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20. Ocean Terror (1998)

Stephen Sommers' science fiction thriller chronicles a bunch of memorable ensemble cast portraying soldiers of fortune contracted to destroy the cruise ship Argonautica. Yet a enormous cephalopod has got there first! Including the potential cephalopod fodder are Famke Janssen as a jewel thief.

19. The Legend of 1900 (1998)

A baby, left on the ocean-going ship the central location, matures to be a accomplished musician (Tim Roth) who never steps off the vessel. The highlight of the director's imaginative story is the protagonist competing in a musical showdown with a jazz legend, arguably inaccurately shown as a smug bastard.

18. Aquatic World (1995)

The lead actor plays a samurai-like wanderer with webbed feet and a souped-up sailing vessel in this high-cost science fiction adventure, taking place in a future where vanishing ice sheets have submerged the Earth. The entire population is hunting for mythical Dryland while fending off the antagonist and his gang of constantly puffing raiders.

17. The Titanic (1997)

An extended period of romantic interludes between a wealthy lady (Kate Winslet) and an free-spirited artist (the actor) are redeemed by James Cameron's spectacular recreation of a famous well-known tragedies. One must appreciate the chutzpah of a cinematic artist who successfully transforms a death toll of numerous victims into an emotionally uplifting tale of emancipation.

16. Ship of Fools (1965)

Commoners, Spanish performers and Nazi eugenicists mingle on a ocean liner sailing from Mexico to the Old World in the pre-war era. Stanley Kramer's epic includes a cinema icon, in her final role, as a unhappy separated woman, but it's a co-star, as the vessel's physician, and a talented performer, as a radical countess, who provide the film with its dramatic punch.

15. The Last Voyage (1960)

The central vessel is ripped apart in an blast and the protagonist's wife (the co-star) is stuck in their quarters in this intense precursor to disaster movies. Is it possible for Stack and a heroic engineer (the supporting player) save her prior to the ship sinks? Interesting note: the fictional ship is represented by the legendary European vessel Île de France.

14. Murder on the Nile (1978)

Bette Davis are including the homicide possibilities on board a Nile paddle steamer in this ensemble cast mystery writer detective story. The main star, as Hercule Poirot, cannot prevent several passengers being killed, which whittles down his potential killers to a manageable number. Significantly better than the modern adaptation.

13. Ocean Stillness (1989)

Nicole Kidman play a partners seeking to heal from the pain of their offspring's demise by venturing on their vessel for a spin in the Pacific, where they recover another actor from a damaged vessel. Big mistake! The director's tense movie is basically a killers-on-the-loose story at on the ocean, but an high-quality one that put Kidman on the map.

12. Maggie's Tale (1954)

An Englishman, shipping goods for an American industrialist, is deceived into using a poor condition "Clyde puffer" in this filmmaker's harsh UK production in the unconventional style of his own earlier film. Of course, the vessel's British skipper and staff trick the main characters for a trip, in multiple interpretations of the word.

11. Juggernaut (1974)

Richard Lester imparts his suspense story a state-of-the-nation angle in this tension-filled yarn of detonators positioned on a commercial vessel, the fictional ship. What's the correct choice? Two lead actors play explosive technicians; a supporting player, as the vessel's activities coordinator, serves up a emotional depiction in tragicomic desperation.

10. Ocean Disaster (1972)

This film version of Paul Gallico's literary work is among the peaks of the era of disaster movies. The central vessel is flipped over by a tidal wave, and it's the responsibility of Reverend Gene Hackman to direct his group through the upturned vessel to rescue. Shelley Winters is remarkable as a retailer's spouse with a practical history of athletic swimming.

9. All is Lost (2013)

Robert Redford gives a mature brilliant acting in single character portrayal as a man battling to stay alive in the maritime location after his sailing vessel, the main setting, is impaired in a collision with an lost cargo box. It's anxious enough to watch, so heaven knows how exceptionally strenuous it must have been for the senior performer to film.

8. Ship Commander (2013)

The main star provides outstanding acting in part of his ordinary-person-in-extraordinary-circumstances roles, as the skipper of an American cargo ship commandeered by maritime criminals off the specific location. He has great chemistry by Barkhad Abdi ("I control this vessel"), making a sensational initial cinematic appearance as the criminal boss in the director's thriller, derived from true stories. When the final sequence doesn't bring tears, you're emotionally detached.

7. Geometric Shape (2009)

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