James Cameron's Titanic begins with an undersea expedition in the 1990s, in which scuba divers are searching the sunken ship for lost relics, particularly a large diamond suspected to have gone down with the ship. While excavating a painting of young Rose DeWitt Bukater (Kate Winslet) is found.

When Rose is brought to the expedition, the film flashes back to the young woman's story of time spent on the doomed Titanic. Young Rose is a daughter of high society members who travels on the Titanic in expectation of being married to a haughty but well-off young man (Billy Zane). Becoming more and more desperate in anticipation of her unwanted fate, Rose finds herself falling in love with poor artist Jack Dawson (Leonardo DiCaprio) who won his way onto the Titanic in a card game. When the great ship strikes an iceberg and begins to sink, Rose and Jack have only each other as the world around them falls apart.

Theater Release: February 19, 1997 | Screenwriter: James Cameron | Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: PG-13 disaster-related peril & violence, nudity, sensuality, & brief language
Main Cast: Leonardo Di Caprio, Kate Winslet, Billy Zane, Kathy Bates, Frances Fisher
Producer: Jon Landau, James Cameron | Director: James Cameron | Studio: Paramount