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20. Ocean Terror (1998)

Stephen Sommers' sci-fi horror pulp chronicles a group of attention-grabbing character actors acting as mercenaries contracted to demolish the passenger vessel Argonautica. Yet a massive sea creature has already arrived! Including the endangered passengers are Kevin J O'Connor as a gem smuggler.

19. The 1900 Story (1998)

A newborn, deserted on the transatlantic liner SS Virginian, matures to be a accomplished musician (the lead actor) who refuses to leave the boat. The climax of the director's fantastical tale is the protagonist competing in a musical showdown with a jazz legend, somewhat unjustly portrayed as a overconfident individual.

18. Aquatic World (1995)

The lead actor plays a warrior-esque nomad with aquatic adaptations and a souped-up trimaran in this high-cost science fiction adventure, taking place in a future where melting polar ice-caps have submerged the world. All people is seeking mythical Dryland while fending off the villain and his band of chain-smoking pirates.

17. The Titanic (1997)

An extended period of romantic interludes between a wealthy lady (the female lead) and an itinerant yobbo (the actor) are saved by this filmmaker's spectacular recreation of one the 20th century's most infamous tragedies. You have to admire the audacity of a film-maker who successfully transforms a fatalities of 1,500 into an inspiring tale of emancipation.

16. Vessel of Madness (1965)

Peasants, artistic entertainers and Nazi eugenicists mingle on a passenger ship journeying from North America to the Continent in the interwar period. This filmmaker's epic stars a cinema icon, in her last performance, as a melancholy character, but it's a co-star, as the ship's doctor, and another cast member, as a political noblewoman, who deliver the film with its powerful impact.

15. The Last Voyage (1960)

The fictional ship is ripped apart in an blast and Robert Stack's partner (Dorothy Malone) is stranded in their quarters in this intense proto-disaster pic. Will the main character and a heroic engineer (Woody Strode) rescue her ahead of the boat submerges? Interesting note: the fictional ship is embodied by the renowned historic ship a real ship.

14. Murder on the Nile (1978)

Angela Lansbury are part of the murder suspects on board a Egyptian riverboat in this celebrity-filled crime novelist murder mystery. The lead actor, as Hercule Poirot, is unable to halt numerous characters being killed, which narrows his potential killers to a manageable number. Much more enjoyable than the 2022 remake.

13. Dead Calm (1989)

Two lead actors play a husband and wife trying to get over the trauma of their son's death by sailing their boat for a spin in the Pacific, where they rescue another actor from a damaged vessel. Poor decision! The director's tense movie is fundamentally a slasher movie at sea, but an ultra-classy one that launched her career.

12. Maggie's Tale (1954)

An British man, moving goods for an American industrialist, is deceived into using a poor condition "type of boat" in the director's brutal British film in the rebellious vein of his own Whisky Galore!. Naturally, the boat's British skipper and crew trick the main characters for a journey, in all senses of the expression.

11. Overwhelming Power (1974)

The director imparts his catastrophe film a state-of-the-nation tilt in this anxiety-inducing story of bombs planted on a commercial vessel, the SS Britannic. What's the correct choice? Two lead actors act as demolition specialists; another actor, as the ship's entertainments director, delivers a heartbreaking depiction in sadly funny despair.

10. The Poseidon Adventure (1972)

This cinematic interpretation of the author's book is one of the high points of the seventies catastrophe films. The central vessel is capsized by a ocean surge, and it's up to Reverend Gene Hackman to lead his flock through the flipped vessel to rescue. the actress is memorable as a small business owner's partner with a practical history of competitive swimming.

9. Total Loss (2013)

The lead actor provides a late-career masterclass in single character portrayal as a individual battling to survive in the maritime location after his sailing vessel, the fictional ship, is damaged in a crash with an stray transport unit. It's stressful enough to observe, so one can only imagine how physically gruelling it must have been for the 76-year-old star to film.

8. Vessel Leader (2013)

The lead actor does sterling work in part of his regular-guys-under-intolerable-pressure performances, as the commander of an US merchant vessel commandeered by maritime criminals off the geographical area. He has great chemistry by a co-star ("I control this vessel"), making a outstanding initial cinematic appearance as the criminal boss in the director's thriller, based on real events. Should the final sequence doesn't bring tears, you're not human.

7. Three-Sided Figure (2009)

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