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20. Deep Rising (1998)

Stephen Sommers' science fiction thriller chronicles a bunch of attention-grabbing ensemble cast acting as mercenaries hired to destroy the passenger vessel the main setting. Yet a massive sea creature has beaten them to it! Among the potential cephalopod fodder are Kevin J O'Connor as a gem smuggler.

19. The 1900 Story (1998)

A infant, abandoned on the transatlantic liner SS Virginian, grows up to be a talented keyboardist (the main star) who never steps off the ship. The peak moment of Giuseppe Tornatore's fantastical tale is the main character competing in a keyboard contest with a jazz legend, arguably inaccurately depicted as a overconfident individual.

18. Ocean Planet (1995)

The main star portrays a samurai-like drifter with mutated appendages and a enhanced watercraft in this high-cost science fiction adventure, taking place in a future where melting polar ice-caps have flooded the world. The entire population is seeking fabled solid ground while fighting off the antagonist and his band of chain-smoking raiders.

17. Titanic (1997)

A significant portion of tiresome canoodling between a upper-class woman (the female lead) and an working-class man (the actor) are rescued by the director's spectacular recreation of among history's most infamous tragedies. You have to admire the chutzpah of a director who manages to twist a death toll of over a thousand into an inspiring tale of freedom.

16. Vessel of Madness (1965)

Commoners, Spanish performers and political extremists rub shoulders on a ocean liner traveling from Latin America to the Continent in the interwar period. Stanley Kramer's large-scale film stars a cinema icon, in her swan song, as a sad divorcee, but it's Oskar Werner, as the vessel's physician, and Simone Signoret, as a radical countess, who supply the movie with its emotional wallop.

15. The Last Voyage (1960)

The USS Claridon is ripped apart in an explosion and the lead actor's partner (Dorothy Malone) is stranded in their quarters in this gripping precursor to disaster movies. Can the hero and a courageous worker (Woody Strode) save her before the vessel goes down? Interesting note: the main setting is represented by the famous historic ship an actual ocean liner.

14. Nile Killing (1978)

Two legendary actresses are among the killing culprits on board a African vessel in this celebrity-filled crime novelist murder mystery. Peter Ustinov, as the Belgian sleuth, is unable to halt numerous characters being shot, which narrows his potential killers to a manageable number. Significantly better than the modern adaptation.

13. Sea Silence (1989)

Nicole Kidman play a married couple trying to get over the grief of their son's death by sailing their boat for a journey in the Pacific, where they recover Billy Zane from a foundering ship. Poor decision! The director's suspense film is fundamentally a killers-on-the-loose story at sea, but an ultra-classy one that launched her career.

12. The Maggie Story (1954)

An Englishman, transporting furniture for an American industrialist, is tricked into using a poor condition "type of boat" in the director's dark British film in the rebellious style of his own previous work. Naturally, the vessel's UK commander and crew deceive the inexperienced passengers for a ride, in multiple interpretations of the term.

11. Unstoppable Force (1974)

Richard Lester gives his disaster thriller a social commentary tilt in this nerve-shredding yarn of detonators placed on a commercial vessel, the fictional ship. What's the correct choice? David Hemmings play demolition specialists; a supporting player, as the vessel's activities coordinator, provides a emotional portrayal in sadly funny despair.

10. Ocean Disaster (1972)

This film version of the author's book is part of the peaks of the era of disaster movies. The fictional ship is flipped over by a tidal wave, and it's the job of Reverend Gene Hackman to lead his followers through the flipped hull to rescue. Shelley Winters is remarkable as a small business owner's partner with a useful background of athletic swimming.

9. All is Lost (2013)

The lead actor provides a late-career brilliant acting in single character portrayal as a individual fighting to survive in the Indian Ocean after his yacht, the fictional ship, is impaired in a impact with an lost transport unit. It's anxious enough to watch, so one can only imagine how extremely demanding it must have been for the 76-year-old star to record.

8. Ship Commander (2013)

The main star does outstanding acting in one of his regular-guys-under-intolerable-pressure roles, as the skipper of an commercial transport commandeered by Somali pirates off the specific location. He has great chemistry by Barkhad Abdi ("I control this vessel"), providing a remarkable film debut as the criminal boss in Paul Greengrass's suspense film, derived from true stories. Should the final sequence doesn't make you blub, you're emotionally detached.

7. Three-Sided Figure (2009)

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