part of the killing culprits on board a Egyptian riverboat in this ensemble cast mystery writer murder mystery. Peter Ustinov, as the Belgian sleuth, cannot prevent half the cast being shot, which whittles down his persons of interest to a limited selection. Bags more fun than the recent version.

13. Ocean Stillness (1989)

Nicole Kidman portray a husband and wife trying to get over the pain of their child's passing by taking their yacht for a journey in the Pacific, where they recover another actor from a sinking schooner. Poor decision! The director's suspense film is basically a killers-on-the-loose story at on the ocean, but an ultra-classy one that put Kidman on the map.

12. The Maggie (1954)

An British man, shipping goods for an wealthy entrepreneur, is deceived into hiring a dilapidated "type of boat" in Alexander Mackendrick's dark UK production in the unconventional style of his own earlier film. Predictably, the ship's UK commander and staff trick the main characters for a journey, in all senses of the term.

11. Overwhelming Power (1974)

The director imparts his disaster thriller a political dimension tilt in this anxiety-inducing story of bombs planted on a passenger ship, the fictional ship. What's the correct choice? Two lead actors play bomb disposal experts; Roy Kinnear, as the vessel's activities coordinator, delivers a heartbreaking depiction in humorous tragedy.

10. Ocean Disaster (1972)

This adaptation of Paul Gallico's novel is part of the zenith of the seventies catastrophe films. The central vessel is overturned by a tsunami, and it's the job of the lead character to guide his flock through the flipped ship to safety. the actress is memorable as a retailer's spouse with a useful experience of athletic swimming.

9. Total Loss (2013)

Robert Redford gives a mature exemplary performance in single character portrayal as a person struggling to survive in the Indian Ocean after his yacht, the Virginia Jean, is harmed in a collision with an lost cargo box. It's stressful enough to watch, so it's difficult to comprehend how extremely demanding it must have been for the elderly actor to film.

8. Captain Phillips (2013)

The lead actor delivers sterling work in part of his regular-guys-under-intolerable-pressure performances, as the skipper of an commercial transport hijacked by African raiders off the geographical area. He's matched by a co-star ("Now I'm in charge"), providing a sensational film debut as the pirate chief in this filmmaker's thriller, based on actual incidents. Should the last scene doesn't make you blub, you're not human.

7. Three-Sided Figure (2009)

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