Hollywood always presents us with amazing stories and movies based on everything you can imagine, from sports to romance to movies about seas and ships.
Who doesn’t love to travel on sea or cruise? Not everyone can do it whenever they want, so people like to entertain themselves by watching movies at sea, on ships, or during ship journeys.
As fun as it may seem, it isn’t easy to depict on screen, but there are some great Hollywood movies about ships and ship journeys that depict 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 some of the Best Hollywood movies about ships or ship journeys 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 film’s title. The team worked hard and built the replica of the ship right from scratch. And after watching it you will surely hum Celine Deion’s theme song for days. You just can’t talk about the best Hollywood movies on ships or ship journeys 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 directed this amazing movie in 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 the Caribbean Series
Pirates of the Caribbean is a very successful movie series by Disney’s movie franchise. 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 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.
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Dead Calm
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 movie’s plot focuses on Kidman and Neill, the married couple 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, which led them into danger.
Jaws
This is not for the faint-hearted because the movie has many scenes of sharks displaying rough aggression by using their jaws. The movie was directed by the legendary Steven Spielberg and released in 1975. It is about a police chief, an old seafarer, and a marine biologist who form a team and go to rescue the people of Amity Island, where a giant white shark has caused terror and destruction.
Poseidon
Poseidon is a beautiful, luxurious cruise liner that is crashed by a strong wave. It turns upside down, gets water, and starts to sink. People find different ways to survive in such a panic. It was first released in the Philippines in 2006. Wolfgang Petersen directed the movie. Emmy Rossum and Kurt Russell portrayed the lead roles.
The Philadelphia Experiment
Stewart Raffill directed The Philadelphia Experiment, which was released in 1984. The movie is a fantasy/thriller based on The Philadelphia Experiment: Project Invisibility, a 1979 novel. It’s one of the best Hollywood movies about ships or ship journeys and is a must-watch if you want to use all your senses to guess what’s going to happen next.
Captain Phillips
This movie was nominated for the Academy Award for 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 ship’s captain 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, that you cannot be permanent no matter how great you are. 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 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 commendable.
Deep Rising
This action and adventure movie released in 1998 and was directed by Stephen Sommers. The movie is about a group of jewel thieves trapped in an empty luxury liner, and a sea monster kills the crew and the passengers. 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, who 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, and 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.
