You Might Want a More Substantial Ship: 20 Finest Motion Pictures Taking Place at Sea – Ranked!

20. Ocean Terror (1998)

This filmmaker's science fiction thriller chronicles a group of memorable character actors playing soldiers of fortune employed to destroy the luxury liner a fictional ship. However a enormous cephalopod has already arrived! Featuring the likely victims are Kevin J O'Connor as a gem smuggler.

19. The Legend of 1900 (1998)

A newborn, left on the transatlantic liner a fictional ship, matures to be a talented keyboardist (Tim Roth) who never steps off the vessel. The highlight of this filmmaker's fantastical tale is the main character battling a musical showdown with a jazz legend, arguably inaccurately portrayed as a smug bastard.

18. Waterworld (1995)

The main star portrays a fighter-inspired drifter with mutated appendages and a souped-up watercraft in this high-cost futuristic thriller, located in a later era where vanishing ice sheets have submerged the Earth. All people is hunting for mythical Dryland while fending off Dennis Hopper and his gang of chain-smoking marauders.

17. Titanic (1997)

A significant portion of love story development between a wealthy lady (the actress) and an itinerant yobbo (Leonardo DiCaprio) are rescued by James Cameron's breathtaking depiction of one the 20th century's notorious disasters. It's impossible not to respect the chutzpah of a director who artfully converts a fatalities of over a thousand into an heartening story of liberation.

16. Vessel of Madness (1965)

Commoners, Spanish performers and political extremists mingle on a commercial vessel traveling from Mexico to the Continent in the pre-war era. Stanley Kramer's epic stars a cinema icon, in her swan song, as a unhappy separated woman, but it's another actor, as the ship's doctor, and another cast member, as a radical countess, who provide the motion picture with its powerful impact.

15. Ultimate Trip (1960)

The fictional ship is destroyed in an detonation and Robert Stack's spouse (the actress) is stranded in their room in this gripping proto-disaster pic. Can the main character and a brave technician (Woody Strode) rescue her prior to the vessel goes down? Curious detail: the Claridon is embodied by the legendary French liner an actual ocean liner.

14. Murder on the Nile (1978)

Bette Davis are among the homicide possibilities on board a African vessel in this all-star Agatha Christie detective story. Peter Ustinov, as Hercule Poirot, fails to stop numerous characters being killed, which narrows his suspects to a smaller group. Much more enjoyable than the modern adaptation.

13. Sea Silence (1989)

Nicole Kidman portray a husband and wife seeking to heal from the grief of their son's death by sailing their boat for a journey in the sea, where they save another actor from a damaged vessel. Big mistake! Phillip Noyce's tense movie is essentially a killers-on-the-loose story at in maritime setting, but an high-quality one that put Kidman on the map.

12. The Maggie Story (1954)

An Englishman, moving items for an wealthy entrepreneur, is deceived into hiring a run-down "type of boat" in Alexander Mackendrick's dark UK production in the unconventional tradition of his own Whisky Galore!. Of course, the ship's UK commander and team deceive the inexperienced passengers for a ride, in multiple interpretations of the expression.

11. Juggernaut (1974)

This filmmaker imparts his suspense story a state-of-the-nation angle in this tension-filled tale of bombs planted on a luxury liner, the main setting. Which wire to cut? David Hemmings play explosive technicians; another actor, as the ship's entertainments director, provides a touching portrayal in humorous tragedy.

10. Poseidon's Journey (1972)

This cinematic interpretation of the author's novel is among the peaks of the era of disaster movies. The fictional ship is flipped over by a tidal wave, and it's up to Reverend Gene Hackman to lead his followers through the upturned hull to safety. the actress is memorable as a retailer's spouse with a useful history of competitive swimming.

9. Total Loss (2013)

The main star delivers a experienced exemplary performance in one-man show as a individual battling to stay alive in the maritime location after his sailing vessel, the Virginia Jean, is impaired in a crash with an lost shipping container. It's stressful enough to observe, so it's difficult to comprehend how extremely demanding it must have been for the 76-year-old star to shoot.

8. Captain Phillips (2013)

Tom Hanks provides outstanding acting in part of his everyman-in-crisis roles, as the commander of an American cargo ship hijacked by African raiders off the Horn of Africa. He has great chemistry by a co-star ("I'm the captain now"), delivering a sensational first movie role as the raider leader in this filmmaker's thriller, derived from actual incidents. When the last scene fails to move you, you're not human.

7. Triangle (2009)

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