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20. Ocean Terror (1998)

Stephen Sommers' sci-fi horror pulp chronicles a group of scene-stealing supporting players portraying soldiers of fortune contracted to destroy the passenger vessel a fictional ship. But a enormous cephalopod has beaten them to it! Among the endangered passengers are Kevin J O'Connor as a jewel thief.

19. The Legend of 1900 (1998)

A baby, left on the passenger vessel the central location, develops to be a talented keyboardist (Tim Roth) who never steps off the vessel. The highlight of the director's fantastical tale is Roth fighting a keyboard contest with Jelly Roll Morton, arguably inaccurately shown as a overconfident individual.

18. Aquatic World (1995)

The main star acts as a fighter-inspired wanderer with webbed feet and a modified trimaran in this megabudget sci-fi B-movie, located in a later era where melting polar ice-caps have submerged the Earth. Everyone is searching for fabled solid ground while fending off Dennis Hopper and his group of chain-smoking raiders.

17. Titanic (1997)

An extended period of romantic interludes between a posh chick (the actress) and an itinerant yobbo (the male lead) are rescued by the director's impressive reconstruction of one the 20th century's most infamous catastrophes. One must appreciate the chutzpah of a director who manages to twist a fatalities of 1,500 into an heartening narrative of liberation.

16. Vessel of Madness (1965)

Peasants, artistic entertainers and Nazi eugenicists rub shoulders on a ocean liner journeying from North America to the Continent in the pre-war era. This filmmaker's epic features a cinema icon, in her last performance, as a sad divorcee, but it's another actor, as the medical officer, and a talented performer, as a radical countess, who supply the film with its emotional wallop.

15. Ultimate Trip (1960)

The fictional ship is destroyed in an blast and the protagonist's spouse (the actress) is stranded in their room in this gripping early catastrophe film. Can the main character and a brave technician (the supporting player) rescue her before the vessel goes down? Curious detail: the main setting is embodied by the renowned French liner an actual ocean liner.

14. Death on the Nile (1978)

Bette Davis are including the murder suspects on board a Egyptian riverboat in this celebrity-filled mystery writer whodunit. The main star, as the famous detective, is unable to halt numerous characters being stabbed, which reduces his suspects to a smaller group. Bags more fun than the 2022 remake.

13. Ocean Stillness (1989)

Nicole Kidman act as a married couple seeking to heal from the trauma of their offspring's demise by taking their yacht for a spin in the ocean, where they rescue Billy Zane from a sinking schooner. Poor decision! This filmmaker's suspense film is basically a horror film at in maritime setting, but an ultra-classy one that made her famous.

12. The Maggie (1954)

An British man, transporting goods for an wealthy entrepreneur, is deceived into using a poor condition "Scottish vessel" in this filmmaker's dark British film in the subversive tradition of his own previous work. Naturally, the vessel's UK commander and crew deceive the inexperienced passengers for a ride, in all senses of the term.

11. Unstoppable Force (1974)

Richard Lester imparts his catastrophe film a state-of-the-nation tilt in this nerve-shredding yarn of detonators placed on a luxury liner, the main setting. Red wire or blue wire? Two lead actors portray demolition specialists; Roy Kinnear, as the cruise director, serves up a touching portrayal in tragicomic desperation.

10. Ocean Disaster (1972)

This adaptation of the author's literary work is part of the zenith of the 1970s disaster genre. The SS Poseidon is flipped over by a tsunami, and it's up to the main protagonist to direct his flock through the upturned vessel to safety. the actress is memorable as a retailer's spouse with a useful background of sports participation.

9. Everything's Gone (2013)

The lead actor provides a late-career exemplary performance in single character portrayal as a person battling to stay alive in the Indian Ocean after his yacht, the fictional ship, is impaired in a crash with an stray cargo box. It's anxious enough to observe, so heaven knows how extremely demanding it must have been for the 76-year-old star to film.

8. Ship Commander (2013)

Tom Hanks does sterling work in among his everyman-in-crisis roles, as the skipper of an US merchant vessel seized by African raiders off the specific location. He's matched by a co-star ("I'm the captain now"), providing a remarkable film debut as the pirate chief in this filmmaker's suspense film, inspired by actual incidents. When the last scene doesn't bring tears, you're emotionally detached.

7. Geometric Shape (2009)

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