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20. Deep Rising (1998)

The director's science fiction thriller details a collection of scene-stealing ensemble cast acting as mercenaries employed to demolish the luxury liner the main setting. Yet a massive sea creature has got there first! Including the likely victims are Treat Williams as a jewel thief.

19. The Legend of 1900 (1998)

A newborn, deserted on the ocean-going ship the central location, develops to be a accomplished musician (the lead actor) who remains aboard the vessel. The climax of this filmmaker's fantastical tale is Roth competing in a keyboard contest with Jelly Roll Morton, rather unfairly depicted as a arrogant character.

18. Aquatic World (1995)

Kevin Costner plays a fighter-inspired nomad with webbed feet and a enhanced trimaran in this big-budget sci-fi B-movie, taking place in a distant time where melting polar ice-caps have flooded the world. All people is seeking legendary terra firma while fending off the villain and his band of continuously smoking marauders.

17. The Titanic (1997)

A significant portion of love story development between a upper-class woman (the female lead) and an free-spirited artist (Leonardo DiCaprio) are redeemed by James Cameron's breathtaking depiction of one the 20th century's well-known disasters. One must appreciate the boldness of a cinematic artist who manages to twist a casualties of 1,500 into an emotionally uplifting narrative of liberation.

16. Vessel of Madness (1965)

Working-class people, Spanish performers and political extremists rub shoulders on a passenger ship traveling from Latin America to the Old World in 1933. Stanley Kramer's sweeping drama features a cinema icon, in her swan song, as a unhappy separated woman, but it's Oskar Werner, as the medical officer, and another cast member, as a aristocratic rebel, who supply the film with its dramatic punch.

15. Ultimate Trip (1960)

The central vessel is ripped apart in an explosion and the protagonist's wife (the co-star) is stuck in their cabin in this gripping early catastrophe film. Can the main character and a brave technician (Woody Strode) save her before the boat submerges? Interesting note: the main setting is played by the legendary French liner a real ship.

14. Nile Killing (1978)

Two legendary actresses are part of the killing culprits on board a Egyptian riverboat in this all-star mystery writer whodunit. Peter Ustinov, as the Belgian sleuth, is unable to halt several passengers being stabbed, which reduces his persons of interest to a smaller group. Bags more fun than the modern adaptation.

13. Sea Silence (1989)

Two lead actors play a partners trying to get over the grief of their offspring's demise by venturing on their vessel for a spin in the ocean, where they recover Billy Zane from a damaged vessel. Costly error! Phillip Noyce's tense movie is basically a horror film at in maritime setting, but an exceptionally well-made one that put Kidman on the map.

12. Maggie's Tale (1954)

An British man, moving goods for an wealthy entrepreneur, is manipulated into using a dilapidated "Scottish vessel" in this filmmaker's brutal UK production in the rebellious style of his own previous work. Of course, the boat's British skipper and staff deceive the inexperienced passengers for a trip, in every meaning of the word.

11. Unstoppable Force (1974)

This filmmaker provides his disaster thriller a state-of-the-nation perspective in this nerve-shredding tale of bombs planted on a passenger ship, the SS Britannic. Red wire or blue wire? Richard Harris act as bomb disposal experts; a supporting player, as the ship's entertainments director, delivers a emotional study in sadly funny despair.

10. The Poseidon Adventure (1972)

This adaptation of this writer's novel is among the peaks of the 1970s disaster genre. The central vessel is flipped over by a ocean surge, and it's the job of the main protagonist to direct his group through the flipped vessel to rescue. the actress is unforgettable as a shopkeeper's wife with a practical experience of competitive swimming.

9. Everything's Gone (2013)

The main star provides a mature brilliant acting in single character portrayal as a individual fighting to endure in the maritime location after his yacht, the main setting, is damaged in a crash with an errant transport unit. It's anxious enough to watch, so heaven knows how extremely demanding it must have been for the elderly actor to record.

8. Captain Phillips (2013)

The lead actor does sterling work in one of his everyman-in-crisis roles, as the commander of an American cargo ship seized by maritime criminals off the geographical area. He has great chemistry by a co-star ("I'm the captain now"), making a outstanding first movie role as the criminal boss in this filmmaker's tense movie, based on real events. If the concluding moment doesn't make you blub, you have no heart.

7. Triangle (2009)

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