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20. Abyssal Attack (1998)

This filmmaker's futuristic scarefest follows a group of attention-grabbing ensemble cast playing hired guns hired to sink the luxury liner a fictional ship. But a giant mutant octopus has got there first! Featuring the potential cephalopod fodder are Treat Williams as a gem smuggler.

19. The Legend of 1900 (1998)

A infant, left on the transatlantic liner SS Virginian, matures to be a gifted pianist (the main star) who remains aboard the boat. The highlight of this filmmaker's whimsical hokum is Roth battling a keyboard contest with a historical figure, rather unfairly portrayed as a arrogant character.

18. Ocean Planet (1995)

Kevin Costner plays a warrior-esque nomad with mutated appendages and a modified watercraft in this megabudget sci-fi B-movie, located in a future where vanishing ice sheets have inundated the planet. The entire population is searching for legendary terra firma while fending off the villain and his gang of chain-smoking pirates.

17. The Titanic (1997)

Two hours of tiresome canoodling between a upper-class woman (the female lead) and an itinerant yobbo (Leonardo DiCaprio) are saved by this filmmaker's breathtaking depiction of one the 20th century's well-known disasters. One must appreciate the audacity of a film-maker who manages to twist a fatalities of numerous victims into an heartening tale of liberation.

16. Boat of Lunatics (1965)

Commoners, artistic entertainers and German ideologists interact on a ocean liner traveling from North America to the Continent in the pre-war era. The director's epic includes Vivien Leigh, in her final role, as a melancholy character, but it's another actor, as the vessel's physician, and a talented performer, as a political noblewoman, who supply the film with its powerful impact.

15. Ultimate Trip (1960)

The central vessel is destroyed in an explosion and the lead actor's partner (Dorothy Malone) is trapped in their cabin in this intense precursor to disaster movies. Is it possible for Stack and a heroic engineer (the supporting player) free her prior to the ship sinks? Interesting note: the Claridon is represented by the legendary European vessel Île de France.

14. Murder on the Nile (1978)

Angela Lansbury are including the murder suspects on board a Egyptian riverboat in this celebrity-filled mystery writer detective story. The lead actor, as the famous detective, is unable to halt numerous characters being killed, which narrows his potential killers to a manageable number. Much more enjoyable than the modern adaptation.

13. Sea Silence (1989)

Two lead actors portray a partners seeking to heal from the grief of their offspring's demise by sailing their boat for a journey in the ocean, where they save Billy Zane from a foundering ship. Poor decision! Phillip Noyce's thriller is fundamentally a slasher movie at on the ocean, but an ultra-classy one that put Kidman on the map.

12. Maggie's Tale (1954)

An UK citizen, transporting items for an US businessman, is deceived into using a run-down "Scottish vessel" in Alexander Mackendrick's brutal UK production in the rebellious vein of his own previous work. Of course, the ship's UK commander and crew deceive the inexperienced passengers for a trip, in all senses of the expression.

11. Juggernaut (1974)

The director gives his suspense story a political dimension tilt in this nerve-shredding story of bombs planted on a commercial vessel, the main setting. What's the correct choice? Two lead actors portray explosive technicians; another actor, as the ship's entertainments director, provides a touching depiction in sadly funny despair.

10. Ocean Disaster (1972)

This adaptation of this writer's literary work is one of the zenith of the seventies catastrophe films. The SS Poseidon is overturned by a ocean surge, and it's the responsibility of the lead character to direct his group through the flipped hull to rescue. a supporting player is unforgettable as a small business owner's partner with a useful history of competitive swimming.

9. Everything's Gone (2013)

The lead actor provides a experienced exemplary performance in single character portrayal as a man battling to endure in the specific sea after his yacht, the main setting, is harmed in a collision with an errant cargo box. It's nerve-wracking enough to observe, so one can only imagine how physically gruelling it must have been for the 76-year-old star to record.

8. Vessel Leader (2013)

The main star does sterling work in part of his everyman-in-crisis roles, as the skipper of an commercial transport hijacked by maritime criminals off the Horn of Africa. He has great chemistry by a co-star ("I'm the captain now"), delivering a outstanding initial cinematic appearance as the criminal boss in this filmmaker's thriller, based on true stories. If the final sequence doesn't make you blub, you're not human.

7. Geometric Shape (2009)

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