Every film about the Titanic seems to be groundbreaking in some way for cinema.
The first feature-length films about the disaster were Saved from the Titanic and In Nacht Und Eis, which were both released a few months after the sinking.
The first sound film about the disaster was 1929's Atlantic.
Nazi Germany made a propaganda film about the sinking in 1943 which was the first film about the ship to use singularly the title Titanic.
The 1953 Titanic movie was the first Hollywood version of the sinking.
In 1958, the docu-drama British film A Night to Remember was adapted from Walter Lord's true account of the disaster, and it still is regarded as the most accurate film about the disaster.
In 1980, the thriller film Raise the Titanic became one of the biggest box office bombs of all time, despite being based on a best-selling novel.
And, of course, in 1997, Hollywood built a near full-scale replica of the ship for James Cameron's film and it was the most expensive and highest-grossing film of its day.
The Titanic has also been featured in many television shows.
Did the sinking of the Titanic inadvertently help cinema become the format it is now over the past hundred years, and would it still have developed in a similar way if the Titanic hadn't sunk?
Or did the sinking not really affect the medium at all except to create a dramatic and compelling story that would be perfect to make a movie of?
The first feature-length films about the disaster were Saved from the Titanic and In Nacht Und Eis, which were both released a few months after the sinking.
The first sound film about the disaster was 1929's Atlantic.
Nazi Germany made a propaganda film about the sinking in 1943 which was the first film about the ship to use singularly the title Titanic.
The 1953 Titanic movie was the first Hollywood version of the sinking.
In 1958, the docu-drama British film A Night to Remember was adapted from Walter Lord's true account of the disaster, and it still is regarded as the most accurate film about the disaster.
In 1980, the thriller film Raise the Titanic became one of the biggest box office bombs of all time, despite being based on a best-selling novel.
And, of course, in 1997, Hollywood built a near full-scale replica of the ship for James Cameron's film and it was the most expensive and highest-grossing film of its day.
The Titanic has also been featured in many television shows.
Did the sinking of the Titanic inadvertently help cinema become the format it is now over the past hundred years, and would it still have developed in a similar way if the Titanic hadn't sunk?
Or did the sinking not really affect the medium at all except to create a dramatic and compelling story that would be perfect to make a movie of?