You Might Want a More Substantial Ship: The 20 Best Motion Pictures Located on the Ocean – Ranked!

20. Deep Rising (1998)

Stephen Sommers' futuristic scarefest details a group of attention-grabbing supporting players playing hired guns contracted to destroy the passenger vessel Argonautica. However a enormous cephalopod has beaten them to it! Including the likely victims are Kevin J O'Connor as a gem smuggler.

19. The 1900 Story (1998)

A baby, left on the transatlantic liner SS Virginian, develops to be a gifted pianist (Tim Roth) who never steps off the vessel. The highlight of this filmmaker's whimsical hokum is the protagonist fighting a keyboard contest with a jazz legend, rather unfairly depicted as a smug bastard.

18. Aquatic World (1995)

The main star portrays a warrior-esque nomad with mutated appendages and a souped-up watercraft in this megabudget futuristic thriller, located in a later era where melting polar ice-caps have inundated the world. The entire population is seeking fabled solid ground while fighting off Dennis Hopper and his group of constantly puffing marauders.

17. Titanic (1997)

A significant portion of romantic interludes between a wealthy lady (the female lead) and an free-spirited artist (the male lead) are redeemed by this filmmaker's breathtaking depiction of one the 20th century's notorious catastrophes. You have to admire the boldness of a cinematic artist who manages to twist a death toll of 1,500 into an emotionally uplifting narrative of liberation.

16. Boat of Lunatics (1965)

Commoners, artistic entertainers and Nazi eugenicists rub shoulders on a ocean liner traveling from North America to Europe in the pre-war era. Stanley Kramer's large-scale film includes Vivien Leigh, in her last performance, as a melancholy character, but it's Oskar Werner, as the vessel's physician, and Simone Signoret, as a radical countess, who deliver the film with its dramatic punch.

15. Final Journey (1960)

The central vessel is destroyed in an explosion and Robert Stack's wife (the actress) is stranded in their room in this gripping precursor to disaster movies. Can the main character and a courageous worker (the supporting player) rescue her ahead of the ship sinks? Fun fact: the main setting is played by the famous French liner a real ship.

14. Nile Killing (1978)

Angela Lansbury are part of the killing culprits on board a Nile paddle steamer in this all-star crime novelist whodunit. The main star, as the famous detective, cannot prevent several passengers being shot, which narrows his potential killers to a limited selection. Much more enjoyable than the 2022 remake.

13. Dead Calm (1989)

Nicole Kidman act as a husband and wife seeking to heal from the grief of their offspring's demise by sailing their boat for a journey in the Pacific, where they recover a co-star from a damaged vessel. Costly error! Phillip Noyce's thriller is essentially a slasher movie at on the ocean, but an exceptionally well-made one that made her famous.

12. The Maggie Story (1954)

An UK citizen, transporting items for an wealthy entrepreneur, is manipulated into using a run-down "type of boat" in this filmmaker's brutal Ealing comedy in the rebellious tradition of his own previous work. Predictably, the vessel's British skipper and staff deceive the inexperienced passengers for a ride, in multiple interpretations of the word.

11. Juggernaut (1974)

Richard Lester gives his catastrophe film a state-of-the-nation tilt in this tension-filled story of explosives placed on a luxury liner, the main setting. Red wire or blue wire? Two lead actors portray explosive technicians; Roy Kinnear, as the ship's entertainments director, serves up a heartbreaking portrayal in sadly funny despair.

10. Poseidon's Journey (1972)

This cinematic interpretation of the author's literary work is one of the peaks of the seventies catastrophe films. The central vessel is capsized by a ocean surge, and it's up to Reverend Gene Hackman to direct his group through the inverted ship to safety. the actress is unforgettable as a small business owner's partner with a useful history of sports participation.

9. Everything's Gone (2013)

The lead actor delivers a mature brilliant acting in single character portrayal as a individual fighting to survive in the Indian Ocean after his sailing vessel, the Virginia Jean, is impaired in a collision with an errant transport unit. It's stressful enough to observe, so one can only imagine how physically gruelling it must have been for the senior performer to shoot.

8. Ship Commander (2013)

The main star provides outstanding acting in among his regular-guys-under-intolerable-pressure characters, as the commander of an US merchant vessel commandeered by maritime criminals off the Horn of Africa. He has great chemistry by a co-star ("Now I'm in charge"), making a outstanding initial cinematic appearance as the criminal boss in the director's suspense film, derived from real events. If the concluding moment doesn't bring tears, you have no heart.

7. Geometric Shape (2009)

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