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20. Abyssal Attack (1998)

This filmmaker's futuristic scarefest follows a collection of attention-grabbing supporting players acting as mercenaries employed to demolish the passenger vessel the main setting. But a giant mutant octopus has already arrived! Among the endangered passengers are Famke Janssen as a gem smuggler.

19. 1900's Tale (1998)

A infant, abandoned on the ocean-going ship a fictional ship, grows up to be a gifted pianist (Tim Roth) who refuses to leave the vessel. The highlight of the director's whimsical hokum is the main character fighting a piano duel with Jelly Roll Morton, somewhat unjustly portrayed as a smug bastard.

18. Ocean Planet (1995)

The main star portrays a warrior-esque drifter with mutated appendages and a enhanced watercraft in this megabudget sci-fi B-movie, taking place in a later era where disappearing glaciers have flooded the world. All people is hunting for mythical Dryland while resisting Dennis Hopper and his group of constantly puffing marauders.

17. RMS Titanic (1997)

A significant portion of love story development between a posh chick (the female lead) and an working-class man (the actor) are saved by the director's breathtaking depiction of a famous notorious disasters. One must appreciate the boldness of a cinematic artist who artfully converts a fatalities of 1,500 into an emotionally uplifting tale of liberation.

16. Vessel of Madness (1965)

Peasants, flamenco dancers and political extremists mingle on a commercial vessel sailing from Mexico to the Continent in the interwar period. Stanley Kramer's epic stars a legendary actress, in her final role, as a melancholy character, but it's Oskar Werner, as the vessel's physician, and a talented performer, as a radical countess, who deliver the film with its emotional wallop.

15. The Last Voyage (1960)

The central vessel is destroyed in an explosion and the lead actor's wife (the co-star) is stuck in their room in this compelling precursor to disaster movies. Is it possible for Stack and a brave technician (the supporting player) free her prior to the boat submerges? Curious detail: the fictional ship is represented by the famous European vessel a real ship.

14. Death on the Nile (1978)

Angela Lansbury are including the homicide possibilities on board a Nile paddle steamer in this celebrity-filled mystery writer murder mystery. The main star, as Hercule Poirot, cannot prevent several passengers being shot, which reduces his persons of interest to a smaller group. Significantly better than the recent version.

13. Dead Calm (1989)

Two lead actors play a husband and wife attempting to recover from the grief of their child's passing by venturing on their vessel for a trip in the Pacific, where they rescue a co-star from a foundering ship. Big mistake! This filmmaker's tense movie is fundamentally a slasher movie at on the ocean, but an high-quality one that launched her career.

12. Maggie's Tale (1954)

An British man, moving goods for an wealthy entrepreneur, is manipulated into employing a run-down "Clyde puffer" in this filmmaker's dark UK production in the rebellious vein of his own previous work. Of course, the vessel's British skipper and team deceive the inexperienced passengers for a ride, in all senses of the word.

11. Juggernaut (1974)

This filmmaker gives his disaster thriller a state-of-the-nation perspective in this tension-filled story of detonators planted on a luxury liner, the SS Britannic. Which wire to cut? Two lead actors play demolition specialists; another actor, as the ship's entertainments director, provides a heartbreaking portrayal in sadly funny despair.

10. Ocean Disaster (1972)

This adaptation of Paul Gallico's literary work is among the peaks of the era of disaster movies. The central vessel is overturned by a tidal wave, and it's the responsibility of Reverend Gene Hackman to direct his flock through the upturned hull to security. Shelley Winters is remarkable as a shopkeeper's wife with a handy background of athletic swimming.

9. Total Loss (2013)

The main star provides a mature masterclass in solo performance as a individual struggling to stay alive in the specific sea after his sailing vessel, the main setting, is damaged in a impact with an stray transport unit. It's nerve-wracking enough to view, so it's difficult to comprehend how extremely demanding it must have been for the 76-year-old star to record.

8. Vessel Leader (2013)

The lead actor does sterling work in part of his regular-guys-under-intolerable-pressure performances, as the captain of an commercial transport seized by maritime criminals off the specific location. He's matched by a co-star ("I control this vessel"), providing a remarkable initial cinematic appearance as the criminal boss in the director's tense movie, derived from true stories. If the last scene doesn't bring tears, you're not human.

7. Triangle (2009)

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