Best Drama movies of 1997

Actors : Jure Ivanusic, Demeter Bitenc, Miranda Caharija, Nina Ivanic,
Directors : Andrej Kosak,

A teenager, son of an army officer moves with his family to Ljubljana in the fall of 1979. In the new surroundings, he'll fall in love, make friends and discover the world of punk rock. The...

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 : 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 : Richy Müller, Katja Riemann, Isabella Parkinson, Jürgen Vogel,
Directors : Rainer Kaufmann,

Hella is around 30 and works in a pharmacy. She is waiting for the right man to step into her life, but as she has a certain affinity for losers, she is kind of disillusionized. When she ...

Actors : Akshay Kumar, Anupam Kher, Shazia Malik, Urmila Matondkar,
Directors : Guddu Dhanoa,

Trouble ensues when Raja is framed for crimes that actually committed by his evil lookalike Rocky, and the former must prove his innocence and eliminate his nemesis.

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 : Mary-Louise Parker, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Matthew Modine, Fairuza Balk,
Directors : Tim Hunter,

Josh is a high school guy who lives with adoptive parents and is involved in little crimes with his friends (including young lesbian Bella). Suddenly his elder brother Walter comes out of ...

Actors : Peter Bogdanovich, Andrea Bowen, Justine Bateman, Noah Baumbach,
Directors : Noah Baumbach,

A newly married couple try to build their social life.

Actors : Dong-jik Jang, Jae-hyeon Jo, Ryun Jang, Sasha Rucavina,
Directors : Ki-duk Kim,

Two Korean ex-pats meet in Paris by chance encounter. One a petty thief and wannabe artist/painter (Chong-Hae), the other a tough guy (Hong San). Hong San saves Chong-Hae from a gang of ...

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 : 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 : 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 : Michael Raynor, Joshua Danowsky, Justin Pierce, Nick Chinlund,
Directors : Seth Zvi Rosenfeld,

Two brothers, Lex and younger Mick, are living in Harlem. Mick is a policeman, and Lex, who spent youth years in reformatory because of injustice after he confronted the cop who tried to ...

Actors : Bobcat Goldthwait, Margaret Cho, Janeane Garofalo, Mitch Rouse,
Directors : Aleks Horvat,

Arliss goes to a coffee house to meet Jasmine on a blind date, but she's not quite what she seems.

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 : 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 : David Suchet, Lisa Harrow, Jared Harris, Arnold Barkus,
Directors : Jonathan Nossiter,

This film concerns two mysterious characters who meet on a Sunday in Queens. Madeleine the most unsettling creature of that name since "Vertigo" is a middle-aged, moderately successful ...

Actors : Andrzej Seweryn, Michel Piccoli, Melvil Poupaud, Catherine Deneuve,
Directors : Raoul Ruiz,

At her son's funeral, Solange, a lawyer famous for losing hopeless cases, agrees to defend René, her son's age, accused of murdering his wealthy aunt, Jeanne, who's part of the ...

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 : 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 ...