Best Movies of 1997 by Rank
69
1
Kevin Spacey, Russell Crowe, Guy Pearce, James Cromwell, Kim Basinger
Crime / Drama / Mystery / Thriller / Detective / Post-Noir / Period Film
USA
English
180
2
Leonardo DiCaprio, Kate Winslet, Billy Zane, Kathy Bates, Frances Fisher
Drama / Romance / Epic / Period Film / Adventure / Family
USA
English
407
3
Mark Wahlberg, Burt Reynolds, Julianne Moore, Don Cheadle, John C. Reilly
Drama / Comedy / Period Film
USA
English
429
4
Robert Carlyle, Mark Addy, William Snape, Steve Huison
Comedy
UK
English
449
5
Homayon Ershadi, Abdolrahman Bagheri, Afshin Khorshid Bakhtiari, Safar Ali Moradi
Drama
France / Iran
Persian
551
7
Roberto Benigni
Roberto Benigni, Nicoletta Braschi
Comedy / Romance / Drama / War
Italy
Italian
838
8
Eamonn Owens, Alan Boyle II, Sean McGinley, Peter Gowen
Comedy / Drama
Ireland / USA
English
873
9
Jack Nicholson, Helen Hunt
Comedy / Drama / Romance
USA
English
1000
10
Al Pacino, Johnny Depp, Michael Madsen, Bruno Kirby
Crime / Drama / Thriller / Gangster / Detective
USA
English
1167
11
Robin Williams, Matt Damon, Ben Affleck, Minnie Driver
Drama / Romance
USA
English
1170
12
Leslie Cheung, Tony Leung Chiu Wai, Chen Chang
Drama / Romance
Hong Kong
Mandarin
1180
13
Pavel Chukhraj
Vladimir Mashkov, Yekaterina Rednikova
Drama / Crime
Russia / France
Russian
1283
14
Aleksei Ananishnov, Gudrun Geyer
Drama
Germany / Russia
Russian
1331
15
Gillian Anderson, Billy Crudup, Claire Danes, Minnie Driver, Jada Pinkett Smith
Action / Fantasy / Adventure / Animation / Drama
Japan
English
1368
16
Susanne Lothar, Ulrich Mühe, Arno Frisch, Frank Giering, Stefan Clapczynski
Horror / Drama / Thriller / Crime
Austria
German
1634
17
Woody Allen, Richard Benjamin, Kirstie Alley, Billy Crystal, Judy Davis
Comedy
USA
English
1685
18
Judi Dench, Billy Connolly, Geoffrey Palmer, Antony Sher, Gerard Butler
Drama / History / Romance / Period Film
UK / Ireland / USA
English
1695
19
Morgan Freeman, Anthony Hopkins, Matthew McConaughey
Drama / History / Period Film
USA
English
1705
20
Dustin Hoffman, Robert De Niro, Anne Heche, Denis Leary
Comedy
USA
English
1709
21
Dave Hoover, George Mendonça, Ray Mendez, Rodney Brooks
Documentary / Biography
USA
English
1718
22
Peter Fonda, Patricia Richardson, Christine Dunford, Tom Wood, Jessica Biel
Drama
USA
English
1733
23
Kevin Kline, Joan Allen, Sigourney Weaver, Henry Czerny, Tobey Maguire
Drama / Period Film
USA
English
1747
24
Javier Bardem, Francesca Neri, Liberto Rabal, Ángela Molina
Drama / Romance
France / Spain
Spanish
1801
25
Iain Softley
Helena Bonham Carter, Linus Roache, Charlotte Rampling
Drama / Romance / Period Film
USA / UK
English
1834
26
Nick Nolte, Sissy Spacek, James Coburn, Willem Dafoe
Drama / Crime
USA
English
1956
27
Maxine McNair, Chris McNair, Helen Pegues, Queen Nunn, Arthur Hanes Jr.
Documentary / History / Biography
USA
English
1958
28
Pam Grier, Samuel L. Jackson, Robert Forster, Bridget Fonda
Crime / Drama / Thriller
USA
English
1960
29
Casper Van Dien, Dina Meyer, Denise Richards, Jake Busey, Neil Patrick Harris
Action / Adventure / Sci-Fi / Thriller / War
USA
English
2029
30
Mike van Diem
Jan Decleir, Jonathan Maxwell Reeves, Fedja van Huêt
Drama / Period Film
Netherlands / Belgium
Dutch
2048
31
Takeshi Kitano, Kayoko Kishimoto, Ren Osugi
Crime / Drama / Thriller
Japan
Japanese
2059
32
Mohammad Amir Naji, Amir Farrokh Hashemian, Bahare Seddiqi
Comedy / Drama / Family
Iran
Persian
2078
33
Michael Douglas, Sean Penn, Deborah Kara Unger, James Rebhorn, Peter Donat
Mystery / Thriller / Adventure
USA
English
2095
34
Alain Berliner
Michèle Laroque, Jean-Philippe Écoffey
Comedy / Drama
France / Belgium / UK
French
2127
35
Robert Duvall, Farrah Fawcett, Billy Bob Thornton, June Carter Cash
Drama
USA
English
2140
36
Federico Luppi, Damián Delgado, Dan Rivera González
Drama / Adventure
USA
Spanish
2141
37
Matt Damon, Danny DeVito, Claire Danes, Jon Voight, Mary Kay Place
Drama / Thriller
USA
English
2148
38
Jurnee Smollett, Samuel L. Jackson, Meagan Good, Lynn Whitfield
Drama / Period Film
USA
English
2190
39
Aaron Eckhart, Stacy Edwards, Matt Malloy, Emily Cline
Comedy / Drama
Canada / USA
English
2231
40
Jena Malone, David Morse, Jodie Foster, Geoffrey Blake, William Fichtner
Drama / Sci-Fi / Mystery
USA
English
2238
41
John Travolta, Nicolas Cage, Joan Allen, Alessandro Nivola, Gina Gershon
Action / Crime / Drama / Romance / Sci-Fi / Thriller
USA
English
2239
42
Eduardo Noriega, Penélope Cruz, Chete Lera, Fele Martínez
Drama / Romance / Sci-Fi / Thriller / Tech-Noir
Spain / France / Italy
Spanish
2247
43
John Hurt, Jason Priestley, Fiona Loewi, Sheila Hancock
Drama / Comedy / Romance
UK / Canada
English
2276
44
Bruce Willis, Gary Oldman, Ian Holm, Milla Jovovich, Chris Tucker
Action / Adventure / Sci-Fi / Thriller / Cult
France
English
2282
45
Jeremy Irons, Melanie Griffith, Frank Langella, Dominique Swain
Drama / Romance
USA / France
English
2303
46
Nicolas Cage, John Cusack, John Malkovich, Steve Buscemi
Action / Thriller
USA
English
2325
47
Ethan Suplee, Ben Affleck, Scott Mosier, Jason Lee, Casey Affleck, Dwight Ewell
Comedy / Romance / Drama
USA
English
2399
48
Henry Jaglom
Stephen Dillane, Victoria Foyt, Vanessa Redgrave, Glynis Barber, Michael Brando
Drama / Romance
USA
English
2417
49
Gary Oldman
Ray Winstone, Kathy Burke, Charlie Creed-Miles, Laila Morse, Edna Doré
Drama
UK / France
English
2421
50
Jennifer Lopez, Jackie Guerra, Constance Marie, Alex Meneses, Jon Seda
Biography / Drama / Music
USA
English
2435
51
Thom Fitzgerald
Ian Parsons, Peter MacNeill, Troy Veinotte, Kerry Fox, Mark Austin
Drama / Romance
UK / Canada
English
2446
52
Thomas Jay Ryan, James Urbaniak, Parker Posey, Maria Porter
Comedy / Drama / Cult
USA
English
2460
53
Carine Adler
Samantha Morton, Claire Rushbrook, Rita Tushingham, Christine Tremarco
Drama
UK
English
2461
54
Kôji Yakusho, Masato Hagiwara, Tsuyoshi Ujiki, Anna Nakagawa
Crime / Thriller / Detective
Japan
Japanese
2467
55
Sally Potter, Morgane Maugran, Géraldine Maillet, Katerina Mechera
Drama / Romance / Comedy
UK / France / Argentina / Germany / Netherlands
English
2468
56
Tommy Lee Jones, Will Smith, Linda Fiorentino
Action / Comedy / Sci-Fi / Family
USA
English
2473
57
Mike Myers, Elizabeth Hurley, Michael York, Mimi Rogers, Robert Wagner
Action / Adventure / Comedy / Crime / Spy
USA / Germany
English
2530
58
Bob Hoskins, Danny Nussbaum, Tony, Bruce Jones, Annette Badland
Comedy / Drama / Sports
UK
English
2559
59
Leonardo DiCaprio, Kate Winslet, Billy Zane, Kathy Bates, Frances Fisher
Drama / Romance / Epic / Period Film / Adventure / Family
USA
English
2599
61
Katrin Cartlidge, Lynda Steadman, Kate Byers, Mark Benton, Andy Serkis
Drama / Comedy
UK / France
English
2599
61
Dana Ranga
Margarita Andrushkovich, Chris Doerk, Erich Gusko, Helmut Hanke, Barbara Harnisch
Documentary / Musical / History
France / Germany
English
2599
61
Morgan Freeman, Edward Asner, Sean Astin, Martin Landau, Miriam Margolyes
Documentary / History / War
USA
English
2599
61
Lexy Lovell, Michael Uys
C.R. 'Tiny' Boland, Charley Bull, Rene Champion, Peggy De Hart, John Fawcett
Documentary / History / Biography
USA
English
2615
62
Alan Arkin, Pedro Cardoso, Fernanda Torres
Drama / Thriller
Brazil / USA
Portuguese
2615
62
Montxo Armendáriz
Carmelo Gómez, Charo López, Silvia Munt
Drama
France / Portugal / Spain
Spanish
2632
63
Nick Sutton, Jacob Sewell, Jacob Reynolds, Lara Tosh
Drama / Experimental
USA
English
2638
64
Pierce Brosnan, Jonathan Pryce, Michelle Yeoh, Teri Hatcher, Ricky Jay
Action / Adventure / Thriller / Spy / Family / Cult
UK / USA
English
2645
65
Nick Nolte, Julie Christie, Lara Flynn Boyle, Jonny Lee Miller, Jay Underwood
Comedy / Drama / Romance
USA
English
2656
66
Carole Bouquet, Daniel Auteuil, Patrice Chéreau, Jean-Roger Milo
Biography / Drama / Romance
France
French
2656
66
Daniel Auteuil, Fabrice Luchini, Vincent Perez, Marie Gillain, Yann Collette
Drama / Adventure
France / Italy / Germany
French
2667
67
George Armitage
John Cusack, Minnie Driver, Dan Aykroyd, Joan Cusack, Alan Arkin, Hank Azaria
Comedy / Crime / Romance / Thriller
USA
English
2674
68
Kôji Yakusho, Misa Shimizu, Mitsuko Baisho, Akira Emoto
Drama
Japan
Japanese
2679
69
Bill Pullman, Patricia Arquette, Balthazar Getty, Robert Blake
Drama / Mystery / Thriller / Horror / Crime
France / USA
English
2681
70
Meg Ryan, John Cusack, Kelsey Grammer, Christopher Lloyd, Hank Azaria
Animation / Adventure / Family / Fantasy / Musical
USA
English
2681
70
Ethan Hawke, Uma Thurman, Gore Vidal, Xander Berkeley, Jayne Brook
Drama / Mystery / Sci-Fi / Thriller / Tech-Noir
USA
English
2681
70
Erik Skjoldbjærg
Maria Mathiesen, Stellan Skarsgård, Sverre Anker Ousdal, Gisken Armand
Crime / Thriller / Mystery / Post-Noir / Detective
Norway
Norwegian
2681
70
Andy Garcia, Ian Holm, James Gandolfini, Lena Olin, Shiek Mahmud-Bey, Colm Feore
Crime / Drama
USA
English
2681
70
Jon Voight, Ving Rhames, Don Cheadle, Bruce McGill, Loren Dean, Esther Rolle
Action / Drama / History
USA
English
2691
71
Manuel Poirier
Sergi López, Sacha Bourdo, Élisabeth Vitali
Comedy / Drama / Romance
France
French
2699
73
Mina Mohammad Khani, Kazem Mojdehi, Naser Omuni
Drama / Experimental
Iran
Arabic
2710
74
Daniel Calparsoro
Najwa Nimri, Alfredo Villa, Ramón Barea, Elena Irureta
Thriller / Action
Spain
Spanish
2710
74
Jeremy Irons, Li Gong, Maggie Cheung, Michael Hui
Drama / Romance
France / Japan / USA
English
2710
74
Benoît Lamy
Richard Bohringer, Ute Lemper, Papa Wemba, Jacqueline Nicolas
Drama / Thriller
Belgium / Germany / France
French
2710
74
Miou-Miou, Charles Berling, Stanislas Merhar, Mathilde Seigner
Drama
Spain / France
French
2710
74
Aldo Bufi Landi, Tina Femiano, Salvatore Grasso, Antonio Pennarella
Drama / Experimental
Italy
Italian
2710
74
Jerzy Stuhr, Dominika Ostalowska, Irina Alfyorova
Romance / Comedy / Drama
Poland
Polish
2710
74
Anna Bonaiuto, Iaia Forte, Enzo Moscato, Nunzia Di Somma
Comedy / Drama
Italy
Italian
2710
74
Anthony Brophy, Cary Elwes, Timothy Dalton, Maria Lennon
Drama
Ireland / USA
English
2710
74
Bob Gosse
Robin Tunney, Henry Thomas, Michael Parks, Stephen Lang
Drama / Romance
USA / Canada
English
2710
74
Wesley Snipes, Nastassja Kinski, Kyle MacLachlan, Ming-Na
Drama
USA
English
2710
74
Vanda Duarte, Nuno Vaz, Mariya Lipkina, Isabel Ruth
Drama / Comedy
Portugal / France / Denmark
Portuguese
2710
74
Lima Duarte, Fernando Torres, Leandra Leal, Floriano Peixoto
Fantasy / Drama / Mystery / Detective
Brazil
Portuguese
2710
74
Sandrine Kiberlain, Vincent Lindon, François Berléand
Drama / Comedy
France
French
2710
74
Alan Rickman
Emma Thompson, Phyllida Law, Gary Hollywood, Arlene Cockburn
Drama
UK / USA
English
2710
74
Wen Jiang, Baotian Li, Qu Ying, You Ge, Yimou Zhang
Comedy / Romance
Hong Kong / China
Mandarin
2712
75
Valentina Cervi, Michel Serrault, Miki Manojlovic
Drama / Biography / Period Film
France / Germany / Italy
French
2712
75
Diego Abatantuono, Inés Sastre, Dario Cantarelli
Comedy / Drama / Romance
Italy
Italian
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2712
75
Daniel Day-Lewis, Emily Watson, Brian Cox, Ken Stott
Drama / Romance
USA / Ireland
English
2712
75
Julia Roberts, Dermot Mulroney, Cameron Diaz, Rupert Everett
Comedy / Romance
USA
English
2719
76
Anthony Hopkins, Alec Baldwin, Elle Macpherson, Harold Perrineau, Bart the Bear
Drama / Action / Adventure / Thriller
USA
English
2724
77
Michael Caton, Anne Tenney, Stephen Curry, Anthony Simcoe, Sophie Lee
Comedy
Australia
English
2724
77
Ademir Kenovic
Mustafa Nadarevic, Almedin Leleta, Almir Podgorica, Jasna Diklic, Mirela Lambic
Drama / War
Bosnia-Herzegovina / France
Serbo-Croatian
2726
78
Clint Eastwood, Gene Hackman, Ed Harris, Laura Linney, Scott Glenn
Thriller / Crime / Drama
USA
English
2726
78
Luis Llosa
Jennifer Lopez, Ice Cube, Jon Voight, Eric Stoltz, Jonathan Hyde
Thriller / Horror / Adventure / Action
USA / Brazil / Peru
English
2726
78
Christian Duguay
Aidan Quinn, Donald Sutherland, Ben Kingsley, Claudia Ferri
Thriller / Spy
Canada
English
2726
78
Lance Young
Craig Sheffer, Sheryl Lee, Terence Stamp, Casey Siemaszko, Spalding Gray
Drama / Romance
USA
English
2726
78
Toni Collette, Parker Posey, Lisa Kudrow, Alanna Ubach, Helen FitzGerald
Comedy / Drama
USA
English
2726
78
Demi Moore, Viggo Mortensen, Anne Bancroft, Jason Beghe, Daniel von Bargen
Action / Drama / War
USA
English
2726
78
Tate Donovan, Josh Keaton, Roger Bart, Danny DeVito, James Woods, Susan Egan
Animation / Adventure / Comedy / Family / Musical / Fantasy / Romance
USA
English
2726
78
Morgan Freeman, Ashley Judd, Cary Elwes, Alex McArthur, Tony Goldwyn
Drama / Mystery / Thriller / Crime / Detective
USA
English
2726
78
Dieter Dengler, Eugene Deatrick, Werner Herzog
Documentary / Biography / Drama / War / History
France / UK / Germany
English
2726
78
Mira Sorvino, Jeremy Northam, Alexander Goodwin, Giancarlo Giannini
Horror / Sci-Fi / Thriller
USA
English
2726
78
Vanessa Redgrave, Natascha McElhone, Michael Kitchen, Alan Cox, Sarah Badel
Drama / Romance / Period Film
UK / USA / Netherlands
English
2726
78
Udayan Prasad
Om Puri, Rachel Griffiths, Akbar Kurtha, Stellan Skarsgård, Gopi Desai
Comedy / Drama / Romance
UK / France
English
2726
78
Kathe Burkhart, Kirby Dick, Bob Flanagan, Sheree Rose, Rita Valencia
Documentary / Biography
USA
English
2726
78
Vanessa L. Williams, Vivica A. Fox, Nia Long, Michael Beach, Mekhi Phifer
Comedy / Drama
USA
English
2726
78
Campbell Scott, Steve Martin, Rebecca Pidgeon, Ben Gazzara, Ricky Jay
Drama / Thriller / Mystery / Crime / Post-Noir
USA
English
2726
78
Mark A.Z. Dippé
Michael Jai White, John Leguizamo, Martin Sheen, Theresa Randle, Nicol Williamson
Thriller / Action / Fantasy / Horror / Adventure
USA
English
2726
78
David D. Williams
Hermine Douglas, Brandon Flynn Wells, Alan Douglas, Anisa Dickens
Drama
USA
English
2726
78
William Gazecki
Dan Gifford, Clive Doyle, Jack Harwell, Dick J. Reavis, James D. Tabor
Documentary / History / Biography
USA
English
2726
78
Stephen Fry, Jude Law, Vanessa Redgrave, Jennifer Ehle, Gemma Jones
Biography / Drama / Period Film
UK / Germany / Japan
English
2731
79
Lisa Harrow, David Suchet, Jared Harris, Fran Capo, Chen Tsun Kit
Drama / Romance
USA
English
2733
80
Kenneth Bowser
Ron Howard, Robert Altman, Edward Bernds, Frank Capra Jr., Allen Daviau
Documentary / Biography
USA
English
2766
81
Ko I-cheng
Tracy Su, Leon Dai, David Wang, Zhang han
Drama / Comedy / Romance / Experimental
Taiwan
Mandarin
2766
81
Laila Eloui, Mahmoud Hémeida, Magdi Idris
Drama / History / Biography / Musical / Romance / Period Film
France / Egypt
French
2766
81
Beau Bridges, James Coburn, Phil Hartman, Dan Hedaya
Drama / Sci-Fi / Comedy
USA
English
2776
83
Hideaki Anno, Kazuya Tsurumaki
Megumi Ogata, Megumi Hayashibara, Yûko Miyamura, Kotono Mitsuishi
Animation / Action / Drama / Sci-Fi / Adventure
Japan
Japanese
2780
84
Junko Iwao, Rica Matsumoto, Shinpachi Tsuji, Masaaki Ôkura
Animation / Crime / Drama / Mystery / Thriller
Japan
Japanese
2783
85
Alex Sichel
Alison Folland, Tara Subkoff, Cole Hauser, Wilson Cruz, Leisha Hailey
Drama / Romance
USA
English
2783
85
Harvey Keitel, Jason Salkey, Peter O'Toole, Lara Morgan, Adam Franks, Guy Witcher
Family / Drama / Fantasy / Period Film
UK / USA
English
2783
85
Keith Fulton, Terry Gilliam, Dorothea Braemer, Kristi Connors, Ken Haas
Documentary / Biography
USA
English
2783
85
Alyssa Milano, Mark Boone Junior, Malcolm McDowell, Sean Penn, Robert Downey Jr.
Comedy / Romance
USA
English
2783
85
Kevin Kline, Joan Cusack, Tom Selleck, Matt Dillon, Debbie Reynolds
Comedy
USA
English
2783
85
John Patrick Kelley
Kate Capshaw, Jeremy Davies, Vince Vaughn, Ashley Judd, Paul Rudd, Daniel Meyer
Drama
USA
English
2783
85
Glenn Close, Frances McDormand, Pauline Collins, Cate Blanchett, Jennifer Ehle
Drama / War
Australia / USA
English
2783
85
Terumi Matthews, Nicole Zaray, Belinda Becker, James Urbaniak, Thomas Pasley
Sci-Fi / Fantasy / Experimental / Romance
USA
English
2783
85
Isabelle Huppert, Michel Serrault, François Cluzet
Comedy / Thriller / Crime
France / Switzerland
French
2783
85
Nicholas Barker
Aimee Copp, Michael De Stefano, Brenda Monte, Mikey Russo, Heather Feeney
Documentary / Experimental
France / UK / USA
English
2783
85
Stephen Dillane, Woody Harrelson, Marisa Tomei, Emira Nusevic, Kerry Fox
Drama / War
UK / USA
English
2791
86
Michael Achtman, Matthew Ferguson, Damon D'Oliveira
Comedy / Drama / Experimental
Canada
English
NR
-
Harrison Ford, Gary Oldman, Glenn Close, Wendy Crewson, Liesel Matthews
Action / Thriller / Drama
USA / Germany
English
NR
-
Jim Carrey, Maura Tierney, Justin Cooper, Cary Elwes, Anne Haney
Comedy / Fantasy
USA
English
NR
-
Jeff Goldblum, Julianne Moore, Pete Postlethwaite, Richard Attenborough
Action / Adventure / Fantasy / Horror / Sci-Fi / Thriller
USA
English
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