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20. Abyssal Attack (1998)

Stephen Sommers' sci-fi horror pulp chronicles a group of attention-grabbing supporting players acting as hired guns employed to demolish the luxury liner Argonautica. However a massive sea creature has beaten them to it! Featuring the likely victims are Kevin J O'Connor as a jewel thief.

19. The 1900 Story (1998)

A baby, left on the passenger vessel a fictional ship, develops to be a accomplished musician (the main star) who remains aboard the vessel. The climax of this filmmaker's imaginative story is the protagonist battling a keyboard contest with a historical figure, somewhat unjustly shown as a smug bastard.

18. Aquatic World (1995)

The lead actor plays a warrior-esque drifter with mutated appendages and a souped-up trimaran in this big-budget science fiction adventure, taking place in a distant time where melting polar ice-caps have inundated the Earth. The entire population is hunting for fabled solid ground while fighting off the villain and his band of constantly puffing marauders.

17. Titanic (1997)

An extended period of tiresome canoodling between a posh chick (the actress) and an itinerant yobbo (the male lead) are redeemed by James Cameron's breathtaking depiction of a famous most infamous tragedies. One must appreciate the chutzpah of a director who successfully transforms a casualties of 1,500 into an emotionally uplifting story of freedom.

16. Boat of Lunatics (1965)

Working-class people, artistic entertainers and Nazi eugenicists interact on a passenger ship journeying from Mexico to Europe in the pre-war era. Stanley Kramer's sweeping drama includes Vivien Leigh, in her final role, as a sad divorcee, but it's another actor, as the ship's doctor, and Simone Signoret, as a aristocratic rebel, who deliver the movie with its powerful impact.

15. Final Journey (1960)

The fictional ship is ripped apart in an detonation and Robert Stack's spouse (Dorothy Malone) is trapped in their quarters in this gripping proto-disaster pic. Can the hero and a brave technician (the actor) free her ahead of the vessel goes down? Curious detail: the main setting is represented by the legendary French liner a real ship.

14. Murder on the Nile (1978)

Angela Lansbury are among the homicide possibilities on board a Nile paddle steamer in this ensemble cast Agatha Christie detective story. Peter Ustinov, as the famous detective, fails to stop numerous characters being stabbed, which whittles down his suspects to a limited selection. Bags more fun than the modern adaptation.

13. Ocean Stillness (1989)

Sam Neill play a married couple seeking to heal from the trauma of their child's passing by sailing their boat for a trip in the ocean, where they rescue Billy Zane from a damaged vessel. Poor decision! This filmmaker's suspense film is essentially a killers-on-the-loose story at sea, but an ultra-classy one that made her famous.

12. Maggie's Tale (1954)

An UK citizen, moving goods for an US businessman, is tricked into hiring a run-down "Scottish vessel" in this filmmaker's dark UK production in the unconventional tradition of his own Whisky Galore!. Predictably, the ship's UK commander and team take the two landlubbers for a ride, in all senses of the term.

11. Unstoppable Force (1974)

The director imparts his suspense story a political dimension tilt in this anxiety-inducing yarn of detonators placed on a luxury liner, the main setting. What's the correct choice? David Hemmings act as explosive technicians; another actor, as the cruise director, serves up a heartbreaking depiction in tragicomic desperation.

10. The Poseidon Adventure (1972)

This adaptation of the author's novel is one of the peaks of the seventies catastrophe films. The central vessel is flipped over by a tidal wave, and it's up to the lead character to guide his followers through the upturned ship to safety. the actress is remarkable as a retailer's spouse with a practical history of sports participation.

9. Everything's Gone (2013)

The lead actor provides a experienced exemplary performance in single character portrayal as a person fighting to stay alive in the maritime location after his yacht, the main setting, is harmed in a crash with an stray transport unit. It's anxious enough to watch, so one can only imagine how extremely demanding it must have been for the senior performer to film.

8. Ship Commander (2013)

The lead actor delivers sterling work in among his everyman-in-crisis roles, as the skipper of an American cargo ship hijacked by maritime criminals off the specific location. His performance is complemented by a co-star ("I'm the captain now"), providing a sensational film debut as the pirate chief in Paul Greengrass's suspense film, derived from true stories. If the final sequence doesn't bring tears, you're emotionally detached.

7. Geometric Shape (2009)

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