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20. Abyssal Attack (1998)

This filmmaker's sci-fi horror pulp chronicles a bunch of scene-stealing ensemble cast playing soldiers of fortune contracted to demolish the cruise ship the main setting. But a giant mutant octopus has got there first! Among the likely victims are Famke Janssen as a jewel thief.

19. 1900's Tale (1998)

A newborn, abandoned on the passenger vessel SS Virginian, develops to be a gifted pianist (the lead actor) who remains aboard the vessel. The climax of the director's imaginative story is the protagonist fighting a musical showdown with Jelly Roll Morton, rather unfairly portrayed as a arrogant character.

18. Ocean Planet (1995)

The lead actor portrays a warrior-esque nomad with webbed feet and a souped-up trimaran in this big-budget science fiction adventure, set in a later era where vanishing ice sheets have flooded the Earth. The entire population is hunting for fabled solid ground while resisting the antagonist and his gang of constantly puffing marauders.

17. Titanic (1997)

Two hours of tiresome canoodling between a upper-class woman (the female lead) and an working-class man (Leonardo DiCaprio) are rescued by this filmmaker's spectacular recreation of a famous most infamous catastrophes. You have to admire the boldness of a film-maker who artfully converts a fatalities of numerous victims into an heartening narrative of freedom.

16. Vessel of Madness (1965)

Commoners, Spanish performers and Nazi eugenicists interact on a passenger ship traveling from North America to the Continent in 1933. The director's sweeping drama includes Vivien Leigh, in her final role, as a sad divorcee, but it's Oskar Werner, as the ship's doctor, and another cast member, as a radical countess, who supply the motion picture with its emotional wallop.

15. Final Journey (1960)

The central vessel is ripped apart in an explosion and Robert Stack's spouse (Dorothy Malone) is trapped in their cabin in this gripping early catastrophe film. Is it possible for the hero and a courageous worker (the supporting player) free her before the ship sinks? Interesting note: the fictional ship is embodied by the renowned historic ship a real ship.

14. Death on the Nile (1978)

Bette Davis are among the killing culprits on board a Nile paddle steamer in this ensemble cast mystery writer murder mystery. Peter Ustinov, as the Belgian sleuth, cannot prevent numerous characters being killed, which whittles down his potential killers to a limited selection. Significantly better than the modern adaptation.

13. Sea Silence (1989)

Sam Neill act as a married couple attempting to recover from the trauma of their offspring's demise by venturing on their vessel for a journey in the Pacific, where they save Billy Zane from a damaged vessel. Poor decision! This filmmaker's thriller is basically a slasher movie at on the ocean, but an exceptionally well-made one that launched her career.

12. The Maggie Story (1954)

An British man, transporting goods for an American industrialist, is deceived into using a run-down "Scottish vessel" in this filmmaker's dark UK production in the rebellious tradition of his own previous work. Of course, the ship's Scottish captain and team deceive the inexperienced passengers for a ride, in multiple interpretations of the word.

11. Unstoppable Force (1974)

This filmmaker provides his catastrophe film a political dimension perspective in this tension-filled tale of explosives placed on a commercial vessel, the SS Britannic. What's the correct choice? Richard Harris play demolition specialists; another actor, as the vessel's activities coordinator, provides a heartbreaking study in humorous tragedy.

10. The Poseidon Adventure (1972)

This adaptation of the author's novel is among the high points of the era of disaster movies. The SS Poseidon is capsized by a tidal wave, and it's up to the lead character to direct his group through the flipped vessel to rescue. the actress is remarkable as a shopkeeper's wife with a practical experience of athletic swimming.

9. Everything's Gone (2013)

The main star gives a mature brilliant acting in one-man show as a man fighting to endure in the Indian Ocean after his personal boat, the fictional ship, is impaired in a collision with an stray cargo box. It's stressful enough to view, so it's difficult to comprehend how physically gruelling it must have been for the elderly actor to shoot.

8. Vessel Leader (2013)

The main star provides sterling work in among his regular-guys-under-intolerable-pressure characters, as the captain of an commercial transport 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 pirate chief in this filmmaker's tense movie, derived from true stories. Should the concluding moment doesn't bring tears, you have no heart.

7. Three-Sided Figure (2009)

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