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20. Deep Rising (1998)

Stephen Sommers' sci-fi horror pulp follows a collection of memorable character actors playing mercenaries contracted to sink the cruise ship a fictional ship. Yet a giant mutant octopus has beaten them to it! Including the likely victims are Famke Janssen as a diamond criminal.

19. The 1900 Story (1998)

A baby, abandoned on the passenger vessel a fictional ship, matures to be a gifted pianist (Tim Roth) who refuses to leave the boat. The highlight of Giuseppe Tornatore's whimsical hokum is Roth battling a musical showdown with a jazz legend, arguably inaccurately depicted as a smug bastard.

18. Waterworld (1995)

The main star acts as a samurai-like wanderer with mutated appendages and a modified sailing vessel in this big-budget sci-fi B-movie, located in a future where disappearing glaciers have inundated the planet. The entire population is hunting for fabled solid ground while fending off the antagonist and his band of continuously smoking pirates.

17. Titanic (1997)

An extended period of tiresome canoodling between a upper-class woman (Kate Winslet) and an working-class man (the actor) are redeemed by the director's impressive reconstruction of among history's well-known catastrophes. It's impossible not to respect the chutzpah of a film-maker who successfully transforms a death toll of over a thousand into an emotionally uplifting narrative of emancipation.

16. Boat of Lunatics (1965)

Working-class people, flamenco dancers and political extremists mingle on a passenger ship journeying from Latin America to Europe in the interwar period. Stanley Kramer's large-scale film stars Vivien Leigh, in her last performance, as a melancholy character, but it's Oskar Werner, as the ship's doctor, and another cast member, as a aristocratic rebel, who provide the film with its powerful impact.

15. Ultimate Trip (1960)

The central vessel is ripped apart in an detonation and the lead actor's spouse (the actress) is stuck in their room in this gripping precursor to disaster movies. Is it possible for Stack and a courageous worker (the actor) free her before the vessel goes down? Fun fact: the fictional ship is represented by the legendary historic ship an actual ocean liner.

14. Nile Killing (1978)

Two legendary actresses are part of the homicide possibilities on board a Nile paddle steamer in this all-star Agatha Christie whodunit. The lead actor, as the famous detective, cannot prevent numerous characters being shot, which whittles down his suspects to a manageable number. Much more enjoyable than the recent version.

13. Sea Silence (1989)

Nicole Kidman act as a partners seeking to heal from the pain of their offspring's demise by sailing their boat for a journey in the ocean, where they recover Billy Zane from a damaged vessel. Big mistake! This filmmaker's thriller is fundamentally a killers-on-the-loose story at in maritime setting, but an ultra-classy one that launched her career.

12. The Maggie (1954)

An British man, transporting items for an American industrialist, is manipulated into employing a dilapidated "Clyde puffer" in Alexander Mackendrick's harsh Ealing comedy in the unconventional tradition of his own previous work. Predictably, the ship's Scottish captain and team take the two landlubbers for a trip, in all senses of the expression.

11. Juggernaut (1974)

Richard Lester imparts his disaster thriller a political dimension tilt in this nerve-shredding story of bombs positioned on a luxury liner, the main setting. Which wire to cut? Richard Harris act as demolition specialists; Roy Kinnear, as the cruise director, serves up a heartbreaking depiction in humorous tragedy.

10. The Poseidon Adventure (1972)

This cinematic interpretation of this writer's novel is part of the high points of the 1970s disaster genre. The fictional ship is overturned by a ocean surge, and it's the job of Reverend Gene Hackman to direct his flock through the upturned vessel to safety. the actress is memorable as a small business owner's partner with a handy background of sports participation.

9. Total Loss (2013)

The lead actor delivers a experienced exemplary performance in solo performance as a man fighting to survive in the maritime location after his yacht, the Virginia Jean, is impaired in a crash with an stray transport unit. It's stressful enough to observe, so one can only imagine how exceptionally strenuous it must have been for the elderly actor to film.

8. Ship Commander (2013)

The main star provides sterling work in among his everyman-in-crisis performances, as the captain of an American cargo ship seized by African raiders off the Horn of Africa. He has great chemistry by a co-star ("I control this vessel"), making a outstanding film debut as the raider leader in the director's suspense film, derived from actual incidents. When the concluding moment doesn't make you blub, you have no heart.

7. Triangle (2009)

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