Best Drama movies of 1997

Actors : Tenzin Thuthob Tsarong, Gyurme Tethong, Tulku Jamyang Kunga Tenzin, Tenzin Yeshi Paichang,
Directors : Martin Scorsese,

From childhood to adulthood, Tibet's fourteenth Dalai Lama deals with Chinese oppression and other problems.

Actors : Frank Coughlan, Sean Kearns, Daniel Day-Lewis, Daragh Donnelly,
Directors : Jim Sheridan,

Young Danny Flynn is released from prison after 14 years after "taking the rap" for the IRA and tries to rebuild his life in his old Belfast neighborhood.

Actors : David Hewlett, Andrew Miller, Nicole de Boer, Maurice Dean Wint,
Directors : Vincenzo Natali,

Six complete strangers of widely varying personality characteristics are involuntarily placed in an endless maze containing deadly traps.

Actors : Dermot Mulroney, Julia Roberts, Cameron Diaz, Rupert Everett,
Directors : P.J. Hogan,

When a woman's long-time friend reveals he's engaged, she realizes she loves him herself and sets out to get him, with only days before the wedding.

Actors : Anne Bancroft, Jason Beghe, Viggo Mortensen, Demi Moore,
Directors : Ridley Scott,

A female Senator succeeds in enrolling a woman into Combined Reconnaissance Team training where everyone expects her to fail.

Actors : Stacy Edwards, Michael Martin, Matt Malloy, Aaron Eckhart,
Directors : Neil LaBute,

Two business executives--one an avowed misogynist, the other recently emotionally wounded by his love interest--set out to exact revenge on the female gender by seeking out the most innocent, uncorrupted girl they can find and ruining her life.

Actors : Jackie Guerra, Jennifer Lopez, Jon Seda, Edward James Olmos,
Directors : Gregory Nava,

The true story of Selena Quintanilla-Perez, a Texas-born Tejano singer who rose from cult status to performing at the Astrodome, as well as having chart topping albums on the Latin music charts.

Actors : Ed Harris, Gene Hackman, Clint Eastwood, Laura Linney,
Directors : Clint Eastwood,

A career thief witnesses a horrific crime involving the U.S. President.

Actors : Nick Nolte, Jennifer Lopez, Billy Bob Thornton, Sean Penn,
Directors : Oliver Stone,

A man heading to Vegas to pay off his gambling debt before the Russian mafia kills him, is forced to stop in an Arizona town where everything that can go wrong, does go wrong.

Actors : Francesca Neri, Liberto Rabal, Ángela Molina, Javier Bardem,
Directors : Pedro Almodóvar,

After leaving jail, Víctor is still in love with Elena, but she's married to the former cop -now basketball player- who became paralysed by a shot from Víctor's gun...

Actors : Nick Nolte, Sissy Spacek, James Coburn, Brigid Tierney,
Directors : Paul Schrader,

A deeply troubled small town cop investigates a suspicious hunting death while events occur that cause him to mentally disintergrate.

Actors : BD Wong, David Thewlis, Mako, Brad Pitt,
Directors : Jean-Jacques Annaud,

True story of Heinrich Harrer, an Austrian mountain climber who became friends with the Dalai Lama at the time of China's takeover of Tibet.

Actors : Harrison Ford, Brad Pitt, Rubén Blades, Margaret Colin,
Directors : Alan J. Pakula,

A police officer uncovers the real identity of his house-guest, an I.R.A. terrorist in hiding.

Actors : Billy Connolly, Geoffrey Palmer, Antony Sher, Judi Dench,
Directors : John Madden,

Queen Victoria is deeply depressed after the death of her husband, disappearing from public. Her servant Brown, who adores her, through caress and admiration brings her back to life, but ...

Actors : Samuel L. Jackson, Jurnee Smollett-Bell, Meagan Good, Lynn Whitfield,
Directors : Kasi Lemmons,

The story is set in 1962 Louisiana. The Batiste family is headed by charming doctor Louis. Though he is married to beautiful Roz, he has a weakness for attractive female patients. One night...

Actors : Kevin Spacey, Irma P. Hall, Jack Thompson, John Cusack,
Directors : Clint Eastwood,

A visiting city reporter's assignment suddenly revolves around the murder trial of a local millionaire, whom he befriends.

Actors : Ashley Judd, Morgan Freeman, Alex McArthur, Cary Elwes,
Directors : Gary Fleder,

Police hunting for a serial kidnapper are helped when a victim manages to escape for the first time.

Actors : Peter Fonda, Patricia Richardson, Christine Dunford, Tom Wood,
Directors : Victor Nunez,

A reclusive beekeeper slowly pulls his dysfunctional family back together, but not without having to fight his son's previous dastardly cohorts.

Actors : Robert Downey Jr., Heather Graham, Natasha Gregson Wagner, Angel David,
Directors : James Toback,

Two girls, Carla and Lou meet on the street outside a loft waiting for their boyfriends. In a short time, they find out that they're waiting for the same guy - young actor Blake, who said ...

Actors : Don Cheadle, Bruce McGill, Jon Voight, Ving Rhames,
Directors : John Singleton,

A dramatization of a 1923 horrific racist lynch mob attack on an African American community.