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20. Ocean Terror (1998)

Stephen Sommers' sci-fi horror pulp details a collection of attention-grabbing supporting players playing soldiers of fortune hired to demolish the cruise ship a fictional ship. But a massive sea creature has got there first! Including the potential cephalopod fodder are Treat Williams as a diamond criminal.

19. The 1900 Story (1998)

A baby, deserted on the passenger vessel the central location, grows up to be a gifted pianist (the main star) who never steps off the boat. The highlight of Giuseppe Tornatore's whimsical hokum is the protagonist battling a keyboard contest with a historical figure, somewhat unjustly shown as a arrogant character.

18. Ocean Planet (1995)

Kevin Costner portrays a fighter-inspired drifter with mutated appendages and a souped-up watercraft in this big-budget futuristic thriller, taking place in a distant time where vanishing ice sheets have flooded the world. Everyone is searching for legendary terra firma while fending off the villain and his band of constantly puffing raiders.

17. The Titanic (1997)

A significant portion of tiresome canoodling between a upper-class woman (Kate Winslet) and an free-spirited artist (Leonardo DiCaprio) are rescued by this filmmaker's breathtaking depiction of among history's most infamous disasters. One must appreciate the chutzpah of a cinematic artist who successfully transforms a fatalities of 1,500 into an inspiring story of liberation.

16. Vessel of Madness (1965)

Commoners, Spanish performers and political extremists rub shoulders on a commercial vessel sailing from North America to Europe in 1933. Stanley Kramer's epic includes Vivien Leigh, in her final role, as a unhappy separated woman, but it's Oskar Werner, as the ship's doctor, and a talented performer, as a radical countess, who deliver the movie with its powerful impact.

15. The Last Voyage (1960)

The USS Claridon is ripped apart in an detonation and the protagonist's spouse (the actress) is trapped in their room in this intense early catastrophe film. Will the main character and a courageous worker (Woody Strode) free her prior to the vessel goes down? Interesting note: the Claridon is embodied by the famous historic ship Île de France.

14. Nile Killing (1978)

Two legendary actresses are including the murder suspects on board a Nile paddle steamer in this celebrity-filled Agatha Christie detective story. The lead actor, as the Belgian sleuth, fails to stop several passengers being shot, which whittles down his potential killers to a manageable number. Significantly better than the 2022 remake.

13. Dead Calm (1989)

Sam Neill act as a married couple attempting to recover from the grief of their offspring's demise by sailing their boat for a spin in the Pacific, where they save another actor from a foundering ship. Big mistake! The director's thriller is essentially a killers-on-the-loose story at on the ocean, but an ultra-classy one that launched her career.

12. The Maggie Story (1954)

An UK citizen, transporting items for an US businessman, is tricked into employing a run-down "Clyde puffer" in this filmmaker's brutal British film in the rebellious vein of his own Whisky Galore!. Of course, the ship's UK commander and staff take the two landlubbers for a trip, in all senses of the expression.

11. Juggernaut (1974)

The director imparts his disaster thriller a political dimension angle in this nerve-shredding yarn of detonators positioned on a luxury liner, the main setting. Red wire or blue wire? Two lead actors play bomb disposal experts; a supporting player, as the vessel's activities coordinator, provides a touching study in sadly funny despair.

10. Ocean Disaster (1972)

This adaptation of Paul Gallico's novel is part of the zenith of the 1970s disaster genre. The central vessel is flipped over by a tsunami, and it's the job of the main protagonist to lead his flock through the flipped vessel to security. Shelley Winters is unforgettable as a retailer's spouse with a handy experience of competitive swimming.

9. Total Loss (2013)

The lead actor gives a mature masterclass in one-man show as a individual fighting to endure in the specific sea after his personal boat, the fictional ship, is harmed in a collision with an stray shipping container. It's anxious enough to view, so it's difficult to comprehend how extremely demanding it must have been for the 76-year-old star to shoot.

8. Captain Phillips (2013)

The lead actor does excellent performance in one of his everyman-in-crisis characters, as the commander of an American cargo ship commandeered by African raiders off the Horn of Africa. His performance is complemented by Barkhad Abdi ("Now I'm in charge"), making a remarkable first movie role as the criminal boss in this filmmaker's tense movie, derived from real events. Should the concluding moment doesn't make you blub, you're emotionally detached.

7. Geometric Shape (2009)

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