Best Comedy movies of 1997

Actors : Vivica A. Fox, Jamie Foxx, Tamala Jones, Tommy Davidson,
Directors : Jeff Pollack,

Two friends who have gone too long without sex set out to get some.

Actors : Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Robin Williams, Nastassja Kinski, Billy Crystal,
Directors : Ivan Reitman,

A woman cons two old boyfriends into searching for her runaway son by convincing both that they are the boy's father.

Actors : JoBeth Williams, Tim Allen, Lolita Davidovich, Martin Short,
Directors : John Pasquin,

A man learns he has a thirteen-year-old son who was raised in the jungle and brings the boy to New York City, turning his life upside down in the process.

Actors : Catherine Keener, Daryl Hannah, Maxwell Caulfield, Matthew Modine,
Directors : Tom DiCillo,

Joe and Mary have been living together in Manhattan for six years. Joe is an actor, who has no agent and no thesping credits, but whose ambitions are very high. He works as a waiter at a ...

Actors : Jennifer Aniston, Kevin Bacon, Jay Mohr, Olympia Dukakis,
Directors : Glenn Gordon Caron,

A young advertising executive's life becomes increasingly complicated when, in order to impress her boss, she pretends to be engaged to a man she has just met.

Actors : Peter Gallagher, Bill Murray, Joanne Whalley, Richard Wilson,
Directors : Jon Amiel,

Wallace Ritchie is mistaken for a spy and must stop a plot to assassinate international leaders at a banquet.

Actors : Elsa Zylberstein, Christian Bale, Emily Watson, Lee Ross,
Directors : Philip Saville,

The sudden reappearance of his best friend Toni, after ten years absence, causes Chris to remember his past, to question some of his lifestyle decisions and to re-evaluate his life and marriage to Marion.

Actors : Stephen Spinella, Stephen Bogardus, Jason Alexander, Randy Becker,
Directors : Joe Mantello,

Gregory invites seven friends to spend the summer at his large, secluded 19th-century home in upstate New York. The seven are: Bobby, Gregory's "significant other," who is blind but who ...

Actors : Philip Galinsky, Marc Palmieri, Nicol Zanzarella, Pasquale Gaeta,
Directors : David Maquiling,

While riding the bus one day, night watchman Jack Crawford gets distracted by a beautiful girl and has his gun stolen. To get it back, he enlists the help of local wise guy, Eddie, and their search reveals the bizarre characters lurking in the strange underworld of a sleepy New Jersey suburb.

Actors : Antoine Byrne, Brendan Gleeson, David Wilmot, Peter McDonald,
Directors : Paddy Breathnach,

Fresh out of prison, Git rescues a former best friend (now living with Git's girlfriend) from a beating at the hands of loan sharks. He's now in trouble with the mob boss, Tom French, who ...

Actors : Luke Aikman, Bea Guard, Ruth Gemmell, Colin Firth,
Directors : David Evans,

A sports fan's romantic courtship clashes with his obsession with his favorite football team.

Actors : Stephen Rea, Alan Boyle, Fiona Shaw, Eamonn Owens,
Directors : Neil Jordan,

Francie and Joe live the usual playful, fantasy filled childhoods of normal boys. However, with a violent, alcoholic father and a manic depressive, suicidal mother the pressure on Francie ...

Actors : Randee Allen, Julianne Moore, Roy Scheider, Noah Wyle,
Directors : Bart Freundlich,

An ambitious debut for writer/director Bart Freundlich charting the unrest with a family who gather together for thanks giving.

Actors : Mickey Rourke, Paul Freeman, Dennis Rodman, Jean-Claude Van Damme,
Directors : Hark Tsui,

An international spy teams up with an arms dealer to escape from a penal colony and rescue his family from a terrorist.

Actors : Michael Caton, Stephen Curry, Anthony Simcoe, Anne Tenney,
Directors : Rob Sitch,

A working-class family from Melbourne, Australia fights city hall after being told they must vacate their beloved family home to allow for infrastructural expansion.

Actors : Tom Everett Scott, Julie Delpy, Phil Buckman, Vince Vieluf,
Directors : Anthony Waller,

An American man unwittingly gets involved with French werewolves who have developed a serum allowing them to transform at will.

Actors : Tupac Shakur, Tim Roth, Thandie Newton, Charles Fleischer,
Directors : Vondie Curtis-Hall,

After a friend overdoses, Spoon and Stretch decide to kick their drug habits and attempt to enroll in a government detox program. Their efforts are hampered by seemingly endless red tape, ...

Actors : Elise Neal, Chris Tucker, Charlie Sheen, Heather Locklear,
Directors : Brett Ratner,

Sought by police and criminals, a small-time huckster makes a deal with a TV newsman for protection.

Actors : Kelly Lynch, Nick Chinlund, Leslie Nielsen, Matt Keeslar,
Directors : Stanley Tong,

The myopic millionaire defeats jewel smugglers in his usual bumbling manner.

Actors : Kristy Swanson, George Hamilton, Andy Comeau, Joe Pesci,
Directors : Tom Schulman,

A mob bagman finds that his luggage, containing the proof of his gang's latest hit, has been switched.