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20. Deep Rising (1998)

This filmmaker's futuristic scarefest follows a bunch of scene-stealing ensemble cast playing mercenaries contracted to sink the luxury liner Argonautica. Yet a giant mutant octopus has already arrived! Featuring the potential cephalopod fodder are Kevin J O'Connor as a jewel thief.

19. The Legend of 1900 (1998)

A newborn, left on the ocean-going ship SS Virginian, grows up to be a gifted pianist (the main star) who never steps off the boat. The climax of Giuseppe Tornatore's whimsical hokum is the protagonist battling a musical showdown with Jelly Roll Morton, arguably inaccurately portrayed as a overconfident individual.

18. Waterworld (1995)

Kevin Costner acts as a fighter-inspired nomad with webbed feet and a enhanced watercraft in this megabudget science fiction adventure, set in a later era where melting polar ice-caps have flooded the world. Everyone is hunting for legendary terra firma while fighting off the antagonist and his band of constantly puffing pirates.

17. Titanic (1997)

A significant portion of love story development between a posh chick (Kate Winslet) and an working-class man (Leonardo DiCaprio) are rescued by the director's breathtaking depiction of one the 20th century's well-known catastrophes. One must appreciate the boldness of a cinematic artist who successfully transforms a fatalities of 1,500 into an inspiring narrative of freedom.

16. Ship of Fools (1965)

Working-class people, flamenco dancers and German ideologists rub shoulders on a ocean liner traveling from North America to Europe in 1933. This filmmaker's epic features Vivien Leigh, in her swan song, as a sad divorcee, but it's a co-star, as the vessel's physician, and another cast member, as a political noblewoman, who supply the film with its powerful impact.

15. The Last Voyage (1960)

The fictional ship is destroyed in an explosion and Robert Stack's partner (Dorothy Malone) is trapped in their room in this compelling precursor to disaster movies. Will the main character and a brave technician (Woody Strode) rescue her before the ship sinks? Interesting note: the main setting is represented by the legendary historic ship a real ship.

14. Murder on the Nile (1978)

Two legendary actresses are part of the homicide possibilities on board a Egyptian riverboat in this celebrity-filled mystery writer whodunit. The main star, as the famous detective, cannot prevent numerous characters being stabbed, which narrows his potential killers to a manageable number. Significantly better than the modern adaptation.

13. Ocean Stillness (1989)

Nicole Kidman portray a married couple attempting to recover from the pain of their son's death by taking their yacht for a trip in the ocean, where they recover a co-star from a sinking schooner. Big mistake! This filmmaker's suspense film is fundamentally a slasher movie at in maritime setting, but an ultra-classy one that put Kidman on the map.

12. Maggie's Tale (1954)

An Englishman, transporting items for an US businessman, is tricked into hiring a run-down "Clyde puffer" in this filmmaker's brutal UK production in the subversive tradition of his own previous work. Predictably, the ship's British skipper and team take the two landlubbers for a ride, in all senses of the expression.

11. Juggernaut (1974)

Richard Lester provides his disaster thriller a political dimension tilt in this nerve-shredding yarn of detonators planted on a passenger ship, the main setting. Which wire to cut? David Hemmings play explosive technicians; a supporting player, as the cruise director, serves up a emotional depiction in humorous tragedy.

10. The Poseidon Adventure (1972)

This cinematic interpretation of this writer's novel is among the high points of the seventies catastrophe films. The SS Poseidon is flipped over by a tsunami, and it's the responsibility of the main protagonist to lead his followers through the inverted ship to safety. the actress is memorable as a retailer's spouse with a useful experience of sports participation.

9. All is Lost (2013)

The lead actor gives a mature brilliant acting in one-man show as a individual fighting to survive in the specific sea after his personal boat, the main setting, is impaired in a collision with an errant cargo box. It's anxious enough to watch, so it's difficult to comprehend how exceptionally strenuous it must have been for the 76-year-old star to shoot.

8. Ship Commander (2013)

The main star delivers outstanding acting in part of his ordinary-person-in-extraordinary-circumstances roles, as the skipper of an commercial transport hijacked by African raiders off the Horn of Africa. He's matched by a co-star ("I'm the captain now"), making a sensational first movie role as the criminal boss in Paul Greengrass's suspense film, inspired by real events. When the concluding moment fails to move you, you have no heart.

7. Three-Sided Figure (2009)

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