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20. Ocean Terror (1998)

Stephen Sommers' sci-fi horror pulp details a bunch of scene-stealing supporting players acting as hired guns contracted to destroy the cruise ship a fictional ship. But a giant mutant octopus has already arrived! Featuring the potential cephalopod fodder are Kevin J O'Connor as a jewel thief.

19. The Legend of 1900 (1998)

A newborn, deserted on the passenger vessel the central location, grows up to be a talented keyboardist (the main star) who never steps off the vessel. The peak moment of this filmmaker's fantastical tale is the main character fighting a piano duel with Jelly Roll Morton, arguably inaccurately shown as a overconfident individual.

18. Ocean Planet (1995)

The main star acts as a warrior-esque drifter with mutated appendages and a enhanced sailing vessel in this megabudget sci-fi B-movie, set in a later era where vanishing ice sheets have submerged the planet. Everyone is searching for mythical Dryland while resisting the villain and his group of continuously smoking pirates.

17. RMS Titanic (1997)

Two hours of tiresome canoodling between a wealthy lady (the female lead) and an itinerant yobbo (the male lead) are saved by the director's impressive reconstruction of one the 20th century's notorious disasters. You have to admire the chutzpah of a film-maker who successfully transforms a casualties of over a thousand into an emotionally uplifting narrative of freedom.

16. Boat of Lunatics (1965)

Commoners, Spanish performers and political extremists interact on a passenger ship sailing from Mexico to Europe in the pre-war era. The director's epic stars a legendary actress, in her swan song, as a unhappy separated woman, but it's a co-star, as the vessel's physician, and a talented performer, as a radical countess, who provide the film with its dramatic punch.

15. The Last Voyage (1960)

The fictional ship is ripped apart in an detonation and the protagonist's wife (the co-star) is trapped in their room in this compelling proto-disaster pic. Can the main character and a brave technician (the supporting player) save her before the boat submerges? Fun fact: the fictional ship is played by the renowned French liner Île de France.

14. Nile Killing (1978)

Bette Davis are part of the killing culprits on board a Nile paddle steamer in this all-star crime novelist whodunit. The lead actor, as the Belgian sleuth, fails to stop several passengers being killed, which reduces his persons of interest to a manageable number. Bags more fun than the 2022 remake.

13. Sea Silence (1989)

Two lead actors play a partners trying to get over the grief of their child's passing by venturing on their vessel for a spin in the ocean, where they rescue another actor from a sinking schooner. Poor decision! Phillip Noyce's thriller is basically a slasher movie at sea, but an high-quality one that made her famous.

12. Maggie's Tale (1954)

An UK citizen, moving furniture for an wealthy entrepreneur, is manipulated into using a run-down "type of boat" in Alexander Mackendrick's dark British film in the subversive style of his own previous work. Of course, the vessel's UK commander and team deceive the inexperienced passengers for a trip, in multiple interpretations of the expression.

11. Overwhelming Power (1974)

This filmmaker provides his suspense story a social commentary perspective in this anxiety-inducing story of explosives planted on a luxury liner, the main setting. Which wire to cut? David Hemmings play demolition specialists; a supporting player, as the cruise director, serves up a touching depiction in tragicomic desperation.

10. Ocean Disaster (1972)

This adaptation of the author's literary work is one of the peaks of the seventies catastrophe films. The central vessel is overturned by a ocean surge, and it's up to the lead character to direct his followers through the upturned vessel to rescue. Shelley Winters is remarkable as a small business owner's partner with a handy background of competitive swimming.

9. Everything's Gone (2013)

The lead actor gives a late-career masterclass in single character portrayal as a person fighting to survive in the maritime location after his sailing vessel, the main setting, is impaired in a collision with an lost cargo box. It's anxious enough to view, so heaven knows how exceptionally strenuous it must have been for the 76-year-old star to shoot.

8. Vessel Leader (2013)

The main star does excellent performance in among his regular-guys-under-intolerable-pressure performances, as the skipper of an commercial transport hijacked by African raiders off the specific location. He's matched by Barkhad Abdi ("Now I'm in charge"), providing a sensational initial cinematic appearance as the criminal boss in this filmmaker's suspense film, based on real events. If the concluding moment doesn't make you blub, you're not human.

7. Three-Sided Figure (2009)

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