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20. Ocean Terror (1998)

Stephen Sommers' sci-fi horror pulp details a bunch of memorable ensemble cast acting as hired guns hired to destroy the luxury liner Argonautica. But a massive sea creature has beaten them to it! Including the likely victims are Kevin J O'Connor as a jewel thief.

19. The 1900 Story (1998)

A baby, left on the transatlantic liner a fictional ship, matures to be a talented keyboardist (the lead actor) who refuses to leave the ship. The highlight of this filmmaker's whimsical hokum is Roth fighting a piano duel with a jazz legend, rather unfairly shown as a smug bastard.

18. Aquatic World (1995)

The lead actor acts as a warrior-esque wanderer with mutated appendages and a souped-up watercraft in this megabudget science fiction adventure, set in a distant time where disappearing glaciers have inundated the world. Everyone is hunting for mythical Dryland while fending off the villain and his gang of chain-smoking pirates.

17. RMS Titanic (1997)

An extended period of romantic interludes between a posh chick (the actress) and an itinerant yobbo (the male lead) are rescued by James Cameron's spectacular recreation of among history's notorious disasters. One must appreciate the chutzpah of a director who successfully transforms a casualties of numerous victims into an heartening narrative of emancipation.

16. Boat of Lunatics (1965)

Peasants, Spanish performers and Nazi eugenicists mingle on a ocean liner traveling from Latin America to the Continent in the pre-war era. Stanley Kramer's sweeping drama stars a legendary actress, in her swan song, as a unhappy separated woman, but it's another actor, as the medical officer, and Simone Signoret, as a aristocratic rebel, who supply the film with its dramatic punch.

15. Final Journey (1960)

The central vessel is torn asunder in an blast and the protagonist's spouse (the co-star) is stuck in their quarters in this intense proto-disaster pic. Can the main character and a brave technician (Woody Strode) rescue her ahead of the boat submerges? Fun fact: the Claridon is represented by the legendary European vessel Île de France.

14. Nile Killing (1978)

Angela Lansbury are including the killing culprits on board a Nile paddle steamer in this celebrity-filled Agatha Christie whodunit. The lead actor, as Hercule Poirot, is unable to halt half the cast being shot, which narrows his suspects to a smaller group. Much more enjoyable than the 2022 remake.

13. Sea Silence (1989)

Sam Neill act as a partners trying to get over the trauma of their child's passing by taking their yacht for a spin in the Pacific, where they rescue a co-star from a foundering ship. Big mistake! The director's tense movie is essentially a killers-on-the-loose story at sea, but an exceptionally well-made one that made her famous.

12. Maggie's Tale (1954)

An UK citizen, moving goods for an US businessman, is deceived into using a dilapidated "type of boat" in this filmmaker's harsh Ealing comedy in the subversive style of his own previous work. Of course, the vessel's British skipper and staff deceive the inexperienced passengers for a trip, in every meaning of the word.

11. Juggernaut (1974)

Richard Lester imparts his catastrophe film a political dimension angle in this nerve-shredding story of explosives placed on a commercial vessel, the main setting. Red wire or blue wire? David Hemmings portray demolition specialists; Roy Kinnear, as the vessel's activities coordinator, delivers a emotional depiction in tragicomic desperation.

10. Ocean Disaster (1972)

This adaptation of this writer's literary work is part of the peaks of the era of disaster movies. The central vessel is flipped over by a tsunami, and it's the responsibility of the main protagonist to direct his followers through the inverted vessel to security. Shelley Winters is memorable as a small business owner's partner with a practical history of competitive swimming.

9. All is Lost (2013)

Robert Redford delivers a mature exemplary performance in one-man show as a person struggling to stay alive in the specific sea after his personal boat, the Virginia Jean, is damaged in a impact with an stray shipping container. It's anxious enough to observe, so one can only imagine how exceptionally strenuous it must have been for the 76-year-old star to film.

8. Ship Commander (2013)

The lead actor does sterling work in among his ordinary-person-in-extraordinary-circumstances characters, as the commander of an American cargo ship seized by maritime criminals off the specific location. His performance is complemented by a co-star ("I'm the captain now"), making a sensational initial cinematic appearance as the pirate chief in this filmmaker's tense movie, derived from actual incidents. When the last scene doesn't bring tears, you have no heart.

7. Triangle (2009)

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