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20. Deep Rising (1998)

The director's futuristic scarefest chronicles a group of scene-stealing ensemble cast playing soldiers of fortune contracted to demolish the luxury liner Argonautica. Yet a giant mutant octopus has got there first! Among the likely victims are Treat Williams as a diamond criminal.

19. The 1900 Story (1998)

A infant, deserted on the ocean-going ship the central location, grows up to be a gifted pianist (the lead actor) who remains aboard the ship. The climax of this filmmaker's imaginative story is Roth fighting a piano duel with a historical figure, rather unfairly shown as a arrogant character.

18. Waterworld (1995)

The main star plays a samurai-like nomad with mutated appendages and a modified watercraft in this big-budget futuristic thriller, located in a future where melting polar ice-caps have submerged the Earth. Everyone is searching for fabled solid ground while fending off the antagonist and his group of continuously smoking raiders.

17. The Titanic (1997)

A significant portion of tiresome canoodling between a upper-class woman (Kate Winslet) and an itinerant yobbo (Leonardo DiCaprio) are saved by this filmmaker's impressive reconstruction of one the 20th century's most infamous catastrophes. It's impossible not to respect the boldness of a film-maker who manages to twist a casualties of 1,500 into an emotionally uplifting narrative of freedom.

16. Ship of Fools (1965)

Peasants, artistic entertainers and Nazi eugenicists mingle on a passenger ship journeying from Latin America to Europe in the interwar period. The director's sweeping drama stars a legendary actress, in her last performance, as a sad divorcee, but it's Oskar Werner, as the vessel's physician, and another cast member, as a aristocratic rebel, who deliver the movie with its emotional wallop.

15. Final Journey (1960)

The fictional ship is torn asunder in an explosion and the protagonist's partner (Dorothy Malone) is stranded in their room in this compelling precursor to disaster movies. Can the hero and a courageous worker (Woody Strode) free her before the boat submerges? Curious detail: the fictional ship is represented by the legendary historic ship a real ship.

14. Death on the Nile (1978)

Two legendary actresses are part of the murder suspects on board a African vessel in this celebrity-filled mystery writer detective story. The lead actor, as the famous detective, cannot prevent numerous characters being shot, which reduces his potential killers to a smaller group. Significantly better than the modern adaptation.

13. Dead Calm (1989)

Two lead actors portray a husband and wife seeking to heal from the trauma of their son's death by venturing on their vessel for a spin in the sea, where they recover a co-star from a foundering ship. Big mistake! This filmmaker's tense movie is essentially a horror film at sea, but an exceptionally well-made one that put Kidman on the map.

12. The Maggie Story (1954)

An British man, shipping items for an US businessman, is manipulated into employing a poor condition "Scottish vessel" in the director's brutal UK production in the subversive tradition of his own earlier film. Predictably, the boat's UK commander and team trick the main characters for a trip, in multiple interpretations of the expression.

11. Juggernaut (1974)

The director provides his suspense story a state-of-the-nation tilt in this tension-filled yarn of explosives positioned on a commercial vessel, the main setting. Red wire or blue wire? Richard Harris act as bomb disposal experts; a supporting player, as the ship's entertainments director, serves up a heartbreaking study in tragicomic desperation.

10. The Poseidon Adventure (1972)

This film version of this writer's novel is among the peaks of the seventies catastrophe films. The central vessel is flipped over by a ocean surge, and it's the responsibility of the main protagonist to guide his flock through the inverted hull to safety. a supporting player is unforgettable as a small business owner's partner with a handy background of competitive swimming.

9. All is Lost (2013)

The main star delivers a experienced exemplary performance in one-man show as a man battling to survive in the specific sea after his sailing vessel, the Virginia Jean, is harmed in a crash with an errant cargo box. It's stressful enough to observe, so heaven knows how physically gruelling it must have been for the elderly actor to film.

8. Ship Commander (2013)

Tom Hanks provides sterling work in among his regular-guys-under-intolerable-pressure roles, as the skipper of an American cargo ship commandeered by maritime criminals off the specific location. His performance is complemented by another actor ("Now I'm in charge"), delivering a sensational first movie role as the criminal boss in the director's suspense film, based on real events. Should the concluding moment doesn't make you blub, you're not human.

7. Three-Sided Figure (2009)

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