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20. Abyssal Attack (1998)

Stephen Sommers' sci-fi horror pulp chronicles a bunch of attention-grabbing supporting players playing mercenaries employed to demolish the passenger vessel a fictional ship. However a enormous cephalopod has beaten them to it! Including the endangered passengers are Kevin J O'Connor as a jewel thief.

19. The Legend of 1900 (1998)

A infant, abandoned on the transatlantic liner the central location, develops to be a talented keyboardist (the main star) who remains aboard the boat. The highlight of Giuseppe Tornatore's whimsical hokum is the main character fighting a piano duel with a jazz legend, somewhat unjustly depicted as a arrogant character.

18. Ocean Planet (1995)

Kevin Costner portrays a warrior-esque nomad with aquatic adaptations and a modified trimaran in this megabudget sci-fi B-movie, taking place in a later era where disappearing glaciers have inundated the world. All people is hunting for mythical Dryland while fending off the villain and his band of constantly puffing marauders.

17. The Titanic (1997)

An extended period of tiresome canoodling between a wealthy lady (the female lead) and an itinerant yobbo (Leonardo DiCaprio) are rescued by the director's impressive reconstruction of among history's most infamous tragedies. You have to admire the audacity of a cinematic artist who artfully converts a death toll of over a thousand into an emotionally uplifting story of freedom.

16. Boat of Lunatics (1965)

Commoners, Spanish performers and political extremists rub shoulders on a commercial vessel sailing from Latin America to Europe in 1933. Stanley Kramer's sweeping drama features a cinema icon, in her swan song, as a sad divorcee, but it's Oskar Werner, as the ship's doctor, and a talented performer, as a political noblewoman, who deliver the film with its powerful impact.

15. Final Journey (1960)

The central vessel is destroyed in an detonation and the protagonist's partner (the co-star) is stranded in their cabin in this gripping early catastrophe film. Will the hero and a brave technician (the supporting player) rescue her ahead of the ship sinks? Interesting note: the main setting is played by the renowned French liner a real ship.

14. Nile Killing (1978)

Bette Davis are among the killing culprits on board a African vessel in this all-star Agatha Christie detective story. The lead actor, as Hercule Poirot, fails to stop numerous characters being stabbed, which narrows his suspects to a limited selection. Bags more fun than the 2022 remake.

13. Ocean Stillness (1989)

Sam Neill portray a married couple seeking to heal from the grief of their offspring's demise by taking their yacht for a spin in the Pacific, where they rescue another actor from a foundering ship. Poor decision! The director's thriller is essentially a slasher movie at on the ocean, but an ultra-classy one that made her famous.

12. The Maggie Story (1954)

An British man, shipping items for an US businessman, is deceived into employing a poor condition "Scottish vessel" in this filmmaker's harsh British film in the unconventional style of his own earlier film. Predictably, the boat's British skipper and crew deceive the inexperienced passengers for a journey, in every meaning of the term.

11. Juggernaut (1974)

The director provides his catastrophe film a social commentary angle in this anxiety-inducing story of explosives positioned on a passenger ship, the main setting. What's the correct choice? David Hemmings act as explosive technicians; a supporting player, as the vessel's activities coordinator, delivers a heartbreaking depiction in sadly funny despair.

10. The Poseidon Adventure (1972)

This cinematic interpretation of Paul Gallico's novel is part of the zenith of the era of disaster movies. The SS Poseidon is flipped over by a tidal wave, and it's up to the lead character to lead his flock through the flipped vessel to security. the actress is memorable as a small business owner's partner with a practical background of sports participation.

9. Everything's Gone (2013)

The main star gives a late-career exemplary performance in one-man show as a man struggling to survive in the Indian Ocean after his personal boat, the main setting, is impaired in a impact with an errant transport unit. It's stressful enough to view, so heaven knows how exceptionally strenuous it must have been for the 76-year-old star to shoot.

8. Vessel Leader (2013)

Tom Hanks does sterling work in part of his regular-guys-under-intolerable-pressure performances, as the commander of an American cargo ship commandeered by Somali pirates off the Horn of Africa. He's matched by Barkhad Abdi ("I control this vessel"), providing a remarkable first movie role as the raider leader in this filmmaker's suspense film, based on true stories. Should the last scene doesn't bring tears, you're not human.

7. Triangle (2009)

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