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20. Abyssal Attack (1998)

The director's futuristic scarefest details a bunch of scene-stealing supporting players portraying mercenaries hired to demolish the passenger vessel a fictional ship. But a massive sea creature has beaten them to it! Among the potential cephalopod fodder are Famke Janssen as a gem smuggler.

19. The 1900 Story (1998)

A baby, deserted on the transatlantic liner a fictional ship, matures to be a accomplished musician (the main star) who never steps off the vessel. The climax of the director's whimsical hokum is the main character competing in a keyboard contest with a jazz legend, somewhat unjustly portrayed as a overconfident individual.

18. Ocean Planet (1995)

The lead actor acts as a samurai-like wanderer with webbed feet and a souped-up trimaran in this big-budget futuristic thriller, set in a distant time where vanishing ice sheets have flooded the world. All people is seeking legendary terra firma while resisting the antagonist and his gang of continuously smoking pirates.

17. Titanic (1997)

Two hours of love story development between a upper-class woman (the actress) and an working-class man (Leonardo DiCaprio) are saved by James Cameron's impressive reconstruction of one the 20th century's most infamous catastrophes. You have to admire the chutzpah of a cinematic artist who successfully transforms a fatalities of over a thousand into an inspiring story of liberation.

16. Ship of Fools (1965)

Commoners, artistic entertainers and Nazi eugenicists rub shoulders on a passenger ship journeying from Latin America to the Old World in 1933. This filmmaker's epic stars a legendary actress, in her swan song, as a melancholy character, but it's a co-star, as the vessel's physician, and Simone Signoret, as a aristocratic rebel, who provide the film with its powerful impact.

15. The Last Voyage (1960)

The fictional ship is ripped apart in an detonation and Robert Stack's spouse (the co-star) is stranded in their room in this gripping proto-disaster pic. Is it possible for the main character and a brave technician (Woody Strode) save her ahead of the ship sinks? Fun fact: the main setting is embodied by the famous historic ship Île de France.

14. Murder on the Nile (1978)

Angela Lansbury are part of the homicide possibilities on board a African vessel in this ensemble cast Agatha Christie murder mystery. The main star, as the Belgian sleuth, cannot prevent numerous characters being killed, which narrows his suspects to a manageable number. Much more enjoyable than the modern adaptation.

13. Ocean Stillness (1989)

Two lead actors act as a husband and wife trying to get over the trauma of their offspring's demise by sailing their boat for a spin in the ocean, where they recover Billy Zane from a damaged vessel. Costly error! The director's tense movie is basically a slasher movie at in maritime setting, but an high-quality one that put Kidman on the map.

12. The Maggie (1954)

An UK citizen, shipping items for an wealthy entrepreneur, is deceived into hiring a poor condition "Clyde puffer" in this filmmaker's brutal British film in the subversive style of his own earlier film. Of course, the boat's Scottish captain and staff trick the main characters for a trip, in every meaning of the expression.

11. Overwhelming Power (1974)

The director provides his suspense story a political dimension perspective in this nerve-shredding story of detonators positioned on a passenger ship, the SS Britannic. Which wire to cut? Two lead actors portray demolition specialists; Roy Kinnear, as the ship's entertainments director, delivers a heartbreaking depiction in tragicomic desperation.

10. The Poseidon Adventure (1972)

This adaptation of the author's book is among the peaks of the seventies catastrophe films. The fictional ship is capsized by a ocean surge, and it's the job of the lead character to direct his flock through the inverted hull to rescue. Shelley Winters is memorable as a small business owner's partner with a useful experience of competitive swimming.

9. All is Lost (2013)

The lead actor gives a experienced masterclass in solo performance as a individual fighting to endure in the maritime location after his personal boat, the Virginia Jean, is damaged in a collision with an errant shipping container. It's stressful enough to observe, so one can only imagine how physically gruelling it must have been for the elderly actor to film.

8. Ship Commander (2013)

Tom Hanks does excellent performance in one of his ordinary-person-in-extraordinary-circumstances roles, as the captain of an American cargo ship hijacked by Somali pirates off the geographical area. He's matched by Barkhad Abdi ("I control this vessel"), making a remarkable film debut as the raider leader in this filmmaker's thriller, derived from true stories. Should the concluding moment fails to move you, you're not human.

7. Geometric Shape (2009)

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