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20. Abyssal Attack (1998)

This filmmaker's science fiction thriller chronicles a group of attention-grabbing character actors playing hired guns employed to sink the cruise ship Argonautica. However a enormous cephalopod has got there first! Featuring the endangered passengers are Treat Williams as a diamond criminal.

19. The Legend of 1900 (1998)

A baby, abandoned on the passenger vessel the central location, develops to be a accomplished musician (the main star) who remains aboard the boat. The climax of Giuseppe Tornatore's whimsical hokum is the protagonist fighting a keyboard contest with Jelly Roll Morton, somewhat unjustly shown as a overconfident individual.

18. Aquatic World (1995)

The main star portrays a fighter-inspired nomad with webbed feet and a souped-up watercraft in this megabudget sci-fi B-movie, set in a future where melting polar ice-caps have flooded the planet. All people is seeking mythical Dryland while resisting Dennis Hopper and his gang of constantly puffing marauders.

17. The Titanic (1997)

Two hours of love story development between a upper-class woman (the actress) and an itinerant yobbo (the actor) are rescued by James Cameron's spectacular recreation of a famous well-known tragedies. You have to admire the audacity of a cinematic artist who successfully transforms a fatalities of 1,500 into an emotionally uplifting tale of freedom.

16. Ship of Fools (1965)

Commoners, Spanish performers and Nazi eugenicists mingle on a passenger ship traveling from North America to the Continent in the interwar period. The director's large-scale film includes a cinema icon, in her final role, as a melancholy character, but it's Oskar Werner, as the medical officer, and another cast member, as a aristocratic rebel, who supply the motion picture with its dramatic punch.

15. Ultimate Trip (1960)

The USS Claridon is ripped apart in an blast and the protagonist's spouse (Dorothy Malone) is trapped in their room in this gripping early catastrophe film. Can Stack and a heroic engineer (Woody Strode) save her prior to the ship sinks? Fun fact: the fictional ship is played by the renowned historic ship Île de France.

14. Death on the Nile (1978)

Two legendary actresses are part of the murder suspects on board a Egyptian riverboat in this ensemble cast mystery writer murder mystery. The main star, as the famous detective, fails to stop numerous characters being killed, which whittles down his potential killers to a limited selection. Much more enjoyable than the 2022 remake.

13. Dead Calm (1989)

Sam Neill act as a husband and wife attempting to recover from the grief of their son's death by taking their yacht for a journey in the ocean, where they save a co-star from a foundering ship. Poor decision! This filmmaker's thriller is basically a slasher movie at on the ocean, but an ultra-classy one that launched her career.

12. The Maggie (1954)

An British man, transporting furniture for an American industrialist, is tricked into using a run-down "type of boat" in this filmmaker's brutal British film in the unconventional style of his own earlier film. Predictably, the boat's Scottish captain and team take the two landlubbers for a ride, in multiple interpretations of the word.

11. Juggernaut (1974)

Richard Lester provides his disaster thriller a social commentary angle in this tension-filled tale of bombs placed on a commercial vessel, the main setting. What's the correct choice? David Hemmings play bomb disposal experts; Roy Kinnear, as the cruise director, serves up a touching portrayal in humorous tragedy.

10. Ocean Disaster (1972)

This adaptation of Paul Gallico's book is among the zenith of the era of disaster movies. The SS Poseidon is flipped over by a tsunami, and it's the responsibility of the main protagonist to guide his group through the upturned hull to rescue. a supporting player is unforgettable as a shopkeeper's wife with a useful history of athletic swimming.

9. All is Lost (2013)

The main star provides a mature exemplary performance in solo performance as a individual struggling to endure in the Indian Ocean after his personal boat, the fictional ship, is damaged in a crash with an stray transport unit. It's anxious enough to observe, so heaven knows how extremely demanding it must have been for the 76-year-old star to film.

8. Captain Phillips (2013)

Tom Hanks delivers sterling work in one of his ordinary-person-in-extraordinary-circumstances performances, as the commander of an US merchant vessel seized by Somali pirates off the specific location. He's matched by a co-star ("Now I'm in charge"), delivering a sensational first movie role as the criminal boss in the director's suspense film, based on true stories. Should the last scene doesn't bring tears, you have no heart.

7. Three-Sided Figure (2009)

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