31. Con Air
Year of Release: 1997
Overall Rating: 2.8 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.
32. Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery
Year of Release: 1997
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Adventure
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Jay Roach
Actors: Mike Myers, Elizabeth Hurley, Michael York, Seth Green, Mimi Rogers, Robert Wagner
Plot: A 60's special agent, Austin Powers, is wakened from his Cryo-sleep to combat Dr. Evil who is threatening to kill millions for one million dollars... or was it 100 billion dollars.
33. Shall We Dance? ( Shall we dansu? )
Year of Release: 1997
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Masayuki Suo
Actors: Kôji Yakusho, Tamiyo Kusakari, Naoto Takenaka, Eriko Watanabe, Yu Tokui, Hiromasa Taguchi
Plot: A staid Japanese businessman secretly joins a ballroom dancing class, where he bonds with a kindly group of misfits. Meanwhile, his wife begins to wonder what he is up to and hires a private detective to find out.
34. Habit
Year of Release: 1997
Overall Rating: 3.4 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Horror
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Larry Fessenden
Actors: Larry Fessenden, Meredith Snaider, Aaron Beall, Patricia Coleman, Heather Woodbury, Jesse Hartman
Plot: When Sam meets Anna, his alcoholic delusions lead him to believe she is a vampire. His dilemma becomes a struggle with sanity, truth and fiction, all the while straining his relationships with friends and family.
35. End of Evangelion ( Shin seiki Evangelion Gekijô-ban: Air/Magokoro wo, kimi ni )
Year of Release: 1997
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Anime/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Hideaki Anno, Kazuya Tsurumaki
Actors: Spike Spencer, Amanda Winn Lee, Tiffany Grant, Allison Keith, Sue Ulu, Tristan MacAvery
Plot: With the angels defeated, SEELE begins their Human Instrumentality Project, but are betrayed by Gendo Ikari who has plans of his own. A brutal attack on NERV HQ commences and it's up to a broken Shinji to act before humanity is destroyed.
37. Anastasia
Year of Release: 1997
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Animation/Adventure
MPAA Rating: G
Director: Don Bluth, Gary Goldman
Actors: Meg Ryan, John Cusack, Kelsey Grammer, Christopher Lloyd, Hank Azaria, Bernadette Peters
Plot: A fictionalized account on what happened to the missing daughter of Russian Tsar Nicholas II.
38. The Apostle
Year of Release: 1997
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Robert Duvall
Actors: Robert Duvall, Farrah Fawcett, Billy Bob Thornton, June Carter Cash, Miranda Richardson, Todd Allen
Plot: A preacher from Texas finds himself on the run after he catches his wife having an affair and putting the man in a coma. Relocating to Louisiana and taking a humble mechanic job, he can't help but start preaching again - on the radio, on the street and maybe he can use his gift to save a crumbling church.
39. Geri's Game
Year of Release: 1997
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Animation/Family
MPAA Rating: G
Director: Jan Pinkava
Actors: Bob Peterson
Plot: 1998 Academy Award winner for Best Animated short about a man who plays chess against himself.
40. Kundun
Year of Release: 1997
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Biography/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Martin Scorsese
Actors: Tenzin Thuthob Tsarong, Gyurme Tethong, Tulku Jamyang Kunga Tenzin, Tenzin Yeshi Paichang, Tencho Gyalpo, Tenzin Topjar
Plot: Biography about the fourteenth Dalai Lama - forced to flee from Tibet after China forced its oppressive regime on his people. Fleeing to India, the Kundun has been living in exile ever since.
