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20. Ocean Terror (1998)

The director's futuristic scarefest chronicles a collection of scene-stealing character actors playing mercenaries hired to demolish the passenger vessel a fictional ship. However a giant mutant octopus has got there first! Featuring the likely victims are Treat Williams as a gem smuggler.

19. The Legend of 1900 (1998)

A baby, deserted on the transatlantic liner SS Virginian, grows up to be a accomplished musician (the lead actor) who never steps off the ship. The highlight of the director's fantastical tale is Roth fighting a musical showdown with a historical figure, rather unfairly shown as a smug bastard.

18. Aquatic World (1995)

Kevin Costner portrays a warrior-esque drifter with webbed feet and a modified sailing vessel in this megabudget futuristic thriller, taking place in a later era where disappearing glaciers have flooded the Earth. The entire population is seeking legendary terra firma while fighting off the villain and his group of constantly puffing pirates.

17. The Titanic (1997)

Two hours of love story development between a posh chick (the female lead) and an working-class man (Leonardo DiCaprio) are redeemed by James Cameron's breathtaking depiction of one the 20th century's well-known catastrophes. It's impossible not to respect the chutzpah of a film-maker who manages to twist a fatalities of 1,500 into an heartening narrative of liberation.

16. Ship of Fools (1965)

Working-class people, Spanish performers and Nazi eugenicists interact on a commercial vessel traveling from Latin America to the Old World in the pre-war era. Stanley Kramer's large-scale film stars a legendary actress, in her last performance, as a sad divorcee, but it's another actor, as the vessel's physician, and another cast member, as a aristocratic rebel, who provide the movie with its dramatic punch.

15. Final Journey (1960)

The central vessel is destroyed in an blast and Robert Stack's partner (the co-star) is stranded in their room in this intense proto-disaster pic. Is it possible for the main character and a heroic engineer (the supporting player) rescue her before the vessel goes down? Fun fact: the fictional ship is embodied by the renowned historic ship Île de France.

14. Death on the Nile (1978)

Bette Davis are part of the murder suspects on board a Egyptian riverboat in this all-star mystery writer detective story. The main star, as the famous detective, cannot prevent half the cast being shot, which reduces his suspects to a manageable number. Much more enjoyable than the recent version.

13. Sea Silence (1989)

Nicole Kidman portray a married couple trying to get over the pain of their child's passing by venturing on their vessel for a trip in the sea, where they save Billy Zane from a foundering ship. Big mistake! Phillip Noyce's suspense film is fundamentally a slasher movie at sea, but an exceptionally well-made one that launched her career.

12. The Maggie (1954)

An British man, transporting items for an wealthy entrepreneur, is deceived into employing a poor condition "Clyde puffer" in this filmmaker's brutal UK production in the rebellious style of his own earlier film. Predictably, the vessel's Scottish captain and crew trick the main characters for a journey, in all senses of the expression.

11. Overwhelming Power (1974)

Richard Lester imparts his suspense story a state-of-the-nation perspective in this tension-filled story of explosives positioned on a luxury liner, the SS Britannic. What's the correct choice? Richard Harris portray bomb disposal experts; a supporting player, as the cruise director, serves up a heartbreaking depiction in tragicomic desperation.

10. The Poseidon Adventure (1972)

This adaptation of the author's book is one of the zenith of the era of disaster movies. The central vessel is overturned by a ocean surge, and it's up to Reverend Gene Hackman to direct his flock through the inverted ship to rescue. Shelley Winters is unforgettable as a retailer's spouse with a practical experience of competitive swimming.

9. Total Loss (2013)

The main star delivers a mature brilliant acting in solo performance as a individual struggling to endure in the specific sea after his personal boat, the main setting, is harmed in a crash with an errant transport unit. It's nerve-wracking enough to view, so one can only imagine how physically gruelling it must have been for the 76-year-old star to record.

8. Vessel Leader (2013)

Tom Hanks does sterling work in one of his regular-guys-under-intolerable-pressure roles, as the commander of an US merchant vessel hijacked by African raiders off the Horn of Africa. He's matched by Barkhad Abdi ("I control this vessel"), making a outstanding initial cinematic appearance as the pirate chief in the director's thriller, inspired by true stories. When the concluding moment fails to move you, you're not human.

7. Geometric Shape (2009)

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