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20. Abyssal Attack (1998)

The director's sci-fi horror pulp follows a bunch of scene-stealing supporting players portraying mercenaries hired to destroy the cruise ship Argonautica. However a massive sea creature has got there first! Including the potential cephalopod fodder are Kevin J O'Connor as a diamond criminal.

19. The 1900 Story (1998)

A baby, deserted on the transatlantic liner a fictional ship, matures to be a gifted pianist (the lead actor) who refuses to leave the vessel. The climax of the director's whimsical hokum is Roth competing in a musical showdown with Jelly Roll Morton, arguably inaccurately shown as a arrogant character.

18. Waterworld (1995)

Kevin Costner portrays a warrior-esque nomad with webbed feet and a modified sailing vessel in this big-budget science fiction adventure, set in a distant time where disappearing glaciers have flooded the world. Everyone is hunting for fabled solid ground while resisting the antagonist and his band of chain-smoking pirates.

17. Titanic (1997)

An extended period of love story development between a upper-class woman (the actress) and an itinerant yobbo (the actor) are saved by the director's spectacular recreation of one the 20th century's well-known tragedies. One must appreciate the chutzpah of a director who successfully transforms a casualties of 1,500 into an heartening tale of liberation.

16. Vessel of Madness (1965)

Commoners, artistic entertainers and German ideologists interact on a ocean liner sailing from Latin America to the Continent in 1933. This filmmaker's epic stars a cinema icon, in her final role, as a unhappy separated woman, but it's a co-star, as the vessel's physician, and Simone Signoret, as a radical countess, who supply the movie with its dramatic punch.

15. Final Journey (1960)

The USS Claridon is ripped apart in an blast and the protagonist's spouse (the actress) is stranded in their room in this compelling early catastrophe film. Is it possible for the hero and a heroic engineer (the supporting player) free her before the boat submerges? Interesting note: the Claridon is embodied by the legendary European vessel Île de France.

14. Murder on the Nile (1978)

Bette Davis are among the homicide possibilities on board a Egyptian riverboat in this ensemble cast mystery writer murder mystery. The main star, as the Belgian sleuth, fails to stop several passengers being shot, which whittles down his suspects to a smaller group. Significantly better than the 2022 remake.

13. Sea Silence (1989)

Two lead actors portray a partners seeking to heal from the pain of their son's death by venturing on their vessel for a journey in the Pacific, where they recover another actor from a damaged vessel. Big mistake! Phillip Noyce's tense movie is basically a killers-on-the-loose story at sea, but an ultra-classy one that put Kidman on the map.

12. Maggie's Tale (1954)

An UK citizen, transporting furniture for an American industrialist, is manipulated into employing a run-down "Clyde puffer" in the director's dark Ealing comedy in the rebellious style of his own previous work. Predictably, the boat's British skipper and team take the two landlubbers for a ride, in all senses of the term.

11. Juggernaut (1974)

The director gives his suspense story a social commentary angle in this nerve-shredding story of bombs placed on a luxury liner, the fictional ship. What's the correct choice? David Hemmings play demolition specialists; a supporting player, as the cruise director, delivers a touching portrayal in humorous tragedy.

10. The Poseidon Adventure (1972)

This adaptation of Paul Gallico's book is part of the zenith of the seventies catastrophe films. The central vessel is capsized by a tsunami, and it's the job of Reverend Gene Hackman to lead his followers through the inverted ship to safety. the actress is remarkable as a shopkeeper's wife with a handy history of competitive swimming.

9. Total Loss (2013)

Robert Redford delivers a experienced masterclass in solo performance as a individual battling to stay alive in the specific sea after his yacht, the main setting, is harmed in a collision with an stray transport unit. It's nerve-wracking enough to view, so one can only imagine how physically gruelling it must have been for the elderly actor to record.

8. Captain Phillips (2013)

The lead actor does outstanding acting in one of his regular-guys-under-intolerable-pressure performances, as the captain of an American cargo ship hijacked by African raiders off the geographical area. He's matched by a co-star ("Now I'm in charge"), making a sensational first movie role as the raider leader in Paul Greengrass's tense movie, derived from true stories. If the concluding moment doesn't make you blub, you're not human.

7. Geometric Shape (2009)

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