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20. Ocean Terror (1998)

The director's futuristic scarefest chronicles a group of memorable character actors playing soldiers of fortune hired to demolish the cruise ship a fictional ship. But a massive sea creature has got there first! Among the endangered passengers are Treat Williams as a gem smuggler.

19. The 1900 Story (1998)

A infant, left on the transatlantic liner SS Virginian, develops to be a accomplished musician (the main star) who remains aboard the vessel. The climax of this filmmaker's whimsical hokum is Roth battling a keyboard contest with a jazz legend, arguably inaccurately shown as a arrogant character.

18. Waterworld (1995)

The main star acts as a warrior-esque nomad with webbed feet and a souped-up trimaran in this high-cost sci-fi B-movie, taking place in a later era where melting polar ice-caps have submerged the Earth. All people is searching for mythical Dryland while resisting Dennis Hopper and his band of continuously smoking raiders.

17. RMS Titanic (1997)

An extended period of love story development between a upper-class woman (the actress) and an free-spirited artist (Leonardo DiCaprio) are redeemed by this filmmaker's breathtaking depiction of one the 20th century's well-known tragedies. You have to admire the audacity of a cinematic artist who manages to twist a casualties of 1,500 into an emotionally uplifting story of freedom.

16. Boat of Lunatics (1965)

Peasants, artistic entertainers and Nazi eugenicists interact on a commercial vessel journeying from North America to the Continent in the pre-war era. This filmmaker's epic features a legendary actress, in her swan song, as a unhappy separated woman, but it's Oskar Werner, as the medical officer, and Simone Signoret, as a aristocratic rebel, who provide the movie with its emotional wallop.

15. Ultimate Trip (1960)

The central vessel is destroyed in an detonation and Robert Stack's spouse (the actress) is stuck in their quarters in this compelling early catastrophe film. Can the main character and a heroic engineer (the actor) save her prior to the ship sinks? Fun fact: the fictional ship is represented by the famous European vessel Île de France.

14. Nile Killing (1978)

Bette Davis are part of the homicide possibilities on board a Egyptian riverboat in this celebrity-filled crime novelist murder mystery. The main star, as the famous detective, fails to stop several passengers being shot, which reduces his persons of interest to a limited selection. Significantly better than the modern adaptation.

13. Sea Silence (1989)

Two lead actors portray a married couple seeking to heal from the trauma of their offspring's demise by sailing their boat for a trip in the sea, where they save a co-star from a foundering ship. Big mistake! This filmmaker's thriller is essentially a slasher movie at in maritime setting, but an ultra-classy one that made her famous.

12. Maggie's Tale (1954)

An Englishman, shipping goods for an American industrialist, is manipulated into employing a run-down "type of boat" in this filmmaker's dark Ealing comedy in the rebellious vein of his own previous work. Of course, the ship's UK commander and staff take the two landlubbers for a journey, in all senses of the expression.

11. Unstoppable Force (1974)

Richard Lester gives his catastrophe film a state-of-the-nation angle in this nerve-shredding story of explosives planted on a commercial vessel, the fictional ship. Which wire to cut? Richard Harris act as bomb disposal experts; a supporting player, as the cruise director, delivers a emotional study in sadly funny despair.

10. Poseidon's Journey (1972)

This adaptation of Paul Gallico's literary work 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 Reverend Gene Hackman to guide his followers through the flipped hull to safety. the actress is remarkable as a small business owner's partner with a handy background of competitive swimming.

9. All is Lost (2013)

The lead actor provides a late-career brilliant acting in solo performance as a man battling to survive in the specific sea after his yacht, the main setting, is impaired in a collision with an stray transport unit. It's nerve-wracking enough to view, so heaven knows how exceptionally strenuous it must have been for the 76-year-old star to shoot.

8. Vessel Leader (2013)

The main star delivers sterling work in among his everyman-in-crisis performances, as the commander of an US merchant vessel hijacked by Somali pirates off the Horn of Africa. His performance is complemented by Barkhad Abdi ("I control this vessel"), delivering a outstanding film debut as the pirate chief in Paul Greengrass's thriller, based on actual incidents. Should the concluding moment doesn't make you blub, you have no heart.

7. Three-Sided Figure (2009)

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