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20. Abyssal Attack (1998)

This filmmaker's futuristic scarefest follows a group of scene-stealing ensemble cast portraying mercenaries hired to destroy the cruise ship Argonautica. Yet a giant mutant octopus has beaten them to it! Featuring the endangered passengers are Famke Janssen as a gem smuggler.

19. The 1900 Story (1998)

A baby, deserted on the transatlantic liner the central location, develops to be a gifted pianist (the main star) who never steps off the vessel. The climax of the director's whimsical hokum is the protagonist competing in a musical showdown with a jazz legend, rather unfairly portrayed as a overconfident individual.

18. Ocean Planet (1995)

The lead actor portrays a fighter-inspired wanderer with webbed feet and a souped-up watercraft in this big-budget science fiction adventure, set in a distant time where vanishing ice sheets have inundated the Earth. All people is hunting for fabled solid ground while fighting off Dennis Hopper and his group of continuously smoking marauders.

17. RMS Titanic (1997)

Two hours of love story development between a wealthy lady (Kate Winslet) and an working-class man (the actor) are redeemed by this filmmaker's impressive reconstruction of among history's notorious catastrophes. One must appreciate the boldness of a director who artfully converts a death toll of over a thousand into an heartening narrative of freedom.

16. Boat of Lunatics (1965)

Working-class people, Spanish performers and German ideologists mingle on a commercial vessel traveling from Mexico to the Continent in the pre-war era. The director's large-scale film stars a legendary actress, in her swan song, as a unhappy separated woman, but it's Oskar Werner, as the vessel's physician, and another cast member, as a aristocratic rebel, who provide the movie with its emotional wallop.

15. Final Journey (1960)

The central vessel is ripped apart in an blast and the protagonist's partner (the actress) is stuck in their quarters in this intense proto-disaster pic. Will the hero and a courageous worker (the supporting player) save her before the boat submerges? Interesting note: the fictional ship is represented by the renowned French liner Île de France.

14. Death on the Nile (1978)

Angela Lansbury are including the homicide possibilities on board a African vessel in this all-star Agatha Christie whodunit. Peter Ustinov, as the Belgian sleuth, is unable to halt numerous characters being shot, which whittles down his persons of interest to a limited selection. Significantly better than the recent version.

13. Sea Silence (1989)

Nicole Kidman play a partners seeking to heal from the trauma of their son's death by sailing their boat for a journey in the Pacific, where they recover a co-star from a sinking schooner. Costly error! This filmmaker's tense movie is essentially a killers-on-the-loose story at sea, but an exceptionally well-made one that launched her career.

12. Maggie's Tale (1954)

An British man, moving furniture for an wealthy entrepreneur, is deceived into employing a run-down "Scottish vessel" in the director's brutal UK production in the rebellious tradition of his own previous work. Predictably, the boat's British skipper and staff take the two landlubbers for a journey, in multiple interpretations of the expression.

11. Overwhelming Power (1974)

This filmmaker provides his catastrophe film a political dimension angle in this tension-filled yarn of explosives positioned on a passenger ship, the SS Britannic. Which wire to cut? Richard Harris portray bomb disposal experts; another actor, as the ship's entertainments director, serves up a emotional study in sadly funny despair.

10. Poseidon's Journey (1972)

This adaptation of the author's book is part of the zenith of the seventies catastrophe films. The SS Poseidon is flipped over by a ocean surge, and it's the responsibility of the main protagonist to direct his group through the upturned ship to safety. the actress is unforgettable as a shopkeeper's wife with a useful background of competitive swimming.

9. Total Loss (2013)

The main star delivers a experienced brilliant acting in single character portrayal as a man battling to survive in the Indian Ocean after his personal boat, the main setting, is damaged in a collision with an lost cargo box. It's anxious enough to watch, so it's difficult to comprehend how physically gruelling it must have been for the 76-year-old star to record.

8. Captain Phillips (2013)

Tom Hanks provides outstanding acting in one of his regular-guys-under-intolerable-pressure performances, as the captain of an American cargo ship seized by African raiders off the Horn of Africa. He's matched by a co-star ("Now I'm in charge"), providing a outstanding initial cinematic appearance as the pirate chief in this filmmaker's suspense film, based on actual incidents. When the last scene fails to move you, you're emotionally detached.

7. Geometric Shape (2009)

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