Year: 1997
Tagline: “Nothing on Earth could come between them."
Reasons they need to see it: This is the ultimate love story and proves that you can’t help who you fall for and that love conquers all. Though it’s a fictional story, there are a lot of historical references that will teach your children about the early 1900s and what life looked like before you could hop on a plane with WiFi and be anywhere in the world before dinner time.
What to look out for: Some of the scenes in this movie are terrifying (think giant sinking ship), Rose tries to commit suicide (though that may not be clear to younger children), and there is a fair amount of violence in the end of the film (oh, and dead bodies frozen in the water). Not to mention the (literally) steamy sex-scene in the car, which comes off the tails of the whole "Draw me like one of your French girls" bit. This might be one to save for your teenager . . .
Also, your child might hold an actual grudge against Rose for the rest of her life — there was room on that door.