Hollywood always present us with amazing story and movies based on everything that you can possibly imagine. Right from sports to romance to movies on seas and ships.
Who doesn’t love to travel on sea or cruise but not all can do it whenever they want so people like to entertain themselves with watching movies on sea or ships or ship journey.
As fun it may seem, it actually isn’t easy to depict it on screen but there are some Great Hollywood movies about ships and ship journey depicting the enthralling beauty of the sea or ships without actually taking anything away from the story. Don’t you think that’s a mammoth task to achieve? Some of these Hollywood movies weren’t even actually filmed on ships and you would have never even guessed it!
So here we have listed down some of the Best Hollywood movies on ships or ship journey that will blow your mind!
List of Best Hollywood Movies on Ships
Titanic
One of the most popular and loved movies of all time, Titanic can be a bit predictable band you will probably guess the ending of the movie but the effects given will make you feel like you are present there on the ship. It’s truly an amazing masterpiece if we talk about the cinematography and VFX. And you can already guess what lengths the producers went to shoot the movie as the ship was so important to be put as the title of the film. The team worked hard and built the replica of the ship right from the scratch. And after watching it you are surely going to hum Celine Deion’s theme song for days. You just can’t talk about the best Hollywood movies on ships or ship journey without mentioning this movie in the list.
Triangle
Triangle is among the most successful movies of the thriller genre of all time. It stars Liam Hemsworth as Victor and Melissa George as Jess. The surprising thing is, despite being from 2009, it is still popular. It’s about a few passengers of a yacht who get troubled by the weather in the Atlantic Ocean and jump to another ship to save themselves, only to invite more trouble. Triangle is one of the Best Mind-Bending Movies of All The Time.
Speed 2: Cruise Control
Jan de Bont came out directing this amazing movie, in the year 1997 and made a great crossover in the collections it achieved. The story is based on Characters by Graham Yost. It’s all about a girl named Annie who’s cruising with her policeman boyfriend, Alex, but they find themselves in trouble because of a madman Giger.
Pirates of Caribbean Series
Pirates of the Caribbean is a very successful movie seriesby Disney’s franchise of movies. It is based on Walt Disney’s theme park ride with the same name. The movie has a great reception and fanbase. The main starters include Johnny Depp, Orlando Bloom, etc. The movies follow the adventures of Jhonny Deep as Captain Jack Sparrow and take place in a fictional historical setting; a world that is ruled by the East India Trading Company, the British Empire, and the Spanish Empire, with pirates depicting the freedom from the people ruling.
Life of Pi
The Academy Award-winning movie has a different approach to look things. He (Pi Patel) after the loss of his ship, is stuck with a Royal Bengal Tiger on a lifeboat, with a hyena and an orangutan, but eventually all die, except Pi Patel and the tiger. It stars Irfan Khan, Suraj Sharma, Tabu, etc. It was among the best movies released in 2012.
A movie of the year 1989, and still soaring through the best movies of the thriller genre, directed by Philip Noyce. It gained a good critical response and made it to the highest grossing movie of its time. Nicole Kidman and Billy Zane play the main characters in the movie. The plot of the movie basically focuses on Kidman and Neill, the married couple who were sailing through the Pacific on a yacht. While sailing they met a distraught man named Zane in a damaged boat. The couple decided to investigate and help that lead them into danger.
Jaws
This is not for the faint-hearted because the movie has a lot of scenes where there is rough aggression of sharks, by using their jaws. The movie was directed by the legendary director Steven Spielberg and was released in the year 1975. It about a police chief, an old seafarer and marine biologist form up a team and goes to the rescue the people of Amity island where a giant white shark have caused terror and destruction.
Poseidon
Poseidon is a beautiful, luxurious cruise liner, which is crashed by a strong wave, turns it upside down, getting water in it, and the ship starts to sink. The people make different ways to survive in such a panic. It was first released in the Philippines in 2006. The movie was directed by Wolfgang Petersen. The lead roles were portrayed by Emmy Rossum and Kurt Russell.
The Philadelphia Experiment
Stewart Raffill directed The Philadelphia Experiment which was released in 1984. The movie is of fantasy/thriller in the genre and is based on The Philadelphia Experiment: Project Invisibility, 1979 novel. It’s one of the best Hollywood movies about ships or ship journey and is a must watch to make use of all your senses to presume what’s going to happen next.
Captain Phillips
This movie was nominated for the Academy Award for the best picture. The movie was released in 2013 and was directed by Paul Greengrass. The movie is all about the attack on Maersk Alabama, which is a container ship, by Somali pirates. The captain of the ship uses his wits to negotiate and bring everything to balance. It stars Tom Hanks and Barkhad Abdi in the main roles.
All is Lost
‘All is lost’ highlight the transient nature of human life, about no matter how great you are, you cannot be permanent. The movie is about a person who goes to a solo voyage on a yacht and has it collided with a container ship. The supplies slowly decrease, and the man can see his mortality floating around him, looking at him in the face. The movie was directed by J. C. Chandor and was released in 2004 with Robert Redford as the only lead role.
The Finest Hours
The movie is all about the drama with a disaster in the plot. The movie was released in 2016 and was directed by Craig Gillespie. It’s all about four coast guards who get caught up in a deadly storm and give their best efforts to save the survivors of an oil tanker that was split in half and stars Chris Pine, Casey Affleck and Holliday Granger in the lead roles.
Battleship
This is a movie most of us would have watched because it’s so amazing. The movie is about an international fleet of ships discovering an alien fleet that aims to destroy everything. So there is a war enraged between the human and the alien forces for the future. Battleship was directed by Peter Berg and was released in 2012. The thrill of the science fiction on this movie is absolutely commendable.
Deep Rising
This is an action and adventure movie released in 1998 and was directed by Stephen Sommers. The movie is about a group of jewel thieves who are trapped in a luxury liner that is all empty where the crew and the passengers have been killed by a sea monster. It’s an amazing experience to watch. The main roles were played by Famke Janssen, Treat Williams, Anthony Heald, etc.
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
This movie is a multiple Academy Award winner for its amazing visuals and storyline. ‘Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World’ was released in 2003, directed by Peter Weir and is no less than an adventure and drama. The movie is about Captain Jack Aubrey that orders his team to seek the French war vessel, but when his own ship is attacked, he realizes, that it is not an easy task. The main actors in the movie were Russell Crowe, Paul Bettany, James D’Arcy.
Your Turn!
We know, Titanic is everyone’s favorite film about ships, but we want you to share your favorite Film about ships or boats from the list or you can mention the missing films in the comment section.
