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20. Deep Rising (1998)

The director's futuristic scarefest follows a bunch of memorable supporting players portraying hired guns hired to sink the passenger vessel the main setting. But a enormous cephalopod has beaten them to it! Among the endangered passengers are Kevin J O'Connor as a jewel thief.

19. 1900's Tale (1998)

A baby, left on the passenger vessel SS Virginian, grows up to be a accomplished musician (the lead actor) who remains aboard the boat. The highlight of this filmmaker's fantastical tale is the main character fighting a keyboard contest with Jelly Roll Morton, arguably inaccurately shown as a arrogant character.

18. Aquatic World (1995)

The main star plays a warrior-esque drifter with aquatic adaptations and a enhanced watercraft in this megabudget sci-fi B-movie, taking place in a future where vanishing ice sheets have flooded the planet. The entire population is searching for fabled solid ground while fending off Dennis Hopper and his band of constantly puffing raiders.

17. RMS Titanic (1997)

Two hours of tiresome canoodling between a posh chick (Kate Winslet) and an working-class man (Leonardo DiCaprio) are saved by James Cameron's impressive reconstruction of one the 20th century's well-known catastrophes. You have to admire the boldness of a director who successfully transforms a casualties of 1,500 into an heartening story of liberation.

16. Ship of Fools (1965)

Peasants, Spanish performers and German ideologists rub shoulders on a passenger ship journeying from Latin America to the Continent in 1933. The director's epic stars a cinema icon, in her swan song, as a unhappy separated woman, but it's Oskar Werner, as the ship's doctor, and Simone Signoret, as a political noblewoman, who deliver the film with its emotional wallop.

15. Final Journey (1960)

The central vessel is destroyed in an explosion and Robert Stack's wife (the co-star) is trapped in their cabin in this compelling precursor to disaster movies. Will the hero and a brave technician (Woody Strode) save her before the boat submerges? Interesting note: the fictional ship is played by the legendary European vessel a real ship.

14. Murder on the Nile (1978)

Bette Davis are including the murder suspects on board a Nile paddle steamer in this ensemble cast crime novelist whodunit. Peter Ustinov, as the famous detective, cannot prevent several passengers being shot, which narrows his potential killers to a limited selection. Much more enjoyable than the recent version.

13. Sea Silence (1989)

Sam Neill portray a married couple attempting to recover from the grief of their child's passing by sailing their boat for a trip in the ocean, where they save Billy Zane from a foundering ship. Poor decision! This filmmaker's thriller is basically a horror film at in maritime setting, but an ultra-classy one that launched her career.

12. Maggie's Tale (1954)

An British man, transporting furniture for an American industrialist, is tricked into employing a poor condition "Clyde puffer" in Alexander Mackendrick's brutal British film in the rebellious vein of his own Whisky Galore!. Of course, the vessel's Scottish captain and crew trick the main characters for a ride, in multiple interpretations of the word.

11. Juggernaut (1974)

This filmmaker gives his disaster thriller a social commentary perspective in this anxiety-inducing tale of explosives planted on a passenger ship, the SS Britannic. Red wire or blue wire? David Hemmings play demolition specialists; Roy Kinnear, as the cruise director, delivers a emotional study in sadly funny despair.

10. Poseidon's Journey (1972)

This adaptation of Paul Gallico's literary work is one of the peaks of the era of disaster movies. The central vessel is overturned by a tsunami, and it's up to the lead character to lead his followers through the upturned vessel to rescue. the actress is memorable as a retailer's spouse with a useful history of sports participation.

9. All is Lost (2013)

The main star provides a experienced masterclass in single character portrayal as a person fighting to endure in the Indian Ocean after his yacht, the Virginia Jean, is harmed in a collision with an errant shipping container. It's nerve-wracking enough to observe, so heaven knows how extremely demanding it must have been for the 76-year-old star to film.

8. Captain Phillips (2013)

The main star delivers excellent performance in part of his ordinary-person-in-extraordinary-circumstances performances, as the skipper of an commercial transport hijacked by African raiders off the specific location. His performance is complemented by another actor ("I control this vessel"), providing a outstanding film debut as the raider leader in the director's suspense film, based on true stories. If the concluding moment fails to move you, you're not human.

7. Three-Sided Figure (2009)

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