Best Ship movies of 1970s that are award winners or nominees

Actors : Lorraine Gary, Roy Scheider, Richard Dreyfuss, Robert Shaw,
Directors : Steven Spielberg,

A giant great white shark arrives on the shores of a New England beach resort and wreaks havoc with bloody attacks on swimmers, until a local sheriff teams up with a marine biologist and an old seafarer to hunt the monster down.

Actors : Mickey Rooney, Kelly Reno, Teri Garr, Clarence Muse,
Directors : Carroll Ballard,

While traveling with his father, young Alec becomes fascinated by a mysterious Arabian stallion who is brought on board and stabled in the ship he is sailing on. When it tragically sinks ...

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 : 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 : 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 : 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 : 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.