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20. Abyssal Attack (1998)

Stephen Sommers' sci-fi horror pulp chronicles a bunch of scene-stealing ensemble cast playing hired guns hired to sink the luxury liner Argonautica. However a enormous cephalopod has already arrived! Featuring the potential cephalopod fodder are Treat Williams as a gem smuggler.

19. The 1900 Story (1998)

A infant, left on the ocean-going ship the central location, grows up to be a talented keyboardist (the main star) who remains aboard the ship. The highlight of the director's whimsical hokum is the main character battling a musical showdown with a jazz legend, somewhat unjustly shown as a smug bastard.

18. Waterworld (1995)

The main star portrays a warrior-esque drifter with webbed feet and a modified sailing vessel in this high-cost science fiction adventure, taking place in a later era where melting polar ice-caps have flooded the Earth. The entire population is seeking fabled solid ground while fending off the villain and his group of chain-smoking marauders.

17. Titanic (1997)

Two hours of love story development between a wealthy lady (the female lead) and an itinerant yobbo (Leonardo DiCaprio) are rescued by the director's spectacular recreation of one the 20th century's well-known tragedies. One must appreciate the chutzpah of a film-maker who manages to twist a death toll of over a thousand into an heartening story of freedom.

16. Boat of Lunatics (1965)

Working-class people, Spanish performers and German ideologists interact on a passenger ship sailing from Latin America to Europe in the interwar period. Stanley Kramer's large-scale film stars a legendary actress, in her final role, as a unhappy separated woman, but it's Oskar Werner, as the ship's doctor, and another cast member, as a aristocratic rebel, who deliver the movie with its emotional wallop.

15. The Last Voyage (1960)

The fictional ship is destroyed in an explosion and Robert Stack's partner (the co-star) is stuck in their quarters in this gripping precursor to disaster movies. Will Stack and a heroic engineer (the actor) rescue her before the vessel goes down? Curious detail: the main setting is embodied by the famous European vessel an actual ocean liner.

14. Death on the Nile (1978)

Angela Lansbury are part of the killing culprits on board a Egyptian riverboat in this celebrity-filled mystery writer murder mystery. The main star, as the famous detective, cannot prevent numerous characters being killed, which whittles down his potential killers to a smaller group. Much more enjoyable than the modern adaptation.

13. Dead Calm (1989)

Nicole Kidman act as a married couple trying to get over the trauma of their child's passing by sailing their boat for a spin in the ocean, where they save another actor from a damaged vessel. Poor decision! Phillip Noyce's suspense film is basically a killers-on-the-loose story at sea, but an high-quality one that made her famous.

12. Maggie's Tale (1954)

An Englishman, moving goods for an American industrialist, is tricked into employing a run-down "Scottish vessel" in the director's dark UK production in the subversive vein of his own previous work. Predictably, the boat's Scottish captain and crew trick the main characters for a ride, in multiple interpretations of the term.

11. Juggernaut (1974)

Richard Lester gives his catastrophe film a social commentary tilt in this nerve-shredding tale of explosives placed on a commercial vessel, the main setting. Which wire to cut? Two lead actors act as bomb disposal experts; a supporting player, as the vessel's activities coordinator, serves up a heartbreaking portrayal in tragicomic desperation.

10. Poseidon's Journey (1972)

This cinematic interpretation of this writer's book is part of the zenith of the seventies catastrophe films. The central vessel is overturned by a tsunami, and it's the job of the main protagonist to lead his flock through the upturned hull to rescue. the actress is unforgettable as a retailer's spouse with a useful experience of competitive swimming.

9. All is Lost (2013)

The main star delivers a late-career exemplary performance in single character portrayal as a man battling to stay alive in the Indian Ocean after his sailing vessel, the fictional ship, is harmed in a collision with an stray cargo box. It's nerve-wracking enough to observe, so heaven knows how extremely demanding it must have been for the elderly actor to record.

8. Ship Commander (2013)

Tom Hanks delivers excellent performance in among his regular-guys-under-intolerable-pressure characters, as the captain of an US merchant vessel seized by African raiders off the specific location. He has great chemistry by Barkhad Abdi ("Now I'm in charge"), delivering a outstanding film debut as the pirate chief in this filmmaker's thriller, based on real events. Should the last scene doesn't bring tears, you're not human.

7. Geometric Shape (2009)

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