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20. Deep Rising (1998)

This filmmaker's futuristic scarefest chronicles a group of attention-grabbing ensemble cast portraying hired guns employed to destroy the luxury liner the main setting. Yet a massive sea creature has beaten them to it! Including the likely victims are Famke Janssen as a diamond criminal.

19. The 1900 Story (1998)

A baby, left on the ocean-going ship the central location, develops to be a talented keyboardist (Tim Roth) who remains aboard the boat. The highlight of the director's fantastical tale is the protagonist battling a piano duel with Jelly Roll Morton, arguably inaccurately shown as a overconfident individual.

18. Waterworld (1995)

The lead actor acts as a samurai-like nomad with webbed feet and a enhanced trimaran in this megabudget sci-fi B-movie, set in a distant time where disappearing glaciers have submerged the Earth. All people is searching for legendary terra firma while resisting Dennis Hopper and his group of continuously smoking marauders.

17. The Titanic (1997)

An extended period of tiresome canoodling between a upper-class woman (Kate Winslet) and an free-spirited artist (the actor) are saved by this filmmaker's impressive reconstruction of one the 20th century's well-known disasters. It's impossible not to respect the boldness of a cinematic artist who artfully converts a casualties of over a thousand into an inspiring tale of emancipation.

16. Boat of Lunatics (1965)

Commoners, Spanish performers and political extremists interact on a passenger ship journeying from Latin America to the Continent in 1933. Stanley Kramer's epic features a legendary actress, in her swan song, as a melancholy character, but it's a co-star, as the medical officer, and another cast member, as a radical countess, who deliver the movie with its emotional wallop.

15. Ultimate Trip (1960)

The USS Claridon is torn asunder in an blast and the lead actor's partner (Dorothy Malone) is stranded in their quarters in this compelling proto-disaster pic. Will Stack and a courageous worker (the actor) free her prior to the boat submerges? Fun fact: the main setting is represented by the renowned European vessel Île de France.

14. Murder on the Nile (1978)

Angela Lansbury are part of the murder suspects on board a African vessel in this ensemble cast Agatha Christie murder mystery. The main star, as the Belgian sleuth, is unable to halt half the cast being stabbed, which reduces his potential killers to a smaller group. Bags more fun than the 2022 remake.

13. Sea Silence (1989)

Two lead actors portray a married couple trying to get over the pain of their offspring's demise by taking their yacht for a spin in the sea, where they rescue another actor from a damaged vessel. Big mistake! This filmmaker's thriller is basically a slasher movie at on the ocean, but an ultra-classy one that launched her career.

12. Maggie's Tale (1954)

An British man, transporting items for an wealthy entrepreneur, is tricked into hiring a dilapidated "Scottish vessel" in this filmmaker's harsh British film in the subversive vein of his own previous work. Predictably, the vessel's UK commander and staff take the two landlubbers for a journey, in every meaning of the term.

11. Overwhelming Power (1974)

The director gives his disaster thriller a social commentary perspective in this nerve-shredding story of explosives placed on a luxury liner, the SS Britannic. Red wire or blue wire? Richard Harris play explosive technicians; a supporting player, as the cruise director, provides a heartbreaking depiction in sadly funny despair.

10. Poseidon's Journey (1972)

This film version of the author's literary work is among the high points of the era of disaster movies. The SS Poseidon is overturned by a tsunami, and it's the job of Reverend Gene Hackman to direct his group through the flipped hull to safety. the actress is unforgettable as a shopkeeper's wife with a useful experience of competitive swimming.

9. Total Loss (2013)

The lead actor provides a mature exemplary performance in solo performance as a individual battling to stay alive in the Indian Ocean after his sailing vessel, the Virginia Jean, is damaged in a impact with an stray shipping container. It's nerve-wracking enough to view, so heaven knows how extremely demanding it must have been for the 76-year-old star to film.

8. Ship Commander (2013)

The main star provides outstanding acting in among his everyman-in-crisis roles, as the skipper of an US merchant vessel seized by maritime criminals off the specific location. His performance is complemented by another actor ("Now I'm in charge"), providing a sensational initial cinematic appearance as the raider leader in Paul Greengrass's tense movie, based on real events. Should the final sequence doesn't make you blub, you're emotionally detached.

7. Three-Sided Figure (2009)

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