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20. Abyssal Attack (1998)

This filmmaker's futuristic scarefest follows a bunch of scene-stealing character actors playing hired guns hired to sink the cruise ship the main setting. But a giant mutant octopus has already arrived! Featuring the likely victims are Treat Williams as a jewel thief.

19. The 1900 Story (1998)

A infant, abandoned on the passenger vessel SS Virginian, develops to be a gifted pianist (the lead actor) who remains aboard the boat. The climax of the director's fantastical tale is the protagonist fighting a piano duel with Jelly Roll Morton, arguably inaccurately shown as a overconfident individual.

18. Aquatic World (1995)

The main star acts as a fighter-inspired drifter with webbed feet and a souped-up trimaran in this megabudget science fiction adventure, located in a future where vanishing ice sheets have flooded the planet. All people is hunting for mythical Dryland while fending off the antagonist and his band of constantly puffing marauders.

17. The Titanic (1997)

Two hours of romantic interludes between a wealthy lady (the actress) and an itinerant yobbo (Leonardo DiCaprio) are redeemed by the director's spectacular recreation of one the 20th century's notorious tragedies. It's impossible not to respect the boldness of a film-maker who artfully converts a fatalities of 1,500 into an inspiring narrative of freedom.

16. Boat of Lunatics (1965)

Working-class people, artistic entertainers and political extremists interact on a passenger ship sailing from Latin America to the Continent in the interwar period. This filmmaker's sweeping drama stars a legendary actress, in her final role, as a melancholy character, but it's Oskar Werner, as the ship's doctor, and a talented performer, as a radical countess, who supply the movie with its emotional wallop.

15. The Last Voyage (1960)

The central vessel is torn asunder in an blast and the lead actor's wife (Dorothy Malone) is trapped in their room in this intense precursor to disaster movies. Will the main character and a heroic engineer (Woody Strode) save her before the ship sinks? Fun fact: the fictional ship is represented by the legendary French liner Île de France.

14. Murder on the Nile (1978)

Angela Lansbury are including the murder suspects on board a Egyptian riverboat in this all-star mystery writer murder mystery. The main star, as the famous detective, cannot prevent several passengers being stabbed, which whittles down his potential killers to a smaller group. Bags more fun than the recent version.

13. Sea Silence (1989)

Two lead actors play a husband and wife trying to get over the pain of their child's passing by taking their yacht for a trip in the sea, where they rescue Billy Zane from a sinking schooner. Poor decision! The director's tense movie is basically a horror film at sea, but an ultra-classy one that made her famous.

12. Maggie's Tale (1954)

An Englishman, moving goods for an American industrialist, is tricked into employing a run-down "type of boat" in Alexander Mackendrick's dark UK production in the rebellious vein of his own earlier film. Naturally, the vessel's UK commander and team deceive the inexperienced passengers for a ride, in all senses of the term.

11. Unstoppable Force (1974)

Richard Lester imparts his disaster thriller a social commentary perspective in this anxiety-inducing story of bombs placed on a luxury liner, the fictional ship. Red wire or blue wire? Two lead actors act as explosive technicians; another actor, as the vessel's activities coordinator, provides a touching portrayal in humorous tragedy.

10. Ocean Disaster (1972)

This cinematic interpretation of the author's novel is among the zenith of the era of disaster movies. The SS Poseidon is capsized by a tidal wave, and it's up to the main protagonist to lead his group through the inverted ship to rescue. the actress is memorable as a shopkeeper's wife with a useful history of athletic swimming.

9. All is Lost (2013)

The main star provides a mature exemplary performance in solo performance as a person fighting to endure in the Indian Ocean after his personal boat, the fictional ship, is impaired in a collision with an errant shipping container. It's nerve-wracking enough to view, so heaven knows how physically gruelling it must have been for the senior performer to shoot.

8. Ship Commander (2013)

The lead actor delivers outstanding acting in part of his ordinary-person-in-extraordinary-circumstances performances, as the skipper of an commercial transport commandeered by Somali pirates off the specific location. He's matched by a co-star ("I control this vessel"), providing a outstanding film debut as the pirate chief in this filmmaker's suspense film, derived from actual incidents. Should the final sequence doesn't bring tears, you're not human.

7. Triangle (2009)

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