31. 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. 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.
35. 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.
36. 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.
37. 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.
38. 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.
39. Chasing Amy
Year of Release: 1997
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Kevin Smith
Actors: Ben Affleck, Jason Lee, Joey Lauren Adams, Dwight Ewell, Scott Mosier, Ethan Suplee
Plot: Two comic book artists/roomates are having a great life, until one of them falls for a fellow artist who happens to be a lesbian.
40. Face/Off
Year of Release: 1997
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Crime
MPAA Rating: R
Director: John Woo
Actors: John Travolta, Nicolas Cage, Joan Allen, Alessandro Nivola, Gina Gershon, Dominique Swain
Plot: A new surgical technique allows an under cover agent to take the appearance and voice of a crime boss allowing him to infiltrate the organization.
