A restrained, nearly austere ensemble drama that manages to intertwine a dozen different stories without tripping up on any of them, it relies on real-life survivor testimony for almost every line and incident, to immensely moving and dignified effect.

Cold and brutal - exactly how this tale should be told.

Baker cuts to the chase - the iceberg strikes 30 minutes in - and maintains tension with consummate skill: not an easy task when the outcome is already known.

Largely considered by film critics and scholars (although not by the Leo-loving masses) to be the best movie ever made about the disaster.