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20. Ocean Terror (1998)

The director's sci-fi horror pulp chronicles a group of scene-stealing character actors portraying hired guns contracted to sink the luxury liner a fictional ship. Yet a giant mutant octopus has got there first! Among the likely victims are Kevin J O'Connor as a gem smuggler.

19. The 1900 Story (1998)

A newborn, abandoned on the ocean-going ship SS Virginian, matures to be a accomplished musician (Tim Roth) who refuses to leave the ship. The peak moment of this filmmaker's whimsical hokum is the main character competing in a musical showdown with a historical figure, arguably inaccurately portrayed as a arrogant character.

18. Ocean Planet (1995)

Kevin Costner portrays a warrior-esque nomad with mutated appendages and a souped-up trimaran in this big-budget sci-fi B-movie, located in a future where disappearing glaciers have inundated the world. All people is hunting for legendary terra firma while fending off the villain and his gang of chain-smoking raiders.

17. The Titanic (1997)

An extended period of romantic interludes between a upper-class woman (Kate Winslet) and an itinerant yobbo (the actor) are redeemed by James Cameron's impressive reconstruction of one the 20th century's notorious catastrophes. You have to admire the audacity of a director who successfully transforms a fatalities of numerous victims into an inspiring narrative of freedom.

16. Boat of Lunatics (1965)

Working-class people, flamenco dancers and German ideologists mingle on a passenger ship journeying from Mexico to the Old World in the pre-war era. Stanley Kramer's sweeping drama stars a legendary actress, in her last performance, as a unhappy separated woman, but it's another actor, as the ship's doctor, and a talented performer, as a political noblewoman, who provide the motion picture with its dramatic punch.

15. The Last Voyage (1960)

The fictional ship is destroyed in an blast and Robert Stack's spouse (the actress) is trapped in their quarters in this gripping precursor to disaster movies. Will Stack and a courageous worker (Woody Strode) save her ahead of the ship sinks? Fun fact: the main setting is represented by the renowned historic ship an actual ocean liner.

14. Murder on the Nile (1978)

Two legendary actresses are including the killing culprits on board a African vessel in this all-star crime novelist murder mystery. Peter Ustinov, as Hercule Poirot, fails to stop several passengers being stabbed, which reduces his potential killers to a limited selection. Bags more fun than the modern adaptation.

13. Sea Silence (1989)

Nicole Kidman portray a husband and wife seeking to heal from the grief of their son's death by venturing on their vessel for a journey in the ocean, where they rescue another actor from a foundering ship. Big mistake! This filmmaker's thriller is fundamentally a slasher movie at in maritime setting, but an exceptionally well-made one that made her famous.

12. Maggie's Tale (1954)

An Englishman, shipping goods for an American industrialist, is manipulated into using a dilapidated "Clyde puffer" in the director's dark Ealing comedy in the unconventional vein of his own earlier film. Of course, the ship's Scottish captain and staff deceive the inexperienced passengers for a ride, in all senses of the expression.

11. Unstoppable Force (1974)

The director imparts his suspense story a state-of-the-nation perspective in this tension-filled yarn of detonators placed on a luxury liner, the main setting. Red wire or blue wire? Richard Harris portray explosive technicians; Roy Kinnear, as the cruise director, delivers a emotional depiction in sadly funny despair.

10. Ocean Disaster (1972)

This adaptation of Paul Gallico's novel is among the zenith of the 1970s disaster genre. The SS Poseidon is flipped over by a ocean surge, and it's the responsibility of the main protagonist to direct his flock through the inverted hull to security. the actress is unforgettable as a retailer's spouse with a useful experience of competitive swimming.

9. Everything's Gone (2013)

The main star delivers a late-career brilliant acting in single character portrayal as a person struggling to endure in the maritime location after his personal boat, the main setting, is harmed in a crash with an errant shipping container. It's nerve-wracking enough to observe, so heaven knows how extremely demanding it must have been for the 76-year-old star to film.

8. Ship Commander (2013)

The main star delivers excellent performance in part of his ordinary-person-in-extraordinary-circumstances performances, as the captain of an American cargo ship seized by African raiders off the Horn of Africa. He has great chemistry by another actor ("Now I'm in charge"), making a remarkable film debut as the pirate chief in the director's suspense film, derived from true stories. When the concluding moment fails to move you, you're emotionally detached.

7. Geometric Shape (2009)

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