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The Best Movies of 1997 (148) Most Notable
Sorted by Rank
Year 1997 Links / LEGEND
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Years
RATING
TITLE
YEAR
DIRECTOR
COUNTRY
MEDIA
L.A. Confidential
1997
Hanson, Curtis
USA
BDS
Titanic
1997
Cameron, James
USA
BDS
Boogie Nights
1997
Anderson, Paul Thomas
USA
D
The Sweet Hereafter
1997
Egoyan, Atom
Canada
D
The Full Monty
1997
Cattaneo, Peter
UK
BY
Taste of Cherry
1997
Kiarostami, Abbas
France
/
Iran
BY
Life Is Beautiful
1997
Benigni, Roberto
Italy
BD
The Butcher Boy
1997
Jordan, Neil
Ireland
/
USA
D
As Good as It Gets
1997
Brooks, James L.
USA
DS
Donnie Brasco
1997
Newell, Mike
USA
BD
Good Will Hunting
1997
Van Sant, Gus
USA
BDS
The Thief
1997
Chukhraj, Pavel
Russia
/
France
D
Happy Together
1997
Wong, Kar Wai
Hong Kong
BD
Mother and Son
1997
Sokurov, Aleksandr
Germany
/
Russia
V
Funny Games
1997
Haneke, Michael
Austria
BD
Princess Mononoke
1997
Miyazaki, Hayao
Japan
BDS
Deconstructing Harry
1997
Allen, Woody
USA
D
Ulee's Gold
1997
Nunez, Victor
USA
BDS
Fast, Cheap & Out of Control
1997
Morris, Errol
USA
D
Amistad
1997
Spielberg, Steven
USA
YS
Live Flesh
1997
Almodóvar, Pedro
France
/
Spain
DS
Mrs. Brown
1997
Madden, John
UK
/
Ireland
/
USA
DS
The Ice Storm
1997
Lee, Ang
USA
BDS
The Wings of the Dove
1997
Softley, Iain
USA
/
UK
Y
Affliction
1997
Schrader, Paul
USA
Y
4 Little Girls
1997
Lee, Spike
USA
D
Wag the Dog
1997
Levinson, Barry
USA
Y
Starship Troopers
1997
Verhoeven, Paul
USA
BDS
Jackie Brown
1997
Tarantino, Quentin
USA
BD
The Game
1997
Fincher, David
USA
BDS
The Apostle
1997
Duvall, Robert
USA
Y
Character
1997
van Diem, Mike
Netherlands
/
Belgium
Y
Face/Off
1997
Woo, John
USA
BDS
Fireworks
1997
Kitano, Takeshi
Japan
Y
The Children of Heaven
1997
Majidi, Majid
Iran
Y
Love and Death on Long Island
1997
Kwietniowski, Richard
UK
/
Canada
Y
In the Company of Men
1997
LaBute, Neil
Canada
/
USA
Y
The Fifth Element
1997
Besson, Luc
France
BDS
The Rainmaker
1997
Coppola, Francis Ford
USA
DS
Con Air
1997
West, Simon
USA
BD
Men with Guns
1997
Sayles, John
USA
Y
Chasing Amy
1997
Smith, Kevin
USA
BD
Contact
1997
Zemeckis, Robert
USA
BDS
Ma Vie En Rose
1997
Berliner, Alain
France
/
Belgium
/
UK
Y
Eve's Bayou
1997
Lemmons, Kasi
USA
Y
Lolita
1997
Lyne, Adrian
USA
/
France
YS
Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery
1997
Roach, Jay
USA
/
Germany
BDS
Open Your Eyes
1997
Amenábar, Alejandro
Spain
/
France
/
Italy
BD
Deja Vu
1997
Jaglom, Henry
USA
D
Nil by Mouth
1997
Oldman, Gary
UK
/
France
D
The Hanging Garden
1997
Fitzgerald, Thom
UK
/
Canada
DS
Men in Black
1997
Sonnenfeld, Barry
USA
BDS
Under the Skin
1997
Adler, Carine
UK
D
Henry Fool
1997
Hartley, Hal
USA
Y
Selena
1997
Nava, Gregory
USA
BDS
TwentyFourSeven
1997
Meadows, Shane
UK
V
Career Girls
1997
Leigh, Mike
UK
/
France
D
East Side Story
1997
Ranga, Dana
France
/
Germany
D
The Long Way Home
1997
Harris, Mark Jonathan
USA
D
Riding the Rails
1997
Lovell, Lexy
/
Uys, Michael
USA
D
Gummo
1997
Korine, Harmony
USA
Y
The Tango Lesson
1997
Potter, Sally
UK
/
France
/
Argentina
/
Germany
/
Netherlands
S
Titanic in 3D
1997
Cameron, James
USA
BDS
Gallivant
1997
Kotting, Andrew
UK
Grosse Pointe Blank
1997
Armitage, George
USA
BDS
Tomorrow Never Dies
1997
Spottiswoode, Roger
UK
/
USA
BDS
Afterglow
1997
Rudolph, Alan
USA
DS
Cure
1997
Kurosawa, Kiyoshi
Japan
D
Four Days in September
1997
Barreto, Bruno
Brazil
/
USA
Y
Secrets of the Heart
1997
Armendáriz, Montxo
France
/
Portugal
/
Spain
Y
The Eel
1997
Imamura, Shohei
Japan
Y
Sunday
1997
Nossiter, Jonathan
USA
Y
Anastasia
1997
Bluth, Don
/
Goldman, Gary
USA
DS
Gattaca
1997
Niccol, Andrew
USA
BDS
Insomnia
1997
Skjoldbjærg, Erik
Norway
BD
Night Falls on Manhattan
1997
Lumet, Sidney
USA
D
Rosewood
1997
Singleton, John
USA
DS
The River
1997
Tsai, Ming-liang
Taiwan
Y
Ayneh
1997
Panahi, Jafar
Iran
A ciegas
1997
Calparsoro, Daniel
Spain
Chinese Box
1997
Wang, Wayne
France
/
Japan
/
USA
Y
Combat de fauves
1997
Lamy, Benoît
Belgium
/
Germany
/
France
Dry Cleaning
1997
Fontaine, Anne
Spain
/
France
Y
Giro di lune tra terra e mare
1997
Gaudino, Giuseppe M.
Italy
Historie milosne
1997
Stuhr, Jerzy
Poland
I Vesuviani
1997
Capuano, Antonio
/
Corsicato, Pappi
/
Incerti, Stefano
/
Martone, Mario
/
de Lilllo, Antonietta
Italy
The Informant
1997
McBride, Jim
/
Meyer, Nicholas
Ireland
/
USA
Y
Niagara, Niagara
1997
Gosse, Bob
USA
/
Canada
Y
One Night Stand
1997
Figgis, Mike
USA
Y
Ossos
1997
Costa, Pedro
Portugal
/
France
/
Denmark
A Ostra e o Vento
1997
Lima, Walter Jr.
Brazil
Ovosodo
1997
Virzì, Paolo
Italy
Seventh Heaven
1997
Jacquot, Benoît
France
Y
The Winter Guest
1997
Rickman, Alan
UK
/
USA
D
You hua hao hao shuo
1997
Zhang, Yimou
Hong Kong
/
China
Lucie Aubrac
1997
Berri, Claude
France
On Guard
1997
de Broca, Philippe
France
/
Italy
/
Germany
D
Artemisia
1997
Merlet, Agnès
France
/
Germany
/
Italy
Y
The Best Man
1997
Avati, Pupi
Italy
Y
RATING
TITLE
YEAR
DIRECTOR
COUNTRY
MEDIA
The Boxer
1997
Sheridan, Jim
USA
/
Ireland
BY
My Best Friend's Wedding
1997
Hogan, P.J.
USA
BYS
Blue Moon
1997
I-cheng, Ko
Taiwan
Destiny
1997
Chahine, Youssef
France
/
Egypt
Y
Public Housing
1997
Wiseman, Frederick
USA
The Second Civil War
1997
Dante, Joe
USA
Y
Yours
1997
Scher, Jeff
USA
The Edge
1997
Tamahori, Lee
USA
BDS
Girls Like Us
1997
Di Feliciantonio, Tina
/
Wagner, Jane
USA
The Castle
1997
Sitch, Rob
Australia
D
Savrseni krug
1997
Kenovic, Ademir
Bosnia-Herzegovina
/
France
Western
1997
Poirier, Manuel
France
Y
Absolute Power
1997
Eastwood, Clint
USA
BDS
Anaconda
1997
Llosa, Luis
USA
/
Brazil
/
Peru
DS
The Assignment
1997
Duguay, Christian
Canada
D
Bliss
1997
Young, Lance
USA
DS
Clockwatchers
1997
Sprecher, Jill
USA
D
G.I. Jane
1997
Scott, Ridley
USA
BDS
Hercules
1997
Clements, Ron
/
Musker, John
USA
DS
Kiss the Girls
1997
Fleder, Gary
USA
BDS
Little Dieter Needs to Fly
1997
Herzog, Werner
France
/
UK
/
Germany
D
Mimic
1997
del Toro, Guillermo
USA
DS
Mrs. Dalloway
1997
Gorris, Marleen
UK
/
USA
/
Netherlands
DS
My Son the Fanatic
1997
Prasad, Udayan
UK
/
France
D
Sick: The Life & Death of Bob Flanagan, Supermasochist
1997
Dick, Kirby
USA
D
Soul Food
1997
Tillman, George Jr.
USA
DS
The Spanish Prisoner
1997
Mamet, David
USA
BD
Spawn
1997
Dippé, Mark A.Z.
USA
DS
Thirteen
1997
Williams, David D.
USA
Waco: The Rules of Engagement
1997
Gazecki, William
USA
D
Wilde
1997
Gilbert, Brian
UK
/
Germany
/
Japan
DS
Frank Capra's American Dream
1997
Bowser, Kenneth
USA
D
Lost Highway
1997
Lynch, David
France
/
USA
D
All Over Me
1997
Sichel, Alex
USA
DS
Fairytale: A True Story
1997
Sturridge, Charles
UK
/
USA
DS
The Hamster Factor and Other Tales of Twelve Monkeys
1997
Fulton, Keith
/
Pepe, Louis
USA
D
Hugo Pool
1997
Downey, Robert Sr.
USA
D
In & Out
1997
Oz, Frank
USA
DS
The Locusts
1997
Kelley, John Patrick
USA
D
Paradise Road
1997
Beresford, Bruce
Australia
/
USA
D
The Sticky Fingers of Time
1997
Brougher, Hilary
USA
D
The Swindle
1997
Chabrol, Claude
France
/
Switzerland
BD
Unmade Beds
1997
Barker, Nicholas
France
/
UK
/
USA
D
Welcome to Sarajevo
1997
Winterbottom, Michael
UK
/
USA
DS
Exodus
1997
McQueen, Steve
UK
Uncut
1997
Greyson, John
Canada
NR
Air Force One
1997
Petersen, Wolfgang
USA
/
Germany
BDS
NR
Liar Liar
1997
Shadyac, Tom
USA
BDS
NR
The Lost World: Jurassic Park
1997
Spielberg, Steven
USA
BDS
RATING
TITLE
YEAR
DIRECTOR
COUNTRY
MEDIA
Year 1997 Links
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Media Availability Codes (Amazon.com)
T Theaters (US)
B
Blu-ray Disc
D DVD
V VHS
Y Yes (DVD or VHS, unspecified)
S Soundtrack