Titanic

Has it really been ten years since Jack met a watery grave and Rose scrambled onto a lifeboat on the ship that could not sink, RMS Titanic? In 1997, James Cameron's epic motion picture told the story of the infamous and ill-fated maiden voyage. Title track 'My Heart Will Go On' may have been too slushy for some, but members of the Academy didn't think so; Titanic was nominated for 14 Oscars and won 11, including Best Picture and Best Director. The CGI looks distinctly dated - in fact the iceberg looks a little like an Amstrad graphic - but the story remains a tragic part of history nevertheless. Essentially a love story that crossed social classes, the sinking of the ship unfolds through the eyes of Leonardo DiCaprio's Jack Dawson and Kate Winslet's Rose DeWitt Buckater. Jack even teaches Rose to spit. The script may be weak and the fateful romance overly sickly but it's hard not to be swept along by the epic grandeur. You can still even purchase a replica necklace if the need takes you. [Julie Paterson]