Best Drama movies of 1997

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 : Clint Jung, Radmar Agana Jao, 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 : 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 : 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 : 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 : 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 ...

Actors : Marcello Mastroianni, Leonor Silveira, Jean-Yves Gautier, Diogo Dória,
Directors : Manoel de Oliveira,

Manoel is aging film director who travels with the film crew through Portugal in search of the origins of Afonso, a famous French actor whose father emigrated from Portugal to France and in...

Actors : Frank Whaley, William McNamara, Valérie Kaprisky, Natasha Gregson Wagner,
Directors : Josh Evans,

Traveling from the backwoods to Los Angeles to visit his cousin, a writer discovers a world of sex, drugs, crime and violence revolving around a beautiful young woman and her mobster boyfriend.

Actors : Til Schweiger, John Hurt, Polly Walker, Pete Postlethwaite,
Directors : Maciej Dejczer,

In the start of the 1990s, the British government decided to send prisoners with short sentences to serve abroad. Some went to Romania, to serve in schools, orphanages, and hospitals. Some were brutal beasts.

Actors : Alain Chabat, Samuel Le Bihan, Caroline Proust, Patrick Timsit,
Directors : Alain Corneau,

Nounours is the nickname of a "cousin" an informer with a special arrangement with the police: he gets 10% of the drugs seized thanks to his help. When his personal contact, inspector ...

Actors : Sophie Niedergang, Nathalie Conio, Isabelle Carré, Philippe Harel,
Directors : Philippe Harel,

This movie is foremost distinguished by the use of a subjective camera, and nearly 100 % of the time consists of close-up of Isabelle Carré's face. She is capable of changing her facial ...

Actors : Dean Stockwell, Dana Wheeler-Nicholson, James Belushi, Rob Lowe,
Directors : Jack Ersgard,

The young architect Walter leaves his wife Linda to go to L.A. to draw a mansion for Harrison. On the highway a truck driver almost drives him off the road. Walter calls the truck-company ...

Actors : Vanessa Redgrave, Victoria Foyt, Stephen Dillane, Glynis Barber,
Directors : Henry Jaglom,

L.A. shop owner Dana and Englishman Sean meet and fall in love at first sight, but Sean is married and Dana is to marry her business partner Alex.

Actors : Neda Arneric, Velimir 'Bata' Zivojinovic, Ivana Surdic, Miodrag Krivokapic,
Directors : Petar Lalovic,

Doctors predicted to Vesna one more year. Very sick girl was taken by her grandfather to the mountains. However, in this true story, faith played with little Vesna.

Actors : Jürgen Tarrach, Oliver Korittke, Ellen Ten Damme, Herbert Knaup,
Directors : Ralf Huettner,

Anticipating a major drug deal the Düsseldorf LKA (state police) conducts an observation of a flat in Cologne. The night shift in the camera-equipped camper is assigned to local police ...

Actors : Cate Blanchett, Richard Roxburgh, Frances O'Connor, Linden Wilkinson,
Directors : Cherie Nowlan,

The romantic myth is exposed for Guy when he is plagued by memories of an old girlfriend on his wedding day.

Actors : Cláudia Abreu, Marieta Severo, Paulo Betti, José Wilker,
Directors : Sergio Rezende,

The drama of a poor family in the bloodiest war in the History of Brazil: the war of Canudos.

Actors : Tony Haygarth, Cal MacAninch, Rufus Sewell, Emily Woof,
Directors : Phil Agland,

The story is set in late 19th century rural corner of South England. The daughter of timber merchant Melbury, Grace, returns to the town after finishing school. Her father now believes she ...

Actors : Amanda Wyss, Paul Winfield, Michael Dudikoff, Richard Norton,
Directors : Rick Jacobson,

Rick Harding is a former Marines officer, now working in the FBI as a chemical weapons designer. While packing up for the night, a group of armed soldiers led by wanted criminal Carlos ...

Actors : Eric Mabius, Tara Subkoff, Chad Lindberg, Scott Bairstow,
Directors : Matthew Carnahan,

All-American Kyle is the newest initiate of the Black Circle Boys, an underworld society of gothic groupies whose primary interests are creating mayhem and studying the Occult. By the time ...