Best Drama movies of 1997

Actors : Nuno Vaz, Isabel Ruth, Vanda Duarte, Mariya Lipkina,
Directors : Pedro Costa,

The first film in Pedro Costa's transformative trilogy about Fontainhas, an impoverished quarter of Lisbon, Ossos is a tale of young lives torn apart by desperation. After a suicidal ...

Actors : Eion Bailey, Carmen Llywelyn, Robert DiPatri, Joseph Cassese,
Directors : Vincent Pereira,

A high school outcast new to town becomes friends with a violent loner still haunted by the death of his parents.

Actors : Stanislas Merhar, Charles Berling, Miou-Miou, Mathilde Seigner,
Directors : Anne Fontaine,

A bored couple takes in a young man who turns their lives inside out

Actors : Suriya, Joseph Vijay, Kousalya, Simran,
Directors : Vasanth,

Raghu and shanti are divorced couple which sparks problems between Suriya(shanti's brother) and Vijay(Raghu's brother).

Actors : Nana Patekar, Aruna Irani, Raveena Tandon, Paresh Rawal,
Directors : Partho Ghosh,

At the behest of Mahesh Verma, Shanta Prasad alias Abba, recruits Ghulam-E-Musthafa, a gangster and hit-man to carry out their nefarious activities. When Dayanand Dixit refuses to sell his ...

Actors : Seong-kyu Han, Seong-kun Mun, Jae-yeong Jeong, Suk-kyu Han,
Directors : Chang-dong Lee,

Returning home and finding his town drastically changed, a former soldier falls in with gangsters.

Actors : Radmar Agana Jao, Clint Jung, Jeanne Chinn, Peggy Ahn,

A married woman, who's been getting seductive phone calls from a lesbian, and a man, who believes he might be a werewolf, are about to find out who they deep down really are.

Actors : Linda Cropper, Simon Lyndon, Laurence Breuls, Chris Haywood,
Directors : Steven Vidler,

When a young schoolgirl is raped and murdered, the mateship between a group of surfers is tested as the truth is slowly revealed.

Actors : Jack Kao, Amanda Lee, Francis Ng, Ching Wan Lau,
Directors : Ringo Lam,

Police Inspector Pao is trying to catch Mak Kwan, a gang member who is first arrested, but then escapes from the prison. By chance, Pao realizes that the target of Kwan's gang is the H.K. ...

Actors : Sophie Marceau, Lambert Wilson, Bernard Giraudeau, Patrick Timsit,
Directors : Véra Belmont,

The rise and fall of a beauteous actress. She rises from an impoverished background to become a favorite of the Sun King, Louis XIV.

Actors : Michelle Yeoh, Maggie Cheung, Winston Chao, Vivian Wu,
Directors : Mabel Cheung,

The Soong family was a political dynasty in China that reached the highest levels of power. This film follows the lives of the three Soong daughters, who were educated in America and ...

Actors : Rebecca Facey, Helena Af Sandeberg, Steve Aalam, Paolo Roberto,
Directors : Peter Lindmark,

The suburb that is a society in a society, a place where young guys do anything for respect. A place where criminality and violence is a part of life. The movie is about Malik, a guy ...

Actors : Roddy McDowall, Jamie Williams, David Paul Francis, Billy Campbell,
Directors : Dee McLachlan,

Pre-teen jungle boy Mowgli gets to human world and is pursued by P.T.Barnum circus scout Harrison who wants to take him to circus as curiosity. Harrison hires local grandee Buldeo for help ...

Actors : Nana Patekar, Madhoo, Atul Agnihotri, Mohan Joshi,
Directors : Anil Mattoo,

Tough policier about a straight, but maverick cop who does not believe in bending over, no matter what. He encourages his wife to become a lawyer and tutors her at home, while helping with ...

Actors : John Bryant, Jenifer Lee Simard, Alexis Artiles, Irwin Ossa,
Directors : Ela Troyano,

A cute, openly gay latin boy's hormones go into overdrive when his hunky cousin (Angel) arrives for an extended stay. The two explore the young and sometimes dangerous gay scene in the ...

Actors : Milo Ventimiglia, Michael Saucedo, Justin Urich, Travis Sher,

Compilation of four short films about homoerotic situations involving young men. Tom DeCerchio directed "Nunzio's Second Cousin", telling the story of a gay cop who forces a gay-basher to ...

Actors : Alyssa Milano, Justin Theroux, Tommy 'Tiny' Lister, Ice-T,
Directors : Kurt Voss,

Daniel returns to his family's mansion for the holidays along with his girlfriend Susanne. His family's seemingly-utopian existence is overshadowed by not only the death of Daniel's brother...

Actors : Christien Anholt, Julie Graham, Tom Bell, Guinevere Turner,
Directors : Stuart Urban,

Minister on a moral crusade employs young computer whizzkid Peter to infiltrate the London S&M scene. Peter has to gather evidence of physical "assaults" in order for the Minister to ...

Actors : Sachiko Izumi, Jun Kunimura, Kôtarô Shibata, Machiko Ono,
Directors : Naomi Kawase,

Depicts the dissolution of a small family in a remote Japanese timber village.

Actors : Kelly Lynch, Chris Noth, Stacey Dash, David Caruso,
Directors : John Ridley,

Lovers Ned and Jude snatch a lot of diamonds in a jewelry store holdup, leaving three dead bodies. Ned is captured, but soon escapes and vows revenge on Jude, who pushed him out of their ...