You Should Consider a Bigger Boat: 20 Finest Movies Taking Place at Sea – Listed!

20. Ocean Terror (1998)

Stephen Sommers' futuristic scarefest details a bunch of memorable ensemble cast portraying soldiers of fortune employed to destroy the passenger vessel Argonautica. But a massive sea creature has beaten them to it! Including the potential cephalopod fodder are Kevin J O'Connor as a gem smuggler.

19. The 1900 Story (1998)

A infant, left on the ocean-going ship a fictional ship, grows up to be a accomplished musician (the lead actor) who refuses to leave the ship. The climax of this filmmaker's imaginative story is the protagonist competing in a keyboard contest with Jelly Roll Morton, arguably inaccurately shown as a overconfident individual.

18. Waterworld (1995)

Kevin Costner acts as a samurai-like wanderer with aquatic adaptations and a enhanced sailing vessel in this high-cost sci-fi B-movie, taking place in a later era where vanishing ice sheets have submerged the Earth. Everyone is hunting for mythical Dryland while fighting off the antagonist and his group of chain-smoking raiders.

17. Titanic (1997)

A significant portion of romantic interludes between a wealthy lady (the actress) and an itinerant yobbo (the male lead) are redeemed by the director's impressive reconstruction of one the 20th century's notorious catastrophes. One must appreciate the boldness of a director who manages to twist a casualties of over a thousand into an inspiring tale of emancipation.

16. Boat of Lunatics (1965)

Commoners, Spanish performers and political extremists mingle on a ocean liner journeying from Latin America to the Continent in the interwar period. This filmmaker's large-scale film includes Vivien Leigh, in her swan song, as a unhappy separated woman, but it's Oskar Werner, as the medical officer, and a talented performer, as a radical countess, who provide the motion picture with its dramatic punch.

15. The Last Voyage (1960)

The fictional ship is torn asunder in an explosion and the protagonist's wife (the co-star) is trapped in their cabin in this gripping early catastrophe film. Will the hero and a courageous worker (Woody Strode) free her before the ship sinks? Interesting note: the main setting is played by the famous historic ship Île de France.

14. Nile Killing (1978)

Two legendary actresses are among the murder suspects on board a Egyptian riverboat in this ensemble cast mystery writer whodunit. Peter Ustinov, as the famous detective, cannot prevent numerous characters being stabbed, which narrows his potential killers to a manageable number. Much more enjoyable than the modern adaptation.

13. Sea Silence (1989)

Two lead actors act as a married couple attempting to recover from the grief of their son's death by venturing on their vessel for a spin in the Pacific, where they save Billy Zane from a sinking schooner. Poor decision! Phillip Noyce's tense movie is fundamentally a horror film at on the ocean, but an high-quality one that launched her career.

12. The Maggie (1954)

An Englishman, moving items for an wealthy entrepreneur, is tricked into using a dilapidated "type of boat" in this filmmaker's dark UK production in the subversive style of his own earlier film. Predictably, the ship's UK commander and staff take the two landlubbers for a journey, in every meaning of the word.

11. Overwhelming Power (1974)

Richard Lester provides his disaster thriller a social commentary angle in this tension-filled story of explosives positioned on a commercial vessel, the SS Britannic. Red wire or blue wire? Two lead actors portray explosive technicians; Roy Kinnear, as the vessel's activities coordinator, serves up a heartbreaking portrayal in humorous tragedy.

10. The Poseidon Adventure (1972)

This cinematic interpretation of the author's book is part of the zenith of the 1970s disaster genre. The central vessel is overturned by a tidal wave, and it's up to the main protagonist to direct his group through the flipped vessel to rescue. a supporting player is unforgettable as a retailer's spouse with a useful experience of competitive swimming.

9. Everything's Gone (2013)

The lead actor provides a late-career brilliant acting in one-man show as a individual battling to stay alive in the maritime location after his yacht, the Virginia Jean, is harmed in a collision with an lost transport unit. It's anxious enough to view, so heaven knows how extremely demanding it must have been for the senior performer to film.

8. Vessel Leader (2013)

The lead actor provides excellent performance in part of his ordinary-person-in-extraordinary-circumstances characters, as the commander of an US merchant vessel hijacked by African raiders off the specific location. He has great chemistry by Barkhad Abdi ("Now I'm in charge"), delivering a remarkable first movie role as the criminal boss in this filmmaker's thriller, inspired by true stories. When the final sequence fails to move you, you have no heart.

7. Triangle (2009)

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