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20. Deep Rising (1998)

The director's sci-fi horror pulp chronicles a bunch of scene-stealing ensemble cast portraying soldiers of fortune contracted to sink the passenger vessel a fictional ship. But a giant mutant octopus has already arrived! Among the potential cephalopod fodder are Treat Williams as a gem smuggler.

19. The 1900 Story (1998)

A newborn, left on the transatlantic liner the central location, grows up to be a talented keyboardist (the main star) who remains aboard the ship. The climax of the director's fantastical tale is Roth competing in a piano duel with a jazz legend, arguably inaccurately depicted as a smug bastard.

18. Waterworld (1995)

The main star portrays a fighter-inspired wanderer with aquatic adaptations and a modified sailing vessel in this megabudget science fiction adventure, taking place in a later era where melting polar ice-caps have submerged the Earth. The entire population is seeking fabled solid ground while fighting off the villain and his band of chain-smoking pirates.

17. The Titanic (1997)

An extended period of tiresome canoodling between a upper-class woman (Kate Winslet) and an working-class man (the male lead) are saved by James Cameron's spectacular recreation of a famous most infamous tragedies. One must appreciate the chutzpah of a cinematic artist who artfully converts a death toll of 1,500 into an emotionally uplifting story of freedom.

16. Ship of Fools (1965)

Commoners, flamenco dancers and German ideologists mingle on a commercial vessel sailing from Latin America to Europe in the pre-war era. Stanley Kramer's epic features a cinema icon, in her last performance, as a unhappy separated woman, but it's Oskar Werner, as the medical officer, and a talented performer, as a aristocratic rebel, who deliver the motion picture with its emotional wallop.

15. Ultimate Trip (1960)

The fictional ship is ripped apart in an explosion and the lead actor's partner (Dorothy Malone) is trapped in their quarters in this compelling precursor to disaster movies. Will the main character and a heroic engineer (Woody Strode) free her before the ship sinks? Interesting note: the Claridon is played by the famous historic ship a real ship.

14. Death on the Nile (1978)

Two legendary actresses are part of the killing culprits on board a Egyptian riverboat in this ensemble cast mystery writer whodunit. The lead actor, as the famous detective, is unable to halt numerous characters being shot, which reduces his potential killers to a manageable number. Much more enjoyable than the 2022 remake.

13. Sea Silence (1989)

Sam Neill act as a husband and wife trying to get over the trauma of their offspring's demise by taking their yacht for a spin in the sea, where they save a co-star from a damaged vessel. Big mistake! This filmmaker's thriller is fundamentally a horror film at in maritime setting, but an high-quality one that put Kidman on the map.

12. The Maggie (1954)

An Englishman, shipping goods for an American industrialist, is tricked into using a dilapidated "Clyde puffer" in the director's dark UK production in the subversive style of his own previous work. Naturally, the vessel's British skipper and team deceive the inexperienced passengers for a trip, in multiple interpretations of the expression.

11. Unstoppable Force (1974)

Richard Lester gives his disaster thriller a social commentary perspective in this tension-filled story of explosives placed on a passenger ship, the main setting. Which wire to cut? Richard Harris act as bomb disposal experts; Roy Kinnear, as the vessel's activities coordinator, provides a heartbreaking portrayal in humorous tragedy.

10. Poseidon's Journey (1972)

This cinematic interpretation of the author's novel is part of the high points of the era of disaster movies. The SS Poseidon is capsized by a tidal wave, and it's the responsibility of the main protagonist to lead his flock through the upturned hull to security. a supporting player is remarkable as a small business owner's partner with a useful experience of sports participation.

9. Total Loss (2013)

Robert Redford delivers a experienced exemplary performance in one-man show as a man struggling to endure in the Indian Ocean after his sailing vessel, the fictional ship, is impaired in a impact with an stray shipping container. It's nerve-wracking enough to view, so one can only imagine how extremely demanding it must have been for the senior performer to shoot.

8. Vessel Leader (2013)

Tom Hanks delivers excellent performance in among his ordinary-person-in-extraordinary-circumstances roles, as the commander of an American cargo ship commandeered by maritime criminals off the Horn of Africa. He's matched by another actor ("Now I'm in charge"), delivering a outstanding initial cinematic appearance as the criminal boss in Paul Greengrass's thriller, derived from real events. Should the final sequence doesn't make you blub, you're emotionally detached.

7. Triangle (2009)

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