121. One Eight Seven ( 187 )
Year of Release: 1997
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Thriller
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Kevin Reynolds
Actors: Samuel L. Jackson, John Heard, Kelly Rowan, Clifton Collins Jr., Method Man, Tony Plana
Plot: One year after being stabbed by a student, a Brooklyn high school teacher relocates to Los Angeles and returns to the classroom.
122. Temptress Moon ( Feng yue )
Year of Release: 1997
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: Mandarin
Genre: Drama/Romance
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Kaige Chen
Actors: Leslie Cheung, Li Gong, Kevin Lin, Caifei He, Shih Chang, Liankun Lin
123. The Assignment
Year of Release: 1997
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Thriller
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Christian Duguay
Actors: Aidan Quinn, Donald Sutherland, Ben Kingsley, Claudia Ferri, Céline Bonnier, Vlasta Vrana
124. Alien: Resurrection
Year of Release: 1997
Overall Rating: 2.3 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Horror
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Jean-Pierre Jeunet
Actors: Sigourney Weaver, Winona Ryder, Ron Perlman, Gary Dourdan, Dominique Pinon, Michael Wincott
Plot: Ellen Ripley, Sigourney Weaver, is revived 200 years after her death. This time she isn't human, she is a human/alien hybrid. When the secret gets out and the aliens get loose she is the only one that know how to stop them.
125. The Devil's Own
Year of Release: 1997
Overall Rating: 2.4 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Crime
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Alan J. Pakula
Actors: Brad Pitt, Harrison Ford, Margaret Colin, Rubén Blades, Natascha McElhone, Treat Williams
Plot: An IRA terrorist is sent to the US to gather information and weapons when he is placed in another Irish American's home only to discover that he is a cop and not as willing to help him as he once thought.
126. Smilla's Sense of Snow
Year of Release: 1997
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Thriller
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Bille August
Actors: Julia Ormond, Gabriel Byrne, Jim Broadbent, Tom Wilkinson, Richard Harris, Robert Loggia
127. Dance with the Devil ( Perdita Durango )
Year of Release: 1997
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: Spanish
Genre: Crime/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Álex de la Iglesia
Actors: Rosie Perez, Javier Bardem, Harley Cross, Aimee Graham, James Gandolfini, Screamin' Jay Hawkins
128. The Watermelon Woman
Year of Release: 1997
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Cheryl Dunye
Actors: Cheryl Dunye, Guinevere Turner, Valarie Walker, Lisa Marie Bronson, Cheryl Clarke, Irene Dunye
129. The Postman
Year of Release: 1997
Overall Rating: 2.4 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Adventure
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Kevin Costner
Actors: Kevin Costner, Will Patton, Larenz Tate, Olivia Williams, James Russo, Tom Petty
Plot: In a post apocalyptic future where the United States has been decimated, civilization is reduced to small isolated town pockets and a ruthless dictator uses his army to terrorize the small towns, a lone drifter is captured and forced into service for this militia but escapes. Faced with the prospect of dying of starvation or of the elements he dons a old Postman uniform he found on a corpse and cons his way into a small town to get some food and shelter under the pretense of being a representative of a "Restored United States". But what little does he know that he is about to become a symbol of hope and inspiration that will change the fate of the entire country.
130. The Blackout
Year of Release: 1997
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Abel Ferrara
Actors: Matthew Modine, Claudia Schiffer, Dennis Hopper, Béatrice Dalle, Sarah Lassez, Steven Bauer
