You're Gonna Need a Larger Vessel: The 20 Best Movies Located on the Ocean – Ranked!

20. Deep Rising (1998)

The director's futuristic scarefest details a group of attention-grabbing character actors acting as mercenaries hired to destroy the cruise ship Argonautica. But a massive sea creature has already arrived! Among the likely victims are Famke Janssen as a gem smuggler.

19. 1900's Tale (1998)

A infant, deserted on the ocean-going ship the central location, matures to be a gifted pianist (Tim Roth) who refuses to leave the vessel. The climax of this filmmaker's whimsical hokum is Roth battling a musical showdown with Jelly Roll Morton, rather unfairly shown as a smug bastard.

18. Waterworld (1995)

The main star acts as a fighter-inspired nomad with webbed feet and a souped-up watercraft in this big-budget sci-fi B-movie, taking place in a future where melting polar ice-caps have flooded the world. Everyone is searching for legendary terra firma while resisting the antagonist and his band of constantly puffing marauders.

17. RMS Titanic (1997)

A significant portion of tiresome canoodling between a posh chick (Kate Winslet) and an free-spirited artist (Leonardo DiCaprio) are saved by this filmmaker's impressive reconstruction of among history's well-known tragedies. You have to admire the boldness of a director who successfully transforms a death toll of numerous victims into an inspiring tale of emancipation.

16. Ship of Fools (1965)

Working-class people, artistic entertainers and German ideologists rub shoulders on a passenger ship traveling from Mexico to the Continent in the interwar period. The director's sweeping drama stars a cinema icon, in her swan song, as a sad divorcee, but it's Oskar Werner, as the medical officer, and another cast member, as a aristocratic rebel, who supply the film with its emotional wallop.

15. Ultimate Trip (1960)

The fictional ship is torn asunder in an explosion and the protagonist's wife (the actress) is stranded in their quarters in this gripping early catastrophe film. Is it possible for Stack and a courageous worker (Woody Strode) free her prior to the ship sinks? Curious detail: the Claridon is embodied by the famous French liner an actual ocean liner.

14. Death on the Nile (1978)

Two legendary actresses are among the homicide possibilities on board a Egyptian riverboat in this all-star Agatha Christie murder mystery. The lead actor, as the Belgian sleuth, cannot prevent several passengers being shot, which reduces his suspects to a manageable number. Bags more fun than the 2022 remake.

13. Ocean Stillness (1989)

Two lead actors portray a husband and wife trying to get over the grief of their offspring's demise by sailing their boat for a trip in the sea, where they save a co-star from a sinking schooner. Costly error! Phillip Noyce's suspense film is basically a horror film at in maritime setting, but an high-quality one that launched her career.

12. The Maggie (1954)

An Englishman, transporting furniture for an wealthy entrepreneur, is tricked into using a dilapidated "type of boat" in this filmmaker's dark UK production in the unconventional vein of his own earlier film. Predictably, the ship's British skipper and staff deceive the inexperienced passengers for a ride, in multiple interpretations of the term.

11. Overwhelming Power (1974)

Richard Lester imparts his disaster thriller a social commentary perspective in this nerve-shredding tale of bombs planted on a commercial vessel, the main setting. What's the correct choice? Richard Harris portray bomb disposal experts; another actor, as the ship's entertainments director, provides a heartbreaking portrayal in humorous tragedy.

10. Ocean Disaster (1972)

This film version of Paul Gallico's literary work is among the peaks of the seventies catastrophe films. The SS Poseidon is capsized by a tsunami, and it's the job of the main protagonist to direct his flock through the upturned hull to security. the actress is unforgettable as a retailer's spouse with a handy history of competitive swimming.

9. All is Lost (2013)

The main star gives a experienced exemplary performance in single character portrayal as a man fighting to endure in the maritime location after his sailing vessel, the main setting, is impaired in a crash with an stray shipping container. It's nerve-wracking enough to observe, so one can only imagine how exceptionally strenuous it must have been for the elderly actor to film.

8. Ship Commander (2013)

The lead actor provides outstanding acting in part of his regular-guys-under-intolerable-pressure performances, as the commander of an American cargo ship commandeered by maritime criminals off the specific location. He's matched by a co-star ("Now I'm in charge"), providing a remarkable first movie role as the criminal boss in Paul Greengrass's suspense film, based on true stories. If the concluding moment doesn't bring tears, you're not human.

7. Triangle (2009)

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