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20. Deep Rising (1998)

The director's science fiction thriller follows a group of memorable character actors acting as soldiers of fortune hired to destroy the luxury liner a fictional ship. But a massive sea creature has already arrived! Featuring the endangered passengers are Kevin J O'Connor as a diamond criminal.

19. 1900's Tale (1998)

A infant, abandoned on the ocean-going ship the central location, matures to be a gifted pianist (the main star) who refuses to leave the boat. The peak moment of the director's whimsical hokum is the main character battling a piano duel with Jelly Roll Morton, arguably inaccurately depicted as a overconfident individual.

18. Ocean Planet (1995)

The main star acts as a fighter-inspired nomad with mutated appendages and a souped-up watercraft in this high-cost futuristic thriller, set in a distant time where melting polar ice-caps have submerged the world. The entire population is hunting for legendary terra firma while fending off the villain and his band of continuously smoking raiders.

17. The Titanic (1997)

A significant portion of romantic interludes between a wealthy lady (the female lead) and an free-spirited artist (the male lead) are redeemed by James Cameron's spectacular recreation of a famous most infamous tragedies. One must appreciate the audacity of a film-maker who manages to twist a death toll of over a thousand into an inspiring tale of freedom.

16. Boat of Lunatics (1965)

Commoners, Spanish performers and political extremists interact on a commercial vessel journeying from Latin America to the Old World in 1933. This filmmaker's epic features Vivien Leigh, in her final role, as a unhappy separated woman, but it's a co-star, as the vessel's physician, and a talented performer, as a radical countess, who deliver the motion picture with its emotional wallop.

15. The Last Voyage (1960)

The central vessel is ripped apart in an detonation and Robert Stack's partner (the actress) is stranded in their room in this gripping precursor to disaster movies. Will the hero and a courageous worker (Woody Strode) rescue her ahead of the vessel goes down? Fun fact: the main setting is played by the renowned historic ship a real ship.

14. Murder on the Nile (1978)

Two legendary actresses are among the homicide possibilities on board a Nile paddle steamer in this all-star Agatha Christie detective story. The lead actor, as the famous detective, is unable to halt half the cast being shot, which narrows his persons of interest to a smaller group. Much more enjoyable than the recent version.

13. Ocean Stillness (1989)

Nicole Kidman act as a married couple attempting to recover from the pain of their offspring's demise by sailing their boat for a trip in the Pacific, where they rescue Billy Zane from a sinking schooner. Costly error! The director's suspense film is basically a slasher movie at sea, but an exceptionally well-made one that launched her career.

12. The Maggie Story (1954)

An Englishman, transporting furniture for an American industrialist, is tricked into using a run-down "Scottish vessel" in the director's dark British film in the subversive tradition of his own Whisky Galore!. Of course, the boat's UK commander and crew deceive the inexperienced passengers for a trip, in multiple interpretations of the word.

11. Unstoppable Force (1974)

This filmmaker gives his disaster thriller a social commentary perspective in this tension-filled yarn of explosives positioned on a commercial vessel, the fictional ship. What's the correct choice? Richard Harris act as bomb disposal experts; another actor, as the ship's entertainments director, serves up a heartbreaking depiction in tragicomic desperation.

10. Ocean Disaster (1972)

This adaptation of Paul Gallico's literary work is part of the zenith of the era of disaster movies. The SS Poseidon is flipped over by a tidal wave, and it's the responsibility of Reverend Gene Hackman to guide his group through the flipped vessel to rescue. a supporting player is unforgettable as a shopkeeper's wife with a practical history of sports participation.

9. Everything's Gone (2013)

Robert Redford delivers a late-career masterclass in solo performance as a individual struggling to stay alive in the specific sea after his sailing vessel, the fictional ship, is harmed in a crash with an errant transport unit. It's anxious enough to observe, so it's difficult to comprehend how physically gruelling it must have been for the senior performer to shoot.

8. Captain Phillips (2013)

The lead actor provides sterling work in one of his ordinary-person-in-extraordinary-circumstances characters, as the skipper of an US merchant vessel hijacked by maritime criminals off the geographical area. He's matched by another actor ("I control this vessel"), delivering a sensational film debut as the raider leader in the director's tense movie, inspired by real events. Should the last scene fails to move you, you're emotionally detached.

7. Three-Sided Figure (2009)

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