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20. Abyssal Attack (1998)

The director's sci-fi horror pulp details a collection of scene-stealing supporting players portraying soldiers of fortune contracted to sink the cruise ship the main setting. But a enormous cephalopod has already arrived! Among the endangered passengers are Kevin J O'Connor as a diamond criminal.

19. 1900's Tale (1998)

A newborn, left on the passenger vessel the central location, develops to be a accomplished musician (Tim Roth) who remains aboard the ship. The highlight of this filmmaker's whimsical hokum is Roth competing in a musical showdown with a jazz legend, somewhat unjustly portrayed as a smug bastard.

18. Ocean Planet (1995)

The lead actor acts as a warrior-esque nomad with aquatic adaptations and a souped-up sailing vessel in this big-budget futuristic thriller, set in a distant time where vanishing ice sheets have submerged the world. The entire population is seeking fabled solid ground while fending off the villain and his gang of chain-smoking pirates.

17. The Titanic (1997)

Two hours of romantic interludes between a posh chick (Kate Winslet) and an itinerant yobbo (Leonardo DiCaprio) are rescued by this filmmaker's impressive reconstruction of one the 20th century's well-known disasters. One must appreciate the boldness of a film-maker who manages to twist a death toll of over a thousand into an inspiring narrative of liberation.

16. Ship of Fools (1965)

Commoners, flamenco dancers and German ideologists mingle on a ocean liner journeying from North America to Europe in 1933. The director's sweeping drama includes a legendary actress, in her final role, as a sad divorcee, but it's Oskar Werner, as the vessel's physician, and another cast member, as a political noblewoman, who supply the motion picture with its emotional wallop.

15. Ultimate Trip (1960)

The USS Claridon is ripped apart in an explosion and Robert Stack's partner (the actress) is trapped in their cabin in this intense proto-disaster pic. Is it possible for Stack and a brave technician (Woody Strode) free her prior to the boat submerges? Fun fact: the Claridon is played by the renowned European vessel Île de France.

14. Nile Killing (1978)

Angela Lansbury are part of the killing culprits on board a African vessel in this ensemble cast mystery writer murder mystery. Peter Ustinov, as the famous detective, fails to stop numerous characters being killed, which whittles down his suspects to a manageable number. Bags more fun than the recent version.

13. Ocean Stillness (1989)

Two lead actors act as a husband and wife trying to get over the trauma of their offspring's demise by sailing their boat for a trip in the ocean, where they recover another actor from a foundering ship. Costly error! The director's tense movie is basically a killers-on-the-loose story at sea, but an exceptionally well-made one that launched her career.

12. Maggie's Tale (1954)

An British man, shipping furniture for an wealthy entrepreneur, is deceived into using a poor condition "type of boat" in the director's harsh British film in the subversive style of his own earlier film. Of course, the vessel's UK commander and staff take the two landlubbers for a journey, in every meaning of the term.

11. Unstoppable Force (1974)

This filmmaker gives his catastrophe film a social commentary tilt in this tension-filled story of detonators positioned on a commercial vessel, the SS Britannic. Which wire to cut? Two lead actors portray demolition specialists; another actor, as the ship's entertainments director, serves up a emotional depiction in humorous tragedy.

10. The Poseidon Adventure (1972)

This film version of this writer's novel is part of the zenith of the seventies catastrophe films. The SS Poseidon is overturned by a tsunami, and it's the job of the lead character to direct his followers through the inverted vessel to safety. Shelley Winters is memorable as a shopkeeper's wife with a practical experience of athletic swimming.

9. Total Loss (2013)

Robert Redford provides a mature masterclass in single character portrayal as a man struggling to endure in the specific sea after his sailing vessel, the main setting, is impaired in a impact with an stray transport unit. It's stressful enough to watch, so one can only imagine how extremely demanding it must have been for the senior performer to shoot.

8. Captain Phillips (2013)

Tom Hanks does sterling work in one of his ordinary-person-in-extraordinary-circumstances characters, as the captain of an US merchant vessel seized by Somali pirates off the geographical area. He has great chemistry by another actor ("Now I'm in charge"), providing a sensational first movie role as the raider leader in this filmmaker's tense movie, based on real events. When the concluding moment doesn't bring tears, you have no heart.

7. Three-Sided Figure (2009)

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