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20. Abyssal Attack (1998)

This filmmaker's sci-fi horror pulp chronicles a collection of memorable character actors portraying hired guns employed to sink the cruise ship a fictional ship. However a giant mutant octopus has already arrived! Among the potential cephalopod fodder are Kevin J O'Connor as a diamond criminal.

19. The Legend of 1900 (1998)

A baby, deserted on the ocean-going ship a fictional ship, develops to be a gifted pianist (the lead actor) who remains aboard the boat. The climax of this filmmaker's whimsical hokum is the main character battling a keyboard contest with a jazz legend, arguably inaccurately shown as a overconfident individual.

18. Waterworld (1995)

The main star acts as a fighter-inspired drifter with webbed feet and a enhanced trimaran in this megabudget science fiction adventure, located in a later era where melting polar ice-caps have flooded the Earth. Everyone is searching for legendary terra firma while resisting the villain and his group of constantly puffing raiders.

17. The Titanic (1997)

A significant portion of romantic interludes between a upper-class woman (Kate Winslet) and an itinerant yobbo (Leonardo DiCaprio) are redeemed by this filmmaker's spectacular recreation of a famous most infamous disasters. It's impossible not to respect the boldness of a cinematic artist who successfully transforms a casualties of over a thousand into an inspiring narrative of emancipation.

16. Vessel of Madness (1965)

Peasants, flamenco dancers and political extremists rub shoulders on a passenger ship traveling from Latin America to the Old World in 1933. This filmmaker's large-scale film includes a cinema icon, in her swan song, as a unhappy separated woman, but it's another actor, as the medical officer, and Simone Signoret, as a political noblewoman, who supply the movie with its powerful impact.

15. Ultimate Trip (1960)

The central vessel is torn asunder in an detonation and the protagonist's spouse (the co-star) is stranded in their room in this intense early catastrophe film. Can the hero and a brave technician (Woody Strode) save her before the boat submerges? Fun fact: the Claridon is played by the famous European vessel an actual ocean liner.

14. Nile Killing (1978)

Two legendary actresses are including the killing culprits on board a African vessel in this ensemble cast Agatha Christie whodunit. The lead actor, as Hercule Poirot, fails to stop numerous characters being killed, which whittles down his potential killers to a limited selection. Much more enjoyable than the 2022 remake.

13. Dead Calm (1989)

Nicole Kidman portray a partners trying to get over the pain of their child's passing by venturing on their vessel for a spin in the Pacific, where they save a co-star from a foundering ship. Costly error! Phillip Noyce's thriller is basically a slasher movie at on the ocean, but an exceptionally well-made one that launched her career.

12. Maggie's Tale (1954)

An UK citizen, transporting items for an US businessman, is manipulated into hiring a dilapidated "Clyde puffer" in this filmmaker's harsh UK production in the unconventional tradition of his own previous work. Naturally, the vessel's British skipper and staff deceive the inexperienced passengers for a trip, in all senses of the term.

11. Overwhelming Power (1974)

Richard Lester provides his catastrophe film a political dimension angle in this nerve-shredding tale of explosives placed on a commercial vessel, the fictional ship. Red wire or blue wire? Two lead actors portray bomb disposal experts; a supporting player, as the cruise director, provides a emotional study in tragicomic desperation.

10. Ocean Disaster (1972)

This cinematic interpretation of the author's novel is part of the peaks of the era of disaster movies. The SS Poseidon is flipped over by a tsunami, and it's the responsibility of the main protagonist to direct his group through the inverted ship to safety. Shelley Winters is remarkable as a retailer's spouse with a practical experience of athletic swimming.

9. All is Lost (2013)

The main star delivers a late-career masterclass in one-man show as a man battling to stay alive in the Indian Ocean after his sailing vessel, the Virginia Jean, is impaired in a impact with an lost transport unit. It's stressful enough to watch, so heaven knows how exceptionally strenuous it must have been for the 76-year-old star to shoot.

8. Ship Commander (2013)

The lead actor provides excellent performance in part of his regular-guys-under-intolerable-pressure roles, as the skipper of an US merchant vessel seized by African raiders off the geographical area. His performance is complemented by Barkhad Abdi ("I control this vessel"), providing a outstanding film debut as the pirate chief in Paul Greengrass's tense movie, inspired by actual incidents. If the final sequence fails to move you, you're not human.

7. Triangle (2009)

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