TITANIC (1997)

Cast

Plot

James Cameron confounded his critics by bagging no less than 11 Oscars for his $200 million baby, the most commercially successful movie ever made. An epic disaster movie and tragic love story rolled into one, the casting of DiCaprio and Winslet as star-crossed lovers Jack and Rose ensure the film's youthful appeal, while the stark upstairs-downstairs contrast between the ill-fated passengers provides a little social commentary. But the secret of Titanic's success has to be its awesome technical effects and astonishing attention to detail, transporting the viewer in an almost painfully realistic way onto those doomed decks. This is no masterpiece, but it's Hollywood at its biggest and best.