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20. Ocean Terror (1998)

This filmmaker's futuristic scarefest details a bunch of scene-stealing supporting players playing soldiers of fortune contracted to destroy the cruise ship Argonautica. Yet a giant mutant octopus has got there first! Including the likely victims are Famke Janssen as a diamond criminal.

19. The 1900 Story (1998)

A infant, abandoned on the passenger vessel a fictional ship, develops to be a gifted pianist (the lead actor) who never steps off the vessel. The highlight of the director's fantastical tale is the main character battling a piano duel with a historical figure, somewhat unjustly depicted as a arrogant character.

18. Ocean Planet (1995)

The main star portrays a fighter-inspired wanderer with webbed feet and a modified trimaran in this megabudget futuristic thriller, set in a future where disappearing glaciers have inundated the world. The entire population is hunting for mythical Dryland while fending off the villain and his group of continuously smoking pirates.

17. The Titanic (1997)

A significant portion of love story development between a wealthy lady (Kate Winslet) and an free-spirited artist (the actor) are saved by James Cameron's impressive reconstruction of among history's well-known disasters. It's impossible not to respect the boldness of a film-maker who artfully converts a death toll of numerous victims into an inspiring narrative of freedom.

16. Ship of Fools (1965)

Commoners, Spanish performers and political extremists mingle on a passenger ship sailing from North America to Europe in the interwar period. The director's large-scale film features a legendary actress, in her swan song, as a sad divorcee, but it's Oskar Werner, as the medical officer, and a talented performer, as a radical countess, who supply the movie with its emotional wallop.

15. Ultimate Trip (1960)

The central vessel is ripped apart in an blast and the protagonist's spouse (the co-star) is trapped in their cabin in this compelling proto-disaster pic. Is it possible for the main character and a heroic engineer (the supporting player) save her prior to the boat submerges? Fun fact: the Claridon is represented by the renowned European vessel an actual ocean liner.

14. Murder on the Nile (1978)

Bette Davis are including the killing culprits on board a Nile paddle steamer in this all-star crime novelist detective story. The lead actor, as Hercule Poirot, fails to stop half the cast being stabbed, which narrows his potential killers to a smaller group. Bags more fun than the 2022 remake.

13. Sea Silence (1989)

Nicole Kidman play a partners trying to get over the grief of their son's death by sailing their boat for a spin in the Pacific, where they save Billy Zane from a damaged vessel. Poor decision! The director's thriller is fundamentally a killers-on-the-loose story at sea, but an high-quality one that launched her career.

12. The Maggie Story (1954)

An Englishman, moving items for an wealthy entrepreneur, is deceived into hiring a dilapidated "Scottish vessel" in Alexander Mackendrick's brutal UK production in the unconventional style of his own previous work. Predictably, the ship's British skipper and staff trick the main characters for a ride, in all senses of the word.

11. Unstoppable Force (1974)

This filmmaker gives his suspense story a state-of-the-nation angle in this nerve-shredding story of detonators positioned on a luxury liner, the SS Britannic. Which wire to cut? David Hemmings act as bomb disposal experts; another actor, as the cruise director, serves up 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 peaks of the seventies catastrophe films. The fictional ship is flipped over by a ocean surge, and it's the responsibility of the lead character to lead his group through the inverted vessel to security. Shelley Winters is memorable as a retailer's spouse with a useful history of athletic swimming.

9. Total Loss (2013)

The main star provides a mature masterclass in solo performance as a person fighting to survive in the Indian Ocean after his yacht, the Virginia Jean, is damaged in a collision with an lost cargo box. It's anxious enough to watch, so heaven knows how physically gruelling it must have been for the senior performer to film.

8. Vessel Leader (2013)

The lead actor does outstanding acting in part of his everyman-in-crisis characters, as the skipper of an US merchant vessel commandeered by Somali pirates off the geographical area. He's matched by another actor ("I'm the captain now"), delivering a sensational first movie role as the pirate chief in Paul Greengrass's thriller, based on actual incidents. If the last scene doesn't make you blub, you're emotionally detached.

7. Geometric Shape (2009)

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