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20. Deep Rising (1998)

Stephen Sommers' futuristic scarefest follows a collection of scene-stealing supporting players playing hired guns employed to demolish the cruise ship the main setting. But a giant mutant octopus has beaten them to it! Including the likely victims are Treat Williams as a diamond criminal.

19. The 1900 Story (1998)

A baby, left on the transatlantic liner a fictional ship, develops to be a gifted pianist (the main star) who refuses to leave the boat. The climax of the director's imaginative story is the protagonist competing in a keyboard contest with a historical figure, somewhat unjustly shown as a overconfident individual.

18. Aquatic World (1995)

The main star acts as a samurai-like drifter with aquatic adaptations and a souped-up watercraft in this big-budget futuristic thriller, set in a distant time where melting polar ice-caps have submerged the world. All people is seeking fabled solid ground while fighting off Dennis Hopper and his band of constantly puffing pirates.

17. Titanic (1997)

Two hours of romantic interludes between a wealthy lady (Kate Winslet) and an working-class man (the male lead) are rescued by this filmmaker's impressive reconstruction of a famous well-known catastrophes. You have to admire the boldness of a cinematic artist who manages to twist a casualties of 1,500 into an heartening story of freedom.

16. Ship of Fools (1965)

Peasants, Spanish performers and Nazi eugenicists mingle on a ocean liner sailing from North America to the Continent in the interwar period. The director's epic features a legendary actress, in her swan song, as a sad divorcee, but it's another actor, as the vessel's physician, and a talented performer, as a radical countess, who deliver the movie with its dramatic punch.

15. Ultimate Trip (1960)

The USS Claridon is destroyed in an blast and Robert Stack's spouse (the actress) is stuck in their cabin in this intense proto-disaster pic. Is it possible for the main character and a heroic engineer (Woody Strode) save her before the boat submerges? Fun fact: the Claridon is represented by the renowned historic ship a real ship.

14. Nile Killing (1978)

Angela Lansbury are part of the killing culprits on board a Egyptian riverboat in this all-star crime novelist whodunit. The lead actor, as the famous detective, is unable to halt half the cast being shot, which whittles down his potential killers to a limited selection. Significantly better than the modern adaptation.

13. Dead Calm (1989)

Sam Neill play a married couple attempting to recover from the pain of their offspring's demise by venturing on their vessel for a journey in the sea, where they save Billy Zane from a foundering ship. Big mistake! This filmmaker's thriller is basically a horror film at sea, but an high-quality one that made her famous.

12. The Maggie Story (1954)

An UK citizen, shipping items for an American industrialist, is tricked into employing a poor condition "Clyde puffer" in the director's brutal British film in the rebellious vein of his own earlier film. Naturally, the ship's Scottish captain and team deceive the inexperienced passengers for a ride, in all senses of the word.

11. Unstoppable Force (1974)

The director gives his disaster thriller a political dimension perspective in this nerve-shredding story of detonators placed on a passenger ship, the SS Britannic. What's the correct choice? Two lead actors play demolition specialists; another actor, as the cruise director, delivers a heartbreaking study in tragicomic desperation.

10. Poseidon's Journey (1972)

This film version of Paul Gallico's book is one of the high points of the seventies catastrophe films. The fictional ship is overturned by a tidal wave, and it's up to Reverend Gene Hackman to guide his flock through the flipped ship to security. Shelley Winters is remarkable as a retailer's spouse with a practical background of athletic swimming.

9. Total Loss (2013)

The lead actor provides a late-career brilliant acting in solo performance as a person struggling to stay alive in the specific sea after his personal boat, the fictional ship, is damaged in a impact with an stray transport unit. It's anxious enough to view, so heaven knows how extremely demanding it must have been for the elderly actor to film.

8. Vessel Leader (2013)

The lead actor delivers sterling work in among his everyman-in-crisis performances, as the captain of an American cargo ship hijacked by African raiders off the Horn of Africa. He has great chemistry by another actor ("I control this vessel"), delivering a remarkable initial cinematic appearance as the pirate chief in the director's suspense film, based on real events. Should the last scene fails to move you, you're not human.

7. Triangle (2009)

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