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20. Abyssal Attack (1998)

Stephen Sommers' futuristic scarefest chronicles a collection of attention-grabbing ensemble cast acting as hired guns employed to destroy the cruise ship a fictional ship. But a massive sea creature has already arrived! Including the potential cephalopod fodder are Treat Williams as a gem smuggler.

19. 1900's Tale (1998)

A newborn, deserted on the passenger vessel the central location, matures to be a accomplished musician (Tim Roth) who remains aboard the ship. The peak moment of Giuseppe Tornatore's imaginative story is the protagonist competing in a musical showdown with a jazz legend, arguably inaccurately shown as a smug bastard.

18. Waterworld (1995)

The main star acts as a samurai-like drifter with aquatic adaptations and a souped-up sailing vessel in this megabudget sci-fi B-movie, located in a future where vanishing ice sheets have flooded the Earth. The entire population is seeking mythical Dryland while fending off the antagonist and his group of constantly puffing raiders.

17. Titanic (1997)

An extended period of tiresome canoodling between a wealthy lady (Kate Winslet) and an working-class man (Leonardo DiCaprio) are rescued by the director's breathtaking depiction of one the 20th century's most infamous disasters. One must appreciate the boldness of a cinematic artist who artfully converts a death toll of numerous victims into an heartening narrative of liberation.

16. Vessel of Madness (1965)

Peasants, flamenco dancers and German ideologists interact on a passenger ship traveling from North America to Europe in the pre-war era. This filmmaker's epic stars a cinema icon, in her final role, as a unhappy separated woman, but it's another actor, as the vessel's physician, and another cast member, as a political noblewoman, who deliver the film with its dramatic punch.

15. The Last Voyage (1960)

The central vessel is ripped apart in an explosion and the protagonist's spouse (the actress) is stranded in their room in this gripping early catastrophe film. Can Stack and a heroic engineer (the supporting player) free her prior to the vessel goes down? Interesting note: the fictional ship is embodied by the renowned French liner a real ship.

14. Murder on the Nile (1978)

Two legendary actresses are among the murder suspects on board a Egyptian riverboat in this all-star mystery writer detective story. The main star, as the famous detective, fails to stop numerous characters being stabbed, which narrows his potential killers to a limited selection. Bags more fun than the recent version.

13. Sea Silence (1989)

Nicole Kidman act as a partners attempting to recover from the pain of their offspring's demise by venturing on their vessel for a spin in the Pacific, where they recover a co-star from a damaged vessel. Big mistake! The director's tense movie is essentially a killers-on-the-loose story at sea, but an ultra-classy one that put Kidman on the map.

12. Maggie's Tale (1954)

An Englishman, shipping furniture for an wealthy entrepreneur, is tricked into employing a run-down "type of boat" in the director's brutal UK production in the rebellious vein of his own earlier film. Naturally, the vessel's British skipper and crew trick the main characters for a trip, in every meaning of the word.

11. Overwhelming Power (1974)

This filmmaker provides his disaster thriller a state-of-the-nation perspective in this nerve-shredding yarn of detonators placed on a luxury liner, the SS Britannic. Which wire to cut? Two lead actors portray demolition specialists; a supporting player, as the vessel's activities coordinator, provides a touching depiction in humorous tragedy.

10. Ocean Disaster (1972)

This cinematic interpretation of the author's literary work is part of the peaks of the 1970s disaster genre. The central vessel is capsized by a tidal wave, and it's up to Reverend Gene Hackman to lead his group through the inverted vessel to safety. a supporting player is remarkable as a retailer's spouse with a handy history of competitive swimming.

9. All is Lost (2013)

Robert Redford gives a experienced masterclass in one-man show as a person struggling to survive in the specific sea after his sailing vessel, the main setting, is damaged in a collision with an stray shipping container. It's nerve-wracking enough to watch, so heaven knows how physically gruelling it must have been for the elderly actor to shoot.

8. Ship Commander (2013)

Tom Hanks delivers outstanding acting in part of his regular-guys-under-intolerable-pressure roles, as the skipper of an US merchant vessel commandeered by Somali pirates off the Horn of Africa. He has great chemistry by Barkhad Abdi ("Now I'm in charge"), delivering a remarkable film debut as the criminal boss in this filmmaker's tense movie, derived from real events. When the last scene fails to move you, you're not human.

7. Geometric Shape (2009)

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