Rose DeWitt Bukater is a 17-year-old American woman of the upper class in 1912 who feels confined by societal expectations. She falls in love with Jack Dawson, a free-spirited young man in steerage. Their forbidden romance blossoms despite opposition, culminating in the tragedy of the Titanic sinking. James Cameron directed the film starring Leonardo DiCaprio as Jack and Kate Winslet as Rose, chronicling their love story set against the backdrop of the Titanic disaster.

1. The Titanic

2. Characters Leonardo DiCaprio as Jack Dawson Kate Winslet as Rose DeWitt Bukater Billy Zane as Caledon Nathan "Cal" Hockley Frances Fisher as Ruth DeWitt Bukater Danny Nucci as Fabrizio De Rossi Jason Barry as Tommy Ryan David Warner as Spicer Lovejoy Bill Paxton as Brock Lovett Gloria Stuart as Rose Dawson Calvert Suzy Amis as Lizzy Calvert Lewis Abernathy as Lewis Bodine

4. Directed by: James Cameron Produced by: James Cameron and Jon Landau Written by: James Cameron Music by: James Horner Editing by: James Cameron and Richard A. Harris

5. Rose DeWitt Bukater is a 17-year-old, upper-class American suffocating under the rigid confines and expectations of Edwardian society who falls for a free-spirited young steerage passenger named Jack Dawson . Once he opens her eyes to the world that lies outside her gilded cage, Rose and Jack's forbidden love begins a powerful mystery that ultimately echoes across the years into the present. Nothing on earth is going to come between them -- not even something as unimaginable as the sinking of Titanic.