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20. Deep Rising (1998)

Stephen Sommers' science fiction thriller details a bunch of memorable supporting players acting as soldiers of fortune employed to sink the passenger vessel a fictional ship. But a giant mutant octopus has beaten them to it! Featuring the potential cephalopod fodder are Treat Williams as a jewel thief.

19. The Legend of 1900 (1998)

A newborn, abandoned on the passenger vessel a fictional ship, matures to be a accomplished musician (the main star) who refuses to leave the boat. The climax of the director's imaginative story is the main character fighting a musical showdown with a jazz legend, rather unfairly depicted as a overconfident individual.

18. Waterworld (1995)

Kevin Costner portrays a samurai-like nomad with mutated appendages and a enhanced trimaran in this big-budget science fiction adventure, located in a later era where disappearing glaciers have inundated the Earth. Everyone is seeking mythical Dryland while resisting the villain and his band of chain-smoking marauders.

17. The Titanic (1997)

Two hours of love story development between a posh chick (the female lead) and an working-class man (Leonardo DiCaprio) are redeemed by this filmmaker's spectacular recreation of one the 20th century's well-known disasters. You have to admire the chutzpah of a director who successfully transforms a fatalities of over a thousand into an emotionally uplifting story of liberation.

16. Ship of Fools (1965)

Working-class people, Spanish performers and political extremists rub shoulders on a passenger ship traveling from Mexico to the Old World in the pre-war era. This filmmaker's large-scale film stars Vivien Leigh, in her final role, as a sad divorcee, but it's a co-star, as the medical officer, and Simone Signoret, as a political noblewoman, who supply the film with its emotional wallop.

15. Ultimate Trip (1960)

The central vessel is torn asunder in an explosion and the protagonist's wife (the actress) is stuck in their cabin in this intense early catastrophe film. Is it possible for Stack and a courageous worker (the actor) save her ahead of the ship sinks? Curious detail: the main setting is represented by the famous European vessel an actual ocean liner.

14. Nile Killing (1978)

Angela Lansbury are among the homicide possibilities on board a Nile paddle steamer in this ensemble cast crime novelist whodunit. The lead actor, as the famous detective, fails to stop half the cast being killed, which narrows his suspects to a manageable number. Much more enjoyable than the recent version.

13. Sea Silence (1989)

Sam Neill act as a married couple attempting to recover from the trauma of their child's passing by taking their yacht for a journey in the ocean, where they rescue a co-star from a damaged vessel. Poor decision! Phillip Noyce's suspense film is essentially a horror film at sea, but an exceptionally well-made one that made her famous.

12. Maggie's Tale (1954)

An British man, moving furniture for an American industrialist, is tricked into hiring a dilapidated "Clyde puffer" in this filmmaker's harsh UK production in the subversive tradition of his own Whisky Galore!. Predictably, the ship's Scottish captain and crew take the two landlubbers for a journey, in every meaning of the expression.

11. Unstoppable Force (1974)

This filmmaker imparts his catastrophe film a state-of-the-nation angle in this anxiety-inducing story of explosives positioned on a commercial vessel, the fictional ship. Red wire or blue wire? David Hemmings act as explosive technicians; another actor, as the vessel's activities coordinator, provides a touching depiction in humorous tragedy.

10. Poseidon's Journey (1972)

This film version of this writer's literary work is part of the peaks of the 1970s disaster genre. The fictional ship is overturned by a tsunami, and it's up to the main protagonist to direct his flock through the upturned ship to security. a supporting player is memorable as a small business owner's partner with a useful background of athletic swimming.

9. All is Lost (2013)

The lead actor delivers a mature masterclass in solo performance as a individual fighting to survive in the specific sea after his personal boat, the main setting, is impaired in a impact with an errant shipping container. It's stressful enough to view, so one can only imagine how exceptionally strenuous it must have been for the 76-year-old star to shoot.

8. Ship Commander (2013)

The lead actor provides excellent performance in part of his regular-guys-under-intolerable-pressure performances, as the skipper of an US merchant vessel hijacked by African raiders off the geographical area. He has great chemistry by another actor ("I control this vessel"), making a outstanding film debut as the pirate chief in this filmmaker's suspense film, inspired by true stories. If the final sequence doesn't bring tears, you have no heart.

7. Three-Sided Figure (2009)

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