Which 1997 James Cameron disaster romance won Best Picture?

Which 1997 James Cameron disaster romance won Best Picture? Titanic won the Academy Award for Best Picture.

Released in December 1997, Titanic was written and directed by James Cameron and dramatized the 1912 sinking of RMS Titanic through the fictional romance of Jack Dawson and Rose DeWitt Bukater. The historical disaster provides the setting, while the central love story is invented.

At the 70th Academy Awards, Titanic received 14 nominations and won 11 awards, including Best Picture and Best Director. Its other victories included cinematography, film editing, visual effects, and the original song “My Heart Will Go On.”

A common mix-up is the award year: the film was released in 1997, but the Oscars recognizing it were presented in 1998. Another nearby fact is that Titanic became the second film about the ship to win Best Picture, after 1933’s Cavalcade.