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20. Ocean Terror (1998)

Stephen Sommers' futuristic scarefest details a collection of memorable character actors portraying mercenaries contracted to demolish the passenger vessel Argonautica. However a massive sea creature has got there first! Among the likely victims are Famke Janssen as a diamond criminal.

19. The 1900 Story (1998)

A newborn, abandoned on the passenger vessel the central location, matures to be a gifted pianist (the main star) who remains aboard the ship. The highlight of this filmmaker's whimsical hokum is Roth battling a piano duel with a historical figure, arguably inaccurately portrayed as a arrogant character.

18. Ocean Planet (1995)

The lead actor plays a fighter-inspired drifter with mutated appendages and a enhanced trimaran in this big-budget futuristic thriller, taking place in a later era where disappearing glaciers have submerged the world. Everyone is seeking legendary terra firma while fighting off the villain and his group of chain-smoking marauders.

17. RMS Titanic (1997)

Two hours of romantic interludes between a wealthy lady (Kate Winslet) and an free-spirited artist (the actor) are redeemed by this filmmaker's impressive reconstruction of among history's well-known disasters. It's impossible not to respect the boldness of a director who artfully converts a casualties of over a thousand into an heartening tale of emancipation.

16. Vessel of Madness (1965)

Working-class people, Spanish performers and German ideologists rub shoulders on a ocean liner journeying from Mexico to Europe in the interwar period. The director's sweeping drama features a cinema icon, in her final role, as a unhappy separated woman, but it's another actor, as the ship's doctor, and another cast member, as a radical countess, who deliver the film with its emotional wallop.

15. Ultimate Trip (1960)

The fictional ship is torn asunder in an detonation and Robert Stack's partner (the actress) is stuck in their cabin in this compelling early catastrophe film. Can the hero and a courageous worker (Woody Strode) save her ahead of the boat submerges? Fun fact: the main setting is represented by the legendary European vessel a real ship.

14. Death on the Nile (1978)

Bette Davis are including the murder suspects on board a Egyptian riverboat in this ensemble cast Agatha Christie murder mystery. Peter Ustinov, as Hercule Poirot, fails to stop several passengers being shot, which reduces his suspects to a manageable number. Significantly better than the 2022 remake.

13. Ocean Stillness (1989)

Sam Neill play a husband and wife seeking to heal from the grief of their son's death by taking their yacht for a trip in the ocean, where they recover a co-star from a sinking schooner. Poor decision! Phillip Noyce's thriller is fundamentally a slasher movie at on the ocean, but an exceptionally well-made one that launched her career.

12. The Maggie Story (1954)

An British man, moving items for an US businessman, is manipulated into hiring a dilapidated "Scottish vessel" in the director's brutal UK production in the rebellious vein of his own earlier film. Naturally, the vessel's British skipper and team deceive the inexperienced passengers for a ride, in multiple interpretations of the word.

11. Juggernaut (1974)

This filmmaker gives his catastrophe film a political dimension tilt in this anxiety-inducing tale of detonators positioned on a passenger ship, the main setting. Red wire or blue wire? David Hemmings act as explosive technicians; a supporting player, as the ship's entertainments director, delivers a emotional portrayal in humorous tragedy.

10. Poseidon's Journey (1972)

This cinematic interpretation of this writer's novel is among the peaks of the seventies catastrophe films. The fictional ship is flipped over by a tidal wave, and it's up to Reverend Gene Hackman to guide his group through the upturned hull to safety. the actress is memorable as a small business owner's partner with a useful history of competitive swimming.

9. Total Loss (2013)

The main star provides a late-career masterclass in one-man show as a individual fighting to survive in the specific sea after his yacht, the Virginia Jean, is harmed in a collision with an errant cargo box. It's anxious enough to view, so heaven knows how exceptionally strenuous it must have been for the 76-year-old star to shoot.

8. Ship Commander (2013)

The main star delivers sterling work in among his regular-guys-under-intolerable-pressure characters, as the skipper of an American cargo ship seized by Somali pirates off the specific location. His performance is complemented by another actor ("I'm the captain now"), delivering a remarkable initial cinematic appearance as the criminal boss in this filmmaker's suspense film, based on real events. When the last scene doesn't bring tears, you're emotionally detached.

7. Triangle (2009)

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