You're Gonna Need a More Substantial Ship: Top 20 Greatest Movies Located on the Ocean – Ranked!

20. Abyssal Attack (1998)

This filmmaker's science fiction thriller details a group of scene-stealing supporting players playing soldiers of fortune contracted to sink the passenger vessel Argonautica. However a giant mutant octopus has beaten them to it! Among the potential cephalopod fodder are Famke Janssen as a gem smuggler.

19. The Legend of 1900 (1998)

A baby, left on the passenger vessel the central location, grows up to be a accomplished musician (the lead actor) who never steps off the ship. The peak moment of the director's fantastical tale is Roth competing in a piano duel with Jelly Roll Morton, arguably inaccurately portrayed as a overconfident individual.

18. Aquatic World (1995)

The lead actor plays a fighter-inspired wanderer with aquatic adaptations and a modified sailing vessel in this megabudget sci-fi B-movie, set in a future where melting polar ice-caps have submerged the Earth. Everyone is searching for legendary terra firma while fighting off Dennis Hopper and his band of constantly puffing pirates.

17. The Titanic (1997)

Two hours of tiresome canoodling between a posh chick (the female lead) and an free-spirited artist (Leonardo DiCaprio) are redeemed by James Cameron's spectacular recreation of a famous most infamous disasters. One must appreciate the chutzpah of a cinematic artist who artfully converts a casualties of numerous victims into an inspiring story of liberation.

16. Boat of Lunatics (1965)

Commoners, flamenco dancers and German ideologists rub shoulders on a passenger ship sailing from Latin America to Europe in 1933. This filmmaker's epic stars a legendary actress, in her swan song, as a sad divorcee, but it's a co-star, as the medical officer, and a talented performer, as a political noblewoman, who provide the movie with its emotional wallop.

15. Final Journey (1960)

The central vessel is torn asunder in an detonation and the protagonist's partner (the co-star) is trapped in their quarters in this intense early catastrophe film. Will the main character and a heroic engineer (Woody Strode) rescue her before the boat submerges? Interesting note: the Claridon is played by the legendary European vessel a real ship.

14. Murder on the Nile (1978)

Angela Lansbury are including the murder suspects on board a Nile paddle steamer in this all-star mystery writer detective story. The lead actor, as the famous detective, is unable to halt half the cast being killed, which reduces his suspects to a manageable number. Bags more fun than the recent version.

13. Dead Calm (1989)

Nicole Kidman portray a married couple trying to get over the grief of their son's death by venturing on their vessel for a spin in the sea, where they recover another actor from a damaged vessel. Poor decision! The director's suspense film is fundamentally a horror film at sea, but an high-quality one that made her famous.

12. The Maggie Story (1954)

An British man, shipping goods for an American industrialist, is deceived into employing a poor condition "type of boat" in Alexander Mackendrick's dark Ealing comedy in the rebellious vein of his own Whisky Galore!. Naturally, the boat's British skipper and crew deceive the inexperienced passengers for a journey, in every meaning of the word.

11. Juggernaut (1974)

Richard Lester imparts his suspense story a social commentary perspective in this nerve-shredding tale of explosives planted on a passenger ship, the fictional ship. Red wire or blue wire? David Hemmings act as explosive technicians; a supporting player, as the cruise director, delivers a heartbreaking depiction in humorous tragedy.

10. The Poseidon Adventure (1972)

This film version of the author's novel is one of the peaks of the seventies catastrophe films. The central vessel is capsized by a tidal wave, and it's the job of the main protagonist to lead his flock through the flipped hull to rescue. the actress is memorable as a small business owner's partner with a practical history of sports participation.

9. Total Loss (2013)

The main star delivers a late-career exemplary performance in solo performance as a man fighting to stay alive in the maritime location after his yacht, the main setting, is damaged in a collision with an stray shipping container. It's nerve-wracking enough to watch, so one can only imagine how extremely demanding it must have been for the senior performer to record.

8. Vessel Leader (2013)

The lead actor does outstanding acting in one of his regular-guys-under-intolerable-pressure performances, as the skipper of an US merchant vessel commandeered by maritime criminals off the geographical area. He has great chemistry by another actor ("Now I'm in charge"), delivering a outstanding film debut as the raider leader in Paul Greengrass's tense movie, based on real events. If the final sequence doesn't make you blub, you're not human.

7. Three-Sided Figure (2009)

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Joshua Werner
Joshua Werner

A Berlin-based cultural writer with over a decade of experience exploring Germany's traditions and modern life.