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20. Abyssal Attack (1998)

Stephen Sommers' science fiction thriller chronicles a group of scene-stealing ensemble cast portraying mercenaries hired to demolish the luxury liner a fictional ship. Yet a giant mutant octopus has beaten them to it! Among the potential cephalopod fodder are Kevin J O'Connor as a gem smuggler.

19. The 1900 Story (1998)

A infant, left on the passenger vessel SS Virginian, grows up to be a talented keyboardist (the lead actor) who never steps off the boat. The highlight of the director's whimsical hokum is the protagonist fighting a piano duel with a historical figure, arguably inaccurately shown as a overconfident individual.

18. Waterworld (1995)

Kevin Costner acts as a warrior-esque drifter with aquatic adaptations and a enhanced sailing vessel in this high-cost sci-fi B-movie, set in a distant time where disappearing glaciers have flooded the planet. The entire population is hunting for mythical Dryland while fending off Dennis Hopper and his band of continuously smoking pirates.

17. The Titanic (1997)

An extended period of love story development between a upper-class woman (Kate Winslet) and an itinerant yobbo (the actor) are rescued by James Cameron's breathtaking depiction of among history's well-known tragedies. You have to admire the audacity of a film-maker who artfully converts a death toll of over a thousand into an heartening tale of liberation.

16. Ship of Fools (1965)

Working-class people, Spanish performers and German ideologists interact on a commercial vessel sailing from Latin America to the Old World in the pre-war era. Stanley Kramer's large-scale film includes Vivien Leigh, in her last performance, as a sad divorcee, but it's a co-star, as the medical officer, and another cast member, as a radical countess, who supply the motion picture with its dramatic punch.

15. Final Journey (1960)

The central vessel is ripped apart in an explosion and the lead actor's wife (Dorothy Malone) is trapped in their cabin in this compelling proto-disaster pic. Is it possible for the main character and a courageous worker (Woody Strode) save her prior to the vessel goes down? Curious detail: the main setting is represented by the legendary European vessel an actual ocean liner.

14. Nile Killing (1978)

Two legendary actresses are among the homicide possibilities on board a Egyptian riverboat in this all-star crime novelist whodunit. Peter Ustinov, as Hercule Poirot, fails to stop half the cast being stabbed, which narrows his persons of interest to a manageable number. Much more enjoyable than the 2022 remake.

13. Sea Silence (1989)

Two lead actors act as a husband and wife trying to get over the grief of their son's death by venturing on their vessel for a spin in the Pacific, where they save another actor from a foundering ship. Big mistake! This filmmaker's thriller is fundamentally a horror film at sea, but an ultra-classy one that launched her career.

12. Maggie's Tale (1954)

An Englishman, moving furniture for an wealthy entrepreneur, is deceived into employing a poor condition "Scottish vessel" in this filmmaker's dark Ealing comedy in the unconventional tradition of his own earlier film. Predictably, the ship's UK commander and staff take the two landlubbers for a ride, in multiple interpretations of the word.

11. Juggernaut (1974)

The director imparts his catastrophe film a political dimension perspective in this tension-filled tale of bombs planted on a passenger ship, the fictional ship. What's the correct choice? Two lead actors act as bomb disposal experts; Roy Kinnear, as the vessel's activities coordinator, delivers a heartbreaking depiction in humorous tragedy.

10. The Poseidon Adventure (1972)

This film version of the author's literary work is one of the high points of the 1970s disaster genre. The SS Poseidon is capsized by a tsunami, and it's the job of Reverend Gene Hackman to guide his flock through the inverted vessel to rescue. a supporting player is unforgettable as a small business owner's partner with a useful experience of competitive swimming.

9. Total Loss (2013)

Robert Redford provides a mature exemplary performance in solo performance as a individual battling to stay alive in the maritime location after his sailing vessel, the main setting, is impaired in a collision with an errant transport unit. It's nerve-wracking enough to view, so it's difficult to comprehend how extremely demanding it must have been for the 76-year-old star to shoot.

8. Ship Commander (2013)

The main star provides sterling work in one of his ordinary-person-in-extraordinary-circumstances performances, as the captain of an US merchant vessel hijacked by African raiders off the specific location. He has great chemistry by Barkhad Abdi ("I control this vessel"), delivering a outstanding film debut as the raider leader in this filmmaker's thriller, based on real events. Should the last scene fails to move you, you're not human.

7. Three-Sided Figure (2009)

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