You're Gonna Need a More Substantial Ship: 20 Finest Motion Pictures Taking Place at Sea – Ranked!

20. Abyssal Attack (1998)

Stephen Sommers' sci-fi horror pulp chronicles a group of attention-grabbing character actors acting as soldiers of fortune contracted to sink the luxury liner Argonautica. But a massive sea creature has beaten them to it! Including the potential cephalopod fodder are Famke Janssen as a gem smuggler.

19. 1900's Tale (1998)

A newborn, abandoned on the passenger vessel a fictional ship, develops to be a gifted pianist (the main star) who remains aboard the vessel. The highlight of this filmmaker's fantastical tale is Roth competing in a keyboard contest with Jelly Roll Morton, arguably inaccurately depicted as a smug bastard.

18. Waterworld (1995)

Kevin Costner plays a samurai-like drifter with mutated appendages and a souped-up watercraft in this big-budget sci-fi B-movie, set in a future where melting polar ice-caps have inundated the Earth. All people is hunting for legendary terra firma while fending off the villain and his band of chain-smoking raiders.

17. The Titanic (1997)

Two hours of love story development between a wealthy lady (the actress) and an itinerant yobbo (the male lead) are saved by the director's spectacular recreation of one the 20th century's well-known disasters. It's impossible not to respect the audacity of a cinematic artist who artfully converts a fatalities of over a thousand into an inspiring tale of emancipation.

16. Vessel of Madness (1965)

Peasants, Spanish performers and political extremists mingle on a ocean liner sailing from Mexico to the Continent in 1933. This filmmaker's epic includes Vivien Leigh, in her swan song, as a melancholy character, but it's Oskar Werner, as the vessel's physician, and Simone Signoret, as a aristocratic rebel, who provide the motion picture with its dramatic punch.

15. Final Journey (1960)

The USS Claridon is ripped apart in an detonation and the protagonist's spouse (the actress) is stranded in their quarters in this gripping early catastrophe film. Will the main character and a brave technician (Woody Strode) save her ahead of the boat submerges? Fun fact: the main setting is played by the famous European vessel an actual ocean liner.

14. Death on the Nile (1978)

Bette Davis are among the homicide possibilities on board a Egyptian riverboat in this ensemble cast mystery writer detective story. The main star, as the Belgian sleuth, cannot prevent several passengers being shot, which narrows his potential killers to a smaller group. Much more enjoyable than the recent version.

13. Dead Calm (1989)

Nicole Kidman act as a partners attempting to recover from the trauma of their child's passing by taking their yacht for a spin in the ocean, where they rescue a co-star from a sinking schooner. Poor decision! This filmmaker's thriller is essentially a killers-on-the-loose story at sea, but an exceptionally well-made one that launched her career.

12. The Maggie Story (1954)

An British man, shipping furniture for an American industrialist, is deceived into hiring a poor condition "Scottish vessel" in the director's dark UK production in the unconventional tradition of his own previous work. Of course, the ship's British skipper and team trick the main characters for a trip, in multiple interpretations of the word.

11. Juggernaut (1974)

This filmmaker gives his suspense story a state-of-the-nation angle in this nerve-shredding story of detonators positioned on a luxury liner, the main setting. Red wire or blue wire? Richard Harris portray explosive technicians; a supporting player, as the vessel's activities coordinator, provides a touching study in humorous tragedy.

10. Poseidon's Journey (1972)

This cinematic interpretation of this writer's book is one of the zenith of the seventies catastrophe films. The fictional ship is overturned by a ocean surge, and it's up to the lead character to lead his flock through the flipped vessel to rescue. the actress is memorable as a small business owner's partner with a useful history of competitive swimming.

9. Everything's Gone (2013)

The main star gives a late-career exemplary performance in single character portrayal as a individual struggling to survive in the maritime location after his personal boat, the fictional ship, is impaired in a crash with an errant cargo box. It's anxious enough to watch, so one can only imagine how exceptionally strenuous it must have been for the senior performer to shoot.

8. Captain Phillips (2013)

The lead actor does sterling work in part of his regular-guys-under-intolerable-pressure characters, as the skipper of an US merchant vessel seized by African raiders off the geographical area. He's matched by a co-star ("Now I'm in charge"), delivering a sensational initial cinematic appearance as the pirate chief in Paul Greengrass's tense movie, inspired by actual incidents. If the last scene doesn't bring tears, you're not human.

7. Three-Sided Figure (2009)

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