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20. Abyssal Attack (1998)

This filmmaker's futuristic scarefest follows a collection of scene-stealing character actors acting as soldiers of fortune contracted to demolish the luxury liner a fictional ship. Yet a massive sea creature has got there first! Among the likely victims are Kevin J O'Connor as a jewel thief.

19. The Legend of 1900 (1998)

A infant, left on the transatlantic liner a fictional ship, develops to be a talented keyboardist (the main star) who refuses to leave the boat. The peak moment of the director's imaginative story is the protagonist fighting a musical showdown with a jazz legend, rather unfairly portrayed as a overconfident individual.

18. Waterworld (1995)

The lead actor portrays a samurai-like nomad with aquatic adaptations and a modified trimaran in this big-budget futuristic thriller, taking place in a future where disappearing glaciers have flooded the Earth. Everyone is hunting for fabled solid ground while fighting off Dennis Hopper and his group of continuously smoking marauders.

17. The Titanic (1997)

Two hours of romantic interludes between a posh chick (the actress) and an free-spirited artist (the actor) are rescued by this filmmaker's spectacular recreation of one the 20th century's notorious catastrophes. One must appreciate the boldness of a cinematic artist who artfully converts a fatalities of over a thousand into an emotionally uplifting narrative of liberation.

16. Ship of Fools (1965)

Peasants, Spanish performers and German ideologists interact on a ocean liner sailing from Mexico to the Continent in 1933. The director's epic features a legendary actress, in her swan song, as a melancholy character, but it's a co-star, as the ship's doctor, and another cast member, as a aristocratic rebel, who supply the film with its powerful impact.

15. The Last Voyage (1960)

The central vessel is destroyed in an explosion and the lead actor's partner (the actress) is stranded in their quarters in this gripping early catastrophe film. Is it possible for the hero and a heroic engineer (the supporting player) save her before the vessel goes down? Curious detail: the Claridon is embodied by the renowned historic ship a real ship.

14. Nile Killing (1978)

Two legendary actresses are including the murder suspects on board a Egyptian riverboat in this all-star mystery writer whodunit. Peter Ustinov, as Hercule Poirot, fails to stop several passengers being killed, which narrows his potential killers to a smaller group. Significantly better than the modern adaptation.

13. Sea Silence (1989)

Two lead actors portray a husband and wife attempting to recover from the pain of their offspring's demise by sailing their boat for a trip in the ocean, where they save Billy Zane from a sinking schooner. Costly error! Phillip Noyce's suspense film is fundamentally a killers-on-the-loose story at sea, but an exceptionally well-made one that launched her career.

12. The Maggie Story (1954)

An Englishman, shipping items for an wealthy entrepreneur, is deceived into using a run-down "type of boat" in Alexander Mackendrick's harsh British film in the subversive vein of his own Whisky Galore!. Of course, the boat's UK commander and team take the two landlubbers for a trip, in every meaning of the word.

11. Unstoppable Force (1974)

Richard Lester gives his suspense story a state-of-the-nation perspective in this nerve-shredding tale of detonators placed on a commercial vessel, the fictional ship. What's the correct choice? David Hemmings play bomb disposal experts; Roy Kinnear, as the ship's entertainments director, serves up a emotional study in sadly funny despair.

10. The Poseidon Adventure (1972)

This film version of Paul Gallico's literary work is part of the zenith of the era of disaster movies. The central vessel is capsized by a tidal wave, and it's the responsibility of the main protagonist to lead his followers through the inverted hull to safety. the actress is memorable as a retailer's spouse with a handy background of competitive swimming.

9. All is Lost (2013)

The main star gives a mature exemplary performance in single character portrayal as a person struggling to endure in the Indian Ocean after his personal boat, the Virginia Jean, is impaired in a crash with an lost shipping container. It's anxious enough to watch, so heaven knows how physically gruelling it must have been for the senior performer to shoot.

8. Captain Phillips (2013)

Tom Hanks does sterling work in one of his regular-guys-under-intolerable-pressure characters, as the skipper of an American cargo ship seized by Somali pirates off the geographical area. His performance is complemented by a co-star ("Now I'm in charge"), providing a remarkable film debut as the pirate chief in Paul Greengrass's tense movie, inspired by real events. If the last scene fails to move you, you have no heart.

7. Three-Sided Figure (2009)

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