Best Drama movies of 1997

Actors : Martin Villafana, Lynn Whitfield, Rainbow Francks, Clark Johnson,
Directors : Clement Virgo,

This is the story of an extremely obese, rather immature, yet very bright and talented young man, and of his world and the people in it... mostly homeless young adults... who refer to their...

Actors : Sreenivasan, Mammootty, Sudheesh, Thilakan,
Directors : Sathyan Anthikad,

Actors : Laura Novoa, Héctor Anglada, Diego Torres, Lucas Akoskin,
Directors : Juan Bautista Stagnaro,

Actors : James Duval, Richard Chamberlain, Michael Imperioli, Ute Lemper,
Directors : James Merendino,

Allen, a struggling young artist who once survived by working in the streets, is now involved with Eva, a wealthy Los Angeles gallery owner. Quite by surprise Allen receives a visit from an...

Actors : Nina Wadia, Firdaus Kanga, Souad Faress, Khodus Wadia,
Directors : Waris Hussein,

The unusual story of a boy who will never grow. Born with a disease that makes his bones brittle, Brit, as he is appropriately named by his mom, will be four feet tall for life. But he ...

Actors : Gérald Laroche, Brigitte Catillon, Arnaud Giovaninetti, Claire Keim,
Directors : Xavier Durringer,

After the robbery of a bank that turns badly, François takes refuge with a friend of his father who is also in the "business". The threat of police hunt will soon burst the small band of gangsters.

Actors : Oliver Windross, Stuart Laing, Werner De Smedt, Mapi Galán,
Directors : Robbe De Hert,

A true story about a Flemish resistance warrior.

Actors : Afsaneh Bayegan, Niki Karimi, Mohamad Reza Sharifinia, Fariborz Arabnia,
Directors : Behruz Afkhami,

Ali Hatami's film on the life of Iranian wrestling champion Takhti remains unfinished. Another director is assigned by the I.R. Intelligence Ministry to finish the project. The new director...

Actors : Julia Brendler, Haluk Bilginer, Károly Eperjes, Hugh O'Conor,
Directors : Baris Pirhasan,

Sawdust Tales is a whimsical and timeless parable on survival in hard times and the force of a first love against all odds. In a timeless no-mans land scarred by social decay and imminent ...

Actors : Doug Jeffery, James Patrick Keefe, Blake Pickett, Amy Lindsay,
Directors : Mike Sedan,

A woman must give up her stripping and prostitution job to get custody of her daughter.

Actors : Narayana Rao Dasari, Rambha, Rajendraprasad, Chiranjeevi,
Directors : Muthyala Subbaiah,

A protective and caring brother overcomes plethora of challenges to unite his family after understanding his father's side of story

Actors : Hilary Swank, Daryl Mitchell, Meta Golding, Peter Dobson,
Directors : Josef Rusnak,

Multi-character study of various people, a prostitute, a waitress, a lawyer, a gay actor, whose lives criss-cross each during three days in their lives in Los Angeles.

Actors : Marisa Berenson, Marthe Keller, Carmen Maura, Miou-Miou,
Directors : Luís Galvão Teles,

Five women, all near the wrong side of forty, face life's ups and downs together with laughter, tears, and sometimes irony. Their only imperative: live, love and live some more.

Actors : András Fekete, János Katona, Imre Csuja, Mari Töröcsik,
Directors : Attila Janisch,

Egy varatlan elhatarozas az ejszaka utvesztojebe veti a kalandra vagyo utazot. Van-e remeny a menekulesre, vagy fogva tartja ot a szakado eso, a rideg, sotet vilag? Egy oregasszony ...

Actors : Rolf Peter Kahl, Robert Viktor Minich, Juliane Werner, Marie Zielcke,
Directors : Oskar Roehler,

A young Berlin couple travel to a friend's place for the celebration of Silvester and New Year's Eve. During that period, we witness today's juvenile sub-culture, especially the ways of ...

Actors : Jan Malmsjö, Robin Milldoff, John Belindo, Mikael Persbrandt,
Directors : Stefan Jarl,

13 year old Kim feels at home in the wilderness. One night, nature's soul appears to him in the form of an Indian, and designates him nature's protector. Kim decides to remain out in the ...

Actors : Joanna Ward, Jamie McIntosh, Jodie Smith, Amanda Mealing,
Directors : Roberto Bangura,

A 13 year old talented athlete struggles to come to terms with the traumas of life as she prepares for a very important athletics event.

Actors : Miho Nakayama, Tadanobu Asano, Nobuyoshi Araki, Naoto Takenaka,
Directors : Naoto Takenaka,

This is a biographical film about the late Yoko Araki, who was the wife of Japan's leading photographer, Nobuyoshi Araki.

Actors : Frédéric Pierrot, Jalil Lespert, Catherine Baugué, Marc Adjadj,
Directors : Laurent Cantet,

In December of 1999, François organizes a retreat to a small island for himself, some friends, and their children to avoid the craziness of Paris during the turn of the millennium. Things ...

Actors : Victor Love, Norma Maldonado, Jim Metzler, Kay Lenz,
Directors : Stefani Ames,

The story's hero (played by Jim Metzler) has lost much of his spine and the love of his life, due to cancer. He's in remission; but decimated in body, shattered in mind, and separated from ...