

Titanic
101-year-old Rose DeWitt Bukater tells the story of her life aboard the Titanic, 84 years later. A young Rose boards the ship with her mother and fiancé. Meanwhile, Jack Dawson and Fabrizio De Rossi win third-class tickets aboard the ship. Rose tells the whole story from Titanic's departure through to its death—on its first and last voyage—on April 15, 1912.
Audience Sentiment
The ship breaks and sinks
Modern day treasure hunt begins
The film jumps from a criticized 6.5 opening with the present-day framing to a masterful 9.5 ship sinking sequence, showing how the disaster scenes elevated the entire experience.
Critics found Titanic's present-day framing weak but praised the central romance and disaster sequences as masterful filmmaking. The sentiment builds steadily from the character introductions through iconic moments like the drawing scene, then reaches emotional peaks during the sinking and Jack's death.
Full cast
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Leonardo DiCaprio
Jack Dawson

Kate Winslet
Rose DeWitt Bukater

Billy Zane
Cal Hockley

Kathy Bates
Molly Brown

Frances Fisher
Ruth DeWitt Bukater

Gloria Stuart
Old Rose

Bill Paxton
Brock Lovett

Bernard Hill
Captain Smith

David Warner
Spicer Lovejoy

Victor Garber
Thomas Andrews

Jonathan Hyde
Bruce Ismay

Suzy Amis
Lizzy Calvert

Lewis Abernathy
Lewis Bodine
Nicholas Cascone
Bobby Buell

Anatoly M. Sagalevitch
Anatoly Milkailavich

Danny Nucci
Fabrizio

Jason Barry
Tommy Ryan

Ewan Stewart
1st Officer Murdoch

Ioan Gruffudd
Fifth Officer Lowe
Jonny Phillips
2nd Officer Lightoller
Crew
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