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.

21. Hard Eight

Year of Release: 1997
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Crime/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Paul Thomas Anderson
Actors: Philip Baker Hall, John C. Reilly, Gwyneth Paltrow, Samuel L. Jackson, F. William Parker, Philip Seymour Hoffman
Plot: A tale of love, revenge and redemption, set against the seedy casinos of Reno, Nevada.

22. Grosse Point Blank

Year of Release: 1997
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Crime
MPAA Rating: R
Director: George Armitage
Actors: John Cusack, Minnie Driver, Alan Arkin, Dan Aykroyd, Joan Cusack, Hank Azaria
Plot: Martin Blank is a hit man with some unresolved emotional problems. Blank gets invited to his high school reunion, which he has no intention of attending until he gets hired for a job back in Grosse Point. When he gets back he has to deal with the girl he left on prom night, as well as, his hit.

23. Washington Square

Year of Release: 1997
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Romance
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Agnieszka Holland
Actors: Jennifer Jason Leigh, Albert Finney, Maggie Smith, Ben Chaplin, Judith Ivey, Jennifer Garner
Plot: A woman believes she has found the man of her dreams - her father isn't so sure, thinking the man is only after her money. With her inheritance on the line, she is willing to give it all up for love... but will her would-be husband agree?

24. Devil's Advocate

Year of Release: 1997
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Horror/Thriller
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Taylor Hackford
Actors: Keanu Reeves, Al Pacino, Charlize Theron, Jeffrey Jones, Judith Ivey, Connie Nielsen
Plot: A new hotshot lawyer gets the opportunity of a lifetime to relocate and join a prestigious law firm. The price he pays is more than he bargains for.

25. Kolya ( Kolja )

Year of Release: 1997
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: Russian
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Jan Sverák
Actors: Zdenek Sverák, Andrei Chalimon, Libuse Safránková, Ondrej Vetchý, Stella Zázvorková, Silvia Suvadova
Plot: A Czech concert cellist, and consummate ladies man, Franta Louka finds himself out of a job and running up debts. In order to secure cash, he agrees to marry a Russian woman so she can get her papers - but immediately after she runs to the arms of a West German boyfriend, leaving her five-year-old child behind with her grandmother. After she suddenly dies, it falls to Louka to take care of the young boy.

26. Supermarket Woman ( Sûpâ no onna )

Year of Release: 1997
Overall Rating: 3.7 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Juzo Itami
Actors: Nobuko Miyamoto, Masahiko Tsugawa, Noborou Yano, Shirô Itô, Ryunosuke Kaneda, Naomasa Rokudaira

27. Lost Highway

Year of Release: 1997
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Mystery/Thriller
MPAA Rating: R
Director: David Lynch
Actors: Bill Pullman, Patricia Arquette, Balthazar Getty, Richard Pryor, Henry Rollins, Gary Busey
Plot: A man with Dissociative Fugue disorder is accused of murder. He wouldn't kill the one he loves, would he?

28. Nowhere

Year of Release: 1997
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Gregg Araki
Actors: James Duval, Rachel True, Nathan Bexton, Debi Mazar, Christina Applegate, Ryan Phillippe

29. The Full Monty

Year of Release: 1997
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Peter Cattaneo
Actors: Robert Carlyle, Mark Addy, William Snape, Steve Huison, Tom Wilkinson, Paul Barber
Plot: Unemployed and broke, Gaz needs to find a way to pay child support so his ex-wife will let him see his son. Gaz cooks up a scheme with some other out-of-work and down-on-their-luck guys to raise money by stripping. Untalented and very average-looking, these guys make for an unlikely Chippendale troop.

30. Con Air

Year of Release: 1997
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Simon West
Actors: Nicolas Cage, John Cusack, John Malkovich, Ving Rhames, Nick Chinlund, Steve Buscemi
Plot: The Jailbird is transporting the nation's worst criminals to a new maximum security prison. When they revolt, it's up to an army ranger and a trusting FBI agent to stop them from pulling off their plan.

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