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20. Abyssal Attack (1998)

The director's sci-fi horror pulp follows a group of scene-stealing supporting players playing hired guns contracted to sink the cruise ship Argonautica. Yet a enormous cephalopod has already arrived! Featuring the endangered passengers are Kevin J O'Connor as a jewel thief.

19. The 1900 Story (1998)

A newborn, abandoned on the passenger vessel a fictional ship, matures to be a accomplished musician (the lead actor) who remains aboard the vessel. The highlight of Giuseppe Tornatore's fantastical tale is the main character battling a musical showdown with a historical figure, rather unfairly shown as a arrogant character.

18. Waterworld (1995)

The main star acts as a warrior-esque nomad with aquatic adaptations and a souped-up watercraft in this high-cost sci-fi B-movie, located in a later era where vanishing ice sheets have inundated the planet. The entire population is searching for fabled solid ground while fighting off the antagonist and his group of continuously smoking raiders.

17. RMS Titanic (1997)

A significant portion of romantic interludes between a wealthy lady (Kate Winslet) and an working-class man (the male lead) are saved by the director's breathtaking depiction of among history's notorious tragedies. You have to admire the boldness of a cinematic artist who successfully transforms a fatalities of numerous victims into an inspiring story of liberation.

16. Ship of Fools (1965)

Working-class people, Spanish performers and political extremists rub shoulders on a ocean liner traveling from Latin America to the Old World in the interwar period. This filmmaker's sweeping drama features Vivien Leigh, in her final role, as a sad divorcee, but it's Oskar Werner, as the ship's doctor, and a talented performer, as a political noblewoman, who supply the movie with its powerful impact.

15. Final Journey (1960)

The fictional ship is ripped apart in an detonation and the lead actor's partner (the actress) is trapped in their quarters in this gripping early catastrophe film. Will Stack and a brave technician (the actor) free her prior to the ship sinks? Curious detail: the fictional ship is played by the legendary French liner Île de France.

14. Death on the Nile (1978)

Two legendary actresses are part of the murder suspects on board a Egyptian riverboat in this celebrity-filled mystery writer whodunit. Peter Ustinov, as the Belgian sleuth, cannot prevent numerous characters being killed, which narrows his persons of interest to a limited selection. Significantly better than the 2022 remake.

13. Ocean Stillness (1989)

Sam Neill play a husband and wife trying to get over the pain of their son's death by sailing their boat for a spin in the sea, where they save a co-star from a sinking schooner. Big mistake! Phillip Noyce's tense movie is fundamentally a slasher movie at sea, but an exceptionally well-made one that launched her career.

12. The Maggie Story (1954)

An Englishman, moving items for an US businessman, is manipulated into hiring a run-down "Clyde puffer" in this filmmaker's harsh UK production in the unconventional tradition of his own Whisky Galore!. Predictably, the vessel's Scottish captain and staff deceive the inexperienced passengers for a journey, in every meaning of the word.

11. Juggernaut (1974)

This filmmaker gives his catastrophe film a political dimension tilt in this anxiety-inducing story of bombs positioned on a commercial vessel, the fictional ship. Red wire or blue wire? David Hemmings act as demolition specialists; Roy Kinnear, as the cruise director, serves up a heartbreaking study in sadly funny despair.

10. Ocean Disaster (1972)

This cinematic interpretation of this writer's novel is part of the high points of the seventies catastrophe films. The central vessel is capsized by a tidal wave, and it's the job of the main protagonist to guide his group through the inverted hull to safety. Shelley Winters is memorable as a shopkeeper's wife with a useful background of competitive swimming.

9. Everything's Gone (2013)

The lead actor delivers a late-career masterclass in single character portrayal as a individual battling to survive in the maritime location after his yacht, the main setting, is impaired in a collision with an stray shipping container. It's anxious enough to view, so heaven knows how physically gruelling it must have been for the elderly actor to shoot.

8. Ship Commander (2013)

The lead actor delivers excellent performance in among his regular-guys-under-intolerable-pressure characters, as the skipper of an American cargo ship seized by African raiders off the specific location. His performance is complemented by a co-star ("I control this vessel"), delivering a outstanding first movie role as the pirate chief in Paul Greengrass's tense movie, derived from actual incidents. If the concluding moment doesn't bring tears, you're not human.

7. Triangle (2009)

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