7 Movies That Secretly Give Away The Plot At The Very Start

5. Titanic - It Spoils The Sinking (Duh), But Also Rose's Romance

In terms of spoilers, Titanic's an odd one; everyone know's the ship's going to sink (well, almost), while the plot is your typical star-crossed lovers/class divide story. This was the cause of much derision before release -at first people actually expected the film to fail.

Almost to show the audience that a shocking plot isn't the point, the film never once pretends you don’t know the eventual outcome. There's no other possible ending to Titanic than it sinking, and it actually works hard to reinforce that; the film opens at the wreck, has Brock summarise the sinking on a TV report, and once old Rose arrives on the diving ship we see a "state-of-the-art" computer rendition of the sinking.

But James Cameron didn't stop with revealing the (very) obvious - he also made a point of Rose's last name post-sinking being Dawson, immediately telling you where her relationship with Jack is going to go (even if how she ultimately got the name is a little unconventional).

No other version of Titanic had previously taken this knowing approach - both the novel and film of A Night To Remember treat it like an unfolding drama - but it’s a key part of what turned Cameron's film into a successful epic rather than a three hour snooze fest.