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20. Ocean Terror (1998)

The director's sci-fi horror pulp follows a bunch of attention-grabbing ensemble cast playing soldiers of fortune employed to demolish the passenger vessel Argonautica. Yet a massive sea creature has got there first! Among the potential cephalopod fodder are Kevin J O'Connor as a diamond criminal.

19. The Legend of 1900 (1998)

A infant, abandoned on the transatlantic liner a fictional ship, matures to be a accomplished musician (Tim Roth) who never steps off the boat. The peak moment of the director's imaginative story is Roth fighting a keyboard contest with Jelly Roll Morton, somewhat unjustly depicted as a overconfident individual.

18. Ocean Planet (1995)

The main star portrays a warrior-esque wanderer with mutated appendages and a modified sailing vessel in this megabudget science fiction adventure, set in a later era where disappearing glaciers have inundated the Earth. The entire population is hunting for fabled solid ground while fending off the antagonist and his group of chain-smoking raiders.

17. Titanic (1997)

A significant portion of love story development between a wealthy lady (Kate Winslet) and an free-spirited artist (the actor) are rescued by the director's impressive reconstruction of one the 20th century's well-known catastrophes. You have to admire the chutzpah of a director who artfully converts a death toll of numerous victims into an heartening story of liberation.

16. Vessel of Madness (1965)

Commoners, flamenco dancers and Nazi eugenicists interact on a passenger ship journeying from Mexico to the Continent in the pre-war era. The director's sweeping drama includes a legendary actress, in her final role, as a sad divorcee, but it's another actor, as the ship's doctor, and Simone Signoret, as a political noblewoman, who supply the movie with its emotional wallop.

15. The Last Voyage (1960)

The central vessel is ripped apart in an explosion and the protagonist's partner (the actress) is stuck in their cabin in this intense proto-disaster pic. Will Stack and a heroic engineer (the supporting player) save her before the boat submerges? Interesting note: the main setting is played by the renowned European vessel a real ship.

14. Murder on the Nile (1978)

Bette Davis are part of the killing culprits on board a Nile paddle steamer in this ensemble cast Agatha Christie whodunit. The main star, as Hercule Poirot, is unable to halt numerous characters being killed, which whittles down his potential killers to a manageable number. Much more enjoyable than the modern adaptation.

13. Ocean Stillness (1989)

Two lead actors portray a partners attempting to recover from the trauma of their offspring's demise by taking their yacht for a journey in the ocean, where they save Billy Zane from a sinking schooner. Poor decision! Phillip Noyce's tense movie is basically a horror film at on the ocean, but an ultra-classy one that put Kidman on the map.

12. The Maggie (1954)

An Englishman, moving goods for an wealthy entrepreneur, is manipulated into employing a poor condition "Clyde puffer" in this filmmaker's dark Ealing comedy in the unconventional tradition of his own earlier film. Predictably, the ship's British skipper and team deceive the inexperienced passengers for a journey, in every meaning of the expression.

11. Unstoppable Force (1974)

The director gives his catastrophe film a state-of-the-nation angle in this nerve-shredding yarn of explosives planted on a commercial vessel, the main setting. What's the correct choice? Richard Harris play bomb disposal experts; Roy Kinnear, as the vessel's activities coordinator, serves up a heartbreaking study in sadly funny despair.

10. The Poseidon Adventure (1972)

This cinematic interpretation of the author's book is among the zenith of the seventies catastrophe films. The central vessel is flipped over by a tidal wave, and it's up to the main protagonist to direct his followers through the flipped hull to rescue. Shelley Winters is unforgettable as a shopkeeper's wife with a practical history of competitive swimming.

9. Everything's Gone (2013)

The lead actor delivers a mature brilliant acting in single character portrayal as a person fighting to stay alive in the Indian Ocean after his yacht, the main setting, is damaged in a impact with an errant cargo box. It's stressful enough to observe, so heaven knows how physically gruelling it must have been for the 76-year-old star to record.

8. Ship Commander (2013)

The main star provides outstanding acting in one of his everyman-in-crisis performances, as the skipper of an American cargo ship hijacked by maritime criminals off the Horn of Africa. His performance is complemented by a co-star ("Now I'm in charge"), making a outstanding film debut as the criminal boss in this filmmaker's suspense film, inspired by actual incidents. When the final sequence doesn't make you blub, you're emotionally detached.

7. Geometric Shape (2009)

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