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20. Abyssal Attack (1998)

Stephen Sommers' futuristic scarefest details a collection of memorable ensemble cast portraying hired guns hired to destroy the luxury liner Argonautica. However a massive sea creature has got there first! Featuring the likely victims are Treat Williams as a jewel thief.

19. 1900's Tale (1998)

A newborn, abandoned on the ocean-going ship a fictional ship, grows up to be a talented keyboardist (the main star) who remains aboard the boat. The highlight of the director's imaginative story is the main character fighting a musical showdown with a jazz legend, arguably inaccurately depicted as a overconfident individual.

18. Aquatic World (1995)

Kevin Costner portrays a fighter-inspired nomad with aquatic adaptations and a enhanced watercraft in this big-budget science fiction adventure, set in a distant time where disappearing glaciers have inundated the Earth. The entire population is searching for mythical Dryland while resisting the villain and his group of constantly puffing marauders.

17. Titanic (1997)

Two hours of romantic interludes between a upper-class woman (the actress) and an free-spirited artist (Leonardo DiCaprio) are redeemed by this filmmaker's spectacular recreation of one the 20th century's most infamous disasters. It's impossible not to respect the chutzpah of a director who manages to twist a fatalities of over a thousand into an emotionally uplifting narrative of freedom.

16. Ship of Fools (1965)

Working-class people, flamenco dancers and Nazi eugenicists rub shoulders on a ocean liner journeying from Mexico to the Old World in the pre-war era. This filmmaker's sweeping drama stars a legendary actress, in her last performance, as a unhappy separated woman, but it's another actor, as the vessel's physician, and a talented performer, as a aristocratic rebel, who deliver the movie with its powerful impact.

15. Final Journey (1960)

The central vessel is torn asunder in an blast and Robert Stack's spouse (the actress) is trapped in their cabin in this intense precursor to disaster movies. Is it possible for Stack and a courageous worker (the actor) free her before the ship sinks? Interesting note: the fictional ship is embodied by the legendary French liner a real ship.

14. Death on the Nile (1978)

Angela Lansbury are part of the homicide possibilities on board a Nile paddle steamer in this all-star crime novelist detective story. The lead actor, as Hercule Poirot, cannot prevent several passengers being shot, which narrows his suspects to a smaller group. Significantly better than the modern adaptation.

13. Sea Silence (1989)

Nicole Kidman act as a husband and wife seeking to heal from the pain of their son's death by sailing their boat for a trip in the Pacific, where they recover another actor from a sinking schooner. Poor decision! The director's tense movie is basically a horror film at on the ocean, but an high-quality one that put Kidman on the map.

12. The Maggie Story (1954)

An Englishman, transporting furniture for an wealthy entrepreneur, is tricked into employing a dilapidated "Clyde puffer" in this filmmaker's brutal Ealing comedy in the unconventional vein of his own previous work. Naturally, the vessel's UK commander and crew trick the main characters for a ride, in all senses of the word.

11. Overwhelming Power (1974)

Richard Lester provides his suspense story a state-of-the-nation angle in this tension-filled story of bombs planted on a commercial vessel, the main setting. Red wire or blue wire? Richard Harris act as explosive technicians; a supporting player, as the cruise director, delivers a emotional study in sadly funny despair.

10. Ocean Disaster (1972)

This film version of Paul Gallico's novel is one of the high points of the 1970s disaster genre. The fictional ship is flipped over by a tidal wave, and it's up to the lead character to guide his group through the upturned ship to safety. Shelley Winters is remarkable as a small business owner's partner with a useful history of athletic swimming.

9. Everything's Gone (2013)

Robert Redford delivers a mature exemplary performance in one-man show as a person fighting to survive in the specific sea after his personal boat, the main setting, is harmed in a collision with an stray shipping container. It's nerve-wracking enough to observe, so it's difficult to comprehend how exceptionally strenuous it must have been for the senior performer to film.

8. Ship Commander (2013)

The lead actor provides sterling work in one of his everyman-in-crisis roles, as the commander of an commercial transport hijacked by maritime criminals off the Horn of Africa. His performance is complemented by Barkhad Abdi ("Now I'm in charge"), making a remarkable first movie role as the criminal boss in Paul Greengrass's thriller, inspired by true stories. Should the concluding moment doesn't bring tears, you have no heart.

7. Three-Sided Figure (2009)

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