20. Ocean Terror (1998)
Stephen Sommers' sci-fi horror pulp follows a collection of attention-grabbing character actors acting as mercenaries hired to demolish the luxury liner a fictional ship. Yet a giant mutant octopus has got there first! Among the endangered passengers are Famke Janssen as a diamond criminal.
19. The Legend of 1900 (1998)
A baby, left on the ocean-going ship SS Virginian, grows up to be a gifted pianist (the lead actor) who remains aboard the vessel. The highlight of the director's fantastical tale is the protagonist battling a keyboard contest with a historical figure, rather unfairly shown as a overconfident individual.
18. Ocean Planet (1995)
The main star plays a samurai-like wanderer with mutated appendages and a souped-up watercraft in this high-cost science fiction adventure, located in a later era where disappearing glaciers have submerged the world. The entire population is searching for fabled solid ground while resisting Dennis Hopper and his band of continuously smoking raiders.
17. RMS Titanic (1997)
Two hours of tiresome canoodling between a wealthy lady (Kate Winslet) and an free-spirited artist (the actor) are redeemed by this filmmaker's breathtaking depiction of a famous well-known catastrophes. It's impossible not to respect the audacity of a director who manages to twist a casualties of 1,500 into an heartening narrative of liberation.
16. Ship of Fools (1965)
Peasants, flamenco dancers and Nazi eugenicists interact on a ocean liner traveling from Latin America to the Old World in 1933. The director's epic includes Vivien Leigh, in her swan song, as a melancholy character, but it's a co-star, as the medical officer, and another cast member, as a political noblewoman, who deliver the motion picture with its dramatic punch.
15. Final Journey (1960)
The USS Claridon is ripped apart in an detonation and the protagonist's partner (the actress) is stuck in their cabin in this gripping precursor to disaster movies. Is it possible for the hero and a courageous worker (Woody Strode) save her prior to the vessel goes down? Fun fact: the main setting is played by the famous historic ship Île de France.
14. Nile Killing (1978)
Two legendary actresses are among the killing culprits on board a Egyptian riverboat in this all-star Agatha Christie whodunit. The lead actor, as the famous detective, cannot prevent half the cast being stabbed, which whittles down his suspects to a manageable number. Bags more fun than the recent version.
13. Dead Calm (1989)
Nicole Kidman portray a husband and wife trying to get over the pain of their son's death by sailing their boat for a journey in the sea, where they rescue Billy Zane from a sinking schooner. Big mistake! The director's thriller is basically a slasher movie at sea, but an high-quality one that made her famous.
12. The Maggie (1954)
An Englishman, shipping goods for an American industrialist, is manipulated into hiring a dilapidated "Clyde puffer" in Alexander Mackendrick's brutal UK production in the unconventional vein of his own previous work. Naturally, the boat's UK commander and team deceive the inexperienced passengers for a ride, in all senses of the term.
11. Unstoppable Force (1974)
The director imparts his disaster thriller a state-of-the-nation perspective in this tension-filled yarn of detonators positioned on a luxury liner, the SS Britannic. What's the correct choice? Richard Harris portray bomb disposal experts; a supporting player, as the vessel's activities coordinator, provides a emotional portrayal in tragicomic desperation.
10. Poseidon's Journey (1972)
This adaptation of this writer's novel is among the peaks of the 1970s disaster genre. The SS Poseidon is overturned by a tsunami, and it's the job of Reverend Gene Hackman to direct his group through the inverted ship to security. the actress is remarkable as a retailer's spouse with a useful background of athletic swimming.
9. Everything's Gone (2013)
The main star gives a experienced masterclass in single character portrayal as a man fighting to stay alive in the Indian Ocean after his personal boat, the Virginia Jean, is damaged in a crash with an stray transport unit. It's anxious enough to watch, so heaven knows how exceptionally strenuous it must have been for the senior performer to record.
8. Captain Phillips (2013)
The lead actor does sterling work in among his ordinary-person-in-extraordinary-circumstances characters, as the skipper of an commercial transport commandeered by Somali pirates off the geographical area. His performance is complemented by a co-star ("I'm the captain now"), providing a sensational first movie role as the criminal boss in this filmmaker's thriller, based on true stories. Should the final sequence doesn't bring tears, you're not human.
7. Geometric Shape (2009)
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