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20. Deep Rising (1998)

The director's science fiction thriller follows a group of scene-stealing character actors playing soldiers of fortune hired to demolish the passenger vessel the main setting. Yet a massive sea creature has got there first! Among the potential cephalopod fodder are Famke Janssen as a diamond criminal.

19. The Legend of 1900 (1998)

A infant, deserted on the passenger vessel a fictional ship, develops to be a accomplished musician (Tim Roth) who remains aboard the vessel. The climax of the director's whimsical hokum is the protagonist competing in a keyboard contest with a jazz legend, rather unfairly shown as a overconfident individual.

18. Ocean Planet (1995)

The lead actor plays a samurai-like drifter with aquatic adaptations and a modified trimaran in this high-cost futuristic thriller, set in a distant time where disappearing glaciers have inundated the Earth. Everyone is seeking mythical Dryland while fending off the villain and his gang of constantly puffing pirates.

17. The Titanic (1997)

An extended period of romantic interludes between a posh chick (the female lead) and an free-spirited artist (the actor) are saved by James Cameron's spectacular recreation of among history's well-known catastrophes. You have to admire the boldness of a director who manages to twist a casualties of over a thousand into an emotionally uplifting story of liberation.

16. Ship of Fools (1965)

Working-class people, artistic entertainers and German ideologists mingle on a commercial vessel journeying from Mexico to Europe in the pre-war era. The director's epic includes a legendary actress, in her final role, as a melancholy character, but it's another actor, as the ship's doctor, and another cast member, as a political noblewoman, who deliver the movie with its dramatic punch.

15. Final Journey (1960)

The fictional ship is ripped apart in an explosion and Robert Stack's wife (Dorothy Malone) is stuck in their quarters in this gripping early catastrophe film. Can the main character and a courageous worker (the supporting player) rescue her before the ship sinks? Fun fact: the main setting is embodied by the famous European vessel Île de France.

14. Murder on the Nile (1978)

Bette Davis are part of the homicide possibilities on board a Egyptian riverboat in this celebrity-filled mystery writer murder mystery. Peter Ustinov, as the famous detective, fails to stop half the cast being shot, which whittles down his persons of interest to a limited selection. Bags more fun than the modern adaptation.

13. Dead Calm (1989)

Nicole Kidman portray a husband and wife attempting to recover from the grief of their son's death by taking their yacht for a spin in the ocean, where they rescue a co-star from a foundering ship. Costly error! Phillip Noyce's suspense film is essentially a horror film at in maritime setting, but an exceptionally well-made one that put Kidman on the map.

12. The Maggie (1954)

An UK citizen, moving goods for an American industrialist, is manipulated into hiring a dilapidated "type of boat" in Alexander Mackendrick's dark UK production in the unconventional tradition of his own earlier film. Of course, the vessel's Scottish captain and team take the two landlubbers for a journey, in all senses of the expression.

11. Unstoppable Force (1974)

Richard Lester provides his suspense story a social commentary perspective in this tension-filled yarn of detonators positioned on a luxury liner, the fictional ship. What's the correct choice? Richard Harris portray bomb disposal experts; Roy Kinnear, as the cruise director, provides a heartbreaking study in tragicomic desperation.

10. Ocean Disaster (1972)

This adaptation of this writer's novel is among the high points of the era of disaster movies. The central vessel is capsized by a ocean surge, and it's the responsibility of Reverend Gene Hackman to guide his followers through the flipped vessel to safety. the actress is unforgettable as a small business owner's partner with a practical history of competitive swimming.

9. Everything's Gone (2013)

The main star gives a late-career masterclass in single character portrayal as a individual fighting to stay alive in the maritime location after his yacht, the fictional ship, is damaged in a collision with an lost cargo box. It's stressful enough to view, so heaven knows how physically gruelling it must have been for the 76-year-old star to film.

8. Ship Commander (2013)

The main star provides sterling work in part of his ordinary-person-in-extraordinary-circumstances roles, as the captain of an commercial transport hijacked by maritime criminals off the Horn of Africa. His performance is complemented by a co-star ("I'm the captain now"), making a sensational first movie role as the criminal boss in this filmmaker's tense movie, based on true stories. When the final sequence doesn't bring tears, you're emotionally detached.

7. Geometric Shape (2009)

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