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20. Ocean Terror (1998)

This filmmaker's science fiction thriller details a collection of memorable ensemble cast playing mercenaries employed to destroy the cruise ship Argonautica. But a giant mutant octopus has got there first! Among the likely victims are Treat Williams as a jewel thief.

19. The 1900 Story (1998)

A baby, abandoned on the passenger vessel SS Virginian, matures to be a gifted pianist (Tim Roth) who remains aboard the vessel. The peak moment of the director's fantastical tale is the main character fighting a keyboard contest with a jazz legend, somewhat unjustly portrayed as a arrogant character.

18. Ocean Planet (1995)

Kevin Costner acts as a samurai-like drifter with mutated appendages and a souped-up watercraft in this megabudget sci-fi B-movie, taking place in a later era where vanishing ice sheets have flooded the planet. All people is seeking mythical Dryland while resisting the antagonist and his group of constantly puffing pirates.

17. Titanic (1997)

Two hours of tiresome canoodling between a posh chick (the actress) and an free-spirited artist (Leonardo DiCaprio) are saved by James Cameron's spectacular recreation of one the 20th century's most infamous catastrophes. It's impossible not to respect the audacity of a film-maker who artfully converts a casualties of over a thousand into an heartening narrative of emancipation.

16. Ship of Fools (1965)

Commoners, flamenco dancers and Nazi eugenicists mingle on a ocean liner sailing from Mexico to the Continent in the interwar period. Stanley Kramer's epic includes a legendary actress, in her swan song, as a unhappy separated woman, but it's a co-star, as the ship's doctor, and another cast member, as a political noblewoman, who supply the motion picture with its emotional wallop.

15. Ultimate Trip (1960)

The fictional ship is destroyed in an explosion and the lead actor's spouse (the actress) is trapped in their cabin in this compelling precursor to disaster movies. Will the main character and a brave technician (the supporting player) rescue her ahead of the vessel goes down? Curious detail: the Claridon is played by the famous French liner an actual ocean liner.

14. Death on the Nile (1978)

Bette Davis are including the murder suspects on board a African vessel in this ensemble cast mystery writer detective story. The lead actor, as the famous detective, fails to stop several passengers being killed, which narrows his suspects to a manageable number. Much more enjoyable than the 2022 remake.

13. Ocean Stillness (1989)

Two lead actors play a partners trying to get over the trauma of their offspring's demise by sailing their boat for a trip in the Pacific, where they save a co-star from a foundering ship. Big mistake! The director's tense movie is essentially a killers-on-the-loose story at sea, but an high-quality one that made her famous.

12. The Maggie (1954)

An Englishman, transporting furniture for an American industrialist, is deceived into using a poor condition "Scottish vessel" in Alexander Mackendrick's harsh Ealing comedy in the unconventional style of his own Whisky Galore!. Predictably, the boat's Scottish captain and staff trick the main characters for a trip, in all senses of the word.

11. Juggernaut (1974)

The director imparts his disaster thriller a political dimension tilt in this nerve-shredding story of explosives planted on a commercial vessel, the fictional ship. Which wire to cut? Two lead actors play explosive technicians; another actor, as the vessel's activities coordinator, delivers a heartbreaking portrayal in tragicomic desperation.

10. The Poseidon Adventure (1972)

This cinematic interpretation of Paul Gallico's novel is one of the high points of the seventies catastrophe films. The central vessel is capsized by a ocean surge, and it's up to the lead character to lead his followers through the flipped hull to safety. Shelley Winters is unforgettable as a small business owner's partner with a handy history of competitive swimming.

9. Everything's Gone (2013)

The main star gives a late-career brilliant acting in solo performance as a individual battling to survive in the Indian Ocean after his sailing vessel, the Virginia Jean, is impaired in a collision with an errant transport unit. It's stressful enough to view, so heaven knows how exceptionally strenuous it must have been for the elderly actor to shoot.

8. Captain Phillips (2013)

The lead actor provides excellent performance in part of his ordinary-person-in-extraordinary-circumstances performances, as the commander of an American cargo ship hijacked by African raiders off the geographical area. He's matched by a co-star ("I'm the captain now"), delivering a sensational initial cinematic appearance as the pirate chief in the director's thriller, inspired by true stories. Should the final sequence doesn't make you blub, you're emotionally detached.

7. Geometric Shape (2009)

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