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20. Deep Rising (1998)

This filmmaker's sci-fi horror pulp follows a group of scene-stealing supporting players portraying mercenaries employed to demolish the luxury liner the main setting. But a giant mutant octopus has got there first! Among the endangered passengers are Treat Williams as a gem smuggler.

19. The Legend of 1900 (1998)

A newborn, abandoned on the ocean-going ship the central location, matures to be a accomplished musician (the main star) who refuses to leave the ship. The peak moment of Giuseppe Tornatore's fantastical tale is the main character competing in a piano duel with a jazz legend, somewhat unjustly shown as a arrogant character.

18. Ocean Planet (1995)

Kevin Costner portrays a warrior-esque nomad with mutated appendages and a souped-up trimaran in this big-budget science fiction adventure, set in a later era where vanishing ice sheets have flooded the world. Everyone is searching for mythical Dryland while resisting the villain and his band of chain-smoking raiders.

17. Titanic (1997)

An extended period of tiresome canoodling between a wealthy lady (the actress) and an free-spirited artist (the male lead) are saved by the director's spectacular recreation of among history's most infamous catastrophes. It's impossible not to respect the audacity of a director who successfully transforms a fatalities of over a thousand into an heartening story of emancipation.

16. Ship of Fools (1965)

Working-class people, flamenco dancers and Nazi eugenicists mingle on a ocean liner sailing from North America to the Continent in the pre-war era. The director's sweeping drama includes a legendary actress, in her swan song, as a melancholy character, but it's Oskar Werner, as the vessel's physician, and another cast member, as a political noblewoman, who provide the film with its powerful impact.

15. Ultimate Trip (1960)

The central vessel is ripped apart in an detonation and the protagonist's wife (the co-star) is stranded in their cabin in this compelling precursor to disaster movies. Is it possible for the hero and a courageous worker (the supporting player) rescue her before the ship sinks? Fun fact: the fictional ship is played by the renowned European vessel Île de France.

14. Nile Killing (1978)

Bette Davis are among the killing culprits on board a Nile paddle steamer in this ensemble cast mystery writer murder mystery. The lead actor, as the Belgian sleuth, is unable to halt half the cast being shot, which whittles down his suspects to a manageable number. Much more enjoyable than the modern adaptation.

13. Ocean Stillness (1989)

Two lead actors act as a husband and wife trying to get over the grief of their offspring's demise by taking their yacht for a trip in the sea, where they save another actor from a damaged vessel. Costly error! The director's suspense film is essentially a killers-on-the-loose story at in maritime setting, but an ultra-classy one that launched her career.

12. The Maggie (1954)

An British man, shipping furniture for an US businessman, is deceived into using a poor condition "type of boat" in this filmmaker's dark British film in the subversive style of his own earlier film. Naturally, the boat's Scottish captain and staff trick the main characters for a ride, in multiple interpretations of the term.

11. Overwhelming Power (1974)

Richard Lester gives his catastrophe film a political dimension angle in this anxiety-inducing yarn of detonators planted on a passenger ship, the main setting. What's the correct choice? Two lead actors act as bomb disposal experts; a supporting player, as the vessel's activities coordinator, provides a touching portrayal in tragicomic desperation.

10. Ocean Disaster (1972)

This film version of the author's book is one of the zenith of the 1970s disaster genre. The central vessel is capsized by a ocean surge, and it's the responsibility of the lead character to direct his followers through the flipped ship to security. the actress is remarkable as a shopkeeper's wife with a practical history of sports participation.

9. All is Lost (2013)

The lead actor gives a mature masterclass in solo performance as a man struggling to survive in the Indian Ocean after his sailing vessel, the fictional ship, is damaged in a collision with an errant shipping container. It's stressful enough to watch, so it's difficult to comprehend how extremely demanding it must have been for the 76-year-old star to film.

8. Ship Commander (2013)

Tom Hanks delivers sterling work in part of his regular-guys-under-intolerable-pressure performances, as the commander of an US merchant vessel hijacked by maritime criminals off the geographical area. He has great chemistry by another actor ("I control this vessel"), making a sensational initial cinematic appearance as the raider leader in the director's tense movie, based on real events. If the final sequence fails to move you, you're not human.

7. Three-Sided Figure (2009)

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