Best movies of 1997

Actors : Kotono Mitsuishi, Megumi Hayashibara, Megumi Ogata, Yûko Miyamura,

Concurrent theatrical ending of the TV series "Shin Seiki Evangelion" (1995).

Actors : Kayoko Kishimoto, Ren Ôsugi, Susumu Terajima, Takeshi Kitano,
Directors : Takeshi Kitano,

Nishi leaves the police in the face of harrowing personal and professional difficulties. Spiraling into depression, he makes questionable decisions.

Actors : Frances Fisher, Jonathan Taylor Thomas, Scott Bairstow, Devon Sawa,
Directors : William Dear,

Three brothers who are obsessed with animals are given permission from their parents to travel around America with a camera documenting wildlife.

Actors : Izidor Serban, Ovidiu Balan, Romain Duris, Rona Hartner,
Directors : Tony Gatlif,

A man is looking for a singer he had heard on cassette. He finds much more.

Actors : Christopher McDonald, Kathleen Quinlan, Sam Rockwell, Mischa Barton,
Directors : John Duigan,

When Devon, a 10-year-old girl, forges a friendship with Trent, a 21-year-old outsider who mows the neighborhood lawns, things suddenly get very complicated and private.

Actors : Vincent Berry, Jason James Richter, August Schellenberg, Annie Corley,
Directors : Sam Pillsbury,

A teenage Jesse and old friend Randolph try to foil an illegal whaler threatening Willy and his pregnant mate.

Actors : Keenen Ivory Wayans, Rick Cramer, Robert Kotecki, Jon Voight,
Directors : David Hogan,

A Marine on death row is recruited by a shadowy U.S. military officer as part of a top-secret ops team, then gets framed for murder when the team and it's officer set him up as the fall guy for the assassination of the First Lady.

Actors : Miki Lee, Jackie Chan, Karen McLymont, Richard Norton,
Directors : Sammo Kam-Bo Hung,

A Chinese chef accidentally gets involved with a news reporter who filmed a drug bust that went awry and is now being chased by gangs who are trying to get the video tape.

Actors : Chuck D, Ryan O'Neal, Eric Idle, Coolio,
Directors : Arthur Hiller,

When a rookie filmmaker with the unfortunate name Alan Smithee realizes he's an unwitting studio puppet, being forced to make a big-budget action film he knows is horrible, he steals the master reels and tries to make a deal.

Actors : Natalie Cole, Ashley Peldon, Scott Bakula, Jasmine Guy,
Directors : Mark Dindal,

Danny, an ambitious singing and dancing cat, goes to Hollywood and overcomes several obstacles to fulfill his dream of becoming a movie star.

Actors : James Gammon, Mark Wahlberg, Julianna Margulies, Bill Paxton,
Directors : Jack N. Green,

A young man, Pat, visits the clan of gypsy-like grifters (Irish Travellers) in rural North Carolina from whom he is descended. He is at first rejected, but cousin Bokky takes him on as an ...

Actors : Taryn Davis, Gil Bellows, Sam Neill, Sigourney Weaver,
Directors : Michael Cohn,

In this dark take on the fairy tale, the growing hatred of a noblewoman, secretly a practitioner of the dark arts, for her stepdaughter, and the witch's horrifying attempts to kill her.

Actors : Stephen Lang, Linda Hamilton, Charlie Sheen, Donald Sutherland,
Directors : George P. Cosmatos,

Bobby Bishop (Sheen) is a special assistant to the President of the United States. Accidentally, he meets his friend professor Pochenko on the street. Pochenko has time to tell Bishop about...

Actors : Homayoun Ershadi, Afshin Khorshid Bakhtiari, Safar Ali Moradi, Abdolrahman Bagheri,
Directors : Abbas Kiarostami,

An Iranian man drives his truck in search of someone who will quietly bury him under a cherry tree after he commits suicide.

Actors : Miranda Otto, Frank Wilson, Pamela Rabe, Paul Chubb,
Directors : Samantha Lang,

Young Katherine and her older friend Hester live at the isolated farm run by Hester and her father Francis. Katherine works as a maid and wants to leave that place because there's too much ...

Actors : John Goodman, Jim Broadbent, Mark Williams, Celia Imrie,
Directors : Peter Hewitt,

A secret family of four-inch people living inside the walls of a house must save their home from an evil real estate developer.

Actors : Lela Rochon, James Belushi, Tupac Shakur, Dennis Quaid,
Directors : Jim Kouf,

Two corrupt cops murder an undercover DEA agent by mistake, and frantically try to cover their tracks by framing a homeless man for the crime. That involves juggling evidence, coaching ...

Actors : Elizabeth Earl, Florence Hoath, Paul McGann, Harvey Keitel,
Directors : Charles Sturridge,

In 1917, two children take a photograph, which is soon believed by some to be the first scientific evidence of the existence of fairies.

Actors : Akshay Kumar, Madhuri Dixit, Karisma Kapoor, Shah Rukh Khan,
Directors : Yash Chopra,

A grand musical about three passionate and dreamy characters: Rahul, Pooja and Nisha. Will their dreams come true? Will they find their true love?

Actors : Belinda Becker, Nicole Zaray, James Urbaniak, Terumi Matthews,
Directors : Hilary Brougher,

A writer, Tucker Harding, is hired to cover an article on the hydrogen-bomb test, Nevada, 1952. While there, radiation mutates her code/soul, spawning in her the ability to travel through ...