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20. Abyssal Attack (1998)

The director's sci-fi horror pulp chronicles a bunch of memorable supporting players portraying soldiers of fortune contracted to demolish the passenger vessel the main setting. But a massive sea creature has got there first! Including the potential cephalopod fodder are Famke Janssen as a gem smuggler.

19. The 1900 Story (1998)

A infant, deserted on the transatlantic liner a fictional ship, develops to be a talented keyboardist (the main star) who refuses to leave the ship. The climax of Giuseppe Tornatore's imaginative story is the protagonist competing in a keyboard contest with a jazz legend, rather unfairly depicted as a arrogant character.

18. Waterworld (1995)

The lead actor portrays a samurai-like wanderer with aquatic adaptations and a souped-up sailing vessel in this big-budget science fiction adventure, taking place in a later era where disappearing glaciers have flooded the world. Everyone is seeking fabled solid ground while resisting Dennis Hopper and his group of constantly puffing pirates.

17. Titanic (1997)

A significant portion of love story development between a posh chick (Kate Winslet) and an free-spirited artist (the male lead) are saved by the director's impressive reconstruction of among history's well-known tragedies. You have to admire the boldness of a film-maker who manages to twist a casualties of numerous victims into an inspiring tale of liberation.

16. Ship of Fools (1965)

Peasants, flamenco dancers and German ideologists rub shoulders on a passenger ship traveling from Latin America to the Old World in the pre-war era. The director's large-scale film stars Vivien Leigh, in her swan song, as a unhappy separated woman, but it's another actor, as the medical officer, and a talented performer, as a political noblewoman, who provide the film with its emotional wallop.

15. The Last Voyage (1960)

The fictional ship is destroyed in an blast and Robert Stack's partner (the actress) is trapped in their quarters in this intense proto-disaster pic. Is it possible for the main character and a brave technician (Woody Strode) rescue her ahead of the vessel goes down? Fun fact: the fictional ship is embodied by the famous French liner an actual ocean liner.

14. Nile Killing (1978)

Angela Lansbury are including the homicide possibilities on board a Nile paddle steamer in this all-star mystery writer detective story. The main star, as the famous detective, cannot prevent numerous characters being killed, which narrows his persons of interest to a manageable number. Much more enjoyable than the recent version.

13. Dead Calm (1989)

Nicole Kidman act as a married couple seeking to heal from the pain of their child's passing by sailing their boat for a spin in the Pacific, where they save a co-star from a sinking schooner. Big mistake! Phillip Noyce's suspense film is fundamentally a killers-on-the-loose story at sea, but an exceptionally well-made one that made her famous.

12. The Maggie (1954)

An Englishman, moving goods for an American industrialist, is deceived into employing a poor condition "type of boat" in the director's brutal Ealing comedy in the subversive vein of his own previous work. Predictably, the ship's UK commander and team trick the main characters for a journey, in all senses of the word.

11. Unstoppable Force (1974)

Richard Lester gives his catastrophe film a state-of-the-nation angle in this nerve-shredding tale of detonators placed on a luxury liner, the SS Britannic. What's the correct choice? Richard Harris act as demolition specialists; Roy Kinnear, as the vessel's activities coordinator, serves up a touching portrayal in humorous tragedy.

10. Ocean Disaster (1972)

This film version of the author's book is one of the zenith of the era of disaster movies. The fictional ship is overturned by a tidal wave, and it's the responsibility of the main protagonist to guide his flock through the inverted ship to safety. Shelley Winters is remarkable as a shopkeeper's wife with a useful background of athletic swimming.

9. Total Loss (2013)

The main star delivers a mature masterclass in single character portrayal as a person struggling to endure in the Indian Ocean after his yacht, the main setting, is damaged in a impact with an lost transport unit. It's nerve-wracking enough to observe, so it's difficult to comprehend how extremely demanding it must have been for the elderly actor to record.

8. Ship Commander (2013)

The main star provides sterling work in one of his everyman-in-crisis characters, as the skipper of an American cargo ship commandeered by maritime criminals off the geographical area. His performance is complemented by Barkhad Abdi ("Now I'm in charge"), making a outstanding first movie role as the pirate chief in this filmmaker's suspense film, inspired by real events. Should the last scene fails to move you, you're not human.

7. Triangle (2009)

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