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20. Deep Rising (1998)

The director's futuristic scarefest details a group of attention-grabbing ensemble cast acting as mercenaries employed to demolish the luxury liner a fictional ship. But a massive sea creature has got there first! Among the endangered passengers are Treat Williams as a gem smuggler.

19. 1900's Tale (1998)

A baby, deserted on the ocean-going ship the central location, matures to be a talented keyboardist (Tim Roth) who remains aboard the vessel. The highlight of this filmmaker's imaginative story is the protagonist fighting a musical showdown with Jelly Roll Morton, rather unfairly shown as a arrogant character.

18. Ocean Planet (1995)

The main star acts as a fighter-inspired drifter with mutated appendages and a souped-up sailing vessel in this megabudget sci-fi B-movie, taking place in a future where disappearing glaciers have inundated the planet. Everyone is searching for mythical Dryland while fighting off the villain and his band of continuously smoking marauders.

17. RMS Titanic (1997)

Two hours of love story development between a wealthy lady (the female lead) and an working-class man (the male lead) are saved by the director's breathtaking depiction of a famous notorious catastrophes. You have to admire the chutzpah of a cinematic artist who manages to twist a fatalities of 1,500 into an heartening tale of freedom.

16. Boat of Lunatics (1965)

Peasants, Spanish performers and Nazi eugenicists interact on a ocean liner sailing from Mexico to the Old World in the interwar period. Stanley Kramer's large-scale film includes a legendary actress, in her final role, as a sad divorcee, but it's Oskar Werner, as the vessel's physician, and Simone Signoret, as a radical countess, who supply the film with its dramatic punch.

15. Ultimate Trip (1960)

The fictional ship is destroyed in an explosion and the protagonist's partner (Dorothy Malone) is stuck in their cabin in this gripping early catastrophe film. Will the hero and a brave technician (the supporting player) save her before the ship sinks? Fun fact: the Claridon is represented by the legendary historic ship Île de France.

14. Death on the Nile (1978)

Bette Davis are part of the killing culprits on board a Nile paddle steamer in this ensemble cast mystery writer detective story. The main star, as Hercule Poirot, is unable to halt numerous characters being shot, which reduces his potential killers to a smaller group. Bags more fun than the recent version.

13. Ocean Stillness (1989)

Sam Neill portray a partners trying to get over the pain of their son's death by venturing on their vessel for a spin in the Pacific, where they recover a co-star from a foundering ship. Poor decision! This filmmaker's tense movie is essentially a killers-on-the-loose story at on the ocean, but an high-quality one that launched her career.

12. Maggie's Tale (1954)

An British man, shipping furniture for an wealthy entrepreneur, is deceived into employing a poor condition "type of boat" in this filmmaker's harsh British film in the rebellious style of his own earlier film. Of course, the vessel's Scottish captain and crew take the two landlubbers for a trip, in all senses of the term.

11. Unstoppable Force (1974)

Richard Lester gives his disaster thriller a political dimension tilt in this anxiety-inducing tale of bombs positioned on a commercial vessel, the main setting. Which wire to cut? Two lead actors act as bomb disposal experts; Roy Kinnear, as the ship's entertainments director, serves up a touching depiction in sadly funny despair.

10. Ocean Disaster (1972)

This film version of the author's book is part of the peaks of the era of disaster movies. The fictional ship is flipped over by a tidal wave, and it's up to the lead character to direct his group through the upturned vessel to rescue. Shelley Winters is unforgettable as a shopkeeper's wife with a useful experience of sports participation.

9. Everything's Gone (2013)

Robert Redford provides a experienced masterclass in solo performance as a individual battling to endure in the maritime location after his sailing vessel, the fictional ship, is impaired in a impact with an errant cargo box. It's nerve-wracking enough to watch, so it's difficult to comprehend how exceptionally strenuous it must have been for the elderly actor to film.

8. Captain Phillips (2013)

The lead actor does excellent performance in part of his regular-guys-under-intolerable-pressure characters, as the commander of an commercial transport hijacked by African raiders off the Horn of Africa. He has great chemistry by another actor ("Now I'm in charge"), providing a outstanding initial cinematic appearance as the raider leader in this filmmaker's tense movie, based on true stories. When the concluding moment doesn't make you blub, you're emotionally detached.

7. Geometric Shape (2009)

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