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20. Abyssal Attack (1998)

The director's science fiction thriller details a group of attention-grabbing character actors playing soldiers of fortune contracted to destroy the luxury liner the main setting. However a massive sea creature has beaten them to it! Among the endangered passengers are Treat Williams as a gem smuggler.

19. The 1900 Story (1998)

A newborn, left on the passenger vessel the central location, develops to be a gifted pianist (the main star) who remains aboard the vessel. The climax of the director's fantastical tale is the protagonist fighting a piano duel with a historical figure, somewhat unjustly depicted as a overconfident individual.

18. Aquatic World (1995)

Kevin Costner acts as a warrior-esque nomad with mutated appendages and a souped-up trimaran in this big-budget science fiction adventure, set in a future where melting polar ice-caps have flooded the world. The entire population is seeking mythical Dryland while fending off the villain and his group of constantly puffing pirates.

17. The 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 breathtaking depiction of a famous notorious disasters. You have to admire the audacity of a film-maker who manages to twist a fatalities of over a thousand into an emotionally uplifting tale of liberation.

16. Ship of Fools (1965)

Working-class people, Spanish performers and political extremists interact on a commercial vessel sailing from North America to Europe in 1933. The director's epic includes Vivien Leigh, in her last performance, as a melancholy character, but it's Oskar Werner, as the medical officer, and a talented performer, as a political noblewoman, who provide the movie with its powerful impact.

15. Ultimate Trip (1960)

The central vessel is ripped apart in an blast and Robert Stack's spouse (the actress) is stuck in their quarters in this gripping proto-disaster pic. Is it possible for the hero and a brave technician (the supporting player) rescue her prior to the vessel goes down? Interesting note: the fictional ship is embodied by the legendary European vessel an actual ocean liner.

14. Nile Killing (1978)

Bette Davis are part of the killing culprits on board a African vessel in this all-star crime novelist whodunit. Peter Ustinov, as Hercule Poirot, is unable to halt several passengers being shot, which reduces his persons of interest to a smaller group. Bags more fun than the recent version.

13. Ocean Stillness (1989)

Nicole Kidman portray a husband and wife seeking to heal from the pain of their son's death by taking their yacht for a spin in the Pacific, where they rescue another actor from a sinking schooner. Poor decision! Phillip Noyce's thriller is basically a horror film at sea, but an exceptionally well-made one that launched her career.

12. The Maggie Story (1954)

An Englishman, moving items for an American industrialist, is manipulated into employing a run-down "type of boat" in this filmmaker's dark British film in the rebellious vein of his own previous work. Predictably, the boat's Scottish captain and team take the two landlubbers for a trip, in multiple interpretations of the word.

11. Overwhelming Power (1974)

Richard Lester imparts his suspense story a state-of-the-nation perspective in this tension-filled tale of explosives planted on a luxury liner, the main setting. What's the correct choice? David Hemmings portray bomb disposal experts; another actor, as the vessel's activities coordinator, delivers a emotional study in tragicomic desperation.

10. Ocean Disaster (1972)

This film version of the author's novel is part of the peaks of the 1970s disaster genre. The central vessel is capsized by a tidal wave, and it's up to Reverend Gene Hackman to guide his group through the upturned ship to security. Shelley Winters is memorable as a retailer's spouse with a practical background of sports participation.

9. Everything's Gone (2013)

The main star provides a late-career exemplary performance in one-man show as a individual fighting to stay alive in the Indian Ocean after his yacht, the Virginia Jean, is damaged in a impact with an lost cargo box. It's nerve-wracking enough to view, so heaven knows how exceptionally strenuous it must have been for the elderly actor to film.

8. Vessel Leader (2013)

The lead actor does outstanding acting in one of his regular-guys-under-intolerable-pressure roles, as the commander of an American cargo ship hijacked by maritime criminals off the Horn of Africa. His performance is complemented by another actor ("I control this vessel"), delivering a remarkable first movie role as the criminal boss in this filmmaker's tense movie, inspired by real events. Should the last scene doesn't make you blub, you're emotionally detached.

7. Three-Sided Figure (2009)

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