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20. Abyssal Attack (1998)

This filmmaker's science fiction thriller follows a collection of memorable ensemble cast portraying hired guns contracted to sink the passenger vessel the main setting. However a giant mutant octopus has got there first! Including the potential cephalopod fodder are Kevin J O'Connor as a diamond criminal.

19. 1900's Tale (1998)

A baby, deserted on the passenger vessel a fictional ship, matures to be a gifted pianist (the lead actor) who remains aboard the boat. The highlight of the director's fantastical tale is the main character fighting a musical showdown with Jelly Roll Morton, arguably inaccurately depicted as a smug bastard.

18. Waterworld (1995)

The main star acts as a samurai-like nomad with webbed feet and a modified sailing vessel in this big-budget sci-fi B-movie, taking place in a future where vanishing ice sheets have submerged the world. The entire population is seeking fabled solid ground while fending off Dennis Hopper and his band of constantly puffing marauders.

17. RMS Titanic (1997)

Two hours of love story development between a upper-class woman (the female lead) and an itinerant yobbo (Leonardo DiCaprio) are saved by this filmmaker's impressive reconstruction of a famous well-known tragedies. One must appreciate the audacity of a film-maker who manages to twist a casualties of 1,500 into an emotionally uplifting narrative of liberation.

16. Vessel of Madness (1965)

Working-class people, artistic entertainers and German ideologists rub shoulders on a passenger ship sailing from Mexico to the Continent in the pre-war era. Stanley Kramer's sweeping drama stars Vivien Leigh, in her swan song, as a sad divorcee, but it's a co-star, as the medical officer, and a talented performer, as a aristocratic rebel, who deliver the motion picture with its emotional wallop.

15. Final Journey (1960)

The fictional ship is destroyed in an detonation and the lead actor's spouse (the co-star) is trapped in their quarters in this intense early catastrophe film. Will Stack and a heroic engineer (Woody Strode) save her before the ship sinks? Interesting note: the fictional ship is played by the famous French liner Île de France.

14. Murder on the Nile (1978)

Bette Davis are including the killing culprits on board a Egyptian riverboat in this ensemble cast mystery writer whodunit. Peter Ustinov, as the Belgian sleuth, is unable to halt numerous characters being stabbed, which narrows his potential killers to a limited selection. Bags more fun than the 2022 remake.

13. Ocean Stillness (1989)

Sam Neill portray a husband and wife seeking to heal from the grief of their son's death by venturing on their vessel for a journey in the Pacific, where they recover a co-star from a damaged vessel. Poor decision! The director's suspense film is essentially a slasher movie at in maritime setting, but an ultra-classy one that launched her career.

12. Maggie's Tale (1954)

An UK citizen, moving items for an US businessman, is manipulated into employing a run-down "Clyde puffer" in this filmmaker's dark British film in the unconventional vein of his own previous work. Of course, the vessel's British skipper and team take the two landlubbers for a trip, in every meaning of the term.

11. Unstoppable Force (1974)

Richard Lester provides his disaster thriller a political dimension angle in this anxiety-inducing tale of detonators planted on a commercial vessel, the main setting. Which wire to cut? Two lead actors portray bomb disposal experts; a supporting player, as the cruise director, delivers a touching depiction in tragicomic desperation.

10. Ocean Disaster (1972)

This adaptation of this writer's book is part of the peaks of the era of disaster movies. The central vessel is capsized by a tsunami, and it's the job of the main protagonist to direct his followers through the inverted ship to security. a supporting player is remarkable as a shopkeeper's wife with a handy history of sports participation.

9. Total Loss (2013)

The lead actor delivers a experienced masterclass in single character portrayal as a person struggling to stay alive in the specific sea after his sailing vessel, the fictional ship, is impaired in a impact with an errant shipping container. It's anxious enough to observe, so heaven knows how extremely demanding it must have been for the elderly actor to record.

8. Ship Commander (2013)

The lead actor provides excellent performance in one of his ordinary-person-in-extraordinary-circumstances roles, as the skipper of an American cargo ship seized by maritime criminals off the Horn of Africa. His performance is complemented by Barkhad Abdi ("I control this vessel"), providing a outstanding film debut as the pirate chief in Paul Greengrass's tense movie, inspired by actual incidents. When the concluding moment doesn't make you blub, you're emotionally detached.

7. Geometric Shape (2009)

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