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20. Deep Rising (1998)

This filmmaker's science fiction thriller chronicles a bunch of scene-stealing supporting players playing soldiers of fortune contracted to sink the passenger vessel Argonautica. But a giant mutant octopus has already arrived! Among the likely victims are Famke Janssen as a diamond criminal.

19. The 1900 Story (1998)

A baby, left on the ocean-going ship a fictional ship, grows up to be a gifted pianist (the lead actor) who never steps off the vessel. The highlight of this filmmaker's imaginative story is Roth competing in a musical showdown with Jelly Roll Morton, rather unfairly depicted as a smug bastard.

18. Waterworld (1995)

Kevin Costner acts as a samurai-like drifter with webbed feet and a modified sailing vessel in this big-budget sci-fi B-movie, set in a future where disappearing glaciers have flooded the planet. Everyone is seeking fabled solid ground while resisting the villain and his group of constantly puffing raiders.

17. The Titanic (1997)

Two hours of romantic interludes between a upper-class woman (Kate Winslet) and an free-spirited artist (the male lead) are redeemed by James Cameron's spectacular recreation of among history's well-known disasters. One must appreciate the chutzpah of a cinematic artist who manages to twist a casualties of numerous victims into an inspiring narrative of liberation.

16. Ship of Fools (1965)

Peasants, artistic entertainers and German ideologists rub shoulders on a passenger ship journeying from Latin America to the Continent in 1933. The director's epic features a legendary actress, in her swan song, as a sad divorcee, but it's another actor, as the vessel's physician, and Simone Signoret, as a radical countess, who provide the motion picture with its powerful impact.

15. Final Journey (1960)

The central vessel is ripped apart in an detonation and Robert Stack's wife (Dorothy Malone) is stuck in their cabin in this intense early catastrophe film. Is it possible for the main character and a courageous worker (Woody Strode) save her prior to the boat submerges? Fun fact: the fictional ship is played by the renowned historic ship a real ship.

14. Nile Killing (1978)

Two legendary actresses are part of the killing culprits on board a Egyptian riverboat in this all-star Agatha Christie murder mystery. The main star, as Hercule Poirot, fails to stop numerous characters being killed, which whittles down his potential killers to a smaller group. Bags more fun than the modern adaptation.

13. Ocean Stillness (1989)

Two lead actors act as a married couple attempting to recover from the trauma of their child's passing by venturing on their vessel for a journey in the Pacific, where they save Billy Zane from a sinking schooner. Poor decision! The director's suspense film is essentially a killers-on-the-loose story at in maritime setting, but an exceptionally well-made one that launched her career.

12. The Maggie (1954)

An British man, transporting items for an American industrialist, is tricked into using a run-down "type of boat" in the director's dark British film in the unconventional vein of his own earlier film. Naturally, the boat's UK commander and staff trick the main characters for a trip, in multiple interpretations of the word.

11. Overwhelming Power (1974)

This filmmaker gives his disaster thriller a social commentary tilt in this nerve-shredding story of explosives placed on a luxury liner, the fictional ship. Red wire or blue wire? David Hemmings act as explosive technicians; a supporting player, as the cruise director, serves up a touching portrayal in tragicomic desperation.

10. Poseidon's Journey (1972)

This adaptation of Paul Gallico's literary work is part of the peaks of the era of disaster movies. The SS Poseidon is capsized by a ocean surge, and it's up to Reverend Gene Hackman to direct his flock through the inverted vessel to safety. Shelley Winters is remarkable as a retailer's spouse with a useful experience of athletic swimming.

9. Total Loss (2013)

Robert Redford provides a experienced brilliant acting in one-man show as a man struggling to stay alive in the Indian Ocean after his personal boat, the fictional ship, is damaged in a crash with an lost shipping container. It's nerve-wracking enough to view, so heaven knows how extremely demanding it must have been for the senior performer to record.

8. Captain Phillips (2013)

Tom Hanks delivers sterling work in among his ordinary-person-in-extraordinary-circumstances performances, as the commander of an US merchant vessel hijacked by maritime criminals off the specific location. His performance is complemented by Barkhad Abdi ("I control this vessel"), making a outstanding film debut as the pirate chief in the director's tense movie, derived from true stories. When the final sequence doesn't bring tears, you're emotionally detached.

7. Three-Sided Figure (2009)

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