Best movies of 1997

Actors : Vivica A. Fox, Vanessa Williams, Michael Beach, Nia Long,
Directors : George Tillman Jr.,

One person can keep a family together and, when that one person is gone, a family can be torn apart.

Actors : Danny DeVito, Jon Voight, Claire Danes, Matt Damon,
Directors : Francis Ford Coppola,

An underdog lawyer takes on a fraudulent Insurance company.

Actors : Delroy Lindo, Cameron Diaz, Holly Hunter, Ewan McGregor,
Directors : Danny Boyle,

Ewan McGregor stars as a cleaning man in Los Angeles, who takes his boss' daughter hostage after being fired and replaced by a robot. Two "angels", who are in charge of human relationships ...

Actors : Kurt Russell, M.C. Gainey, Kathleen Quinlan, J.T. Walsh,
Directors : Jonathan Mostow,

A man searches for his missing wife after his car breaks down in the middle of the desert.

Actors : Jason Priestley, John Hurt, Fiona Loewi, Sheila Hancock,
Directors : Richard Kwietniowski,

Giles De'Ath is a widower who doesn't like anything modern. He goes to movies and falls in love with film star Ronnie Bostock. He then investigates everything about the movie and Ronnie. ...

Actors : Mark Watson, Christopher Walken, Sean Patrick Flanery, Denis Leary,
Directors : Peter O'Fallon,

A group of youngsters kidnap a respected Mafia figure.

Actors : Susanne Lothar, Frank Giering, Ulrich Mühe, Arno Frisch,
Directors : Michael Haneke,

Two violent young men take a mother, father, and son hostage in their vacation cabin and force them to play sadistic "games" with one another for their own amusement.

Actors : Salma Hayek, Matthew Perry, Jon Tenney, Carlos Gómez,
Directors : Andy Tennant,

After a one night stand with Alex, Isabel realizes that she is pregnant and they decide to get married. However, along with the marriage comes compromise of one's own cultural traditions.

Actors : Dustin Hoffman, Mia Kirshner, John Travolta, Alan Alda,
Directors : Costa-Gavras,

A disgruntled security guard holds a school trip group hostage, while a news reporter forms a bond with him.

Actors : Lara Tosh, Nick Sutton, Jacob Reynolds, Jacob Sewell,
Directors : Harmony Korine,

Lonely residents of a tornado-stricken Ohio town wander the deserted landscape trying to fulfill their boring, nihilistic lives.

Actors : John Cusack, Christopher Lloyd, Kelsey Grammer, Meg Ryan,

The last surviving child of the Russian Royal Family joins two con men to reunite with her grandmother, the Dowager Empress, while the undead Rasputin seeks her death.

Actors : Cate Blanchett, Ralph Fiennes, Tom Wilkinson, Ciarán Hinds,
Directors : Gillian Armstrong,

In mid-1800s England, Oscar is a young Anglican priest, a misfit and an outcast, but with the soul of an angel. As a boy, even though from a strict Pentecostal family, he felt God told him ...

Actors : Gary Oldman, Milla Jovovich, Bruce Willis, Ian Holm,
Directors : Luc Besson,

In the colorful future, a cab driver unwittingly becomes the central figure in the search for a legendary cosmic weapon to keep Evil and Mr. Zorg at bay.

Actors : Maria Porter, Parker Posey, Thomas Jay Ryan, James Urbaniak,
Directors : Hal Hartley,

Socially inept garbage man Simon is befriended by Henry Fool, a witty roguish, but talentless novelist. Henry opens a magical world of literature to Simon who turns his hand to writing the ...

Actors : Howard Stern, Robin Quivers, Fred Norris, Mary McCormack,
Directors : Betty Thomas,

The autobiographical story of Howard Stern, the radio rebel who is now also a TV personality, an author and a movie star.

Actors : Nathaniel Parker, Chris Farley, Robin Shou, Nicollette Sheridan,
Directors : Dennis Dugan,

A man tries to rescue a woman with a little help from his half brother.

Actors : Ona Fletcher, Agga Olsen, Julia Ormond, Patrick Field,
Directors : Bille August,

Based on Peter Hoeg's bestseller, this film is set in snowy Copenhagen where a small boy is found dead after he fell off a roof. Smilla Jasperson, a close friend who lives in the same house...

Actors : Todd Allen, Lenore Banks, Robert Duvall, Paul Bagget,
Directors : Robert Duvall,

After his happy life spins out of control, a preacher from Texas changes his name, goes to Louisiana and starts preaching on the radio.

Actors : Parker Posey, Freddie Prinze Jr., Tori Spelling, Josh Hamilton,
Directors : Mark Waters,

A mentally unbalanced young woman - who is convinced she is Jackie Kennedy - flies into a murderous rage when her brother returns home to reveal he is engaged.

Actors : Lynda Steadman, Katrin Cartlidge, Mark Benton, Kate Byers,
Directors : Mike Leigh,

2 young women reunite and rekindle their friendship after having said goodbye at their college graduation, six years earlier.