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20. Deep Rising (1998)

This filmmaker's science fiction thriller follows a group of scene-stealing ensemble cast acting as hired guns hired to demolish the cruise ship the main setting. 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 newborn, left on the transatlantic liner SS Virginian, grows up to be a gifted pianist (the main star) who refuses to leave the ship. The highlight of the director's imaginative story is Roth competing in a keyboard contest with a jazz legend, rather unfairly portrayed as a overconfident individual.

18. Ocean Planet (1995)

The lead actor portrays a warrior-esque nomad with aquatic adaptations and a enhanced watercraft in this big-budget science fiction adventure, located in a later era where disappearing glaciers have inundated the world. All people is hunting for legendary terra firma while fighting off Dennis Hopper and his group of constantly puffing marauders.

17. Titanic (1997)

An extended period of romantic interludes between a upper-class woman (Kate Winslet) and an itinerant yobbo (the actor) are rescued by this filmmaker's spectacular recreation of a famous most infamous disasters. It's impossible not to respect the boldness of a cinematic artist who successfully transforms a casualties of over a thousand into an inspiring tale of liberation.

16. Vessel of Madness (1965)

Peasants, Spanish performers and German ideologists rub shoulders on a passenger ship sailing from North America to the Continent in the pre-war era. This filmmaker's epic includes a legendary actress, in her last performance, as a sad divorcee, but it's Oskar Werner, as the ship's doctor, and another cast member, as a political noblewoman, who supply the film with its dramatic punch.

15. Ultimate Trip (1960)

The USS Claridon is torn asunder in an blast and the lead actor's partner (the co-star) is stuck in their quarters in this compelling proto-disaster pic. Can the main character and a heroic engineer (the actor) save her prior to the boat submerges? Fun fact: the main setting is embodied by the legendary European vessel Île de France.

14. Death on the Nile (1978)

Bette Davis are among the killing culprits on board a Egyptian riverboat in this celebrity-filled crime novelist murder mystery. The lead actor, as the Belgian sleuth, cannot prevent numerous characters being shot, which reduces his persons of interest to a manageable number. Much more enjoyable than the 2022 remake.

13. Dead Calm (1989)

Nicole Kidman play a husband and wife seeking to heal from the pain of their child's passing by venturing on their vessel for a trip in the Pacific, where they recover another actor from a foundering ship. Big mistake! Phillip Noyce's suspense film is basically a killers-on-the-loose story at in maritime setting, but an high-quality one that put Kidman on the map.

12. Maggie's Tale (1954)

An British man, transporting goods for an American industrialist, is manipulated into hiring a poor condition "Scottish vessel" in this filmmaker's dark British film in the subversive style of his own previous work. Predictably, the ship's Scottish captain and staff deceive the inexperienced passengers for a trip, in all senses of the term.

11. Unstoppable Force (1974)

Richard Lester imparts his suspense story a political dimension perspective in this anxiety-inducing yarn of detonators placed on a passenger ship, the main setting. What's the correct choice? Richard Harris act as bomb disposal experts; Roy Kinnear, as the vessel's activities coordinator, delivers a heartbreaking portrayal in tragicomic desperation.

10. Ocean Disaster (1972)

This film version of Paul Gallico's novel is part of the zenith of the seventies catastrophe films. The SS Poseidon is flipped over by a ocean surge, and it's up to the main protagonist to lead his group through the upturned hull to safety. a supporting player is remarkable as a shopkeeper's wife with a practical experience of sports participation.

9. All is Lost (2013)

Robert Redford delivers a late-career brilliant acting in single character portrayal as a individual battling to stay alive in the maritime location after his yacht, the fictional ship, is impaired in a crash with an lost cargo box. It's nerve-wracking enough to watch, so one can only imagine how extremely demanding it must have been for the senior performer to record.

8. Ship Commander (2013)

Tom Hanks delivers sterling work in among his regular-guys-under-intolerable-pressure roles, as the captain of an commercial transport seized by Somali pirates off the specific location. He's matched by Barkhad Abdi ("I control this vessel"), providing a outstanding initial cinematic appearance as the pirate chief in Paul Greengrass's tense movie, derived from true stories. Should the final sequence fails to move you, you're not human.

7. Three-Sided Figure (2009)

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