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20. Abyssal Attack (1998)

Stephen Sommers' science fiction thriller follows a bunch of attention-grabbing character actors playing soldiers of fortune hired to destroy the luxury liner Argonautica. Yet a giant mutant octopus has got there first! Including the potential cephalopod fodder are Famke Janssen as a gem smuggler.

19. The Legend of 1900 (1998)

A baby, left on the passenger vessel SS Virginian, matures to be a accomplished musician (Tim Roth) who remains aboard the ship. The highlight of Giuseppe Tornatore's imaginative story is Roth battling a piano duel with a jazz legend, somewhat unjustly depicted as a overconfident individual.

18. Waterworld (1995)

Kevin Costner acts as a samurai-like wanderer with webbed feet and a enhanced sailing vessel in this megabudget futuristic thriller, taking place in a distant time where disappearing glaciers have inundated the Earth. The entire population is seeking legendary terra firma while fighting off the antagonist and his group of constantly puffing pirates.

17. The Titanic (1997)

An extended period of romantic interludes between a posh chick (Kate Winslet) and an free-spirited artist (the male lead) are redeemed by the director's impressive reconstruction of one the 20th century's notorious disasters. One must appreciate the audacity of a cinematic artist who artfully converts a death toll of numerous victims into an emotionally uplifting narrative of emancipation.

16. Vessel of Madness (1965)

Peasants, artistic entertainers and German ideologists interact on a ocean liner journeying from Mexico to the Old World in the interwar period. Stanley Kramer's sweeping drama stars a cinema icon, in her last performance, as a unhappy separated woman, but it's another actor, as the ship's doctor, and a talented performer, as a radical countess, who deliver the film with its powerful impact.

15. Final Journey (1960)

The USS Claridon is destroyed in an explosion and Robert Stack's wife (Dorothy Malone) is stuck in their quarters in this intense precursor to disaster movies. Is it possible for Stack and a heroic engineer (the supporting player) save her prior to the vessel goes down? Interesting note: the Claridon is played by the legendary historic ship an actual ocean liner.

14. Nile Killing (1978)

Angela Lansbury are part of the killing culprits on board a Egyptian riverboat in this all-star crime novelist murder mystery. The lead actor, as Hercule Poirot, fails to stop several passengers being shot, which narrows his persons of interest to a limited selection. Bags more fun than the recent version.

13. Dead Calm (1989)

Two lead actors play a married couple attempting to recover from the pain of their son's death by venturing on their vessel for a trip in the ocean, where they rescue another actor from a foundering ship. Poor decision! The director's tense movie is essentially a horror film at on the ocean, but an ultra-classy one that made her famous.

12. The Maggie Story (1954)

An British man, transporting furniture for an American industrialist, is deceived into using a poor condition "type of boat" in the director's harsh UK production in the rebellious tradition of his own previous work. Predictably, the ship's UK commander and staff take the two landlubbers for a ride, in all senses of the term.

11. Juggernaut (1974)

The director gives his suspense story a social commentary angle in this tension-filled tale of bombs positioned on a passenger ship, the SS Britannic. Which wire to cut? Two lead actors act as explosive technicians; Roy Kinnear, as the ship's entertainments director, serves up a emotional depiction in sadly funny despair.

10. The Poseidon Adventure (1972)

This cinematic interpretation of the author's book is one of the high points of the era of disaster movies. The fictional ship is flipped over by a tsunami, and it's the responsibility of the lead character to guide his followers through the flipped vessel to security. Shelley Winters is remarkable as a shopkeeper's wife with a handy experience of sports participation.

9. Everything's Gone (2013)

Robert Redford delivers a mature masterclass in one-man show as a individual battling to endure in the maritime location after his personal boat, the fictional ship, is harmed in a collision with an stray shipping container. It's stressful enough to observe, so one can only imagine how exceptionally strenuous it must have been for the elderly actor to film.

8. Vessel Leader (2013)

The lead actor provides sterling work in part of his everyman-in-crisis characters, as the captain of an American cargo ship seized by maritime criminals off the specific location. He has great chemistry by Barkhad Abdi ("I control this vessel"), delivering a sensational initial cinematic appearance as the pirate chief in the director's tense movie, inspired by true stories. When the concluding moment doesn't make you blub, you're emotionally detached.

7. Three-Sided Figure (2009)

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