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20. Abyssal Attack (1998)

Stephen Sommers' futuristic scarefest details a bunch of scene-stealing character actors portraying soldiers of fortune contracted to destroy the luxury liner a fictional ship. However a giant mutant octopus has got there first! Including the potential cephalopod fodder are Treat Williams as a jewel thief.

19. 1900's Tale (1998)

A newborn, left on the ocean-going ship SS Virginian, matures to be a gifted pianist (the lead actor) who refuses to leave the ship. The peak moment of this filmmaker's imaginative story is the main character fighting a keyboard contest with a historical figure, arguably inaccurately portrayed as a overconfident individual.

18. Waterworld (1995)

The lead actor portrays a warrior-esque drifter with mutated appendages and a modified watercraft in this megabudget futuristic thriller, taking place in a distant time where vanishing ice sheets have submerged the planet. The entire population is seeking mythical Dryland while fighting off Dennis Hopper and his band of constantly puffing raiders.

17. Titanic (1997)

An extended period of love story development between a wealthy lady (the actress) and an free-spirited artist (Leonardo DiCaprio) are redeemed by James Cameron's impressive reconstruction of one the 20th century's most infamous disasters. One must appreciate the chutzpah of a director who successfully transforms a casualties of numerous victims into an emotionally uplifting story of emancipation.

16. Ship of Fools (1965)

Working-class people, artistic entertainers and German ideologists mingle on a commercial vessel sailing from Mexico to Europe in 1933. The director's sweeping drama stars Vivien Leigh, in her final role, as a unhappy separated woman, but it's Oskar Werner, as the vessel's physician, and a talented performer, as a radical countess, who deliver the movie with its dramatic punch.

15. The Last Voyage (1960)

The fictional ship is destroyed in an detonation and the protagonist's spouse (the co-star) is stranded in their room in this intense precursor to disaster movies. Will the main character and a courageous worker (the actor) save her ahead of the vessel goes down? Curious detail: the main setting is played by the famous French liner an actual ocean liner.

14. Death on the Nile (1978)

Bette Davis are including the killing culprits on board a African vessel in this all-star Agatha Christie detective story. The main star, as the famous detective, fails to stop half the cast being killed, which reduces his potential killers to a limited selection. Much more enjoyable than the recent version.

13. Dead Calm (1989)

Nicole Kidman play a partners attempting to recover from the pain of their offspring's demise by venturing on their vessel for a journey in the Pacific, where they save another actor from a damaged vessel. Costly error! The director's suspense film is fundamentally a horror film at on the ocean, but an exceptionally well-made one that put Kidman on the map.

12. Maggie's Tale (1954)

An Englishman, moving items for an American industrialist, is tricked into hiring a dilapidated "Clyde puffer" in the director's harsh British film in the unconventional tradition of his own earlier film. Predictably, the boat's Scottish captain and crew trick the main characters for a ride, in multiple interpretations of the term.

11. Overwhelming Power (1974)

This filmmaker imparts his disaster thriller a political dimension angle in this tension-filled yarn of bombs placed on a passenger ship, the SS Britannic. Red wire or blue wire? Richard Harris play bomb disposal experts; a supporting player, as the cruise director, serves up a touching study in tragicomic desperation.

10. Ocean Disaster (1972)

This cinematic interpretation of this writer's book is among the high points of the 1970s disaster genre. The SS Poseidon is flipped over by a tsunami, and it's the job of Reverend Gene Hackman to lead his followers through the flipped vessel to safety. a supporting player is unforgettable as a shopkeeper's wife with a handy history of sports participation.

9. Total Loss (2013)

The main star delivers a experienced masterclass in single character portrayal as a man battling to survive in the Indian Ocean after his personal boat, the fictional ship, is harmed in a crash with an stray shipping container. It's nerve-wracking enough to observe, so it's difficult to comprehend how physically gruelling it must have been for the elderly actor to record.

8. Captain Phillips (2013)

Tom Hanks does sterling work in one of his everyman-in-crisis performances, as the skipper of an US merchant vessel hijacked by Somali pirates off the Horn of Africa. His performance is complemented by another actor ("Now I'm in charge"), making a remarkable initial cinematic appearance as the raider leader in Paul Greengrass's thriller, derived from real events. If the concluding moment doesn't make you blub, you're emotionally detached.

7. Three-Sided Figure (2009)

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