Critically acclaimed Ship movies that are award winners or nominees

Actors : Tommy Lee Jones, Steven Seagal, Erika Eleniak, Gary Busey,
Directors : Andrew Davis,

A Navy cook is the only person who can stop a group of terrorists when they seize control of a U.S. battleship.

Actors : Alan Arkin, Robert Redford, Lena Olin, Tomas Milian,
Directors : Sydney Pollack,

Cuba, December 1958: The professional gambler Jack visits Havana to organize a big Poker game. On the ship he meets Roberta and falls in love with her. Shortly after they arrive in Cuba, ...

Actors : Gene Hackman, Ernest Borgnine, Red Buttons, Shelley Winters,

A group of passengers struggle to survive and escape when their ocean liner completely capsizes at sea.

Actors : Anthony Newley, Samantha Eggar, Richard Attenborough, Rex Harrison,
Directors : Richard Fleischer,

After the animal communicating veterinarian goes too far for his clientèle, he and his friends escape their hometown to sea in search of the Great Pink Sea Snail.

Actors : Loren Dean, Sigourney Weaver, Armand Assante, Gérard Depardieu,
Directors : Ridley Scott,

Christopher Columbus' discovery of the Americas and the effect this has on the indigenous people.

Actors : Simone Signoret, José Ferrer, Lee Marvin, Vivien Leigh,
Directors : Stanley Kramer,

A varied group of passengers boarding a ship bound for post-war Germany represents a microcosm of 1930s society.

Actors : Mia Farrow, Peter Ustinov, Jane Birkin, Simon MacCorkindale,
Directors : John Guillermin,

As Hercule Poirot enjoys a luxurious cruise down the Nile, a newlywed heiress is found murdered on board. Can Poirot identify the killer before the ship reaches the end of its journey?

Actors : Leslie Caron, Jack Good, Trevor Howard, Cary Grant,
Directors : Ralph Nelson,

During World War II, a man persuaded to live on an isolated island and spot aircraft finds himself responsible for a teacher and several students, all female.

Actors : Patricia Neal, Kirk Douglas, Tom Tryon, John Wayne,
Directors : Otto Preminger,

A naval officer reprimanded after Pearl Harbor is later promoted to rear admiral and gets a second chance to prove himself against the Japanese.

Actors : Giuseppe Cederna, Claudio Bisio, Claudio Bigagli, Diego Abatantuono,
Directors : Gabriele Salvatores,

In WW2, an Italian Army unit of misfits occupies an isolated non-strategic Greek island for the duration of the war.

Actors : Oskar Werner, Faye Dunaway, Sam Wanamaker, Lee Grant,
Directors : Stuart Rosenberg,

The tragic 1939 voyage of SS St. Louis carrying hundreds of German Jewish refugees from Nazi Germany that seemingly no nation is willing to save from certain doom.

Actors : Joseph Cotten, Lee Grant, Jack Lemmon, Olivia de Havilland,
Directors : Jerry Jameson,

Art thieves hijack a 747, hit fog and crash into the ocean, trapping them and the passengers under 100 feet of water.

Actors : Yul Brynner, Janet Margolin, Trevor Howard, Marlon Brando,
Directors : Bernhard Wicki,

A war pacifist is blackmailed to pose as an SS officer and to disable the scuttling explosives on freighter carrying rubber cargo to be captured by the Allies.

Actors : Claudia Cardinale, Lloyd Nolan, Rita Hayworth, John Wayne,
Directors : Henry Hathaway,

When circus proprietor Matt Masters decides to take his show on a European tour, it is beset by problems, while he searches for Lili, the mother of his adopted daughter, who disappeared years before.

Actors : Dorothy Malone, Robert Stack, Edmond O'Brien, George Sanders,
Directors : Andrew L. Stone,

After a boiler explosion aboard an aging ocean liner, a man struggles to free his injured wife from the wreckage of their cabin and ensure the safety of their four-year-old daughter as the ship begins to sink.

Actors : Alec Guinness, Madlyn Rhue, Rosalind Russell, Ray Danton,
Directors : Mervyn LeRoy,

A gentle love story about a Japanese businessman and widower, and a Brooklyn widow. But before a happy ending can ensue, they must learn again the lessons of tolerance, kindness and forgiveness.

Actors : Elizabeth Ercy, Raf Vallone, Anthony Perkins, Melina Mercouri,
Directors : Jules Dassin,

The powerful Greek shipowner and constructor Thanos proposes to marry Phaedra during the baptism of a ship with her name. Phaedra, who is the daughter of Thanos'greatest competitor, is a ...

Actors : Richard Harris, Hugh Griffith, Trevor Howard, Marlon Brando,

In 1787, British ship Bounty leaves Portsmouth to bring a cargo of bread-fruit from Tahiti but the savage on-board conditions imposed by Captain Bligh trigger a mutiny led by officer Fletcher Christian.

Actors : Robert Ryan, Melvyn Douglas, Paul Rogers, Peter Ustinov,
Directors : Peter Ustinov,

Billy is an innocent, naive seaman in the British Navy in 1797. When the ship's sadistic master-at-arms is murdered, Billy is accused and tried.

Actors : Philip Frame, Theodore Bikel, Max Croiset, Geneviève Ambas,
Directors : James B. Clark,

Two children are trapped in the tower of a church during a flood. Local fishermen attempt to rescue them.