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20. Deep Rising (1998)

Stephen Sommers' science fiction thriller follows a bunch of memorable supporting players playing mercenaries contracted to demolish the luxury liner the main setting. But a massive sea creature has got there first! Among the endangered passengers are Treat Williams as a diamond criminal.

19. 1900's Tale (1998)

A newborn, deserted on the ocean-going ship the central location, grows up to be a accomplished musician (Tim Roth) who never steps off the ship. The climax of this filmmaker's fantastical tale is the protagonist fighting a musical showdown with a jazz legend, arguably inaccurately depicted as a smug bastard.

18. Waterworld (1995)

The main star acts as a samurai-like wanderer with webbed feet and a enhanced watercraft in this high-cost futuristic thriller, located in a later era where melting polar ice-caps have flooded the planet. Everyone is seeking legendary terra firma while resisting Dennis Hopper and his group of constantly puffing pirates.

17. RMS Titanic (1997)

An extended period of romantic interludes between a upper-class woman (the female lead) and an free-spirited artist (Leonardo DiCaprio) are redeemed by James Cameron's spectacular recreation of a famous well-known tragedies. You have to admire the boldness of a director who manages to twist a death toll of over a thousand into an inspiring tale of emancipation.

16. Vessel of Madness (1965)

Working-class people, artistic entertainers and Nazi eugenicists mingle on a commercial vessel sailing from Latin America to Europe in the pre-war era. The director's sweeping drama features Vivien Leigh, in her final role, as a melancholy character, but it's a co-star, as the vessel's physician, and Simone Signoret, as a radical countess, who provide the film with its emotional wallop.

15. Final Journey (1960)

The fictional ship is torn asunder in an explosion and the lead actor's wife (the actress) is stranded in their room in this intense precursor to disaster movies. Will Stack and a brave technician (the actor) free her prior to the boat submerges? Curious detail: the main setting is represented by the famous historic ship a real ship.

14. Death on the Nile (1978)

Angela Lansbury are including the murder suspects on board a Nile paddle steamer in this all-star crime novelist whodunit. Peter Ustinov, as the Belgian sleuth, fails to stop numerous characters being stabbed, which narrows his persons of interest to a manageable number. Bags more fun than the modern adaptation.

13. Sea Silence (1989)

Sam Neill portray a married couple attempting to recover from the trauma of their offspring's demise by sailing their boat for a trip in the Pacific, where they recover another actor from a foundering ship. Poor decision! This filmmaker's suspense film is fundamentally a killers-on-the-loose story at sea, but an high-quality one that launched her career.

12. The Maggie Story (1954)

An UK citizen, shipping items for an US businessman, is manipulated into employing a poor condition "type of boat" in this filmmaker's harsh UK production in the unconventional style of his own Whisky Galore!. Of course, the boat's British skipper and team take the two landlubbers for a ride, in all senses of the word.

11. Juggernaut (1974)

Richard Lester provides his disaster thriller a political dimension perspective in this tension-filled yarn of bombs positioned on a luxury liner, the main setting. What's the correct choice? Two lead actors play explosive technicians; a supporting player, as the cruise director, serves up a heartbreaking portrayal in humorous tragedy.

10. The Poseidon Adventure (1972)

This adaptation of Paul Gallico's literary work is part of the peaks of the era of disaster movies. The SS Poseidon is overturned by a ocean surge, and it's up to Reverend Gene Hackman to lead his followers through the inverted hull to security. a supporting player is unforgettable as a small business owner's partner with a practical background of athletic swimming.

9. All is Lost (2013)

The main star provides a experienced brilliant acting in single character portrayal as a individual battling to endure in the specific sea after his personal boat, the main setting, is harmed in a collision with an errant shipping container. It's nerve-wracking enough to view, so one can only imagine how extremely demanding it must have been for the elderly actor to film.

8. Vessel Leader (2013)

Tom Hanks provides outstanding acting in among his regular-guys-under-intolerable-pressure performances, as the captain of an US merchant vessel seized by maritime criminals off the Horn of Africa. He's matched by a co-star ("I'm the captain now"), providing a outstanding initial cinematic appearance as the pirate chief in Paul Greengrass's suspense film, based on true stories. When the final sequence doesn't make you blub, you're not human.

7. Three-Sided Figure (2009)

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