Top Movies of 1997


The top movies of 1997 list is calculated by community movie ratings and members' "Top Movies List". Lists are updated daily.

91. Wind in the Willows, The ( Mr. Toad's Wild Ride )

Year of Release: 1997
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Adventure/Family
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Terry Jones
Actors: Steve Coogan, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, John Cleese, Stephen Fry, Nicol Williamson

92. Bent

Year of Release: 1997
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Romance
MPAA Rating: NC-17
Director: Sean Mathias
Actors: Clive Owen, Lothaire Bluteau, Ian McKellen, Mick Jagger, Jude Law, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau
Plot: Max is gay and as such is sent to Dachau concentration camp under the Nazi regime. He tries to deny he is gay and gets a yellow label (the one for Jews) instead of pink (the one for gays). In camp he falls in love with his fellow prisoner Horst, who wears his pink label with pride.

93. Fire

Year of Release: 1997
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: Hindi
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Deepa Mehta
Actors: Karishma Jhalani, Nandita Das, Shabana Azmi, Kulbhushan Kharbanda, Javed Jaffrey, Ranjit Chowdhry

94. Selena

Year of Release: 1997
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Biography/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Gregory Nava
Actors: Jennifer Lopez, Jackie Guerra, Constance Marie, Alex Meneses, Jon Seda, Edward James Olmos
Plot: Tells the real-life story of Selena Quintanilla, the Mexican-American singer who topped the charts in the United States and beyond before she was murdered at age 23.

95. The Saint

Year of Release: 1997
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Adventure
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Phillip Noyce
Actors: Val Kilmer, Elisabeth Shue, Rade Serbedzija, Valeri Nikolayev, Henry Goodman, Alun Armstrong
Plot: A wealthy international thief has one last job to do before retiring: he must steal a Russian scientist?s formula for cold-fusion to a Russian billionaire who?s goal is to bring Russian back to communism.

96. A Life Apart: Hasidism in America

Year of Release: 1997
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Menachem Daum, Oren Rudavsky
Actors: Leonard Nimoy, Sarah Jessica Parker

97. Love Serenade

Year of Release: 1997
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Shirley Barrett
Actors: Miranda Otto, Rebecca Frith, George Shevtsov, John Alansu, Jessica Napier, Jill McWilliam

98. Scream 2

Year of Release: 1997
Overall Rating: 2.4 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Horror/Mystery
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Wes Craven
Actors: Neve Campbell, Liev Schreiber, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Jamie Kennedy, Courteney Cox, Laurie Metcalf
Plot: Two years after the horrifying murders in Woodsboro, Sidney Prescott is haunted once again by tragedy when she sets off for college. A film version of her life is being made while a new killer begins to terrorize her and her friends.

99. Jackie Chan's First Strike ( Ging chaat goo si 4: Ji gaan daan yam mo )

Year of Release: 1997
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: Cantonese
Genre: Adventure/Comedy
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Stanley Tong
Actors: Jackie Chan, Jackson Liu, Annie Wu, Bill Tung, Yuri Petrov, Nonna Grishayeva
Plot: A CIA agent has stolen a nuclear warhead and martial artist Jackie Chan is the world's only hope. As a cop, Chan delivers James Bond-style adventure and hilarious global high jinks, hopping from Hong Kong to the Ukraine to Australia.

100. SubUrbia

Year of Release: 1997
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Richard Linklater
Actors: Jayce Bartok, Amie Carey, Nicky Katt, Parker Posey, Giovanni Ribisi, Steve Zahn

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