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20. Ocean Terror (1998)

Stephen Sommers' futuristic scarefest follows a bunch of memorable supporting players acting as mercenaries contracted to demolish the luxury liner Argonautica. But a massive sea creature has got there first! Featuring the potential cephalopod fodder are Treat Williams as a gem smuggler.

19. The 1900 Story (1998)

A newborn, abandoned on the passenger vessel the central location, develops to be a talented keyboardist (the main star) who refuses to leave the vessel. The climax of Giuseppe Tornatore's whimsical hokum is the protagonist competing in a musical showdown with a jazz legend, somewhat unjustly portrayed as a smug bastard.

18. Aquatic World (1995)

The lead actor acts as a fighter-inspired drifter with webbed feet and a modified watercraft in this high-cost sci-fi B-movie, taking place in a distant time where melting polar ice-caps have submerged the planet. The entire population is hunting for mythical Dryland while fighting off the villain and his gang of constantly puffing raiders.

17. Titanic (1997)

An extended period of romantic interludes between a posh chick (the female lead) and an working-class man (the actor) are rescued by the director's breathtaking depiction of a famous well-known catastrophes. You have to admire the audacity of a film-maker who artfully converts a fatalities of numerous victims into an emotionally uplifting story of emancipation.

16. Boat of Lunatics (1965)

Working-class people, Spanish performers and German ideologists rub shoulders on a ocean liner sailing from Latin America to Europe in the interwar period. This filmmaker's large-scale film features a cinema icon, in her final role, as a sad divorcee, but it's Oskar Werner, as the vessel's physician, and a talented performer, as a aristocratic rebel, who supply the motion picture with its dramatic punch.

15. The Last Voyage (1960)

The central vessel is torn asunder in an explosion and the lead actor's spouse (the co-star) is stranded in their cabin in this compelling proto-disaster pic. Can the main character and a courageous worker (the supporting player) rescue her prior to the boat submerges? Curious detail: the Claridon is embodied by the renowned French liner Île de France.

14. Murder on the Nile (1978)

Two legendary actresses are part of the homicide possibilities on board a Nile paddle steamer in this celebrity-filled mystery writer detective story. The main star, as the famous detective, cannot prevent several passengers being stabbed, which whittles down his suspects to a limited selection. Bags more fun than the modern adaptation.

13. Dead Calm (1989)

Nicole Kidman act as a married couple seeking to heal from the pain of their son's death by sailing their boat for a spin in the ocean, where they recover another actor from a foundering ship. Poor decision! The director's tense movie is essentially a slasher movie at in maritime setting, but an exceptionally well-made one that made her famous.

12. The Maggie Story (1954)

An British man, transporting furniture for an US businessman, is tricked into employing a run-down "type of boat" in this filmmaker's brutal British film in the rebellious style of his own previous work. Of course, the ship's UK commander and crew trick the main characters for a ride, in multiple interpretations of the word.

11. Unstoppable Force (1974)

The director provides his disaster thriller a political dimension tilt in this anxiety-inducing yarn of detonators planted on a commercial vessel, the SS Britannic. Red wire or blue wire? Two lead actors portray bomb disposal experts; Roy Kinnear, as the ship's entertainments director, provides a heartbreaking portrayal in humorous tragedy.

10. The Poseidon Adventure (1972)

This film version of this writer's book is among the peaks of the 1970s disaster genre. The fictional ship is capsized by a tidal wave, and it's up to the main protagonist to direct his followers through the flipped ship to safety. the actress is memorable as a shopkeeper's wife with a useful background of competitive swimming.

9. Everything's Gone (2013)

The lead actor gives a mature masterclass in single character portrayal as a person fighting to survive in the Indian Ocean after his personal boat, the Virginia Jean, is impaired in a crash with an errant cargo box. It's nerve-wracking enough to view, so heaven knows how extremely demanding it must have been for the elderly actor to record.

8. Ship Commander (2013)

The main star provides excellent performance in one of his everyman-in-crisis roles, as the skipper of an commercial transport seized by maritime criminals off the geographical area. He has great chemistry by a co-star ("Now I'm in charge"), providing a remarkable film debut as the pirate chief in this filmmaker's tense movie, derived from actual incidents. Should the concluding moment doesn't bring tears, you're not human.

7. Geometric Shape (2009)

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