一次海底远征试图搜索失事的泰坦尼克号上一粒价值连城的钻石，不料找到一幅素描人体画，画的是十七岁的露丝·迪维特·布凯特。在被迫嫁给一个大富豪的途中，绝望的露丝企图跳海自尽，但被杰克救下。于是，她爱上了杰克·唐逊，一位充满自由精神的艺术家、三等舱的乘客，因为杰克点燃了她心中激情的烈火。然而，由于船员们狂妄地试图打破横跨大西洋航行速度的记录，泰坦尼克号撞上了冰山。一个激情缠绵的爱情故事和一场惊心动魄的灾难悲壮地交织在一起，这一切难道都是命运?
1. You let go and I 8217;m gonna have to jump in there after you.
(On deck. Rose is crying and runs past Jack who is lying on a bench smoking. She climbs over the ship 8217;s railings and hangs on with her back to the ship about to jump into the sea.)
JACK: Don 8217;t do it!
ROSE: Stay back! Don 8217;t come any closer!
JACK: Come on! Just give me your hand and I 8217;ll pull you back over.
ROSE: No, stay where you are! I mean it! I 8217;ll let go!
JACK: No, you won 8217;t!
ROSE: What do you mean, No I won 8217;t? Don 8217;t presume to tell me what I will and will not do. You don 8217;t know me.
JACK: Well, you would have done it already.
ROSE: You 8217;re distracting me. Go away!
JACK: I can 8217;t. I 8217;m involved now. You let go, and I 8217;m gonna have to jump in there after you.
(Jack starts taking off his shoes.)
ROSE: Don 8217;t be absurd. You 8217;d be killed.
JACK: I 8217;m a good swimmer.
ROSE: The fall alone would kill you.
JACK: It would hurt; I 8217;m not saying it wouldn 8217;t. To tell you the truth, I 8217;m a lot more concerned about that water being so cold.
ROSE: How cold?
JACK:Freezing. Maybe a couple of degrees over. Have you ever, uh, ever been to Wisconsin?
ROSE: What?
JACK:Well, they have some of the coldest winters around. I grew up there, near Chippewa Falls. I remember when I was a kid, me and my father, we went ice-fishing out on Lake Wisota. Ice-fishing is, you know, when you 8230;
ROSE: I know what ice-fishing is!
JACK: Sorry. You just seemed like, you know, kind of an indoor girl. Anyway, I uh, fell through some thin ice, and I 8217;m telling ya, water that cold, like right down there, it hits you like a thousand knives stabbing you all over your body. You can 8217;t breathe, you can 8217;t think, at least not about anything but the pain. Which is why I 8217;m not looking forward to jumping in there after you. Like I said, I don 8217;t have a choice. I guess I 8217;m kind of hoping that you 8217;ll come back over the railing and get me off the hook here.
(He starts to take off his coat).
ROSE: You 8217;re crazy!
JACK: That 8217;s what everybody says, but with all due respect, miss, I 8217;m not the one hanging off the back of a ship here. Come on! Come on, give me your hand. You don 8217;t want to do this.
(She takes his hand and turns around. They are facing each other but Rose is on the other side of the railing.)
JACK: Whew. I 8217;m Jack Dawson.
ROSE: I 8217;m Rose Dewitt Buchater.
2. Only you can do that.
(Rose and Jack are alone in the room.)
ROSE: Jack, this is impossible. I can 8217;t see you.
JACK: I need to talk to you!
ROSE: No, Jack, no! Jack, I 8217;m engaged. I 8217;m marrying Cal. I love Cal.
JACK: Rose, you 8217;re no picnic. All right, you 8217;re a spoiled little brat even, but under that you 8217;re the most amazingly astoundingly wonderful girl—woman I 8217;ve ever known and 8230;
ROSE: Jack, I 8230;
JACK: No, no. Let me try to get this out. You, you 8217;re amazing. I 8217;m not an idiot. I know how the world works. I 8217;ve got ten bucks in my pocket. I have nothing to offer you, and I know that. I understand. But I 8217;m too involved now. You jump, I jump, remember? I can 8217;t turn away without knowin 8217; that you 8217;ll be all right. That 8217;s all that I want.
ROSE: Well, I 8217;m fine, I 8217;ll be fine. Really.
JACK: Really? I don 8217;t think so. They 8217;ve got you trapped, Rose and you 8217;re goin 8217; to die if you don 8217;t break free. Maybe not right away, because you 8217;re strong. But sooner or later that fire that I love about you, Rose, that fire is going to burn out.
ROSE: It 8217;s not up to you to save me, Jack.
JACK: You 8217;re right. Only you can do that.
3. Oh god. I couldn 8217;t go.
(Rose 8217;s lifeboat is lowered slowly into the sea. Rose looks up at Jack tears pouring down her face. Suddenly she climbs back onto the Titanic scrambling onto the deck below Cal and Jack.)
JACK: Rose! Noooo!
CAL: Stop her!
JACK: Rose! What are you doing?
CAL: Stop her!
JACK: No!
(Jack runs down the stairs to meet her as she runs towards him wearing Cal 8217;s coat which has the diamond in its pocket. They embrace.)
JACK: Rose, you 8217;re so stupid! Why did you do that, huh? You 8217;re so stupid, Rose! Why did you do that? Why?
ROSE: You jump, I jump, right?
JACK: Right.
ROSE: Oh, god. I couldn 8217;t go. I couldn 8217;t go, Jack.
JACK: It 8217;s all right. We 8217;ll think of something.
ROSE: At least I 8217;m with you.
JACK: We 8217;ll think of something.
4. You must do me this honor. You must promise me that you will survive 8230;
(Both Rose and Jack are in the icy-cold sea now.)
ROSE: I love you, Jack.