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20. Deep Rising (1998)

Stephen Sommers' sci-fi horror pulp chronicles a group of memorable ensemble cast portraying mercenaries contracted to demolish the passenger vessel Argonautica. Yet a enormous cephalopod has already arrived! Featuring the potential cephalopod fodder are Kevin J O'Connor as a jewel thief.

19. The 1900 Story (1998)

A baby, left on the ocean-going ship the central location, develops to be a accomplished musician (the main star) who refuses to leave the boat. The climax of the director's whimsical hokum is the protagonist battling a musical showdown with a historical figure, arguably inaccurately portrayed as a overconfident individual.

18. Aquatic World (1995)

The main star acts as a samurai-like drifter with mutated appendages and a enhanced trimaran in this big-budget futuristic thriller, taking place in a future where melting polar ice-caps have inundated the world. Everyone is hunting for mythical Dryland while fighting off the villain and his band of constantly puffing pirates.

17. RMS Titanic (1997)

An extended period of romantic interludes between a posh chick (Kate Winslet) and an working-class man (the actor) are rescued by this filmmaker's impressive reconstruction of one the 20th century's most infamous tragedies. It's impossible not to respect the boldness of a cinematic artist who artfully converts a death toll of 1,500 into an emotionally uplifting narrative of liberation.

16. Ship of Fools (1965)

Commoners, Spanish performers and Nazi eugenicists mingle on a ocean liner journeying from North America to the Old World in 1933. This filmmaker's sweeping drama features a legendary actress, in her swan song, as a sad divorcee, but it's Oskar Werner, as the vessel's physician, and Simone Signoret, as a political noblewoman, who deliver the motion picture with its emotional wallop.

15. Final Journey (1960)

The central vessel is destroyed in an blast and the protagonist's wife (Dorothy Malone) is stranded in their room in this gripping precursor to disaster movies. Can the main character and a heroic engineer (Woody Strode) save her ahead of the ship sinks? Fun fact: the Claridon is represented by the famous French liner Île de France.

14. Nile Killing (1978)

Angela Lansbury are part of the homicide possibilities on board a Egyptian riverboat in this celebrity-filled mystery writer whodunit. Peter Ustinov, as Hercule Poirot, fails to stop half the cast being killed, which whittles down his suspects to a limited selection. Bags more fun than the modern adaptation.

13. Dead Calm (1989)

Two lead actors act as a married couple trying to get over the pain of their son's death by sailing their boat for a trip in the sea, where they recover a co-star from a sinking schooner. Big mistake! 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, shipping items for an US businessman, is manipulated into using a run-down "Scottish vessel" in the director's dark Ealing comedy in the subversive tradition of his own previous work. Predictably, the vessel's UK commander and team deceive the inexperienced passengers for a journey, in all senses of the expression.

11. Overwhelming Power (1974)

The director provides his catastrophe film a political dimension angle in this nerve-shredding story of explosives positioned on a passenger ship, the main setting. What's the correct choice? Richard Harris play explosive technicians; another actor, as the ship's entertainments director, serves up a emotional depiction in tragicomic desperation.

10. The Poseidon Adventure (1972)

This film version of this writer's novel is among the high points of the seventies catastrophe films. The fictional ship is capsized by a tsunami, and it's up to the main protagonist to guide his flock through the upturned ship to security. the actress is unforgettable as a retailer's spouse with a useful history of athletic swimming.

9. All is Lost (2013)

The main star delivers a mature masterclass in one-man show as a man struggling to endure in the specific sea after his yacht, the fictional ship, is damaged in a impact with an stray cargo box. It's anxious enough to view, so heaven knows how extremely demanding it must have been for the elderly actor to film.

8. Captain Phillips (2013)

The main star delivers outstanding acting in one of his ordinary-person-in-extraordinary-circumstances characters, as the commander of an American cargo ship seized by maritime criminals off the geographical area. His performance is complemented by a co-star ("Now I'm in charge"), making a remarkable film debut as the criminal boss in this filmmaker's suspense film, derived from actual incidents. When the last scene doesn't bring tears, you're not human.

7. Triangle (2009)

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