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20. Abyssal Attack (1998)

Stephen Sommers' science fiction thriller details a group of scene-stealing character actors playing hired guns contracted to destroy the cruise ship Argonautica. But a enormous cephalopod has already arrived! Featuring the potential cephalopod fodder are Treat Williams as a jewel thief.

19. The Legend of 1900 (1998)

A infant, abandoned on the transatlantic liner SS Virginian, matures to be a talented keyboardist (Tim Roth) who never steps off the boat. The climax of the director's fantastical tale is the main character battling a keyboard contest with a jazz legend, rather unfairly portrayed as a arrogant character.

18. Aquatic World (1995)

The main star plays a samurai-like wanderer with aquatic adaptations and a souped-up watercraft in this big-budget futuristic thriller, located in a later era where disappearing glaciers have submerged the planet. All people is searching for fabled solid ground while resisting Dennis Hopper and his group of chain-smoking raiders.

17. RMS Titanic (1997)

Two hours of tiresome canoodling between a upper-class woman (Kate Winslet) and an working-class man (the actor) are redeemed by James Cameron's spectacular recreation of among history's well-known disasters. It's impossible not to respect the audacity of a director who artfully converts a death toll of 1,500 into an inspiring narrative of liberation.

16. Boat of Lunatics (1965)

Working-class people, flamenco dancers and Nazi eugenicists mingle on a passenger ship journeying from Mexico to the Continent in the pre-war era. The director's large-scale film features Vivien Leigh, 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 aristocratic rebel, who supply the movie with its dramatic punch.

15. Final Journey (1960)

The USS Claridon is torn asunder in an explosion and the lead actor's wife (Dorothy Malone) is stuck in their cabin in this gripping precursor to disaster movies. Will the main character and a courageous worker (the supporting player) free her before the boat submerges? Fun fact: the fictional ship is represented by the legendary French liner a real ship.

14. Murder on the Nile (1978)

Bette Davis are including the killing culprits on board a Nile paddle steamer in this ensemble cast crime novelist murder mystery. The lead actor, as the Belgian sleuth, fails to stop numerous characters being killed, which reduces his potential killers to a manageable number. Bags more fun than the modern adaptation.

13. Ocean Stillness (1989)

Two lead actors portray a husband and wife seeking to heal from the grief of their child's passing by sailing their boat for a journey in the sea, where they save a co-star from a sinking schooner. Big mistake! Phillip Noyce's suspense film is basically a killers-on-the-loose story at on the ocean, but an exceptionally well-made one that launched her career.

12. The Maggie (1954)

An British man, shipping furniture for an US businessman, is tricked into hiring a run-down "type of boat" in Alexander Mackendrick's harsh UK production in the subversive style of his own Whisky Galore!. Predictably, the boat's UK commander and team trick the main characters for a ride, in all senses of the word.

11. Juggernaut (1974)

The director imparts his disaster thriller a political dimension angle in this anxiety-inducing story of explosives planted on a luxury liner, the main setting. Which wire to cut? David Hemmings portray bomb disposal experts; Roy Kinnear, as the ship's entertainments director, provides a touching depiction in tragicomic desperation.

10. Poseidon's Journey (1972)

This adaptation of Paul Gallico's book is one of the zenith of the era of disaster movies. The SS Poseidon is capsized by a tidal wave, and it's the job of the lead character to lead his followers through the upturned vessel to safety. a supporting player is unforgettable as a small business owner's partner with a handy history of sports participation.

9. All is Lost (2013)

Robert Redford gives a mature masterclass in solo performance as a person fighting to stay alive in the Indian Ocean after his yacht, the main setting, is harmed in a impact with an errant cargo box. It's nerve-wracking enough to view, so heaven knows how exceptionally strenuous it must have been for the 76-year-old star to record.

8. Captain Phillips (2013)

The main star provides outstanding acting in part of his regular-guys-under-intolerable-pressure roles, as the captain of an commercial transport commandeered by African raiders off the specific location. He has great chemistry by a co-star ("I'm the captain now"), providing a sensational film debut as the raider leader in Paul Greengrass's suspense film, inspired by true stories. If the final sequence doesn't make you blub, you're emotionally detached.

7. Triangle (2009)

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