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20. Abyssal Attack (1998)

The director's science fiction thriller details a bunch of memorable character actors acting as hired guns hired to sink the cruise ship the main setting. However a giant mutant octopus has got there first! Featuring the potential cephalopod fodder are Famke Janssen as a diamond criminal.

19. 1900's Tale (1998)

A infant, abandoned on the passenger vessel SS Virginian, matures to be a talented keyboardist (Tim Roth) who refuses to leave the vessel. The highlight of Giuseppe Tornatore's imaginative story is the protagonist battling a musical showdown with Jelly Roll Morton, somewhat unjustly shown as a arrogant character.

18. Aquatic World (1995)

The lead actor portrays a warrior-esque nomad with mutated appendages and a souped-up sailing vessel in this big-budget sci-fi B-movie, set in a later era where disappearing glaciers have flooded the Earth. Everyone is seeking legendary terra firma while fending off Dennis Hopper and his group of continuously smoking pirates.

17. The Titanic (1997)

Two hours of romantic interludes between a wealthy lady (the female lead) and an working-class man (Leonardo DiCaprio) are redeemed by the director's breathtaking depiction of among history's well-known tragedies. It's impossible not to respect the chutzpah of a film-maker who successfully transforms a death toll of numerous victims into an emotionally uplifting tale of emancipation.

16. Vessel of Madness (1965)

Working-class people, flamenco dancers and Nazi eugenicists mingle on a commercial vessel sailing from North America to Europe in the interwar period. The director's sweeping drama stars Vivien Leigh, in her final role, as a sad divorcee, but it's another actor, as the ship's doctor, and a talented performer, as a aristocratic rebel, who supply the movie with its emotional wallop.

15. Ultimate Trip (1960)

The central vessel is torn asunder in an blast and the protagonist's partner (the actress) is stuck in their cabin in this intense precursor to disaster movies. Is it possible for Stack and a courageous worker (the actor) free her prior to the vessel goes down? Fun fact: the main setting is embodied by the legendary historic ship an actual ocean liner.

14. Nile Killing (1978)

Bette Davis are including the killing culprits on board a African vessel in this celebrity-filled mystery writer whodunit. The main star, as the Belgian sleuth, fails to stop several passengers being stabbed, which whittles down his persons of interest to a manageable number. Bags more fun than the modern adaptation.

13. Ocean Stillness (1989)

Nicole Kidman play a husband and wife seeking to heal from the grief of their son's death by taking their yacht for a journey in the sea, where they recover another actor from a foundering ship. Costly error! The director's suspense film is basically a killers-on-the-loose story at on the ocean, but an exceptionally well-made one that launched her career.

12. Maggie's Tale (1954)

An British man, transporting furniture for an US businessman, is manipulated into hiring a dilapidated "Scottish vessel" in Alexander Mackendrick's dark UK production in the unconventional tradition of his own Whisky Galore!. Predictably, the boat's UK commander and crew trick the main characters for a ride, in every meaning of the expression.

11. Juggernaut (1974)

Richard Lester provides his catastrophe film a political dimension angle in this tension-filled yarn of explosives positioned on a passenger ship, the main setting. Which wire to cut? Two lead actors act as bomb disposal experts; another actor, as the vessel's activities coordinator, provides a heartbreaking study in sadly funny despair.

10. Ocean Disaster (1972)

This film version of Paul Gallico's literary work is among the zenith of the seventies catastrophe films. The central vessel is capsized by a ocean surge, and it's the job of the main protagonist to lead his followers through the upturned vessel to rescue. the actress is remarkable as a retailer's spouse with a handy background of athletic swimming.

9. All is Lost (2013)

Robert Redford gives a late-career brilliant acting in solo performance as a man struggling to survive in the specific sea after his yacht, the fictional ship, is impaired in a crash with an lost transport unit. It's stressful enough to observe, so one can only imagine how extremely demanding it must have been for the 76-year-old star to record.

8. Vessel Leader (2013)

The main star delivers sterling work in part of his ordinary-person-in-extraordinary-circumstances performances, as the commander of an commercial transport seized by maritime criminals off the geographical area. He's matched by Barkhad Abdi ("I control this vessel"), making a outstanding film debut as the raider leader in the director's thriller, based on actual incidents. When the final sequence doesn't make you blub, you're not human.

7. Triangle (2009)

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