You Might Want a Larger Vessel: The 20 Best Movies Taking Place at Sea – Ranked!

20. Deep Rising (1998)

Stephen Sommers' science fiction thriller details a collection of attention-grabbing character actors acting as mercenaries contracted to sink the cruise ship the main setting. However a giant mutant octopus has already arrived! Including the likely victims are Kevin J O'Connor as a jewel thief.

19. The 1900 Story (1998)

A newborn, left on the ocean-going ship a fictional ship, matures to be a talented keyboardist (Tim Roth) who never steps off the boat. The peak moment of the director's imaginative story is the protagonist fighting a keyboard contest with a jazz legend, rather unfairly depicted as a smug bastard.

18. Ocean Planet (1995)

The lead actor plays a fighter-inspired wanderer with webbed feet and a enhanced sailing vessel in this big-budget futuristic thriller, set in a future where melting polar ice-caps have inundated the planet. All people is hunting for mythical Dryland while fighting off Dennis Hopper and his gang of chain-smoking pirates.

17. RMS Titanic (1997)

Two hours of romantic interludes between a wealthy lady (Kate Winslet) and an working-class man (the male lead) are saved by this filmmaker's breathtaking depiction of among history's most infamous tragedies. You have to admire the boldness of a film-maker who successfully transforms a casualties of 1,500 into an emotionally uplifting tale of liberation.

16. Boat of Lunatics (1965)

Commoners, artistic entertainers and political extremists rub shoulders on a ocean liner journeying from Mexico to Europe in the pre-war era. The director's large-scale film stars a legendary actress, in her final role, as a melancholy character, but it's Oskar Werner, as the ship's doctor, and another cast member, as a radical countess, who deliver the movie with its dramatic punch.

15. Final Journey (1960)

The central vessel is ripped apart in an detonation and Robert Stack's spouse (the actress) is trapped in their cabin in this intense precursor to disaster movies. Will Stack and a heroic engineer (the actor) save her ahead of the ship sinks? Curious detail: the fictional ship is represented by the renowned French liner Île de France.

14. Death on the Nile (1978)

Bette Davis are including the homicide possibilities on board a Egyptian riverboat in this all-star mystery writer whodunit. The main star, as the famous detective, fails to stop several passengers being stabbed, which whittles down his suspects to a limited selection. Bags more fun than the 2022 remake.

13. Ocean Stillness (1989)

Nicole Kidman portray a husband and wife attempting to recover from the pain of their child's passing by sailing their boat for a spin in the sea, where they recover Billy Zane from a foundering ship. Costly error! Phillip Noyce's thriller is essentially a killers-on-the-loose story at on the ocean, but an ultra-classy one that launched her career.

12. The Maggie (1954)

An Englishman, moving goods for an US businessman, is manipulated into employing a poor condition "type of boat" in Alexander Mackendrick's brutal British film in the unconventional style of his own Whisky Galore!. Naturally, the boat's Scottish captain and staff trick the main characters for a trip, in all senses of the term.

11. Unstoppable Force (1974)

This filmmaker imparts his suspense story a state-of-the-nation angle in this anxiety-inducing story of explosives planted on a passenger ship, the fictional ship. Red wire or blue wire? Richard Harris portray demolition specialists; Roy Kinnear, as the cruise director, serves up a emotional depiction in sadly funny despair.

10. Ocean Disaster (1972)

This adaptation of Paul Gallico's literary work is among the zenith of the era of disaster movies. The central vessel is flipped over by a tsunami, and it's the responsibility of Reverend Gene Hackman to lead his flock through the inverted hull to safety. Shelley Winters is memorable as a shopkeeper's wife with a handy experience of sports participation.

9. All is Lost (2013)

The main star provides a late-career brilliant acting in solo performance as a person struggling to endure in the specific sea after his personal boat, the Virginia Jean, is damaged in a collision with an stray transport unit. It's anxious enough to view, so it's difficult to comprehend how exceptionally strenuous it must have been for the senior performer to film.

8. Ship Commander (2013)

The main star does sterling work in one of his regular-guys-under-intolerable-pressure roles, as the commander of an American cargo ship seized by maritime criminals off the specific location. His performance is complemented by a co-star ("I'm the captain now"), making a outstanding first movie role as the raider leader in Paul Greengrass's thriller, derived from true stories. Should the last scene doesn't make you blub, you have no heart.

7. Geometric Shape (2009)

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