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20. Deep Rising (1998)

The director's futuristic scarefest details a collection of attention-grabbing ensemble cast portraying mercenaries hired to destroy the luxury liner a fictional ship. Yet a massive sea creature has already arrived! Among the likely victims are Kevin J O'Connor as a jewel thief.

19. The Legend of 1900 (1998)

A baby, abandoned on the ocean-going ship a fictional ship, grows up to be a talented keyboardist (the main star) who remains aboard the vessel. The highlight of the director's imaginative story is the protagonist battling a piano duel with Jelly Roll Morton, arguably inaccurately depicted as a overconfident individual.

18. Waterworld (1995)

The main star acts as a fighter-inspired wanderer with aquatic adaptations and a modified trimaran in this big-budget sci-fi B-movie, set in a distant time where vanishing ice sheets have inundated the world. All people is searching for mythical Dryland while resisting Dennis Hopper and his group of continuously smoking raiders.

17. RMS Titanic (1997)

A significant portion of love story development between a wealthy lady (the actress) and an working-class man (the male lead) are redeemed by this filmmaker's spectacular recreation of among history's notorious catastrophes. One must appreciate the audacity of a film-maker who manages to twist a fatalities of numerous victims into an inspiring tale of emancipation.

16. Ship of Fools (1965)

Working-class people, Spanish performers and Nazi eugenicists rub shoulders on a passenger ship journeying from North America to the Old World in the interwar period. Stanley Kramer's sweeping drama includes Vivien Leigh, in her last performance, as a unhappy separated woman, but it's another actor, as the ship's doctor, and another cast member, as a political noblewoman, who deliver the film with its dramatic punch.

15. The Last Voyage (1960)

The central vessel is destroyed in an blast and the protagonist's partner (the actress) is stranded in their room in this gripping proto-disaster pic. Is it possible for Stack and a brave technician (Woody Strode) save her before the ship sinks? Interesting note: the main setting is played by the renowned French liner Île de France.

14. Murder on the Nile (1978)

Bette Davis are including the homicide possibilities on board a Nile paddle steamer in this all-star Agatha Christie whodunit. Peter Ustinov, as Hercule Poirot, fails to stop half the cast being killed, which narrows his potential killers to a manageable number. Bags more fun than the recent version.

13. Sea Silence (1989)

Two lead actors act as a married couple attempting to recover from the pain of their child's passing by sailing their boat for a trip in the sea, where they save Billy Zane from a foundering ship. Big mistake! The director's tense movie is basically a horror film at sea, but an exceptionally well-made one that made her famous.

12. The Maggie (1954)

An British man, shipping items for an wealthy entrepreneur, is deceived into employing a run-down "Scottish vessel" in this filmmaker's dark British film in the rebellious style of his own previous work. Naturally, the vessel's Scottish captain and crew deceive the inexperienced passengers for a trip, in all senses of the expression.

11. Juggernaut (1974)

The director gives his disaster thriller a state-of-the-nation angle in this anxiety-inducing tale of explosives positioned on a luxury liner, the fictional ship. Red wire or blue wire? Two lead actors play demolition specialists; a supporting player, as the cruise director, provides a emotional depiction in sadly funny despair.

10. The Poseidon Adventure (1972)

This cinematic interpretation of Paul Gallico's book is part of the high points of the era of disaster movies. The fictional ship is flipped over by a tidal wave, and it's the job of the main protagonist to lead his group through the upturned ship to security. a supporting player is unforgettable as a shopkeeper's wife with a useful experience of competitive swimming.

9. All is Lost (2013)

Robert Redford delivers a late-career masterclass in solo performance as a person fighting to survive in the maritime location after his sailing vessel, the Virginia Jean, is harmed in a collision with an lost cargo box. It's anxious enough to observe, so one can only imagine how extremely demanding it must have been for the elderly actor to film.

8. Ship Commander (2013)

The main star provides excellent performance in part of his regular-guys-under-intolerable-pressure performances, as the skipper of an commercial transport commandeered by maritime criminals off the Horn of Africa. He has great chemistry by another actor ("Now I'm in charge"), making a sensational initial cinematic appearance as the criminal boss in Paul Greengrass's thriller, derived from real events. If the concluding moment fails to move you, you're not human.

7. Geometric Shape (2009)

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