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20. Deep Rising (1998)

The director's science fiction thriller details a collection of memorable ensemble cast acting as mercenaries employed to demolish the cruise ship the main setting. However a enormous cephalopod has beaten them to it! Featuring the potential cephalopod fodder are Famke Janssen as a gem smuggler.

19. 1900's Tale (1998)

A baby, abandoned on the transatlantic liner SS Virginian, develops to be a accomplished musician (the lead actor) who refuses to leave the vessel. The peak moment of the director's whimsical hokum is the protagonist competing in a keyboard contest with Jelly Roll Morton, rather unfairly shown as a overconfident individual.

18. Aquatic World (1995)

The main star portrays a samurai-like drifter with aquatic adaptations and a modified watercraft in this megabudget futuristic thriller, set in a future where disappearing glaciers have submerged the world. Everyone is hunting for legendary terra firma while fighting off the antagonist and his gang of continuously smoking raiders.

17. Titanic (1997)

A significant portion of tiresome canoodling between a posh chick (the female lead) and an free-spirited artist (Leonardo DiCaprio) are saved by this filmmaker's breathtaking depiction of one the 20th century's notorious disasters. It's impossible not to respect the boldness of a director who manages to twist a casualties of 1,500 into an inspiring narrative of emancipation.

16. Boat of Lunatics (1965)

Peasants, artistic entertainers and German ideologists rub shoulders on a passenger ship journeying from North America to the Continent in the pre-war era. Stanley Kramer's large-scale film features a legendary actress, in her final role, as a unhappy separated woman, but it's Oskar Werner, as the medical officer, and another cast member, as a radical countess, who provide the movie with its powerful impact.

15. Final Journey (1960)

The USS Claridon is ripped apart in an explosion and Robert Stack's spouse (Dorothy Malone) is stranded in their cabin in this compelling proto-disaster pic. Is it possible for the hero and a heroic engineer (the supporting player) save her prior to the vessel goes down? Fun fact: the Claridon is played by the legendary historic ship Île de France.

14. Death on the Nile (1978)

Bette Davis are part of the killing culprits on board a Nile paddle steamer in this ensemble cast crime novelist detective story. The main star, as the famous detective, fails to stop half the cast being shot, which narrows his potential killers to a manageable number. Significantly better than the 2022 remake.

13. Ocean Stillness (1989)

Two lead actors act as a partners trying to get over the trauma of their offspring's demise by venturing on their vessel for a spin in the Pacific, where they save a co-star from a sinking schooner. Poor decision! Phillip Noyce's suspense film is fundamentally a horror film at sea, but an high-quality one that put Kidman on the map.

12. The Maggie Story (1954)

An Englishman, moving furniture for an US businessman, is deceived into using a run-down "type of boat" in the director's brutal UK production in the subversive vein of his own Whisky Galore!. Naturally, the ship's British skipper and team trick the main characters for a ride, in multiple interpretations of the term.

11. Juggernaut (1974)

The director imparts his suspense story a social commentary tilt in this tension-filled yarn of detonators placed on a luxury liner, the SS Britannic. Which wire to cut? David Hemmings portray demolition specialists; Roy Kinnear, as the ship's entertainments director, delivers a touching portrayal in humorous tragedy.

10. Poseidon's Journey (1972)

This cinematic interpretation of this writer's novel is part of the high points of the seventies catastrophe films. The central vessel is flipped over by a tsunami, and it's the responsibility of the main protagonist to guide his flock through the flipped vessel to safety. the actress is memorable as a retailer's spouse with a useful background of competitive swimming.

9. Total Loss (2013)

The main star gives a late-career exemplary performance in solo performance as a individual battling to stay alive in the maritime location after his personal boat, the Virginia Jean, is damaged in a impact with an errant transport unit. It's stressful enough to observe, so heaven knows how physically gruelling it must have been for the elderly actor to shoot.

8. Captain Phillips (2013)

The lead actor does excellent performance in part of his everyman-in-crisis characters, as the commander of an American cargo ship seized by maritime criminals off the Horn of Africa. He has great chemistry by another actor ("I control this vessel"), providing a remarkable initial cinematic appearance as the raider leader in the director's tense movie, based on true stories. If the last scene doesn't bring tears, you're emotionally detached.

7. Three-Sided Figure (2009)

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