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20. Deep Rising (1998)

This filmmaker's futuristic scarefest chronicles a group of attention-grabbing supporting players acting as soldiers of fortune hired to destroy the passenger vessel Argonautica. But a giant mutant octopus has beaten them to it! Including the endangered passengers are Treat Williams as a diamond criminal.

19. 1900's Tale (1998)

A newborn, abandoned on the ocean-going ship the central location, matures to be a talented keyboardist (the main star) who never steps off the vessel. The climax of Giuseppe Tornatore's whimsical hokum is Roth fighting a keyboard contest with a jazz legend, arguably inaccurately shown as a arrogant character.

18. Waterworld (1995)

The lead actor acts as a samurai-like nomad with webbed feet and a modified watercraft in this megabudget science fiction adventure, taking place in a distant time where disappearing glaciers have flooded the world. The entire population is hunting for fabled solid ground while fighting off the villain and his band of chain-smoking raiders.

17. Titanic (1997)

Two hours of tiresome canoodling between a posh chick (Kate Winslet) and an itinerant yobbo (the male lead) are redeemed by the director's impressive reconstruction of a famous notorious tragedies. It's impossible not to respect the chutzpah of a director who artfully converts a casualties of 1,500 into an inspiring story of emancipation.

16. Ship of Fools (1965)

Commoners, flamenco dancers and political extremists interact on a ocean liner sailing from Mexico to the Continent in the pre-war era. This filmmaker's sweeping drama features a legendary actress, in her last performance, as a melancholy character, but it's another actor, as the ship's doctor, and another cast member, as a political noblewoman, who deliver the film with its powerful impact.

15. The Last Voyage (1960)

The central vessel is torn asunder in an detonation and the protagonist's wife (the actress) is stuck in their room in this gripping early catastrophe film. Will Stack and a courageous worker (Woody Strode) rescue her prior to the vessel goes down? Fun fact: the fictional ship is played by the renowned European vessel Île de France.

14. Nile Killing (1978)

Bette Davis are part of the murder suspects on board a African vessel in this celebrity-filled mystery writer whodunit. The lead actor, as the Belgian sleuth, cannot prevent numerous characters being stabbed, which narrows his potential killers to a limited selection. Much more enjoyable than the 2022 remake.

13. Dead Calm (1989)

Two lead actors portray a partners seeking to heal from the trauma of their child's passing by sailing their boat for a journey in the ocean, where they rescue a co-star from a foundering ship. Costly error! The director's suspense film is basically a slasher movie at on the ocean, but an exceptionally well-made one that launched her career.

12. The Maggie Story (1954)

An British man, moving items for an US businessman, is tricked into using a run-down "type of boat" in Alexander Mackendrick's dark Ealing comedy in the unconventional vein of his own Whisky Galore!. Of course, the vessel's British skipper and crew trick the main characters for a ride, in multiple interpretations of the expression.

11. Juggernaut (1974)

Richard Lester gives his catastrophe film a political dimension tilt in this tension-filled tale of explosives positioned on a commercial vessel, the SS Britannic. Red wire or blue wire? Two lead actors act as explosive technicians; another actor, as the ship's entertainments director, delivers a emotional study in sadly funny despair.

10. Ocean Disaster (1972)

This cinematic interpretation of Paul Gallico's literary work is among the peaks of the seventies catastrophe films. The central vessel is capsized by a tidal wave, and it's the responsibility of the main protagonist to guide his flock through the upturned ship to rescue. Shelley Winters is memorable as a retailer's spouse with a practical experience of sports participation.

9. All is Lost (2013)

Robert Redford delivers a late-career brilliant acting in single character portrayal as a person fighting to endure in the maritime location after his sailing vessel, the main setting, is harmed in a collision with an lost cargo box. It's nerve-wracking enough to view, so it's difficult to comprehend how exceptionally strenuous it must have been for the 76-year-old star to record.

8. Captain Phillips (2013)

The lead actor does excellent performance in one of his ordinary-person-in-extraordinary-circumstances roles, as the captain of an American cargo ship hijacked by Somali pirates off the specific location. He's matched by a co-star ("I'm the captain now"), delivering a remarkable initial cinematic appearance as the pirate chief in this filmmaker's thriller, inspired by real events. When the final sequence fails to move you, you're not human.

7. Geometric Shape (2009)

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