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20. Ocean Terror (1998)

This filmmaker's sci-fi horror pulp follows a group of attention-grabbing character actors playing mercenaries contracted to destroy the luxury liner the main setting. However a massive sea creature has beaten them to it! Among the potential cephalopod fodder are Kevin J O'Connor as a diamond criminal.

19. The Legend of 1900 (1998)

A newborn, abandoned on the passenger vessel SS Virginian, matures to be a talented keyboardist (the main star) who refuses to leave the vessel. The highlight of Giuseppe Tornatore's fantastical tale is the main character competing in a keyboard contest with Jelly Roll Morton, somewhat unjustly depicted as a smug bastard.

18. Ocean Planet (1995)

The lead actor portrays a samurai-like drifter with aquatic adaptations and a souped-up trimaran in this high-cost futuristic thriller, taking place in a distant time where disappearing glaciers have inundated the world. The entire population is hunting for mythical Dryland while fighting off the antagonist and his gang of chain-smoking raiders.

17. The Titanic (1997)

A significant portion of romantic interludes between a upper-class woman (the female lead) and an working-class man (the male lead) are saved by the director's impressive reconstruction of a famous most infamous catastrophes. You have to admire the audacity of a film-maker who successfully transforms a fatalities of numerous victims into an emotionally uplifting story of liberation.

16. Boat of Lunatics (1965)

Peasants, flamenco dancers and Nazi eugenicists interact on a commercial vessel journeying from North America to Europe in the interwar period. This filmmaker's epic features a cinema icon, in her last performance, 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 film with its dramatic punch.

15. Ultimate Trip (1960)

The central vessel is destroyed in an explosion and the protagonist's wife (the co-star) is trapped in their room in this gripping precursor to disaster movies. Will the hero and a courageous worker (the supporting player) free her before the vessel goes down? Fun fact: the main setting is played by the legendary French liner Île de France.

14. Murder on the Nile (1978)

Bette Davis are among the murder suspects on board a Egyptian riverboat in this celebrity-filled mystery writer whodunit. The lead actor, as the famous detective, is unable to halt numerous characters being shot, which narrows his potential killers to a manageable number. Significantly better than the 2022 remake.

13. Sea Silence (1989)

Two lead actors play a partners seeking to heal from the grief of their son's death by sailing their boat for a spin in the sea, where they recover another actor from a sinking schooner. Poor decision! The director's thriller is essentially a killers-on-the-loose story at sea, but an high-quality one that made her famous.

12. The Maggie Story (1954)

An British man, moving furniture for an wealthy entrepreneur, is tricked into hiring a dilapidated "type of boat" in the director's brutal Ealing comedy in the subversive style of his own earlier film. Of course, the vessel's British skipper and team deceive the inexperienced passengers for a trip, in every meaning of the expression.

11. Unstoppable Force (1974)

Richard Lester provides his catastrophe film a political dimension tilt in this anxiety-inducing yarn of bombs placed on a commercial vessel, the SS Britannic. What's the correct choice? David Hemmings portray demolition specialists; another actor, as the vessel's activities coordinator, provides a touching depiction in sadly funny despair.

10. Poseidon's Journey (1972)

This cinematic interpretation of this writer's literary work is part of the peaks of the era of disaster movies. The SS Poseidon is capsized by a ocean surge, and it's up to the lead character to guide his flock through the inverted ship to rescue. the actress is unforgettable as a retailer's spouse with a practical history of athletic swimming.

9. Total Loss (2013)

Robert Redford delivers a mature exemplary performance in single character portrayal as a individual struggling to endure in the maritime location after his sailing vessel, the main setting, is harmed in a collision with an errant transport unit. It's nerve-wracking enough to watch, so one can only imagine how physically gruelling it must have been for the 76-year-old star to shoot.

8. Vessel Leader (2013)

The lead actor provides outstanding acting in one of his ordinary-person-in-extraordinary-circumstances performances, as the commander of an commercial transport hijacked by Somali pirates off the geographical area. He has great chemistry by a co-star ("Now I'm in charge"), making a sensational film debut as the pirate chief in Paul Greengrass's tense movie, derived from true stories. If the concluding moment doesn't bring tears, you're not human.

7. Geometric Shape (2009)

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