Titanic voted Hollywood's biggest tear-jerker

James Cameron's epic historical blockbuster Titanic has been voted the greatest tear-jerker of all time.

In a survey conducted by consumer site FreeDeliveryLand.co.uk, the 1997 disaster movie which starred Kate Winslet and Leonardo DiCaprio as doomed lovers was given the accolade with 24 per cent of the vote.

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Tom Hooper's musical extravaganza Les Miserables came in second place, while Disney's classic Bambi took third.

Steven Spielberg rounded out the top five list of heartbreakers with his 2011 WWI movie War Horse and iconic 1982 alien adventure, E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial.

A spokesman for the website said, "Though not everyone would admit it, we've all cried at a film at one point in our life.

"Titanic has the perfect combination of factors to make it the nation's favourite tearjerker. It has the epic plot, the doomed lovers and extremely moving music."

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The film commemorated the centenary of the ship's sinking last year with a 3D release, prompting Winslet to speak honestly about her performance.

"Every single scene, I’m like ‘Really, really? You did it like that? Oh my God,'" she told CNN.

“Even my American accent, I can’t listen to it. It’s awful. Hopefully it’s so much better now. It sounds terribly self indulgent but actors do tend to be very self-critical. I have a hard time watching any of my performances, but watching Titanic I was just like, ‘Oh God, I want to do that again.’”

Titanic has taken over $2 billion at the worldwide box office, making it the second most successful film of all time after James Cameron's Avatar.

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Check out Kate Winslet's screen test for Titanic below: