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20. Deep Rising (1998)

The director's futuristic scarefest follows a collection of scene-stealing character actors playing soldiers of fortune employed to demolish the passenger vessel Argonautica. But a giant mutant octopus has already arrived! Including the likely victims are Treat Williams as a gem smuggler.

19. The 1900 Story (1998)

A baby, deserted on the passenger vessel SS Virginian, grows up to be a talented keyboardist (the main star) who never steps off the vessel. The peak moment of this filmmaker's whimsical hokum is the main character fighting a musical showdown with a jazz legend, somewhat unjustly depicted as a arrogant character.

18. Aquatic World (1995)

Kevin Costner acts as a fighter-inspired nomad with mutated appendages and a modified watercraft in this high-cost sci-fi B-movie, set in a future where vanishing ice sheets have inundated the Earth. The entire population is seeking mythical Dryland while resisting Dennis Hopper and his group of constantly puffing raiders.

17. The Titanic (1997)

Two hours of romantic interludes between a upper-class woman (the female lead) and an itinerant yobbo (Leonardo DiCaprio) are rescued by James Cameron's spectacular recreation of among history's most infamous catastrophes. It's impossible not to respect the audacity of a director who manages to twist a casualties of numerous victims into an inspiring narrative of freedom.

16. Vessel of Madness (1965)

Peasants, Spanish performers and Nazi eugenicists rub shoulders on a commercial vessel sailing from Mexico to the Continent in 1933. The director's sweeping drama stars Vivien Leigh, in her swan song, as a unhappy separated woman, but it's a co-star, as the medical officer, and another cast member, as a aristocratic rebel, who deliver the film with its powerful impact.

15. Ultimate Trip (1960)

The central vessel is torn asunder in an detonation and Robert Stack's wife (Dorothy Malone) is trapped in their room in this compelling early catastrophe film. Can the hero and a heroic engineer (the supporting player) rescue her prior to the vessel goes down? Curious detail: the main setting is represented by the legendary historic ship a real ship.

14. Death on the Nile (1978)

Two legendary actresses are among the homicide possibilities on board a Nile paddle steamer in this ensemble cast mystery writer detective story. Peter Ustinov, as the Belgian sleuth, is unable to halt several passengers being shot, which reduces his potential killers to a limited selection. Bags more fun than the recent version.

13. Sea Silence (1989)

Sam Neill play a husband and wife seeking to heal from the grief of their son's death by taking their yacht for a spin in the sea, where they recover a co-star from a foundering ship. Poor decision! The director's tense movie is essentially a horror film at on the ocean, but an high-quality one that launched her career.

12. Maggie's Tale (1954)

An Englishman, moving items for an wealthy entrepreneur, is deceived into employing a poor condition "Scottish vessel" in the director's brutal British film in the rebellious style of his own Whisky Galore!. Predictably, the ship's UK commander and team take the two landlubbers for a journey, in every meaning of the word.

11. Overwhelming Power (1974)

Richard Lester gives his suspense story a political dimension tilt in this anxiety-inducing story of explosives placed on a luxury liner, the fictional ship. Red wire or blue wire? Two lead actors act as demolition specialists; Roy Kinnear, as the cruise director, provides a touching depiction in sadly funny despair.

10. Poseidon's Journey (1972)

This cinematic interpretation of this writer's literary work is part of the zenith of the seventies catastrophe films. The SS Poseidon is overturned by a tsunami, and it's up to the lead character to lead his group through the flipped ship to security. the actress is remarkable as a retailer's spouse with a practical background of athletic swimming.

9. Total Loss (2013)

The main star delivers a experienced exemplary performance in one-man show as a person fighting to stay alive in the maritime location after his personal boat, the main setting, is damaged in a impact with an lost transport unit. It's anxious enough to view, so it's difficult to comprehend how exceptionally strenuous it must have been for the 76-year-old star to record.

8. Captain Phillips (2013)

Tom Hanks delivers sterling work in part of his regular-guys-under-intolerable-pressure roles, as the captain of an American cargo ship hijacked by Somali pirates off the specific location. His performance is complemented by a co-star ("I control this vessel"), making a sensational initial cinematic appearance as the criminal boss in the director's tense movie, derived from actual incidents. Should the final sequence doesn't make you blub, you have no heart.

7. Geometric Shape (2009)

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