You Might Want a More Substantial Ship: The 20 Best Movies Taking Place at Sea – Ranked!

20. Abyssal Attack (1998)

This filmmaker's sci-fi horror pulp details a bunch of attention-grabbing character actors playing mercenaries hired to destroy the cruise ship Argonautica. Yet a giant mutant octopus has beaten them to it! Among the potential cephalopod fodder are Famke Janssen as a diamond criminal.

19. 1900's Tale (1998)

A baby, left on the transatlantic liner SS Virginian, grows up to be a gifted pianist (Tim Roth) who refuses to leave the vessel. The climax of this filmmaker's fantastical tale is the main character competing in a keyboard contest with a historical figure, rather unfairly portrayed as a overconfident individual.

18. Ocean Planet (1995)

Kevin Costner portrays a samurai-like nomad with aquatic adaptations and a modified watercraft in this big-budget sci-fi B-movie, taking place in a later era where vanishing ice sheets have inundated the planet. The entire population is searching for fabled solid ground while fighting off the villain and his band of continuously smoking raiders.

17. RMS Titanic (1997)

Two hours of tiresome canoodling between a upper-class woman (the female lead) and an itinerant yobbo (the actor) are redeemed by the director's impressive reconstruction of among history's well-known catastrophes. One must appreciate the boldness of a director who manages to twist a casualties of 1,500 into an inspiring narrative of freedom.

16. Vessel of Madness (1965)

Commoners, Spanish performers and Nazi eugenicists rub shoulders on a passenger ship traveling from North America to Europe in the pre-war era. The director's large-scale film features Vivien Leigh, in her swan song, as a sad divorcee, but it's another actor, as the ship's doctor, and a talented performer, as a radical countess, who provide the motion picture with its powerful impact.

15. Final Journey (1960)

The USS Claridon is ripped apart in an blast and Robert Stack's partner (Dorothy Malone) is trapped in their quarters in this compelling proto-disaster pic. Will the hero and a brave technician (the supporting player) free her prior to the ship sinks? Interesting note: the Claridon is played by the legendary historic ship an actual ocean liner.

14. Nile Killing (1978)

Bette Davis are part of the killing culprits on board a African vessel in this all-star Agatha Christie detective story. Peter Ustinov, as Hercule Poirot, is unable to halt numerous characters being stabbed, which narrows his persons of interest to a smaller group. Significantly better than the 2022 remake.

13. Dead Calm (1989)

Sam Neill portray a husband and wife seeking to heal from the trauma of their son's death by sailing their boat for a spin in the Pacific, where they recover another actor from a damaged vessel. Poor decision! Phillip Noyce's thriller is fundamentally a killers-on-the-loose story at on the ocean, but an high-quality one that made her famous.

12. The Maggie (1954)

An British man, transporting items for an wealthy entrepreneur, is deceived into using a poor condition "Clyde puffer" in Alexander Mackendrick's brutal UK production in the unconventional style of his own Whisky Galore!. Naturally, the ship's Scottish captain and crew deceive the inexperienced passengers for a trip, in every meaning of the word.

11. Juggernaut (1974)

Richard Lester gives his catastrophe film a political dimension perspective in this tension-filled tale of bombs positioned on a luxury liner, the fictional ship. What's the correct choice? David Hemmings portray bomb disposal experts; a supporting player, as the cruise director, provides a emotional depiction in humorous tragedy.

10. Poseidon's Journey (1972)

This film version of Paul Gallico's book is part of the high points of the 1970s disaster genre. The central vessel is capsized by a ocean surge, and it's the job of the lead character to lead his followers through the inverted ship to security. Shelley Winters is remarkable as a small business owner's partner with a handy background of competitive swimming.

9. Everything's Gone (2013)

The main star delivers a late-career masterclass 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 impact with an stray transport unit. It's nerve-wracking enough to observe, so one can only imagine how extremely demanding it must have been for the senior performer to film.

8. Ship Commander (2013)

The lead actor does excellent performance in among his regular-guys-under-intolerable-pressure roles, as the skipper of an American cargo ship hijacked by maritime criminals off the Horn of Africa. His performance is complemented by Barkhad Abdi ("Now I'm in charge"), making a remarkable first movie role as the raider leader in the director's suspense film, derived from actual incidents. When the concluding moment doesn't make you blub, you're emotionally detached.

7. Three-Sided Figure (2009)

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