You're Gonna Need a More Substantial Ship: The 20 Best Movies Taking Place at Sea – In Order!

20. Deep Rising (1998)

Stephen Sommers' sci-fi horror pulp details a bunch of memorable character actors portraying mercenaries contracted to demolish the passenger vessel a fictional ship. But a enormous cephalopod has already arrived! Including the endangered passengers are Kevin J O'Connor as a diamond criminal.

19. The Legend of 1900 (1998)

A baby, deserted on the passenger vessel the central location, develops to be a accomplished musician (the lead actor) who remains aboard the boat. The highlight of the director's imaginative story is the main character battling a keyboard contest with a jazz legend, arguably inaccurately portrayed as a arrogant character.

18. Ocean Planet (1995)

The main star acts as a samurai-like drifter with aquatic adaptations and a modified watercraft in this high-cost science fiction adventure, taking place in a later era where disappearing glaciers have flooded the planet. All people is hunting for legendary terra firma while fighting off the antagonist and his gang of constantly puffing raiders.

17. RMS Titanic (1997)

Two hours of romantic interludes between a upper-class woman (the actress) and an working-class man (the actor) are rescued by James Cameron's breathtaking depiction of one the 20th century's notorious tragedies. You have to admire the audacity of a cinematic artist who manages to twist a fatalities of over a thousand into an inspiring narrative of liberation.

16. Vessel of Madness (1965)

Peasants, flamenco dancers and political extremists interact on a passenger ship journeying from North America to the Continent in the pre-war era. This filmmaker's epic features a legendary actress, in her swan song, as a sad divorcee, but it's Oskar Werner, as the ship's doctor, and a talented performer, as a aristocratic rebel, who supply the film with its dramatic punch.

15. Final Journey (1960)

The USS Claridon is destroyed in an explosion and the protagonist's wife (Dorothy Malone) is trapped in their quarters in this compelling proto-disaster pic. Will the main character and a brave technician (the actor) free her ahead of the ship sinks? Curious detail: the main setting is represented by the renowned historic ship a real ship.

14. Nile Killing (1978)

Angela Lansbury are among the homicide possibilities on board a Egyptian riverboat in this all-star crime novelist whodunit. Peter Ustinov, as the Belgian sleuth, fails to stop half the cast being killed, which whittles down his suspects to a limited selection. Significantly better than the recent version.

13. Dead Calm (1989)

Nicole Kidman portray a married couple trying to get over the pain of their child's passing by venturing on their vessel for a spin in the sea, where they recover another actor from a damaged vessel. Poor decision! Phillip Noyce's tense movie is essentially a slasher movie at on the ocean, but an high-quality one that launched her career.

12. The Maggie (1954)

An Englishman, shipping items for an US businessman, is deceived into hiring a poor condition "type of boat" in Alexander Mackendrick's harsh Ealing comedy in the subversive style of his own earlier film. Predictably, the boat's Scottish captain and team deceive the inexperienced passengers for a journey, in multiple interpretations of the word.

11. Unstoppable Force (1974)

The director gives his disaster thriller a political dimension angle in this nerve-shredding tale of explosives planted on a passenger ship, the fictional ship. What's the correct choice? Two lead actors play demolition specialists; another actor, as the vessel's activities coordinator, delivers a touching depiction in sadly funny despair.

10. The Poseidon Adventure (1972)

This cinematic interpretation of Paul Gallico's literary work is among the high points of the 1970s disaster genre. The central vessel is capsized by a tidal wave, and it's up to the lead character to lead his group through the inverted ship to safety. Shelley Winters is memorable as a retailer's spouse with a handy history of competitive swimming.

9. Total Loss (2013)

Robert Redford delivers a experienced brilliant acting in one-man show as a individual battling to stay alive in the Indian Ocean after his sailing vessel, the fictional ship, is impaired in a crash with an errant transport unit. It's anxious enough to observe, so heaven knows how physically gruelling it must have been for the senior performer to record.

8. Vessel Leader (2013)

Tom Hanks provides sterling work in among his ordinary-person-in-extraordinary-circumstances performances, as the skipper of an American cargo ship seized by Somali pirates off the specific location. His performance is complemented by Barkhad Abdi ("Now I'm in charge"), delivering a sensational initial cinematic appearance as the pirate chief in the director's suspense film, based on actual incidents. If the concluding moment doesn't bring tears, you're not human.

7. Triangle (2009)

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