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20. Deep Rising (1998)

This filmmaker's sci-fi horror pulp follows a group of attention-grabbing character actors acting as hired guns hired to sink the passenger vessel a fictional ship. Yet a enormous cephalopod has beaten them to it! Among the potential cephalopod fodder are Kevin J O'Connor as a diamond criminal.

19. The Legend of 1900 (1998)

A newborn, abandoned on the ocean-going ship a fictional ship, grows up to be a gifted pianist (Tim Roth) who refuses to leave the boat. The highlight of Giuseppe Tornatore's fantastical tale is the protagonist competing in a piano duel with a historical figure, arguably inaccurately portrayed as a smug bastard.

18. Waterworld (1995)

The lead actor portrays a fighter-inspired drifter with mutated appendages and a souped-up trimaran in this big-budget futuristic thriller, set in a distant time where melting polar ice-caps have submerged the world. The entire population is seeking legendary terra firma while fighting off Dennis Hopper and his gang of continuously smoking raiders.

17. The Titanic (1997)

An extended period of tiresome canoodling between a upper-class woman (the actress) and an free-spirited artist (the actor) are saved by the director's spectacular recreation of among history's notorious catastrophes. You have to admire the boldness of a director who manages to twist a casualties of 1,500 into an inspiring tale of liberation.

16. Vessel of Madness (1965)

Commoners, flamenco dancers and Nazi eugenicists mingle on a commercial vessel journeying from Latin America to the Old World in the pre-war era. Stanley Kramer's epic includes a legendary actress, in her final role, as a sad divorcee, but it's Oskar Werner, as the medical officer, and another cast member, as a radical countess, who deliver the film with its dramatic punch.

15. Final Journey (1960)

The USS Claridon is ripped apart in an explosion and the protagonist's partner (Dorothy Malone) is stuck in their room in this compelling early catastrophe film. Is it possible for the main character and a brave technician (the actor) save her ahead of the vessel goes down? Curious detail: the fictional ship is represented by the renowned French liner a real ship.

14. Death on the Nile (1978)

Two legendary actresses are among the killing culprits on board a Nile paddle steamer in this all-star mystery writer murder mystery. The main star, as the Belgian sleuth, cannot prevent numerous characters being killed, which whittles down his persons of interest to a limited selection. Bags more fun than the modern adaptation.

13. Ocean Stillness (1989)

Sam Neill play a partners trying to get over the trauma of their son's death by venturing on their vessel for a spin in the Pacific, where they recover another actor from a sinking schooner. Big mistake! The director's thriller is fundamentally a killers-on-the-loose story at on the ocean, but an ultra-classy one that put Kidman on the map.

12. Maggie's Tale (1954)

An Englishman, moving goods for an US businessman, is manipulated into using a dilapidated "Clyde puffer" in the director's brutal Ealing comedy in the subversive vein of his own earlier film. Of course, the ship's British skipper and staff trick the main characters for a ride, in every meaning of the word.

11. Overwhelming Power (1974)

The director provides his catastrophe film a state-of-the-nation perspective in this anxiety-inducing tale of bombs planted on a commercial vessel, the fictional ship. What's the correct choice? Richard Harris portray bomb disposal experts; another actor, as the vessel's activities coordinator, provides a touching study in sadly funny despair.

10. Poseidon's Journey (1972)

This film version of the author's book is part of the peaks of the seventies catastrophe films. The fictional ship is capsized by a tsunami, and it's up to Reverend Gene Hackman to guide his flock through the upturned ship to safety. Shelley Winters is unforgettable as a small business owner's partner with a practical background of athletic swimming.

9. Everything's Gone (2013)

The lead actor delivers a mature brilliant acting in one-man show as a individual fighting to endure in the Indian Ocean after his yacht, the Virginia Jean, is damaged in a impact with an errant transport unit. It's nerve-wracking enough to view, so it's difficult to comprehend how exceptionally strenuous it must have been for the senior performer to film.

8. Ship Commander (2013)

The main star provides sterling work in part of his ordinary-person-in-extraordinary-circumstances characters, as the skipper of an American cargo ship commandeered by African raiders off the geographical area. His performance is complemented by another actor ("Now I'm in charge"), making a outstanding first movie role as the criminal boss in the director's thriller, inspired by actual incidents. If the last scene fails to move you, you have no heart.

7. Three-Sided Figure (2009)

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