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20. Deep Rising (1998)

Stephen Sommers' futuristic scarefest follows a bunch of scene-stealing ensemble cast playing soldiers of fortune hired to demolish the passenger vessel a fictional ship. Yet a massive sea creature has beaten them to it! Featuring the potential cephalopod fodder are Treat Williams as a diamond criminal.

19. 1900's Tale (1998)

A infant, abandoned on the transatlantic liner a fictional ship, grows up to be a accomplished musician (Tim Roth) who refuses to leave the ship. The climax of the director's whimsical hokum is the main character competing in a keyboard contest with Jelly Roll Morton, rather unfairly depicted as a overconfident individual.

18. Aquatic World (1995)

Kevin Costner acts as a warrior-esque wanderer with aquatic adaptations and a souped-up watercraft in this big-budget sci-fi B-movie, set in a distant time where disappearing glaciers have flooded the planet. Everyone is hunting for legendary terra firma while fighting off the antagonist and his gang of continuously smoking raiders.

17. Titanic (1997)

Two hours of romantic interludes between a wealthy lady (the female lead) and an free-spirited artist (Leonardo DiCaprio) are redeemed by the director's breathtaking depiction of one the 20th century's most infamous catastrophes. You have to admire the chutzpah of a film-maker who manages to twist a casualties of numerous victims into an inspiring story of emancipation.

16. Ship of Fools (1965)

Peasants, Spanish performers and German ideologists interact on a ocean liner journeying from North America to the Continent in 1933. The director's large-scale film includes a legendary actress, in her final role, as a sad divorcee, but it's another actor, as the ship's doctor, and a talented performer, as a aristocratic rebel, who deliver the movie with its dramatic punch.

15. Final Journey (1960)

The USS Claridon is destroyed in an explosion and Robert Stack's partner (Dorothy Malone) is stuck in their room in this gripping proto-disaster pic. Is it possible for the main character and a brave technician (Woody Strode) rescue her ahead of the ship sinks? Interesting note: the Claridon is played by the famous historic ship Île de France.

14. Murder on the Nile (1978)

Bette Davis are among the homicide possibilities on board a Egyptian riverboat in this celebrity-filled mystery writer murder mystery. Peter Ustinov, as the Belgian sleuth, is unable to halt half the cast being stabbed, which reduces his suspects to a manageable number. Much more enjoyable than the recent version.

13. Dead Calm (1989)

Sam Neill play a husband and wife trying to get over the trauma of their child's passing by sailing their boat for a journey in the sea, where they recover Billy Zane from a foundering ship. Big mistake! This filmmaker's suspense film is essentially a slasher movie at on the ocean, but an high-quality one that made her famous.

12. The Maggie (1954)

An UK citizen, moving items for an US businessman, is manipulated into hiring a poor condition "type of boat" in this filmmaker's harsh UK production in the subversive style of his own earlier film. Naturally, the vessel's Scottish captain and staff trick the main characters for a journey, in all senses of the word.

11. Overwhelming Power (1974)

Richard Lester imparts his suspense story a political dimension angle in this nerve-shredding yarn of bombs placed on a commercial vessel, the main setting. Which wire to cut? Richard Harris play bomb disposal experts; another actor, as the vessel's activities coordinator, provides a emotional study in tragicomic desperation.

10. Poseidon's Journey (1972)

This cinematic interpretation of this writer's novel is one of the zenith of the seventies catastrophe films. The central vessel is flipped over by a tidal wave, and it's the responsibility of the main protagonist to lead his flock through the inverted ship to safety. Shelley Winters is memorable as a shopkeeper's wife with a useful history of sports participation.

9. Everything's Gone (2013)

Robert Redford gives a experienced exemplary performance in solo performance as a man battling to endure in the maritime location after his yacht, the Virginia Jean, is impaired in a impact with an lost shipping container. It's anxious enough to observe, so heaven knows how exceptionally strenuous it must have been for the elderly actor to shoot.

8. Vessel Leader (2013)

The lead actor does excellent performance in part of his everyman-in-crisis roles, as the captain of an American cargo ship seized by maritime criminals off the specific location. He's matched by another actor ("I control this vessel"), making a outstanding first movie role as the raider leader in this filmmaker's tense movie, inspired by true stories. Should the last scene doesn't bring tears, you have no heart.

7. Triangle (2009)

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