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20. Ocean Terror (1998)

This filmmaker's sci-fi horror pulp follows a collection of attention-grabbing character actors acting as mercenaries hired to destroy the passenger vessel a fictional ship. But a massive sea creature has got there first! Among the endangered passengers are Famke Janssen as a jewel thief.

19. The Legend of 1900 (1998)

A baby, deserted on the ocean-going ship a fictional ship, develops to be a talented keyboardist (Tim Roth) who remains aboard the boat. The highlight of the director's imaginative story is the protagonist battling a musical showdown with a jazz legend, somewhat unjustly portrayed as a smug bastard.

18. Ocean Planet (1995)

The lead actor acts as a fighter-inspired wanderer with aquatic adaptations and a modified sailing vessel in this high-cost sci-fi B-movie, located in a distant time where vanishing ice sheets have inundated the Earth. The entire population is searching for fabled solid ground while fighting off Dennis Hopper and his band of continuously smoking pirates.

17. The Titanic (1997)

A significant portion of love story development between a upper-class woman (Kate Winslet) and an free-spirited artist (Leonardo DiCaprio) are redeemed by James Cameron's impressive reconstruction of among history's well-known tragedies. One must appreciate the boldness of a film-maker who successfully transforms a casualties of over a thousand into an emotionally uplifting story of emancipation.

16. Vessel of Madness (1965)

Commoners, flamenco dancers and Nazi eugenicists interact on a passenger ship traveling from Mexico to Europe in the interwar period. The director's sweeping drama includes a legendary actress, in her last performance, as a sad divorcee, but it's Oskar Werner, as the ship's doctor, and a talented performer, as a aristocratic rebel, who deliver the motion picture with its dramatic punch.

15. The Last Voyage (1960)

The USS Claridon is ripped apart in an detonation and the lead actor's wife (the actress) is stuck in their cabin in this gripping precursor to disaster movies. Is it possible for the hero and a courageous worker (Woody Strode) save her before the boat submerges? Interesting note: the Claridon is played by the famous historic ship a real ship.

14. Nile Killing (1978)

Two legendary actresses are among the murder suspects on board a Egyptian riverboat in this celebrity-filled mystery writer whodunit. Peter Ustinov, as Hercule Poirot, cannot prevent numerous characters being shot, which whittles down his suspects to a limited selection. Significantly better than the recent version.

13. Ocean Stillness (1989)

Nicole Kidman portray a partners attempting to recover from the trauma of their offspring's demise by sailing their boat for a trip in the sea, where they rescue a co-star from a damaged vessel. Poor decision! This filmmaker's tense movie is essentially a slasher movie at sea, but an high-quality one that made her famous.

12. The Maggie Story (1954)

An Englishman, shipping furniture for an American industrialist, is manipulated into using a dilapidated "Scottish vessel" in the director's harsh Ealing comedy in the unconventional vein of his own Whisky Galore!. Naturally, the vessel's British skipper and team trick the main characters for a journey, in multiple interpretations of the word.

11. Unstoppable Force (1974)

This filmmaker gives his suspense story a social commentary angle in this tension-filled tale of explosives positioned on a passenger ship, the main setting. Red wire or blue wire? Richard Harris portray bomb disposal experts; a supporting player, as the vessel's activities coordinator, serves up a emotional study in sadly funny despair.

10. Ocean Disaster (1972)

This adaptation of the author's book is part of the peaks of the 1970s disaster genre. The SS Poseidon is capsized by a tidal wave, and it's up to Reverend Gene Hackman to lead his group through the inverted hull to safety. a supporting player is unforgettable as a small business owner's partner with a useful background of sports participation.

9. Everything's Gone (2013)

Robert Redford provides a late-career brilliant acting in solo performance as a individual battling to survive in the maritime location after his yacht, the main setting, is impaired in a crash with an stray shipping container. It's anxious enough to observe, so one can only imagine how physically gruelling it must have been for the 76-year-old star to shoot.

8. Ship Commander (2013)

Tom Hanks provides outstanding acting in one of his everyman-in-crisis performances, as the commander of an US merchant vessel commandeered by maritime criminals off the specific location. He's matched by Barkhad Abdi ("Now I'm in charge"), providing a remarkable first movie role as the pirate chief in Paul Greengrass's tense movie, inspired by real events. Should the concluding moment doesn't bring tears, you have no heart.

7. Triangle (2009)

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