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20. Ocean Terror (1998)

Stephen Sommers' sci-fi horror pulp chronicles a group of memorable character actors playing soldiers of fortune contracted to sink the luxury liner the main setting. Yet a massive sea creature has already arrived! Featuring the likely victims are Kevin J O'Connor as a jewel thief.

19. The Legend of 1900 (1998)

A baby, left on the transatlantic liner a fictional ship, develops to be a gifted pianist (Tim Roth) who remains aboard the boat. The highlight of this filmmaker's fantastical tale is the main character fighting a keyboard contest with a historical figure, rather unfairly shown as a smug bastard.

18. Aquatic World (1995)

The main star plays a warrior-esque drifter with aquatic adaptations and a souped-up watercraft in this big-budget science fiction adventure, set in a later era where vanishing ice sheets have inundated the planet. Everyone is seeking legendary terra firma while fighting off the villain and his gang of chain-smoking raiders.

17. Titanic (1997)

An extended period of romantic interludes between a posh chick (the female lead) and an free-spirited artist (the male lead) are saved by the director's breathtaking depiction of one the 20th century's most infamous disasters. It's impossible not to respect the boldness of a cinematic artist who successfully transforms a casualties of over a thousand into an inspiring story of freedom.

16. Boat of Lunatics (1965)

Working-class people, Spanish performers and political extremists mingle on a ocean liner journeying from Latin America to Europe in the interwar period. The director's sweeping drama includes a cinema icon, in her final role, as a unhappy separated woman, but it's Oskar Werner, as the medical officer, and Simone Signoret, as a radical countess, who supply the film with its powerful impact.

15. Final Journey (1960)

The central vessel is ripped apart in an explosion and Robert Stack's wife (the co-star) is stuck in their quarters in this compelling early catastrophe film. Is it possible for the main character and a heroic engineer (the actor) save her ahead of the vessel goes down? Curious detail: the Claridon is represented by the famous historic ship an actual ocean liner.

14. Death on the Nile (1978)

Bette Davis are part of the killing culprits on board a Nile paddle steamer in this ensemble cast crime novelist detective story. The main star, as the famous detective, cannot prevent several passengers being stabbed, which whittles down his persons of interest to a smaller group. Significantly better than the recent version.

13. Sea Silence (1989)

Nicole Kidman act as a married couple attempting to recover from the grief of their child's passing by taking their yacht for a spin in the sea, where they rescue another actor from a damaged vessel. Big mistake! Phillip Noyce's thriller is fundamentally a slasher movie at on the ocean, but an high-quality one that made her famous.

12. The Maggie Story (1954)

An UK citizen, moving goods for an US businessman, is deceived into employing a dilapidated "Clyde puffer" in the director's dark UK production in the subversive vein of his own previous work. Of course, the vessel's British skipper and staff deceive the inexperienced passengers for a journey, in every meaning of the term.

11. Unstoppable Force (1974)

Richard Lester imparts his suspense story a political dimension tilt in this nerve-shredding tale of explosives positioned on a commercial vessel, the fictional ship. Which wire to cut? Richard Harris act as explosive technicians; another actor, as the ship's entertainments director, provides a emotional depiction in humorous tragedy.

10. The Poseidon Adventure (1972)

This adaptation of Paul Gallico's novel is among the high points of the seventies catastrophe films. The SS Poseidon is overturned by a tidal wave, and it's the job of the lead character to lead his group through the inverted vessel to safety. Shelley Winters is memorable as a small business owner's partner with a handy background of competitive swimming.

9. Total Loss (2013)

Robert Redford delivers a late-career masterclass in one-man show as a individual struggling to stay alive in the Indian Ocean after his yacht, the fictional ship, is harmed in a impact with an stray shipping container. It's nerve-wracking enough to observe, so heaven knows how exceptionally strenuous it must have been for the senior performer to shoot.

8. Ship Commander (2013)

Tom Hanks does outstanding acting in part of his regular-guys-under-intolerable-pressure roles, as the commander of an commercial transport seized by African raiders off the specific location. He's matched by Barkhad Abdi ("I'm the captain now"), delivering a outstanding film debut as the raider leader in Paul Greengrass's thriller, derived from real events. If the last scene doesn't bring tears, you're not human.

7. Geometric Shape (2009)

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