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20. Ocean Terror (1998)

This filmmaker's sci-fi horror pulp details a bunch of memorable ensemble cast playing soldiers of fortune contracted to sink the passenger vessel a fictional ship. But a massive sea creature has already arrived! Featuring the likely victims are Famke Janssen as a diamond criminal.

19. The Legend of 1900 (1998)

A baby, abandoned on the transatlantic liner SS Virginian, matures to be a gifted pianist (Tim Roth) who remains aboard the ship. The peak moment of the director's fantastical tale is Roth competing in a keyboard contest with a historical figure, arguably inaccurately portrayed as a overconfident individual.

18. Aquatic World (1995)

The main star acts as a samurai-like wanderer with mutated appendages and a modified sailing vessel in this big-budget sci-fi B-movie, located in a later era where melting polar ice-caps have submerged the world. All people is seeking fabled solid ground while resisting Dennis Hopper and his group of chain-smoking marauders.

17. The Titanic (1997)

A significant portion of tiresome canoodling between a posh chick (the actress) and an free-spirited artist (the actor) are redeemed by James Cameron's impressive reconstruction of among history's most infamous tragedies. One must appreciate the boldness of a director who manages to twist a fatalities of numerous victims into an emotionally uplifting story of emancipation.

16. Vessel of Madness (1965)

Commoners, flamenco dancers and German ideologists mingle on a ocean liner sailing from Latin America to Europe in the interwar period. Stanley Kramer's epic features Vivien Leigh, 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 deliver the movie with its powerful impact.

15. The Last Voyage (1960)

The USS Claridon is torn asunder in an detonation and the lead actor's wife (Dorothy Malone) is trapped in their room in this gripping early catastrophe film. Will the main character and a courageous worker (the supporting player) save her prior to the vessel goes down? Interesting note: the Claridon is played by the famous historic ship a real ship.

14. Nile Killing (1978)

Bette Davis are part of the killing culprits on board a African vessel in this all-star Agatha Christie whodunit. The lead actor, as the Belgian sleuth, is unable to halt several passengers being stabbed, which narrows his persons of interest to a manageable number. Significantly better than the recent version.

13. Dead Calm (1989)

Nicole Kidman portray a husband and wife attempting to recover from the pain of their child's passing by sailing their boat for a spin in the sea, where they recover Billy Zane from a foundering ship. Big mistake! This filmmaker's tense movie is essentially a slasher movie at sea, but an ultra-classy one that launched her career.

12. The Maggie Story (1954)

An British man, transporting goods for an American industrialist, is manipulated into using a poor condition "type of boat" in Alexander Mackendrick's harsh UK production in the unconventional vein of his own earlier film. Predictably, the vessel's British skipper and staff deceive the inexperienced passengers for a trip, in all senses of the word.

11. Unstoppable Force (1974)

Richard Lester imparts his disaster thriller a social commentary tilt in this nerve-shredding yarn of explosives positioned on a commercial vessel, the SS Britannic. Which wire to cut? David Hemmings play bomb disposal experts; Roy Kinnear, as the ship's entertainments director, provides a emotional depiction in tragicomic desperation.

10. Poseidon's Journey (1972)

This cinematic interpretation of the author's book is one of the zenith of the 1970s disaster genre. The central vessel is capsized by a tsunami, and it's the job of the main protagonist to guide his group through the inverted hull to security. Shelley Winters is unforgettable as a shopkeeper's wife with a handy background of competitive swimming.

9. All is Lost (2013)

The main star gives a mature exemplary performance in one-man show as a individual battling to stay alive in the maritime location after his yacht, the Virginia Jean, is damaged in a impact with an stray cargo box. It's anxious enough to view, so it's difficult to comprehend how physically gruelling it must have been for the senior performer to record.

8. Ship Commander (2013)

Tom Hanks provides outstanding acting in among his regular-guys-under-intolerable-pressure performances, as the captain of an US merchant vessel commandeered by maritime criminals off the geographical area. He has great chemistry by Barkhad Abdi ("I'm the captain now"), making a sensational film debut as the pirate chief in the director's tense movie, based on true stories. Should the concluding moment doesn't make you blub, you're emotionally detached.

7. Geometric Shape (2009)

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