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20. Ocean Terror (1998)

The director's sci-fi horror pulp chronicles a collection of scene-stealing character actors acting as hired guns employed to sink the cruise ship a fictional ship. However a massive sea creature has beaten them to it! Including the potential cephalopod fodder are Famke Janssen as a gem smuggler.

19. The Legend of 1900 (1998)

A newborn, left on the transatlantic liner a fictional ship, grows up to be a talented keyboardist (the main star) who refuses to leave the boat. The highlight of the director's whimsical hokum is the protagonist competing in a keyboard contest with a jazz legend, arguably inaccurately depicted as a smug bastard.

18. Ocean Planet (1995)

The lead actor portrays a samurai-like wanderer with mutated appendages and a enhanced sailing vessel in this big-budget science fiction adventure, located in a later era where melting polar ice-caps have submerged the world. Everyone is seeking legendary terra firma while fighting off Dennis Hopper and his group of constantly puffing marauders.

17. RMS Titanic (1997)

Two hours of romantic interludes between a posh chick (Kate Winslet) and an free-spirited artist (the actor) are rescued by the director's breathtaking depiction of among history's well-known disasters. One must appreciate the chutzpah of a director who manages to twist a death toll of numerous victims into an emotionally uplifting narrative of liberation.

16. Ship of Fools (1965)

Commoners, flamenco dancers and political extremists rub shoulders on a passenger ship traveling from North America to the Old World in 1933. The director's epic includes a legendary actress, in her last performance, as a melancholy character, but it's another actor, as the ship's doctor, and a talented performer, as a aristocratic rebel, who supply the film with its powerful impact.

15. Final Journey (1960)

The central vessel is ripped apart in an blast and the protagonist's partner (Dorothy Malone) is stuck in their room in this gripping early catastrophe film. Is it possible for Stack and a heroic engineer (Woody Strode) free her before the boat submerges? Fun fact: the fictional ship is played by the renowned historic ship Île de France.

14. Death on the Nile (1978)

Bette Davis are among the killing culprits on board a Nile paddle steamer in this ensemble cast mystery writer murder mystery. Peter Ustinov, as Hercule Poirot, cannot prevent half the cast being shot, which whittles down his potential killers to a smaller group. Significantly better than the 2022 remake.

13. Ocean Stillness (1989)

Nicole Kidman act as a married couple seeking to heal from the trauma of their son's death by venturing on their vessel for a spin in the sea, where they save a co-star from a sinking schooner. Poor decision! The director's tense movie is essentially a horror film at sea, but an high-quality one that put Kidman on the map.

12. The Maggie (1954)

An Englishman, shipping items for an American industrialist, is tricked into hiring a dilapidated "type of boat" in Alexander Mackendrick's dark British film in the unconventional style of his own Whisky Galore!. Predictably, the boat's Scottish captain and crew deceive the inexperienced passengers for a ride, in all senses of the word.

11. Overwhelming Power (1974)

This filmmaker imparts his disaster thriller a state-of-the-nation tilt in this tension-filled story of detonators planted on a luxury liner, the SS Britannic. Which wire to cut? David Hemmings play bomb disposal experts; a supporting player, as the cruise director, serves up a touching portrayal in tragicomic desperation.

10. Ocean Disaster (1972)

This film version of Paul Gallico's book is part of the zenith of the era of disaster movies. The SS Poseidon is overturned by a tsunami, and it's the job of Reverend Gene Hackman to lead his flock through the flipped vessel to security. the actress is memorable as a small business owner's partner with a handy background of competitive swimming.

9. All is Lost (2013)

The main star provides a late-career exemplary performance in one-man show as a person fighting to stay alive in the Indian Ocean after his sailing vessel, the Virginia Jean, is damaged in a impact with an lost transport unit. It's anxious enough to watch, so heaven knows how extremely demanding it must have been for the senior performer to record.

8. Ship Commander (2013)

Tom Hanks provides excellent performance in part of his regular-guys-under-intolerable-pressure roles, as the captain of an US merchant vessel hijacked by maritime criminals off the geographical area. He's matched by Barkhad Abdi ("I'm the captain now"), delivering a sensational film debut as the criminal boss in this filmmaker's thriller, based on actual incidents. When the concluding moment fails to move you, you have no heart.

7. Geometric Shape (2009)

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