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20. Deep Rising (1998)

This filmmaker's sci-fi horror pulp follows a collection of attention-grabbing supporting players playing soldiers of fortune employed to sink the cruise ship the main setting. However a giant mutant octopus has beaten them to it! Featuring the endangered passengers are Treat Williams as a jewel thief.

19. The Legend of 1900 (1998)

A baby, left on the ocean-going ship a fictional ship, develops to be a talented keyboardist (the main star) who never steps off the ship. The peak moment of the director's whimsical hokum is the main character fighting a piano duel with a historical figure, rather unfairly shown as a overconfident individual.

18. Waterworld (1995)

Kevin Costner portrays a samurai-like nomad with webbed feet and a modified sailing vessel in this high-cost science fiction adventure, set in a distant time where vanishing ice sheets have flooded the Earth. Everyone is searching for mythical Dryland while resisting the antagonist and his band of constantly puffing raiders.

17. Titanic (1997)

Two hours of tiresome canoodling between a posh chick (the female lead) and an itinerant yobbo (the actor) are saved by the director's spectacular recreation of a famous well-known catastrophes. It's impossible not to respect the audacity of a cinematic artist who artfully converts a casualties of 1,500 into an heartening story of freedom.

16. Vessel of Madness (1965)

Peasants, flamenco dancers and political extremists rub shoulders on a ocean liner traveling from Latin America to Europe in 1933. Stanley Kramer's sweeping drama includes a cinema icon, in her final role, as a melancholy character, but it's another actor, as the ship's doctor, and a talented performer, as a radical countess, who provide the motion picture with its powerful impact.

15. Final Journey (1960)

The fictional ship is torn asunder in an detonation and Robert Stack's spouse (Dorothy Malone) is stranded in their quarters in this gripping early catastrophe film. Will Stack and a brave technician (the actor) rescue her before the ship sinks? Interesting note: the main setting is represented by the renowned French liner a real ship.

14. Death on the Nile (1978)

Angela Lansbury are part of the homicide possibilities on board a African vessel in this ensemble cast Agatha Christie murder mystery. Peter Ustinov, as the famous detective, is unable to halt several passengers being shot, which whittles down his persons of interest to a limited selection. Bags more fun than the 2022 remake.

13. Ocean Stillness (1989)

Nicole Kidman act as a husband and wife seeking to heal from the grief of their offspring's demise by sailing their boat for a spin in the Pacific, where they recover Billy Zane from a sinking schooner. Big mistake! Phillip Noyce's suspense film is fundamentally a horror film at on the ocean, but an exceptionally well-made one that put Kidman on the map.

12. The Maggie (1954)

An Englishman, transporting goods for an wealthy entrepreneur, is tricked into hiring a run-down "type of boat" in Alexander Mackendrick's harsh Ealing comedy in the unconventional tradition of his own Whisky Galore!. Of course, the vessel's UK commander and staff take the two landlubbers for a journey, in all senses of the term.

11. Juggernaut (1974)

Richard Lester imparts his suspense story a political dimension angle in this nerve-shredding tale of bombs planted on a passenger ship, the fictional ship. Which wire to cut? Two lead actors play explosive technicians; Roy Kinnear, as the cruise director, delivers a emotional study in sadly funny despair.

10. The Poseidon Adventure (1972)

This adaptation of Paul Gallico's literary work is among the zenith of the seventies catastrophe films. The central vessel is flipped over by a ocean surge, and it's the job of Reverend Gene Hackman to direct his group through the upturned hull to rescue. a supporting player is unforgettable as a retailer's spouse with a handy experience of competitive swimming.

9. Total Loss (2013)

The lead actor delivers a mature masterclass in one-man show as a person fighting to survive in the maritime location after his yacht, the main setting, is impaired in a impact with an stray cargo box. It's anxious enough to watch, so heaven knows how extremely demanding it must have been for the elderly actor to film.

8. Captain Phillips (2013)

The main star delivers outstanding acting in one of his ordinary-person-in-extraordinary-circumstances roles, as the commander of an US merchant vessel hijacked by Somali pirates off the specific location. He has great chemistry by Barkhad Abdi ("Now I'm in charge"), making a remarkable initial cinematic appearance as the raider leader in Paul Greengrass's thriller, derived from true stories. When the concluding moment doesn't make you blub, you're not human.

7. Three-Sided Figure (2009)

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