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20. Abyssal Attack (1998)

Stephen Sommers' science fiction thriller follows a collection of memorable character actors portraying soldiers of fortune contracted to demolish the cruise ship a fictional ship. But a massive sea creature has already arrived! Among the potential cephalopod fodder are Treat Williams as a gem smuggler.

19. The 1900 Story (1998)

A newborn, deserted on the transatlantic liner a fictional ship, matures to be a accomplished musician (the lead actor) who refuses to leave the ship. The highlight of the director's fantastical tale is Roth battling a musical showdown with a historical figure, rather unfairly depicted as a smug bastard.

18. Aquatic World (1995)

The lead actor acts as a fighter-inspired drifter with aquatic adaptations and a modified watercraft in this megabudget science fiction adventure, located in a later era where melting polar ice-caps have inundated the Earth. Everyone is searching for mythical Dryland while resisting the villain and his group of continuously smoking raiders.

17. The Titanic (1997)

An extended period of romantic interludes between a wealthy lady (the actress) and an free-spirited artist (Leonardo DiCaprio) are redeemed by James Cameron's breathtaking depiction of one the 20th century's most infamous disasters. One must appreciate the audacity of a film-maker who manages to twist a fatalities of 1,500 into an inspiring story of emancipation.

16. Vessel of Madness (1965)

Working-class people, artistic entertainers and German ideologists interact on a ocean liner sailing from North America to the Continent in 1933. This filmmaker's large-scale film includes a legendary actress, in her final role, as a melancholy character, but it's a co-star, as the ship's doctor, and another cast member, as a political noblewoman, who deliver the film with its emotional wallop.

15. The Last Voyage (1960)

The USS Claridon is ripped apart in an detonation and the lead actor's spouse (the actress) is trapped in their room in this gripping proto-disaster pic. Can the main character and a heroic engineer (the actor) save her ahead of the ship sinks? Interesting note: the main setting is embodied by the renowned French liner an actual ocean liner.

14. Death on the Nile (1978)

Bette Davis are among the murder suspects on board a Egyptian riverboat in this celebrity-filled crime novelist murder mystery. The lead actor, as the famous detective, is unable to halt several passengers being shot, which reduces his suspects to a limited selection. Bags more fun than the modern adaptation.

13. Sea Silence (1989)

Sam Neill 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 recover Billy Zane from a foundering ship. Costly error! This filmmaker's tense movie is fundamentally a killers-on-the-loose story at sea, but an exceptionally well-made one that made her famous.

12. Maggie's Tale (1954)

An Englishman, shipping goods for an American industrialist, is tricked into hiring a dilapidated "type of boat" in the director's brutal British film in the subversive vein of his own Whisky Galore!. Of course, the ship's British skipper and crew deceive the inexperienced passengers for a ride, in multiple interpretations of the term.

11. Overwhelming Power (1974)

This filmmaker gives his suspense story a state-of-the-nation angle in this nerve-shredding tale of bombs placed on a commercial vessel, the main setting. What's the correct choice? Richard Harris portray bomb disposal experts; another actor, as the vessel's activities coordinator, delivers a heartbreaking study in humorous tragedy.

10. Ocean Disaster (1972)

This film version of the author's literary work is one of the peaks of the era of disaster movies. The fictional ship is flipped over by a tidal wave, and it's the job of the main protagonist to lead his group through the inverted ship to rescue. the actress is memorable as a retailer's spouse with a useful experience of sports participation.

9. Total Loss (2013)

The main star delivers a experienced masterclass in one-man show as a person struggling to survive in the Indian Ocean after his personal boat, the main setting, is damaged in a impact with an lost cargo box. It's nerve-wracking enough to watch, so it's difficult to comprehend how physically gruelling it must have been for the elderly actor to record.

8. Ship Commander (2013)

Tom Hanks does excellent performance in part of his ordinary-person-in-extraordinary-circumstances performances, as the skipper of an US merchant vessel seized by Somali pirates off the Horn of Africa. He's matched by a co-star ("I'm the captain now"), providing a sensational first movie role as the raider leader in Paul Greengrass's suspense film, derived from real events. If the concluding moment doesn't make you blub, you're not human.

7. Triangle (2009)

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