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20. Abyssal Attack (1998)

This filmmaker's futuristic scarefest details a group of memorable supporting players acting as hired guns employed to destroy the cruise ship Argonautica. But a enormous cephalopod has got there first! Including the potential cephalopod fodder are Famke Janssen as a gem smuggler.

19. The 1900 Story (1998)

A baby, deserted on the transatlantic liner SS Virginian, grows up to be a gifted pianist (Tim Roth) who refuses to leave the vessel. The highlight of Giuseppe Tornatore's whimsical hokum is the protagonist fighting a keyboard contest with Jelly Roll Morton, arguably inaccurately depicted as a smug bastard.

18. Waterworld (1995)

The main star portrays a fighter-inspired wanderer with webbed feet and a enhanced sailing vessel in this megabudget futuristic thriller, set in a distant time where melting polar ice-caps have flooded the world. The entire population is hunting for fabled solid ground while fending off the antagonist and his gang of chain-smoking raiders.

17. Titanic (1997)

A significant portion of love story development between a posh chick (the female lead) and an itinerant yobbo (the male lead) are redeemed by the director's breathtaking depiction of one the 20th century's notorious disasters. You have to admire the chutzpah of a director who artfully converts a death toll of 1,500 into an emotionally uplifting narrative of emancipation.

16. Vessel of Madness (1965)

Working-class people, artistic entertainers and German ideologists interact on a ocean liner journeying from Mexico to the Old World in 1933. The director's large-scale film stars a cinema icon, in her last performance, as a melancholy character, but it's a co-star, as the medical officer, and Simone Signoret, as a political noblewoman, who deliver the movie with its powerful impact.

15. Ultimate Trip (1960)

The fictional ship is destroyed in an blast and the lead actor's spouse (Dorothy Malone) is stranded in their quarters in this compelling proto-disaster pic. Will Stack and a courageous worker (the supporting player) free her ahead of the vessel goes down? Interesting note: the main setting is embodied by the famous historic ship a real ship.

14. Murder on the Nile (1978)

Angela Lansbury are part of the murder suspects on board a Nile paddle steamer in this all-star crime novelist whodunit. The main star, as the famous detective, cannot prevent several passengers being killed, which narrows his potential killers to a limited selection. Bags more fun than the recent version.

13. Dead Calm (1989)

Two lead actors act as a husband and wife seeking to heal from the grief of their child's passing by venturing on their vessel for a trip in the sea, where they rescue another actor from a sinking schooner. Costly error! This filmmaker's thriller is fundamentally a horror film at in maritime setting, but an exceptionally well-made one that launched her career.

12. Maggie's Tale (1954)

An British man, moving items for an US businessman, is deceived into employing a dilapidated "Clyde puffer" in the director's harsh UK production in the unconventional tradition of his own Whisky Galore!. Of course, the ship's Scottish captain and team deceive the inexperienced passengers for a journey, in all senses of the word.

11. Unstoppable Force (1974)

This filmmaker provides his catastrophe film a state-of-the-nation angle in this tension-filled yarn of bombs placed on a commercial vessel, the main setting. Red wire or blue wire? Two lead actors play explosive technicians; a supporting player, as the ship's entertainments director, serves up a emotional depiction in sadly funny despair.

10. Ocean Disaster (1972)

This adaptation of Paul Gallico's novel is part of the peaks of the seventies catastrophe films. The SS Poseidon is overturned by a ocean surge, and it's the responsibility of the lead character to lead his followers through the flipped ship to rescue. the actress is unforgettable as a shopkeeper's wife with a practical history of competitive swimming.

9. Total Loss (2013)

The lead actor provides a experienced exemplary performance in solo performance as a person battling to survive in the Indian Ocean after his personal boat, the Virginia Jean, is damaged in a crash with an errant cargo box. It's stressful enough to observe, so heaven knows how physically gruelling it must have been for the senior performer to film.

8. Ship Commander (2013)

The lead actor does excellent performance in part of his everyman-in-crisis roles, as the captain of an commercial transport seized by Somali pirates off the geographical area. His performance is complemented by a co-star ("I control this vessel"), making a outstanding film debut as the criminal boss in this filmmaker's tense movie, inspired by real events. When the last scene fails to move you, you're emotionally detached.

7. Triangle (2009)

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