10 Best "All Hope Is Lost" Moments In Movie History

10. "This Ship Can't Sink" - Titanic

James Cameron's Titanic is a virtually peerless spectacle, yet doesn't get nearly enough credit for some of its terrific writing and performances. 

And this is arguably demonstrated no better than during the movie's utterly dread-soaked end-of-second-act meeting between the ship's top brass.

The scene shows Titanic's architect, Thomas Andrews (Thomas Andrews), explaining how dire the situation is onboard, namely that no matter what they do, it's just a matter of time before the vessel sinks.

Andrews' grim prognosis is initially disbelieved by J. Bruce Ismay (Jonathan Hyde), the foppish managing director of Titanic's shipping company, who tells Andrews, "But this ship can't sink!"

Andrews then fires back with, "She's made of iron, sir. I assure you, she can... and she will. It is a mathematical certainty."

At this point Captain Smith (Bernard Hill) asks how long they've got, to which Andrews drops the devastating deadline - "An hour, two at most."

After taking stock of the 2,200 souls onboard, Smith then chillingly tells Ismay, "Well, I believe you may get your headlines."

This is one of those all-time great movie moments that just sucks the air out of any room it's played in, so perfectly teeing up the terrifying destruction to follow in act three.