I april 1912 stævner den enorme luksusliner Titanic ud på sin skæbnesvangre jomfrurejse. Ombord forelsker den 17-årige overklassepige Rose sig i den fattige, fandenivoldske Jack, der har vundet sin billet i et spil kort. Ingen af dem aner, at 'skibet der ikke kan synke' har kurs mod katastrofen. James Cameron's episke drama gjorde Leonardo DiCaprio og Kate Winslet til superstjerner og modtog hele 11 Oscars - deriblandt priserne for bedste film og instruktion.
A French playboy and an American former nightclub singer fall in love aboard a ship. They arrange to reunite six months later, if neither has changed their mind.
Verdens største luksusliner glider hen over det sydkinesiske hav. Fra det sorte dyb stiger en ufattelig skabning lydløst op mod overfladen. Krydstogtskibet forvandles i løbet af minutter til et rædselsvækkende slagtehus. Da en flok svært bevæbnede moderne pirater entrer skibet, finder de i hundredvis af halvt fortærede lig, omgivet af dødsens stilhed. Indtil kraftfulde, slimede fangarme pludseligt hamrer gennem panserplader og ståldøre.....
Nytårsaften bliver den gigantiske luksusliner Poseidon ramt af en flodbølge. Skibet ender med bunden i vejret, og stort set alle drukner. En lille gruppe overlevende prøver desperat at kæmpe sig vej igennem skroget og mod kølen, der nu er eneste del over vandet.
Tom Ripley er enmenneskelig kamæleon med evnen til at passe ind i ethvert miljø. Han bliver af en rig værftsejer hyret til at rejse til Italien og overtale dennes søn Dickie (brillant spillet af Jude Law) til at vende tilbage til familiens forretning. Men Tom bliver dybt fascineret af Dickie, og snart har han møvet sig godt og grundigt ind i hans liv. Men én ting er at blive venner med Tom... noget andet er at slippe af med ham igen.
Wrongly accused of physically abusing a fellow actor, starving thespians Arthur and Maurice find themselves pursued by the law aboard a cruise ship.
Politistyrken i Saint Tropèz er blevet udvalgt til at repræsentere Frankrig ved en international politi-kongres i New York. Cruchot's datter vil også gerne med til New York, men Far siger "Nej!". Hun sniger sig dog alligevel med som blind passagér på skibet, der skal sejle Saint Tropèz' stolte gendarm-korps til USA. Og naturligvis sker det et par gang under opholdet i New York at Cruchot "ser syner" (datteren), og nær er ved at blive erklæret utilregnelig af sin chef.
Let Them All Talk fortæller historien om en berømt og anerkendt forfatter, Alice, som inviterer to veninder med på ferie på en luksusliner. Rejsen har til formål at pleje venskabet og klinke nogle gamle skår, og de tre veninder får følgeskab af Alices nevø og hendes nye agent. Filmen er skrevet af Deborah Eisenberg og instrueret af Oscar-vinder, Steven Soderbergh.
To rivaliserende bjærgningshold løber om kap gennem en kuldsejlet luksusliner for at finde en hemmelig formue om bord på skibet, før det styrter i sin våde grav. Men lineren Poseidon skjuler én sidste hemmelighed.
Da en berømt perle, der har ry for at bringe ulykke, bliver stjålet fra et museum, må Sherlock Holmes på sagen
An outbreak of cholera threatens a luxury liner in this surprisingly low-budget melodrama from RKO. En route from Shanghai to San Francisco, chief engineer Crusher McKay (Victor McLaglen) and shipboard doctor Tony Craig (Chester Morris) become rivals for the attention of nurse Ann Grayson (Wendy Barrie). A Chinese stowaway, meanwhile, infects the stokehold with cholera and it is left to Crusher to keep the engines at full throttle until reaching harbor. But morale sinks to an all-time low when Crusher himself is stricken and the overworked men threaten with mutiny. Tony attempts to keep the stokers in check but the situation is growing more dangerous by the minute when a heroic Crusher rises from his sickbed. Leaving their previous petty squabbles behind, Tony and Crusher manage to guide the ship safely to harbor, where the doc and Ann rekindle their romance.
Scott is a very rich businessman who hangs out with a snooty, silly Countess, but has the hots for Kay who is already engaged to Bill. Scott pursues Kay like crazy, going so far as to buy Bill's oil company so that he can banish him to Japan, leaving Kay unmoored.
Passengers on a ship traveling from Mexico to Europe in the 1930s represent society at large in that era. The crew is German, including the ship's Dr. Schumann, who falls in love with one of the passengers, La Condesa. A young American woman, Jenny, is traveling with the man she loves, David. Jenny is fascinated and puzzled by just who some of the other passengers are.
Blankpoleret røveri om en samling umage amatørforbrydere der ved fælles hjælp bjærger en gammel tysk u-båd og sætter den i stand for at gennemføre et dristigt angreb på "Queen Mary" i rum sø.
An American woman falls in love with a romantic Parisian head waiter who tries to save her from her possessive wealthy ex-husband who wants to keep her under his control.
Sherlock Holmes får til opgave at eskortere en europæisk tronarving tilbage til sit hjemland efter at hans far er blevet snigmyrdet.
As a luxurious ocean liner makes its way across the Atlantic Ocean, the audience is made privy to the travails of several of its passengers. Edmund Lowe heads the cast as Monty Greer, a suave gambler who falls in love with Judy, the daughter of immigrant lens grinder Rudolph Kramer. In trying to recover some valuable securities stolen from banker Henry Graham, Greer finds himself in the middle of a fierce gun battle in the ship's engine room. Meanwhile, Graham, who has been cheating on his wife Kay with sexy dancer Sigrid Carline, is murdered by person or persons unknown.
Passengers on an ocean liner can't recall how they got onboard or where they are going. Soon it becomes apparent that they all have something in common.
Dr. Bob Ballard explores the histories and the final resting places of famous 20th-century passenger liners, including the Titanic, the Lusitania, and the Empress of Ireland.
Wall Street wizard, Larry Day, new to the ways of love, is coached by his valet. He follows Vivian Benton on an ocean liner, where cocktails, laced with a "love potion," work their magic. He then loses his fortune in the market crash and feels he has also lost his girl.