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20. Deep Rising (1998)

This filmmaker's sci-fi horror pulp follows a collection of scene-stealing ensemble cast playing mercenaries hired to demolish the cruise ship a fictional ship. However a giant mutant octopus has already arrived! Among the endangered passengers are Famke Janssen as a gem smuggler.

19. The Legend of 1900 (1998)

A infant, left on the transatlantic liner the central location, matures to be a accomplished musician (the lead actor) who remains aboard the vessel. The climax of Giuseppe Tornatore's whimsical hokum is Roth competing in a musical showdown with Jelly Roll Morton, arguably inaccurately portrayed as a smug bastard.

18. Waterworld (1995)

Kevin Costner acts as a warrior-esque drifter with mutated appendages and a enhanced sailing vessel in this big-budget futuristic thriller, set in a later era where disappearing glaciers have inundated the Earth. The entire population is seeking fabled solid ground while fending off the villain and his group of continuously smoking pirates.

17. Titanic (1997)

Two hours of love story development between a upper-class woman (the female lead) and an free-spirited artist (Leonardo DiCaprio) are redeemed by this filmmaker's breathtaking depiction of among history's notorious disasters. One must appreciate the chutzpah of a director who artfully converts a death toll of over a thousand into an inspiring story of emancipation.

16. Boat of Lunatics (1965)

Working-class people, artistic entertainers and German ideologists interact on a commercial vessel traveling from Mexico to Europe in the pre-war era. Stanley Kramer's large-scale film includes Vivien Leigh, in her swan song, as a sad divorcee, but it's a co-star, as the medical officer, and Simone Signoret, as a aristocratic rebel, who supply the film with its powerful impact.

15. Final Journey (1960)

The USS Claridon is destroyed in an detonation and the protagonist's partner (Dorothy Malone) is trapped in their cabin in this compelling early catastrophe film. Can Stack and a heroic engineer (the actor) rescue her prior to the ship sinks? Interesting note: the Claridon is played by the legendary historic ship Île de France.

14. Nile Killing (1978)

Bette Davis are part of the killing culprits on board a Nile paddle steamer in this ensemble cast Agatha Christie whodunit. Peter Ustinov, as the famous detective, is unable to halt several passengers being killed, which narrows his persons of interest to a manageable number. Bags more fun than the recent version.

13. Dead Calm (1989)

Two lead actors portray a husband and wife seeking to heal from the grief of their offspring's demise by venturing on their vessel for a journey in the Pacific, where they rescue a co-star from a foundering ship. Costly error! The director's suspense film is essentially a killers-on-the-loose story at sea, but an high-quality one that launched her career.

12. The Maggie (1954)

An British man, transporting goods for an wealthy entrepreneur, is tricked into employing a poor condition "Clyde puffer" in Alexander Mackendrick's brutal Ealing comedy in the unconventional style of his own Whisky Galore!. Predictably, the boat's UK commander and staff trick the main characters for a journey, in all senses of the expression.

11. Overwhelming Power (1974)

Richard Lester provides his disaster thriller a political dimension angle in this tension-filled tale of explosives positioned on a passenger ship, the main setting. Which wire to cut? Two lead actors act as bomb disposal experts; another actor, as the ship's entertainments director, serves up a heartbreaking study in tragicomic desperation.

10. The Poseidon Adventure (1972)

This adaptation of Paul Gallico's novel is among the peaks of the seventies catastrophe films. The central vessel is capsized by a tsunami, and it's up to the main protagonist to guide his group through the inverted ship to rescue. the actress is unforgettable as a retailer's spouse with a handy history of athletic swimming.

9. Total Loss (2013)

Robert Redford delivers a mature exemplary performance in solo performance as a person struggling to stay alive in the specific sea after his yacht, the fictional ship, is harmed in a collision with an lost cargo box. It's stressful enough to view, so heaven knows how exceptionally strenuous it must have been for the 76-year-old star to film.

8. Ship Commander (2013)

Tom Hanks does outstanding acting in among his regular-guys-under-intolerable-pressure characters, as the skipper of an commercial transport commandeered by African raiders off the Horn of Africa. He has great chemistry by a co-star ("Now I'm in charge"), making a sensational first movie role as the raider leader in Paul Greengrass's thriller, based on actual incidents. Should the final sequence doesn't make you blub, you're emotionally detached.

7. Triangle (2009)

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