1997 — Titanic
Director James Cameron switched in his usual gun-toting action for a daring romance among a perilous maritime adventure in this magnificent and visually stunning drama. Titanic turned main actors Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet into instant heartthrobs and icons by setting them against each other as lower- and upper-class individuals, respectively, and coupling them as partners in a torrid love affair.
1997 — Titanic
1998 — Saving Private Ryan
While Steven Spielberg’s masterwork Schindler’s List captivated audiences as they witnessed the atrocities of the Holocaust, his 1998 picture Saving Private Ryan transported us to the frontlines of WWII, using every frame of its opening half-hour to depict the devastation of the beachside assault at Normandy. As German firing subsides, blood and ocean water merge. The film has already moved on to the next horrible picture of pain and death while our eyes digest the previous.
1998 — Saving Private Ryan