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20. Abyssal Attack (1998)

Stephen Sommers' sci-fi horror pulp details a bunch of memorable character actors playing hired guns employed to destroy the cruise ship Argonautica. However a enormous cephalopod has got there first! Including the endangered passengers are Kevin J O'Connor as a jewel thief.

19. 1900's Tale (1998)

A newborn, deserted on the transatlantic liner SS Virginian, develops to be a accomplished musician (the lead actor) who refuses to leave the boat. The climax of this filmmaker's whimsical hokum is Roth battling a musical showdown with a historical figure, arguably inaccurately portrayed as a smug bastard.

18. Ocean Planet (1995)

The main star plays a fighter-inspired wanderer with webbed feet and a enhanced trimaran in this megabudget sci-fi B-movie, taking place in a future where disappearing glaciers have inundated the world. All people is seeking fabled solid ground while fending off the antagonist and his group of constantly puffing raiders.

17. The Titanic (1997)

An extended period of romantic interludes between a posh chick (Kate Winslet) and an itinerant yobbo (Leonardo DiCaprio) are saved by James Cameron's impressive reconstruction of one the 20th century's well-known tragedies. One must appreciate the boldness of a cinematic artist who artfully converts a death toll of over a thousand into an emotionally uplifting tale of freedom.

16. Ship of Fools (1965)

Working-class people, Spanish performers and Nazi eugenicists mingle on a commercial vessel journeying from Mexico to Europe in the interwar period. The director's large-scale film includes a cinema icon, in her swan song, as a sad divorcee, but it's another actor, as the medical officer, and a talented performer, as a political noblewoman, who deliver the motion picture with its powerful impact.

15. Final Journey (1960)

The central vessel is destroyed in an explosion and the lead actor's spouse (the actress) is stuck in their quarters in this intense precursor to disaster movies. Is it possible for the hero and a heroic engineer (the supporting player) rescue her before the boat submerges? Interesting note: the fictional ship is represented by the legendary French liner a real ship.

14. Death on the Nile (1978)

Two legendary actresses are part of the killing culprits on board a Nile paddle steamer in this celebrity-filled mystery writer murder mystery. The main star, as Hercule Poirot, fails to stop half the cast being killed, which reduces his persons of interest to a manageable number. Much more enjoyable than the 2022 remake.

13. Sea Silence (1989)

Two lead actors play a partners seeking to heal from the pain of their child's passing by taking their yacht for a trip in the ocean, where they save a co-star from a damaged vessel. Big mistake! Phillip Noyce's suspense film is essentially a slasher movie at sea, but an exceptionally well-made one that put Kidman on the map.

12. Maggie's Tale (1954)

An Englishman, moving items for an American industrialist, is tricked into hiring a run-down "Clyde puffer" in this filmmaker's brutal Ealing comedy in the rebellious style of his own Whisky Galore!. Of course, the vessel's British skipper and team deceive the inexperienced passengers for a journey, in every meaning of the word.

11. Overwhelming Power (1974)

This filmmaker imparts his catastrophe film a social commentary tilt in this tension-filled tale of detonators placed on a passenger ship, the fictional ship. What's the correct choice? Two lead actors act as bomb disposal experts; Roy Kinnear, as the cruise director, delivers a touching depiction in sadly funny despair.

10. The Poseidon Adventure (1972)

This film version of this writer's literary work is part of the high points of the era of disaster movies. The fictional ship is overturned by a tsunami, and it's up to Reverend Gene Hackman to direct his group through the upturned vessel to rescue. a supporting player is unforgettable as a small business owner's partner with a practical experience of athletic swimming.

9. Everything's Gone (2013)

The lead actor delivers a late-career brilliant acting in solo performance as a individual struggling to survive in the Indian Ocean after his yacht, the main setting, is impaired in a impact with an lost cargo box. It's nerve-wracking enough to watch, so it's difficult to comprehend how physically gruelling it must have been for the elderly actor to shoot.

8. Vessel Leader (2013)

The main star does sterling work in among his regular-guys-under-intolerable-pressure characters, as the commander of an commercial transport seized by maritime criminals off the specific location. He's matched by another actor ("Now I'm in charge"), making a sensational initial cinematic appearance as the criminal boss in the director's tense movie, derived from true stories. Should the last scene doesn't bring tears, you're emotionally detached.

7. Three-Sided Figure (2009)

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