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20. Deep Rising (1998)

Stephen Sommers' sci-fi horror pulp follows a group of attention-grabbing character actors playing soldiers of fortune contracted to demolish the cruise ship a fictional ship. But a giant mutant octopus has beaten them to it! Among the endangered passengers are Treat Williams as a gem smuggler.

19. The Legend of 1900 (1998)

A newborn, deserted on the ocean-going ship SS Virginian, develops to be a gifted pianist (Tim Roth) who refuses to leave the ship. The highlight of Giuseppe Tornatore's fantastical tale is Roth fighting a musical showdown with a historical figure, arguably inaccurately depicted as a arrogant character.

18. Aquatic World (1995)

The main star portrays a warrior-esque wanderer with mutated appendages and a modified watercraft in this high-cost futuristic thriller, taking place in a later era where vanishing ice sheets have inundated the Earth. Everyone is seeking legendary terra firma while fighting off Dennis Hopper and his group of continuously smoking pirates.

17. The Titanic (1997)

An extended period of romantic interludes between a upper-class woman (the female lead) and an working-class man (Leonardo DiCaprio) are saved by this filmmaker's spectacular recreation of among history's notorious catastrophes. You have to admire the audacity of a film-maker who artfully converts a fatalities of 1,500 into an inspiring story of freedom.

16. Ship of Fools (1965)

Working-class people, flamenco dancers and German ideologists rub shoulders on a ocean liner sailing from Latin America to the Old World in the pre-war era. This filmmaker's sweeping drama features a cinema icon, in her last performance, as a melancholy character, but it's a co-star, as the medical officer, and a talented performer, as a aristocratic rebel, who deliver the film with its powerful impact.

15. Final Journey (1960)

The fictional ship is destroyed in an blast and the lead actor's spouse (Dorothy Malone) is stranded in their room in this gripping precursor to disaster movies. Is it possible for the hero and a courageous worker (Woody Strode) rescue her before the vessel goes down? Curious detail: the main setting is represented by the legendary European vessel an actual ocean liner.

14. Murder on the Nile (1978)

Two legendary actresses are among the killing culprits on board a African vessel in this celebrity-filled crime novelist detective story. Peter Ustinov, as the famous detective, is unable to halt several passengers being shot, which whittles down his potential killers to a smaller group. Significantly better than the 2022 remake.

13. Sea Silence (1989)

Two lead actors act as a partners seeking to heal from the grief of their child's passing by sailing their boat for a spin in the Pacific, where they save a co-star from a damaged vessel. Costly error! This filmmaker's tense movie is fundamentally a killers-on-the-loose story at on the ocean, but an exceptionally well-made one that made her famous.

12. Maggie's Tale (1954)

An British man, moving furniture for an American industrialist, is manipulated into hiring a dilapidated "type of boat" in this filmmaker's brutal British film in the unconventional vein of his own earlier film. Predictably, the boat's British skipper and staff deceive the inexperienced passengers for a ride, in every meaning of the word.

11. Overwhelming Power (1974)

This filmmaker imparts his suspense story a social commentary angle in this nerve-shredding tale of explosives placed on a commercial vessel, the main setting. Which wire to cut? Richard Harris play explosive technicians; another actor, as the cruise director, provides a heartbreaking study in sadly funny despair.

10. The Poseidon Adventure (1972)

This film version of Paul Gallico's novel is among the high points of the era of disaster movies. The SS Poseidon is flipped over by a tsunami, and it's the responsibility of the main protagonist to direct his followers through the inverted ship to security. Shelley Winters is unforgettable as a retailer's spouse with a practical history of sports participation.

9. Everything's Gone (2013)

The main star gives a mature masterclass in solo performance as a individual battling to endure in the maritime location after his yacht, the main setting, is impaired in a impact with an stray cargo box. It's anxious enough to observe, so heaven knows how extremely demanding it must have been for the 76-year-old star to shoot.

8. Vessel Leader (2013)

The main star does excellent performance in one of his regular-guys-under-intolerable-pressure performances, as the commander of an American cargo ship hijacked by Somali pirates off the Horn of Africa. He's matched by a co-star ("I'm the captain now"), making a sensational initial cinematic appearance as the criminal boss in this filmmaker's thriller, based on true stories. If the concluding moment fails to move you, you have no heart.

7. Three-Sided Figure (2009)

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