You Should Consider a Bigger Boat: Top 20 Greatest Films Taking Place at Sea – In Order!

20. Deep Rising (1998)

Stephen Sommers' futuristic scarefest chronicles a group of attention-grabbing ensemble cast acting as hired guns contracted to destroy the passenger vessel a fictional ship. However a enormous cephalopod has already arrived! Featuring the potential cephalopod fodder are Kevin J O'Connor as a jewel thief.

19. The Legend of 1900 (1998)

A infant, abandoned on the ocean-going ship the central location, develops to be a talented keyboardist (the lead actor) who refuses to leave the boat. The climax of Giuseppe Tornatore's imaginative story is the protagonist competing in a musical showdown with a historical figure, rather unfairly shown as a overconfident individual.

18. Waterworld (1995)

The lead actor acts as a warrior-esque wanderer with webbed feet and a enhanced watercraft in this high-cost futuristic thriller, located in a future where melting polar ice-caps have flooded the world. The entire population is hunting for fabled solid ground while fighting off the antagonist and his group of chain-smoking pirates.

17. Titanic (1997)

An extended period of romantic interludes between a posh chick (Kate Winslet) and an itinerant yobbo (the actor) are saved by this filmmaker's spectacular recreation of one the 20th century's most infamous catastrophes. It's impossible not to respect the chutzpah of a film-maker who successfully transforms a fatalities of 1,500 into an emotionally uplifting story of liberation.

16. Vessel of Madness (1965)

Commoners, flamenco dancers and political extremists interact on a ocean liner sailing from Latin America to Europe in the pre-war era. Stanley Kramer's epic stars Vivien Leigh, in her final role, as a melancholy character, but it's Oskar Werner, as the ship's doctor, and Simone Signoret, as a political noblewoman, who supply the film with its emotional wallop.

15. Final Journey (1960)

The fictional ship is ripped apart in an detonation and Robert Stack's spouse (the co-star) is stuck in their room in this compelling proto-disaster pic. Is it possible for the hero and a courageous worker (the actor) rescue her prior to the boat submerges? Curious detail: the fictional ship is represented by the renowned historic ship Île de France.

14. Murder on the Nile (1978)

Bette Davis are including the homicide possibilities on board a Egyptian riverboat in this celebrity-filled Agatha Christie murder mystery. The main star, as the famous detective, is unable to halt half the cast being killed, which narrows his potential killers to a manageable number. Much more enjoyable than the recent version.

13. Sea Silence (1989)

Two lead actors play a married couple trying to get over the pain of their offspring's demise by sailing their boat for a trip in the ocean, where they rescue Billy Zane from a sinking schooner. Costly error! Phillip Noyce's suspense film is fundamentally a killers-on-the-loose story at in maritime setting, but an exceptionally well-made one that made her famous.

12. Maggie's Tale (1954)

An UK citizen, shipping items for an wealthy entrepreneur, is deceived into using a poor condition "type of boat" in the director's harsh Ealing comedy in the subversive style of his own previous work. Of course, the ship's Scottish captain and crew trick the main characters for a trip, in every meaning of the expression.

11. Overwhelming Power (1974)

Richard Lester imparts his suspense story a political dimension tilt in this tension-filled yarn of explosives positioned on a commercial vessel, the fictional ship. Red wire or blue wire? Two lead actors act as explosive technicians; Roy Kinnear, as the vessel's activities coordinator, delivers a emotional portrayal in humorous tragedy.

10. The Poseidon Adventure (1972)

This cinematic interpretation of the author's novel is part of the high points of the 1970s disaster genre. The central vessel is capsized by a tidal wave, and it's the job of Reverend Gene Hackman to direct his flock through the upturned ship to safety. Shelley Winters is memorable as a small business owner's partner with a useful experience of competitive swimming.

9. Everything's Gone (2013)

The lead actor provides a late-career masterclass in one-man show as a individual struggling to stay alive in the maritime location after his yacht, the Virginia Jean, is impaired in a impact with an errant transport unit. It's nerve-wracking enough to watch, so one can only imagine how physically gruelling it must have been for the 76-year-old star to film.

8. Captain Phillips (2013)

The main star does sterling work in part of his ordinary-person-in-extraordinary-circumstances characters, as the commander of an American cargo ship commandeered by maritime criminals off the Horn of Africa. His performance is complemented by Barkhad Abdi ("I'm the captain now"), making a sensational film debut as the criminal boss in Paul Greengrass's thriller, inspired by true stories. Should the concluding moment doesn't bring tears, you have no heart.

7. Geometric Shape (2009)

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