🔗 Share this article

20. Ocean Terror (1998)

The director's sci-fi horror pulp follows a collection of memorable supporting players acting as mercenaries contracted to demolish the cruise ship a fictional ship. But a enormous cephalopod has got there first! Including the endangered passengers are Famke Janssen as a jewel thief.

19. 1900's Tale (1998)

A infant, deserted on the ocean-going ship the central location, matures to be a talented keyboardist (the lead actor) who never steps off the ship. The highlight of the director's whimsical hokum is the protagonist battling a musical showdown with a jazz legend, arguably inaccurately depicted as a smug bastard.

18. Ocean Planet (1995)

The main star portrays a warrior-esque drifter with webbed feet and a modified sailing vessel in this big-budget futuristic thriller, set in a future where disappearing glaciers have inundated the Earth. Everyone is seeking fabled solid ground while resisting the antagonist and his gang of chain-smoking pirates.

17. Titanic (1997)

An extended period of love story development between a posh chick (the female lead) and an working-class man (the actor) are saved by James Cameron's breathtaking depiction of among history's well-known disasters. You have to admire the chutzpah of a cinematic artist who successfully transforms a casualties of 1,500 into an heartening tale of liberation.

16. Vessel of Madness (1965)

Working-class people, artistic entertainers and political extremists mingle on a ocean liner traveling from North America to the Old World in the pre-war era. Stanley Kramer's epic includes a legendary actress, in her final role, as a melancholy character, but it's another actor, as the ship's doctor, and another cast member, as a political noblewoman, who supply the film with its powerful impact.

15. Final Journey (1960)

The central vessel is torn asunder in an explosion and the lead actor's partner (the actress) is stuck in their room in this compelling proto-disaster pic. Can the hero and a courageous worker (Woody Strode) save her ahead of the vessel goes down? Fun fact: the main setting is represented by the famous historic ship a real ship.

14. Nile Killing (1978)

Angela Lansbury are among the homicide possibilities on board a African vessel in this all-star mystery writer murder mystery. The lead actor, as Hercule Poirot, cannot prevent numerous characters being shot, which narrows his potential killers to a limited selection. Bags more fun than the recent version.

13. Sea Silence (1989)

Nicole Kidman portray a married couple trying to get over the pain of their offspring's demise by venturing on their vessel for a journey in the Pacific, where they save another actor from a foundering ship. Poor decision! This filmmaker's thriller is essentially a slasher movie at in maritime setting, but an exceptionally well-made one that put Kidman on the map.

12. The Maggie Story (1954)

An UK citizen, transporting goods for an American industrialist, is tricked into hiring a run-down "Clyde puffer" in this filmmaker's brutal Ealing comedy in the subversive tradition of his own Whisky Galore!. Of course, the ship's Scottish captain and crew take the two landlubbers for a ride, in all senses of the expression.

11. Juggernaut (1974)

Richard Lester provides his suspense story a social commentary tilt in this anxiety-inducing story of detonators placed on a commercial vessel, the fictional ship. Which wire to cut? David Hemmings portray demolition specialists; a supporting player, as the vessel's activities coordinator, delivers a touching depiction in humorous tragedy.

10. The Poseidon Adventure (1972)

This cinematic interpretation of Paul Gallico's novel is part of the high points of the era of disaster movies. The central vessel is flipped over by a tidal wave, and it's up to the main protagonist to lead his group through the upturned ship to rescue. a supporting player is unforgettable as a retailer's spouse with a useful experience of sports participation.

9. Everything's Gone (2013)

Robert Redford provides a late-career exemplary performance in solo performance as a individual fighting to survive in the Indian Ocean after his sailing vessel, the Virginia Jean, is damaged in a crash with an stray cargo box. It's nerve-wracking enough to observe, so one can only imagine how physically gruelling it must have been for the 76-year-old star to film.

8. Captain Phillips (2013)

The main star delivers excellent performance in one of his everyman-in-crisis characters, as the commander of an American cargo ship seized by maritime criminals off the specific location. His performance is complemented by another actor ("I control this vessel"), delivering a outstanding first movie role as the raider leader in Paul Greengrass's tense movie, derived from true stories. If the final sequence doesn't make you blub, you're emotionally detached.

7. Triangle (2009)

{Freak weather conditions|