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20. Ocean Terror (1998)

Stephen Sommers' sci-fi horror pulp follows a bunch of attention-grabbing ensemble cast acting as mercenaries employed to destroy the passenger vessel the main setting. But a massive sea creature has got there first! Including the likely victims are Kevin J O'Connor as a gem smuggler.

19. The Legend of 1900 (1998)

A infant, abandoned on the transatlantic liner SS Virginian, develops to be a gifted pianist (Tim Roth) who remains aboard the boat. The peak moment of the director's whimsical hokum is Roth fighting a keyboard contest with a jazz legend, arguably inaccurately portrayed as a overconfident individual.

18. Ocean Planet (1995)

The lead actor acts as a warrior-esque drifter with webbed feet and a souped-up sailing vessel in this high-cost sci-fi B-movie, taking place in a distant time where vanishing ice sheets have inundated the planet. The entire population is searching for mythical Dryland while resisting Dennis Hopper and his group of chain-smoking pirates.

17. Titanic (1997)

Two hours of romantic interludes between a upper-class woman (Kate Winslet) and an free-spirited artist (the actor) are rescued by the director's impressive reconstruction of among history's most infamous disasters. It's impossible not to respect the boldness of a film-maker who manages to twist a fatalities of 1,500 into an emotionally uplifting tale of liberation.

16. Ship of Fools (1965)

Peasants, Spanish performers and Nazi eugenicists interact on a ocean liner sailing from Latin America to Europe in the pre-war era. Stanley Kramer's large-scale film features a cinema icon, in her last performance, as a melancholy character, but it's a co-star, as the ship's doctor, and a talented performer, as a aristocratic rebel, who deliver the movie with its dramatic punch.

15. Ultimate Trip (1960)

The central vessel is torn asunder in an detonation and the lead actor's spouse (Dorothy Malone) is stranded in their quarters in this intense precursor to disaster movies. Will Stack and a heroic engineer (the actor) free her prior to the ship sinks? Curious detail: the fictional ship is embodied by the renowned French liner an actual ocean liner.

14. Murder on the Nile (1978)

Bette Davis are part of the homicide possibilities on board a Egyptian riverboat in this all-star Agatha Christie whodunit. The main star, as the famous detective, cannot prevent numerous characters being shot, which whittles down his persons of interest to a manageable number. Much more enjoyable than the 2022 remake.

13. Sea Silence (1989)

Nicole Kidman act as a partners attempting to recover from the pain of their son's death by sailing their boat for a spin in the Pacific, where they rescue a co-star from a sinking schooner. Costly error! This filmmaker's tense movie is fundamentally a slasher movie at sea, but an high-quality one that put Kidman on the map.

12. Maggie's Tale (1954)

An British man, moving goods for an US businessman, is tricked into hiring a poor condition "Scottish vessel" in the director's brutal UK production in the subversive vein of his own previous work. Naturally, the ship's UK commander and crew trick the main characters for a journey, in all senses of the term.

11. Overwhelming Power (1974)

This filmmaker provides his suspense story a social commentary angle in this tension-filled story of bombs planted on a luxury liner, the SS Britannic. Red wire or blue wire? David Hemmings portray bomb disposal experts; a supporting player, as the cruise director, serves up a heartbreaking study in sadly funny despair.

10. The Poseidon Adventure (1972)

This cinematic interpretation of the author's novel is one of the peaks of the seventies catastrophe films. The fictional ship is flipped over by a tidal wave, and it's the responsibility of the main protagonist to lead his followers through the upturned ship to rescue. Shelley Winters is unforgettable as a small business owner's partner with a handy experience of athletic swimming.

9. All is Lost (2013)

Robert Redford provides a mature brilliant acting in solo performance as a individual battling to survive in the specific sea after his yacht, the Virginia Jean, is harmed in a crash with an stray cargo box. It's anxious enough to watch, so one can only imagine how physically gruelling it must have been for the senior performer to film.

8. Ship Commander (2013)

The main star does sterling work in one of his regular-guys-under-intolerable-pressure performances, as the captain of an American cargo ship hijacked by maritime criminals off the specific location. He's matched by a co-star ("Now I'm in charge"), providing a sensational initial cinematic appearance as the raider leader in this filmmaker's tense movie, inspired by actual incidents. If the final sequence doesn't bring tears, you're emotionally detached.

7. Geometric Shape (2009)

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