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20. Deep Rising (1998)

Stephen Sommers' science fiction thriller chronicles a group of memorable character actors acting as mercenaries hired to demolish the passenger vessel Argonautica. However a massive sea creature has beaten them to it! Featuring the likely victims are Treat Williams as a diamond criminal.

19. The 1900 Story (1998)

A newborn, deserted on the ocean-going ship a fictional ship, grows up to be a talented keyboardist (the lead actor) who refuses to leave the ship. The highlight of the director's fantastical tale is the protagonist battling a piano duel with Jelly Roll Morton, rather unfairly portrayed as a overconfident individual.

18. Aquatic World (1995)

The lead actor acts as a samurai-like wanderer with aquatic adaptations and a enhanced watercraft in this big-budget science fiction adventure, located in a later era where disappearing glaciers have inundated the world. The entire population is seeking fabled solid ground while fighting off the villain and his gang of constantly puffing raiders.

17. The Titanic (1997)

An extended period of tiresome canoodling between a posh chick (the actress) and an working-class man (Leonardo DiCaprio) are rescued by James Cameron's spectacular recreation of one the 20th century's well-known tragedies. One must appreciate the chutzpah of a film-maker who manages to twist a casualties of over a thousand into an heartening narrative of liberation.

16. Vessel of Madness (1965)

Peasants, artistic entertainers and Nazi eugenicists interact on a commercial vessel traveling from Mexico to the Old World in the interwar period. The director's epic features a cinema icon, in her final role, as a melancholy character, but it's another actor, as the medical officer, and another cast member, as a radical countess, who supply the motion picture with its powerful impact.

15. Final Journey (1960)

The fictional ship is destroyed in an detonation and the protagonist's spouse (Dorothy Malone) is stuck in their quarters in this intense precursor to disaster movies. Will Stack and a courageous worker (the actor) rescue her ahead of the boat submerges? Interesting note: the main setting is represented by the renowned historic ship an actual ocean liner.

14. Murder on the Nile (1978)

Two legendary actresses are including the homicide possibilities on board a Egyptian riverboat in this celebrity-filled Agatha Christie murder mystery. Peter Ustinov, as the Belgian sleuth, fails to stop numerous characters being shot, which narrows his suspects to a limited selection. Bags more fun than the modern adaptation.

13. Ocean Stillness (1989)

Two lead actors portray a partners trying to get over the grief of their child's passing by taking their yacht for a journey in the sea, where they save Billy Zane from a damaged vessel. Costly error! This filmmaker's tense movie is basically a horror film at sea, but an exceptionally well-made one that made her famous.

12. The Maggie Story (1954)

An Englishman, shipping items for an US businessman, is tricked into hiring a run-down "Clyde puffer" in Alexander Mackendrick's harsh Ealing comedy in the unconventional vein of his own Whisky Galore!. Of course, the boat's Scottish captain and crew take the two landlubbers for a ride, in all senses of the term.

11. Overwhelming Power (1974)

This filmmaker imparts his suspense story a political dimension angle in this nerve-shredding story of detonators positioned on a commercial vessel, the SS Britannic. What's the correct choice? Richard Harris portray demolition specialists; a supporting player, as the ship's entertainments director, delivers a emotional depiction in sadly funny despair.

10. The Poseidon Adventure (1972)

This cinematic interpretation of Paul Gallico's novel is part of the peaks of the seventies catastrophe films. The SS Poseidon is flipped over by a tsunami, and it's up to the lead character to lead his flock through the inverted vessel to security. a supporting player is memorable as a shopkeeper's wife with a practical experience of competitive swimming.

9. Everything's Gone (2013)

The main star provides a experienced brilliant acting in one-man show as a individual struggling to survive in the maritime location after his yacht, the fictional ship, is harmed in a impact with an lost transport unit. It's nerve-wracking enough to observe, 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 sterling work in part of his everyman-in-crisis characters, as the commander of an US merchant vessel seized by African raiders off the specific location. His performance is complemented by another actor ("I control this vessel"), making a outstanding first movie role as the pirate chief in Paul Greengrass's tense movie, inspired by actual incidents. If the last scene doesn't make you blub, you're emotionally detached.

7. Three-Sided Figure (2009)

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