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20. Ocean Terror (1998)

This filmmaker's futuristic scarefest follows a group of attention-grabbing supporting players playing mercenaries hired to destroy the luxury liner a fictional ship. But a enormous cephalopod has beaten them to it! Including the potential cephalopod fodder are Famke Janssen as a diamond criminal.

19. 1900's Tale (1998)

A infant, deserted on the passenger vessel the central location, develops to be a accomplished musician (the main star) who refuses to leave the boat. The climax of this filmmaker's whimsical hokum is the protagonist fighting a keyboard contest with Jelly Roll Morton, arguably inaccurately portrayed as a smug bastard.

18. Ocean Planet (1995)

Kevin Costner portrays a fighter-inspired wanderer with webbed feet and a modified sailing vessel in this megabudget science fiction adventure, set in a later era where disappearing glaciers have submerged the Earth. Everyone is seeking mythical Dryland while resisting the antagonist and his band of chain-smoking raiders.

17. The Titanic (1997)

Two hours of tiresome canoodling between a wealthy lady (Kate Winslet) and an itinerant yobbo (the actor) are rescued by James Cameron's impressive reconstruction of a famous most infamous catastrophes. One must appreciate the chutzpah of a director who manages to twist a death toll of numerous victims into an inspiring narrative of freedom.

16. Vessel of Madness (1965)

Working-class people, artistic entertainers and Nazi eugenicists mingle on a ocean liner traveling from North America to the Old World in the interwar period. This filmmaker's large-scale film features a legendary actress, in her swan song, as a unhappy separated woman, but it's a co-star, as the medical officer, and a talented performer, as a political noblewoman, who deliver the film with its dramatic punch.

15. The Last Voyage (1960)

The USS Claridon is ripped apart in an explosion and the protagonist's wife (the actress) is stranded in their cabin in this compelling proto-disaster pic. Can Stack and a heroic engineer (the supporting player) rescue her ahead of the ship sinks? Fun fact: the main setting is embodied by the legendary French liner Île de France.

14. Nile Killing (1978)

Two legendary actresses are among the killing culprits on board a Egyptian riverboat in this celebrity-filled mystery writer murder mystery. The main star, as the famous detective, fails to stop numerous characters being stabbed, which narrows his suspects to a smaller group. Much more enjoyable than the recent version.

13. Ocean Stillness (1989)

Nicole Kidman play a husband and wife attempting to recover from the pain of their son's death by sailing their boat for a spin in the sea, where they rescue a co-star from a sinking schooner. Costly error! The director's suspense film is basically a killers-on-the-loose story at on the ocean, but an exceptionally well-made one that made her famous.

12. The Maggie Story (1954)

An British man, shipping items for an US businessman, is tricked into employing a dilapidated "Scottish vessel" in Alexander Mackendrick's brutal Ealing comedy in the unconventional style of his own earlier film. Of course, the ship's UK commander and staff trick the main characters for a trip, in every meaning of the word.

11. Juggernaut (1974)

This filmmaker imparts his catastrophe film a social commentary angle in this tension-filled story of bombs positioned on a luxury liner, the main setting. Which wire to cut? Two lead actors act as bomb disposal experts; another actor, as the cruise director, serves up a touching depiction in sadly funny despair.

10. Ocean Disaster (1972)

This adaptation of this writer's book is one of the zenith of the era of disaster movies. The central vessel is capsized by a tidal wave, and it's up to the main protagonist to lead his flock through the inverted vessel to safety. Shelley Winters is remarkable as a small business owner's partner with a practical history of athletic swimming.

9. Everything's Gone (2013)

The main star provides a mature exemplary performance in solo performance as a individual battling to survive in the Indian Ocean after his yacht, the fictional ship, is damaged in a impact with an stray shipping container. It's stressful enough to view, so one can only imagine how physically gruelling it must have been for the elderly actor to film.

8. Ship Commander (2013)

The main star does outstanding acting in one of his everyman-in-crisis roles, as the skipper of an American cargo ship seized by Somali pirates off the geographical area. He has great chemistry by a co-star ("I'm the captain now"), delivering a sensational initial cinematic appearance as the raider leader in Paul Greengrass's tense movie, derived from true stories. Should the concluding moment doesn't make you blub, you're not human.

7. Triangle (2009)

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