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20. Ocean Terror (1998)

The director's futuristic scarefest follows a bunch of attention-grabbing ensemble cast acting as hired guns employed to sink the cruise ship Argonautica. But a enormous cephalopod has beaten them to it! Including the likely victims are Kevin J O'Connor as a jewel thief.

19. The Legend of 1900 (1998)

A baby, abandoned on the passenger vessel the central location, grows up to be a accomplished musician (Tim Roth) who remains aboard the boat. The climax of Giuseppe Tornatore's fantastical tale is the main character battling a musical showdown with Jelly Roll Morton, arguably inaccurately portrayed as a smug bastard.

18. Waterworld (1995)

The lead actor portrays a samurai-like wanderer with aquatic adaptations and a enhanced sailing vessel in this big-budget science fiction adventure, located in a future where vanishing ice sheets have submerged the Earth. The entire population is seeking legendary terra firma while fending off Dennis Hopper and his band of constantly puffing pirates.

17. The Titanic (1997)

An extended period of tiresome canoodling between a posh chick (Kate Winslet) and an free-spirited artist (Leonardo DiCaprio) are redeemed by the director's impressive reconstruction of one the 20th century's well-known catastrophes. It's impossible not to respect the chutzpah of a director who artfully converts a casualties of numerous victims into an inspiring tale of freedom.

16. Boat of Lunatics (1965)

Working-class people, Spanish performers and German ideologists rub shoulders on a commercial vessel traveling from North America to the Old World in the interwar period. This filmmaker's sweeping drama features a legendary actress, in her last performance, as a sad divorcee, but it's another actor, as the ship's doctor, and another cast member, as a radical countess, who provide the motion picture with its emotional wallop.

15. The Last Voyage (1960)

The central vessel is torn asunder in an blast and the lead actor's spouse (the co-star) is trapped in their room in this compelling proto-disaster pic. Can the hero and a courageous worker (the supporting player) save her before the ship sinks? Interesting note: the main setting is embodied by the legendary European vessel an actual ocean liner.

14. Murder on the Nile (1978)

Angela Lansbury are part of the homicide possibilities on board a African vessel in this ensemble cast mystery writer murder mystery. Peter Ustinov, as Hercule Poirot, cannot prevent numerous characters being killed, which reduces his potential killers to a smaller group. Bags more fun than the modern adaptation.

13. Dead Calm (1989)

Two lead actors act as a partners attempting to recover from the trauma of their son's death by sailing their boat for a trip in the sea, where they rescue another actor from a sinking schooner. Poor decision! The director's suspense film is essentially a horror film at in maritime setting, but an high-quality one that put Kidman on the map.

12. The Maggie (1954)

An British man, transporting goods for an wealthy entrepreneur, is manipulated into employing a dilapidated "Clyde puffer" in Alexander Mackendrick's dark British film in the unconventional style of his own previous work. Predictably, the vessel's Scottish captain and crew take the two landlubbers for a journey, in all senses of the word.

11. Juggernaut (1974)

Richard Lester gives his catastrophe film a social commentary angle in this nerve-shredding yarn of bombs placed on a passenger ship, the main setting. Which wire to cut? Two lead actors portray bomb disposal experts; a supporting player, as the vessel's activities coordinator, serves up a touching portrayal in tragicomic desperation.

10. Ocean Disaster (1972)

This film version of the author's novel is among the high points of the seventies catastrophe films. The central vessel is overturned by a ocean surge, and it's up to the lead character to guide his flock through the flipped vessel to rescue. Shelley Winters is remarkable as a shopkeeper's wife with a handy experience of competitive swimming.

9. All is Lost (2013)

Robert Redford delivers a experienced brilliant acting in one-man show as a man battling to survive in the maritime location after his sailing vessel, the main setting, is damaged in a crash with an lost shipping container. It's nerve-wracking enough to observe, so it's difficult to comprehend how extremely demanding it must have been for the 76-year-old star to record.

8. Ship Commander (2013)

The main star does outstanding acting in among his ordinary-person-in-extraordinary-circumstances performances, as the commander of an commercial transport hijacked by maritime criminals off the geographical area. He's matched by Barkhad Abdi ("I control this vessel"), providing a remarkable film debut as the raider leader in Paul Greengrass's suspense film, derived from real events. When the concluding moment doesn't bring tears, you're not human.

7. Geometric Shape (2009)

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