You Should Consider a Larger Vessel: The 20 Best Movies Taking Place at Sea – In Order!

20. Ocean Terror (1998)

Stephen Sommers' futuristic scarefest chronicles a bunch of scene-stealing character actors acting as hired guns hired to demolish the luxury liner a fictional ship. But a giant mutant octopus has got there first! Among the likely victims are Treat Williams as a diamond criminal.

19. The 1900 Story (1998)

A newborn, abandoned on the passenger vessel SS Virginian, develops to be a gifted pianist (Tim Roth) who remains aboard the vessel. The highlight of this filmmaker's fantastical tale is the protagonist competing in a musical showdown with a jazz legend, arguably inaccurately shown as a smug bastard.

18. Waterworld (1995)

The lead actor portrays a samurai-like nomad with mutated appendages and a enhanced sailing vessel in this high-cost science fiction adventure, taking place in a distant time where melting polar ice-caps have flooded the Earth. The entire population is hunting for fabled solid ground while resisting Dennis Hopper and his gang of chain-smoking raiders.

17. Titanic (1997)

A significant portion of love story development between a posh chick (Kate Winslet) and an working-class man (the male lead) are redeemed by this filmmaker's spectacular recreation of a famous most infamous tragedies. One must appreciate the chutzpah of a director who manages to twist a casualties of over a thousand into an emotionally uplifting story of liberation.

16. Vessel of Madness (1965)

Peasants, artistic entertainers and political extremists rub shoulders on a passenger ship journeying from Latin America to the Old World in the pre-war era. This filmmaker's sweeping drama includes Vivien Leigh, in her swan song, as a sad divorcee, but it's a co-star, as the ship's doctor, and a talented performer, as a aristocratic rebel, who deliver the movie with its powerful impact.

15. The Last Voyage (1960)

The USS Claridon is ripped apart in an detonation and the protagonist's wife (the actress) is stranded in their quarters in this gripping early catastrophe film. Can the main character and a brave technician (the supporting player) rescue her prior to the vessel goes down? Fun fact: the Claridon is played by the renowned European vessel a real ship.

14. Murder on the Nile (1978)

Angela Lansbury are among the killing culprits on board a African vessel in this ensemble cast crime novelist whodunit. The main star, as the Belgian sleuth, is unable to halt several passengers being stabbed, which narrows his persons of interest to a smaller group. Significantly better than the recent version.

13. Ocean Stillness (1989)

Nicole Kidman portray a husband and wife seeking to heal from the grief of their child's passing by sailing their boat for a trip in the ocean, where they recover a co-star from a foundering ship. Poor decision! This filmmaker's suspense film is fundamentally a horror film at sea, but an ultra-classy one that launched her career.

12. The Maggie Story (1954)

An UK citizen, shipping goods for an wealthy entrepreneur, is tricked into hiring a dilapidated "type of boat" in the director's harsh Ealing comedy in the unconventional style of his own previous work. Predictably, the boat's UK commander and crew trick the main characters for a trip, in every meaning of the expression.

11. Overwhelming Power (1974)

Richard Lester provides his disaster thriller a social commentary angle in this tension-filled story of explosives positioned on a passenger ship, the fictional ship. Red wire or blue wire? Richard Harris portray demolition specialists; another actor, as the cruise director, provides a touching portrayal in humorous tragedy.

10. Ocean Disaster (1972)

This adaptation of this writer's literary work is among the zenith of the 1970s disaster genre. The fictional ship is flipped over by a tidal wave, and it's up to the main protagonist to direct his group through the inverted hull to rescue. Shelley Winters is remarkable as a small business owner's partner with a handy background of sports participation.

9. Total Loss (2013)

Robert Redford delivers a experienced exemplary performance in single character portrayal as a man fighting to stay alive in the Indian Ocean after his sailing vessel, the fictional ship, is impaired in a impact with an stray shipping container. It's nerve-wracking enough to watch, so heaven knows how physically gruelling it must have been for the elderly actor to shoot.

8. Captain Phillips (2013)

The lead actor provides sterling work in part of his regular-guys-under-intolerable-pressure performances, as the skipper of an American cargo ship commandeered by Somali pirates off the geographical area. His performance is complemented by another actor ("I'm the captain now"), delivering a sensational first movie role as the raider leader in Paul Greengrass's tense movie, derived from actual incidents. When the concluding moment doesn't bring tears, you're emotionally detached.

7. Geometric Shape (2009)

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