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20. Abyssal Attack (1998)

This filmmaker's science fiction thriller details a group of memorable supporting players acting as hired guns hired to destroy the cruise ship the main setting. But a massive sea creature has got there first! Featuring the likely victims are Famke Janssen as a gem smuggler.

19. The Legend of 1900 (1998)

A baby, deserted on the passenger vessel the central location, develops to be a accomplished musician (Tim Roth) who refuses to leave the boat. The peak moment of this filmmaker's imaginative story is Roth battling a musical showdown with a jazz legend, somewhat unjustly depicted as a smug bastard.

18. Waterworld (1995)

Kevin Costner plays a fighter-inspired wanderer with aquatic adaptations and a enhanced trimaran in this megabudget science fiction adventure, set in a future where vanishing ice sheets have submerged the planet. Everyone is seeking legendary terra firma while fending off Dennis Hopper and his group of constantly puffing marauders.

17. RMS Titanic (1997)

Two hours of romantic interludes between a wealthy lady (the actress) and an itinerant yobbo (the actor) are redeemed by the director's spectacular recreation of one the 20th century's well-known catastrophes. It's impossible not to respect the audacity of a cinematic artist who artfully converts a death toll of 1,500 into an emotionally uplifting story of emancipation.

16. Vessel of Madness (1965)

Working-class people, artistic entertainers and Nazi eugenicists rub shoulders on a ocean liner sailing from North America to the Old World in 1933. The director's epic includes Vivien Leigh, in her last performance, as a melancholy character, but it's a co-star, as the vessel's physician, and Simone Signoret, as a aristocratic rebel, who deliver the film with its emotional wallop.

15. Ultimate Trip (1960)

The central vessel is destroyed in an blast and the lead actor's partner (the actress) is trapped in their quarters in this gripping early catastrophe film. Is it possible for the main character and a courageous worker (Woody Strode) free her prior to the ship sinks? Curious detail: the main setting is represented by the legendary European vessel Île de France.

14. Death on the Nile (1978)

Angela Lansbury are part of the killing culprits on board a Egyptian riverboat in this all-star crime novelist detective story. Peter Ustinov, as the Belgian sleuth, cannot prevent numerous characters being shot, which reduces his suspects to a smaller group. Much more enjoyable than the 2022 remake.

13. Sea Silence (1989)

Two lead actors play a married couple seeking to heal from the grief of their child's passing by venturing on their vessel for a trip in the Pacific, where they rescue a co-star from a foundering ship. Costly error! This filmmaker's thriller is essentially a killers-on-the-loose story at in maritime setting, but an exceptionally well-made one that made her famous.

12. The Maggie (1954)

An UK citizen, moving furniture for an wealthy entrepreneur, is manipulated into using a dilapidated "Clyde puffer" in the director's harsh British film in the rebellious style of his own previous work. Naturally, the ship's UK commander and team take the two landlubbers for a trip, in all senses of the word.

11. Juggernaut (1974)

This filmmaker gives his suspense story a state-of-the-nation angle in this tension-filled story of bombs placed on a luxury liner, the SS Britannic. Which wire to cut? David Hemmings play bomb disposal experts; Roy Kinnear, as the ship's entertainments director, serves up a heartbreaking depiction in humorous tragedy.

10. Poseidon's Journey (1972)

This adaptation of this writer's novel is part of the high points of the seventies catastrophe films. The fictional ship is overturned by a ocean surge, and it's the responsibility of Reverend Gene Hackman to direct his followers through the inverted ship to rescue. Shelley Winters is unforgettable as a retailer's spouse with a handy history of sports participation.

9. Total Loss (2013)

The main star delivers a late-career exemplary performance in single character portrayal as a individual battling to stay alive in the maritime location after his personal boat, the Virginia Jean, is damaged in a collision with an stray transport unit. It's anxious enough to watch, so it's difficult to comprehend how exceptionally strenuous it must have been for the elderly actor to record.

8. Ship Commander (2013)

The main star delivers excellent performance in one of his regular-guys-under-intolerable-pressure performances, as the captain of an US merchant vessel hijacked by African raiders off the geographical area. His performance is complemented by another actor ("I control this vessel"), providing a sensational initial cinematic appearance as the criminal boss in this filmmaker's suspense film, derived from actual incidents. When the concluding moment doesn't bring tears, you have no heart.

7. Geometric Shape (2009)

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