It's April 1912. The worlds most impressive steamship is about to make it's virgin voyage. It's an unsinkable ship, it's the biggest and the most luxurious ship there had ever been. It was Titanic. On the trip was the young English Rose De Witt Bukater. She travels with her mother and her fiancé. They are going to America and get married. On the ship she start getting frustrating with her life. She is force to marry because she has become poor and her fiancé is a very rich man. In a desperate moment she decides suicide is the only way out.
On the ship is also the young artist Jack Dawson. He won is ticket to Titanic in a card game, right when the ship was about to go off. He happens to be on the deck when Rose runs past him and begin climbing the the front to jump in the water. He calms her and convinces her not to jump, but right when she is climbing back on the ship she slips. He helps her up, and as a thanks he is invited on dinner at first class.
The friendship between Rose and Jack deepens, and both her fiancé and her mother starts getting suspicious. But finally Rose decide to choose freedom and poverty before misery and safety. Rose and Jack recognize the love between them and are very happy for some hours...until the ship hits an ice berg.
