List of American films of 1997

A list of American films released in 1997. 
Titanic became the highest grossing film of all time, and won the Academy Award for Best Picture.
==Highest grossing==
 
1997Rank	Title 	Studio 	Box Office Gross	Box Office Gross	Box Office Gross	Box Office Gross
1997Rank	Title 	Studio 	Total Int.l 	U.S./Canada 	 	
1. 	Titanic 	Paramount Pictures/20th Century Fox 	$1,835,300,000 	$600,788,188 	 	
2. 	The Lost World: Jurassic Park	Universal Pictures 	$615,100,000 	$229,086,679 	 	
3. 	Men in Black 	Columbia Pictures 	$576,747,615 	$250,690,539 	 	
4. 	Tomorrow Never Dies 	MGM/United Artists 	$346,632,007 	$125,304,276 	 	
5. 	As Good as It Gets 	Sony Pictures 	$314,178,011 	$148,478,011 	 	
6. 	Air Force One 	Columbia Pictures/Buena Vista International	$302,888,056 	$172,956,409 	 	
7. 	Liar Liar 	Universal Pictures 	$302,710,615 	$181,410,615 	 	
8. 	My Best Friend's Wedding 	Sony Pictures 	$299,288,605 	$127,120,029 	 	
9. 	The Fifth Element 	Columbia Pictures (distribution only) 	$249,340,020 	$63,820,180 	 	
10. 	The Full Monty 	Fox Searchlight Pictures 	$243,957,453 	$45,948,975 	 	
===# - A===
Title 	Director 	Cast 	Genre 	Notes
…First Do No Harm 	Jim Abrahams 	Meryl Streep, Fred Ward 	Drama 	Made for TV
12 Angry Men 	William Friedkin 	Jack Lemmon, George C. Scott, James Gandolfini, Ossie Davis, William Petersen, Hume Cronyn, Edward James Olmos 	Drama 	Made for TV
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea 	Michael Anderson 	Ben Cross, Richard Crenna 	Adventure 	Made for TV
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea 	Rod Hardy 	Michael Caine, Patrick Dempsey 	Adventure 	Made for TV
4 Little Girls 	Spike Lee 	 	Documentary 	Oscar-nominated
8 Heads in a Duffel Bag 	Tom Schulman 	Joe Pesci, Andy Comeau, Dyan Cannon, Kristy Swanson 	Black comedy 	
Aberration 	Tim Boxell 	Pamela Gidley 	Horror 	
Absolute Power 	Clint Eastwood 	Clint Eastwood, Gene Hackman, Ed Harris, Laura Linney, Judy Davis, Scott Glenn, E. G. Marshall, Dennis Haysbert 	Crime drama 	Based on novel by David Baldacci
Addicted to Love 	Griffin Dunne 	Meg Ryan, Matthew Broderick, Kelly Preston, Tchéky Karyo 	Comedy 	
Afterglow 	Alan Rudolph 	Nick Nolte, Julie Christie 	Drama 	
Air Force One 	Wolfgang Petersen 	Harrison Ford, Glenn Close, Gary Oldman 	Action 	2 Oscar nominations
The Alarmist 	Evan Dunsky 	David Arquette, Kate Capshaw, Stanley Tucci 	Comedy 	
Alaska: Spirit of the Wild 	George Casey 	Alaska 	Documentary 	
Albino Alligator 	Kevin Spacey 	Matt Dillon, Faye Dunaway, Gary Sinise, Joe Mantegna 	Suspense 	
Alien Resurrection 	Jean-Pierre Jeunet 	Sigourney Weaver, Winona Ryder, Ron Perlman, Dan Hedaya 	Science fiction	preceded by Alien 3
Alien Nation: The Udara Legacy 	Kenneth Johnson 	Gary Graham 	Science fiction	Made for TV
All Over Me 	Alex Sichel 	Alison Folland, Tara Subkoff 	 	
American Perfekt 	Paul Chart 	Fairuza Balk, Robert Forster, Amanda Plummer 	Drama 	Screened at 1997 Cannes Film Festival
An Alan Smithee Film: Burn Hollywood Burn 	Arthur Hiller 	Ryan O'Neal, Eric Idle, Coolio 	Comedy 	
An American Werewolf in Paris 	Anthony Waller 	Tom Everett Scott, Julie Delpy, Vince Vieluf, Julie Bowen 	Horror 	sequel to American Werewolf in London
Amistad 	Steven Spielberg 	Morgan Freeman, Anthony Hopkins, Djimon Hounsou, Matthew McConaughey, Stellan Skarsgård, Anna Paquin 	Drama 	4 Oscar nominations
Anaconda 	Luis Llosa 	Jennifer Lopez, Jon Voight, Ice Cube, Eric Stoltz, Owen Wilson, Jonathan Hyde, Kari Wührer 	Horror 	6 Razzie nominations
Anastasia 	Don Bluth, Gary Goldman	Meg Ryan, John Cusack, Kelsey Grammer, Hank Azaria, Christopher Lloyd, Angela Lansbury (voices) 	Animated film 	
Angels in the Endzone 	Gary Nadeau 	Christopher Lloyd, Paul Dooley 	Fantasy, Sports	
Anna Karenina 	Bernard Rose 	Sophie Marceau, Sean Bean 	Drama 	from Leo Tolstoy novel
Anthem to Beauty 	Jeremy Marre 	Grateful Dead 	Documentary 	
The Apostle 	Robert Duvall 	Robert Duvall, Miranda Richardson, Farrah Fawcett 	Drama 	also written by Duvall
Area 51: The Alien Interview 	 	 	 	
As Good as It Gets 	James L. Brooks 	Jack Nicholson, Helen Hunt, Greg Kinnear, Cuba Gooding, Jr. 	Romantic comedy	Oscars for Hunt, Nicholson
The Assignment 	Christian Duguay 	Aidan Quinn, Ben Kingsley 	Drama 	
Asteroid 	Bradford May 	Michael Biehn, Annabella Sciorra, Zachary Charles, Don Franklin, Carlos Gómez, Michael Weatherly, Anne-Marie Johnson	Science fiction	made for TV; Emmy for visual effects
Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery	Jay Roach 	Mike Myers, Elizabeth Hurley, Michael York, Robert Wagner, Seth Green, Mindy Sterling, Mimi Rogers 	Spy Comedy 	1st of series
===B===
Title 	Director 	Cast 	Genre 	Notes
B*A*P*S 	Robert Townsend 	Halle Berry, Martin Landau 	Comedy 	New Line Cinema
Back in Business 	Philippe Mora 	Brian Bosworth, Joe Torry 	Action 	direct-to-video
Bang 	Ash 	Darling Narita, Peter Greene 	Drama 	
Batman and Robin 	Joel Schumacher 	Arnold Schwarzenegger, George Clooney, Chris O'Donnell, Uma Thurman, Alicia Silverstone, John Glover, Elle Macpherson	Action, Superhero	Sequel; nominated for 11 Razzie awards
Bean 	Mel Smith 	Rowan Atkinson 	Comedy 	based on U.K. TV series
The Beautician and the Beast 	Ken Kwapis 	Fran Drescher, Timothy Dalton 	Comedy 	Paramount
Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas	 	 	Animated film 	
Below Utopia 	Kurt Voss 	Alyssa Milano, Ice-T 	Thriller 	aka Body Count
The Best Bad Thing 	Peter Rowe 	Lana McKissick, Robert Ito 	Drama 	
Best Men 	Tamra Davis 	Fred Ward, Drew Barrymore 	Comedy 	Orion
A Better Place 	 	Elon Bailey 	Drama 	
Beverly Hills Ninja 	Dennis Dugan 	Chris Farley, Nicollette Sheridan 	Comedy 	TriStar
The Big One 	Michael Moore 	Michael Moore 	Documentary 	
Black Scorpion II: Aftershock 	Jonathan Winfrey 	Joan Severance, Whip Hubley 	Action, Superhero	Sequel
The Blood Oranges 	Philip Haas 	Sheryl Lee 	 	
Bloodsport III 	Alan Mehrez 	Daniel Bernhardt, John Rhys-Davies 	Action 	direct-to-video
Bongwater 	Richard Sears 	Luke Wilson, Jack Black, Alicia Witt 	Comedy 	
Boogie Boy 	Craig Hamann 	Traci Lords, Frederic Forrest, Joan Jett 	Drama 	
Boogie Nights 	Paul Thomas Anderson	Mark Wahlberg, Burt Reynolds, Julianne Moore, John C. Reilly, Don Cheadle, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Heather Graham 	Drama 	3 Oscar nominations; Golden Globe for Reynolds
Booty Call 	Jeff Pollack 	Jamie Foxx, Tommy Davidson, Vivica A. Fox, Tamala Jones 	Comedy 	
The Boxer 	Jim Sheridan 	Daniel Day-Lewis, Emily Watson 	Drama 	3 Golden Globe nominations
Boys Life 2 	 	Vincent D'Onofrio, Mary Beth Hurt 	Drama, Anthology 	Sequel
The Brave 	Johnny Depp 	Johnny Depp, Marlon Brando 	 	Experimental
Breakdown 	Jonathan Mostow 	Kurt Russell, Kathleen Quinlan, J. T. Walsh 	Thriller 	Paramount
Breast Men 	Lawrence O'Neil 	Chris Cooper, David Schwimmer 	Drama 	Made for TV
Broadway Damage 	Victor Mignatti 	Mara Hobel 	Comedy 	
Buddy 	Caroline Thompson 	Rene Russo, Robbie Coltrane, Alan Cumming 	Drama 	
The Butcher Boy 	Neil Jordan 	Stephen Rea 	Drama 	
===C===
Title 	Director 	Cast 	Genre 	Notes
Campfire Tales 	William Cooke, Paul Talbot	 	Horror 	
Cannibal Rollerbabes 	 	 	Horror 	
Casper: A Spirited Beginning 	Sean McNamara 	Steve Guttenberg, Lori Loughlin, Rodney Dangerfield 	Comedy 	Direct-to-video
Cats Don't Dance 	 	 	 	Animated film
Chasing Amy 	Kevin Smith 	Ben Affleck, Joey Lauren Adams, Jason Lee, Jason Mewes 	Comedy 	
Chinese Box 	Wayne Wang 	Jeremy Irons, Gong Li 	Drama 	TriMark Pictures
A Christmas Carol 	Stan Phillips 	Tim Curry, Whoopi Goldberg voices 	Animated 	
City of Industry 	John Irvin 	Harvey Keitel, Stephen Dorff, Timothy Hutton, Famke Janssen, Lucy Liu 	Drama 	Universal
Clockwatchers 	Jill Sprecher 	Toni Collette, Lisa Kudrow, Parker Posey 	Comedy 	
Commandments 	Daniel Taplitz 	Aidan Quinn, Courteney Cox, Anthony LaPaglia 	Rom com 	
Common Bonds 	 	 	 	Filmed by teenagers
Con Air 	Simon West 	Nicolas Cage, John Cusack, John Malkovich, Steve Buscemi 	Action 	2 Oscar nominations
Conspiracy Theory 	Richard Donner 	Mel Gibson, Julia Roberts 	Thriller 	Warner Bros.
Contact 	Robert Zemeckis 	Jodie Foster, Matthew McConaughey, James Woods, Angela Bassett, John Hurt, Tom Skerritt, David Morse 	Science fiction	Warner Bros.; based on a novel by Carl Sagan
Cop Land 	James Mangold 	Sylvester Stallone, Harvey Keitel, Ray Liotta, Robert De Niro, Annabella Sciorra, Peter Berg, Michael Rapaport, Cathy Moriarty	Crime drama 	Miramax
Coven 	Mark Borchardt 	 	Horror 	36 minutes
Crayola Kids Adventures: 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea	 	 	 	
The Cremaster Cycle 	Matthew Barney 	 	Experimental 	5 films
Crossed Swords 	Richard Fleischer 	Oliver Reed, Raquel Welch 	Adventure 	
Crowned and Dangerous 	Christopher Leitch 	Yasmine Bleeth, Jill Clayburgh 	Thriller 	Made for TV
===D===
Title 	Director 	Cast 	Genre 	Notes
Danger Zone 	Allan Eastman 	Billy Zane, Robert Downey, Jr., Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, Ron Silver 	Action 	
Dangerous Ground 	Darrell Roodt 	Ice Cube, Elizabeth Hurley 	Thriller 	
Dante's Peak 	Roger Donaldson 	Pierce Brosnan, Linda Hamilton 	Disaster film 	Universal
Deconstructing Harry 	Woody Allen 	Kirstie Alley, Richard Benjamin, Billy Crystal, Judy Davis, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Demi Moore, Elisabeth Shue, Robin Williams	Comedy 	Fine Line Features
Def Jam's How to Be a Player 	Lionel C. Martin 	Bill Bellamy 	Comedy 	
Defying Gravity 	John Keitel 	 	Drama 	
Demolition University 	Kevin Tenney 	Corey Haim, Ami Dolenz, Laraine Newman, Robert Forster 	Action 	Direct-to-video
Detective Conan: The Time-Bombed Skyscraper	 	 	Crime 	Animated film
The Devil's Advocate 	Taylor Hackford 	Keanu Reeves, Al Pacino, Charlize Theron, Craig T. Nelson 	Horror, Thriller	from Andrew Neiderman novel
Different Strokes 	Michael Paul Girard	Dana Plato, Bentley Mitchum 	Drama 	
Dogtown 	George Hickenlooper	Mary Stuart Masterson, Jon Favreau 	Drama 	Vanguard Films
Donnie Brasco 	Mike Newell 	Al Pacino, Johnny Depp, Michael Madsen, Anne Heche, Bruno Kirby 	Crime drama 	story of Joseph Pistone
Double Team 	Tsui Hark 	Jean-Claude Van Damme, Dennis Rodman, Mickey Rourke 	Action 	won 3 Razzie awards
Dream with the Fishes 	Finn Taylor 	David Arquette 	Drama 	
===E===
Title 	Director 	Cast 	Genre 	Notes
The Edge 	Lee Tamahori 	Anthony Hopkins, Alec Baldwin, Harold Perrineau, Elle Macpherson 	Drama, Thriller 	script by David Mamet
Eight Days a Week 	Michael Davis 	Keri Russell 	Comedy 	
Elevated 	Vincenzo Natali 	 	Short subject 	17 minutes
Elvis Meets Nixon 	Allan Arkush 	Rick Peters, Bob Gunton 	Comedy 	Made for TV
The End of Violence 	Wim Wenders 	Bill Pullman, Andie MacDowell, Gabriel Byrne, Rosalind Chao 	Drama 	MGM
Ernest Goes to Africa	John R. Cherry III 	Jim Varney 	Comedy 	straight-to-video
Eve's Bayou 	Kasi Lemmons 	Samuel L. Jackson, Lynn Whitfield 	Drama 	
Event Horizon 	Paul W. S. Anderson	Laurence Fishburne, Sam Neill, Kathleen Quinlan, Joely Richardson, Richard T. Jones, Jack Noseworthy, Jason Isaacs, Sean Pertwee	Horror, Science fiction	
The Ex 	Mark L. Lester 	Yancy Butler, Suzy Amis 	Suspense 	
Excess Baggage 	Marco Brambilla 	Alicia Silverstone, Benicio del Toro, Christopher Walken, Harry Connick, Jr. 	Comedy 	
===F===
Title 	Director 	Cast 	Genre 	Notes
Face/Off 	John Woo 	John Travolta, Nicolas Cage, Joan Allen, Gina Gershon 	Action 	won 2 Saturn Awards
FairyTale: A True Story 	Charles Sturridge 	Peter O'Toole, Harvey Keitel 	Fantasy 	
Fakin' Da Funk 	Tim Chey 	Pam Grier, Duane Martin 	Comedy 	
Fast, Cheap and Out of Control	Errol Morris 	profile of 4 unusual occupations 	Documentary 	
Fathers' Day 	Ivan Reitman 	Robin Williams, Billy Crystal, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Nastassja Kinski 	Comedy 	remake of Les Comperes
Favorite Son 	 	 	 	
Fierce Creatures 	Fred Schepisi 	John Cleese, Jamie Lee Curtis, Kevin Kline, Michael Palin 	Comedy 	with A Fish Called Wanda cast
The Fifth Element 	Luc Besson 	Bruce Willis, Gary Oldman, Milla Jovovich, Chris Tucker, Ian Holm, Luke Perry 	Science fiction	Gaumont Film Company
Fire Down Below 	Félix Enríquez Alcalá	Steven Seagal, Marg Helgenberger, Kris Kristofferson, Harry Dean Stanton, Stephen Lang, Brad Hunt, Levon Helm	Action 	Warner Bros.; 4 Razzie nominations
Firehouse 	"Alan Smithee" 	Richard Dean Anderson, Edie Falco 	Drama 	Rysher Entertainment
Firelight 	William Nicholson 	Sophie Marceau 	Drama 	Nicholson's only film
First Time Felon 	Charles S. Dutton 	Omar Epps, Delroy Lindo 	Crime drama 	
Flash 	 	Lucas Black, Ellen Burstyn 	Family 	Made for TV
Flubber 	Les Mayfield 	Robin Williams 	Comedy, Fantasy	Absent-Minded Professor remake
Flying Saucer Rock'n'Roll 	 	 	Short subject 	12 minutes
Free Willy 3: The Rescue 	Sam Pillsbury 	Jason James Richter 	Family 	2nd Free Willy sequel
Fools Rush In 	Andy Tennant 	Matthew Perry, Salma Hayek 	Romantic comedy	Columbia
For Richer or Poorer 	Bryan Spicer 	Tim Allen, Kirstie Alley 	Comedy 	Universal
Full Tilt Boogie 	Sarah Kelly 	 	Documentary 	
Future War 	Anthony Doublin 	Daniel Bernhardt 	Science fiction	
===G===
Title 	Director 	Cast 	Genre 	Notes
G.I. Jane 	Ridley Scott 	Demi Moore, Viggo Mortensen, Anne Bancroft 	Action 	Razzie award for Moore
The Game 	David Fincher 	Michael Douglas, Sean Penn, James Rebhorn, Deborah Kara Unger, Carroll Baker, Armin Mueller-Stahl	Thriller 	Polygram Films
Gang Related 	Jim Kouf 	James Belushi, Tupac Shakur, Lela Rochon, James Earl Jones 	Crime drama 	
Gattaca 	Andrew Niccol 	Ethan Hawke, Uma Thurman, Jude Law 	Science fiction	
George Wallace 	John Frankenheimer 	Gary Sinise, Mare Winningham, Angelina Jolie 	Biography 	Made for TV
George of the Jungle 	Sam Weisman 	Brendan Fraser, Leslie Mann, Thomas Haden Church 	Comedy 	Disney
Geri's Game 	Jan Pinkava 	 	Animated, Short	Academy Award
Get a Clue 	Terence H. Winkless	Ray Walston, Diane Ladd, Sally Kirkland 	Family 	based on Ellen Raskin book
Ghosts 	Stan Winston 	Michael Jackson 	 	
Going All the Way 	Mark Pellington 	Jeremy Davis, Ben Affleck, Amy Locane, Rachel Weisz 	 	
Gone Fishin' 	Christopher Cain 	Joe Pesci, Danny Glover, Rosanna Arquette, Lynn Whitfield 	Comedy 	Caravan Pictures
Good Burger 	Brian Robbins 	Kenan Thompson, Kel Mitchell 	Comedy, Family 	
Good Will Hunting 	Gus Van Sant 	Matt Damon, Robin Williams, Ben Affleck, Minnie Driver, Stellan Skarsgård 	Drama 	Oscars for Williams, screenplay
Goodbye America 	Thierry Notz 	Wolfgang Bodison, Corin Nemec, John Haymes Newton 	Action 	
Grateful Dead: Downhill from Here	Len Dell'Amico 	The Grateful Dead 	Concert 	
Green Fish 	 	 	 	South Korea
Gridlock'd 	Vondie Curtis-Hall 	Tim Roth, Tupac Shakur 	Comedy, Crime 	
Grosse Pointe Blank 	George Armitage 	John Cusack, Minnie Driver, Dan Aykroyd, Alan Arkin 	Comedy 	Caravan Pictures
===H===
Title 	Director 	Cast 	Genre 	Notes
Hacks 	Gary Rosen 	Stephen Rea, Illeana Douglas, John Ritter 	Comedy 	
Hands on a Hard Body: The Documentary	S.R. Bindler 	 	Documentary 	
Hard Eight 	Paul Thomas Anderson 	Philip Baker Hall, John C. Reilly, Gwyneth Paltrow 	Drama 	Anderson's first film
Hav Plenty 	Christopher Scott Cherot 	 	Comedy 	
Henry Fool 	Hal Hartley 	Thomas Jay Ryan, Parker Posey 	Drama 	Cannes screenplay award
Hercules 	Ron Clements, John Musker	 	Family, Fantasy 	Animated film
Highball 	Noah Baumbach 	Justine Bateman, Peter Bogdanovich 	Comedy drama 	
Hitler 	 	 	 	
Home Alone 3 	Raja Gosnell 	Alex D. Linz 	Family 	2nd Home Alone sequel
Honey, We Shrunk Ourselves 	Dean Cundey 	Rick Moranis 	Family, Science fiction	Direct-to-video sequel
Hoodlum 	Bill Duke 	Laurence Fishburne, Tim Roth, Vanessa Williams, Andy García	Crime 	on Ellsworth "Bumpy" Johnson
The House of Yes 	Mark Waters 	Parker Posey 	Comedy 	based on Wendy MacLeod play
Hugo Pool 	Robert Downey, Sr. 	Alyssa Milano, Patrick Dempsey, Robert Downey, Jr. 	Comedy 	aka Pool Girl
Hurricane Streets 	Morgan J. Freeman 	Heather Matarazzo 	Drama 	
===I===
Title 	Director 	Cast 	Genre 	Notes
I Know What You Did Last Summer	Jim Gillespie 	Jennifer Love Hewitt, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Ryan Phillippe, Freddie Prinze, Jr., Johnny Galecki, Bridgette Wilson, Anne Heche	Horror 	based on Lois Duncan novel
I Married a Strange Person! 	 	 	 	
I'm Bout It 	 	Master P 	Drama 	
The Ice Storm 	Ang Lee 	Kevin Kline, Joan Allen, Sigourney Weaver, Tobey Maguire, Christina Ricci, Elijah Wood 	Drama 	based on Rick Moody novel
In & Out 	Frank Oz 	Kevin Kline, Joan Cusack, Tom Selleck, Matt Dillon, Bob Newhart, Debbie Reynolds, Wilford Brimley 	Comedy 	Oscar nomination for Cusack
In the Company of Men 	Neil LaBute 	Aaron Eckhart, Matt Molloy 	Comedy 	based on LaBute's play
In the Gloaming 	Christopher Reeve	Glenn Close, Bridget Fonda, Whoopi Goldberg, Robert Sean Leonard, David Strathairn 	Drama 	Made for TV
Inferno 	 	Don Wilson 	Action 	
The Informant 	Jim McBride 	Cary Elwes, Timothy Dalton 	Drama 	Made for TV
Intensity 	Yves Simoneau 	Piper Laurie, Molly Parker 	Thriller	based on Dean Koontz novel
Inventing the Abbotts 	Pat O'Connor 	Liv Tyler, Joaquin Phoenix, Billy Crudup, Jennifer Connelly, Joanna Going, Will Patton, Kathy Baker 	Comedy 	based on Sue Miller story
It's In the Water 	Kelly Herd 	 	Drama 	
===J===
Title 	Director 	Cast 	Genre 	Notes
The Jackal 	Michael Caton-Jones	Bruce Willis, Richard Gere, Sidney Poitier, Diane Venora 	Thriller 	Remake of film Day of the Jackal
Jackie Brown 	Quentin Tarantino 	Pam Grier, Samuel L. Jackson, Robert Forster, Robert De Niro, Michael Keaton, Bridget Fonda, Chris Tucker	Crime drama 	Based on the novel Rum Punch by Elmore Leonard
Jane Eyre 	Robert Young 	Samantha Morton 	Drama 	Based on Charlotte Brontë novel
Jungle 2 Jungle 	John Pasquin 	Tim Allen, Martin Short 	Comedy 	Disney
Jungle Emperor Leo 	Yoshio Takeuchi 	 	 	Japan
Just in Time 	Shawn Levy 	Mark Moses, Rebecca Chambers, Brittany Alyse Smith 	Romantic comedy-drama	
Just Write 	Andrew Gallerani 	Sherilyn Fenn, Jeremy Piven 	Romantic comedy 	
Justice League of America	 	 	Animated 	DC Comics superheroes
===K===
Title 	Director 	Cast 	Genre 	Notes
Keeping the Promise 	Heldon Larry 	Keith Carradine, Annette O'Toole 	Family, Drama 	
Keys to Tulsa 	Leslie Greif 	James Spader, Eric Stoltz, Deborah Kara Unger, Mary Tyler Moore 	Drama 	
Kiss the Girls 	Gary Fleder 	Morgan Freeman, Ashley Judd 	Crime, Thriller	Based on James Patterson novel
Knockin' On Heaven's Door	Thomas Jahn 	Rutger Hauer 	 	
Kull the Conqueror 	John Nicolella 	Kevin Sorbo, Tia Carrere, Thomas Ian Griffith, Litefoot, Harvey Fierstein	Action, Fantasy	
Kundun 	Martin Scorsese	 	Biography 	Dalai Lama
===L===
Title 	Director 	Cast 	Genre 	Notes
L.A. Confidential 	Curtis Hanson 	Kevin Spacey, Russell Crowe, Guy Pearce, Kim Basinger, Danny DeVito, James Cromwell, David Strathairn, Simon Baker	Crime drama 	Based on James Ellroy novel; Academy Awards for Basinger, screenplay
The Land Before Time V: The Mysterious Island	 	 	Animated film 	Direct-to-video
Last Stand at Saber River 	Dick Lowry 	Tom Selleck, Keith Carradine, Haley Joel Osment 	Western 	from Elmore Leonard novel
The Last Time I Committed Suicide 	Stephen T. Kay 	Thomas Jane, Keanu Reeves 	Drama 	
Latter-Day Saints 	 	 	 	
Lawn Dogs 	John Duigan 	Sam Rockwell, Mischa Barton, Kathleen Quinlan 	Drama 	Rank Organisation
Leave It to Beaver 	Andy Cadiff 	Christopher McDonald, Janine Turner 	Family 	Based on television series
Leprechaun 4: In Space 	Brian Trenchard-Smith	Warwick Davis 	Horror 	Sequel
Lewis and Clark and George 	Rod McCall 	Rose McGowan, Dan Gunther 	Comedy 	
Liar Liar 	Tom Shadyac 	Jim Carrey, Justin Cooper, Maura Tierney, Cary Elwes, Jennifer Tilly, Amanda Donohoe, Swoosie Kurtz 	Comedy 	
Liberty! 	 	Roger Rees, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Donna Murphy 	Documentary 	6-hour series
A Life Less Ordinary 	Danny Boyle 	Ewan McGregor, Cameron Diaz, Holly Hunter, Delroy Lindo, Ian Holm 	Black comedy 	Figment Films
Little City 	Roberto Benabib 	Josh Charles, Jon Bon Jovi, Penelope Ann Miller 	Romantic comedy	
Little Red Riding Hood 	David Kaplan 	 	Short subject 	12 minutes
Lolita 	Adrian Lyne 	Dominique Swain, Jeremy Irons, Frank Langella, Melanie Griffith 	Drama 	from Vladimir Nabokov novel; remake of 1962 film
Lost Highway 	David Lynch 	Bill Pullman, Patricia Arquette, Balthazar Getty, Robert Loggia, Robert Blake 	Suspense 	October Films
The Lost World: Jurassic Park 	Steven Spielberg 	Jeff Goldblum, Julianne Moore, Pete Postlethwaite, Arliss Howard, Richard Attenborough, Vince Vaughn 	Science fiction	Sequel to Jurassic Park; based on Michael Crichton novel
Love Jones 	Theodore Witcher 	Larenz Tate, Nia Long 	Drama 	
Love and Death on Long Island 	Richard Kwietniowski 	John Hurt, Jason Priestley 	Drama 	from Gilbert Adair novella
Love! Valour! Compassion! 	Joe Mantello 	Jason Alexander, John Glover 	Drama 	Based on Terrence McNally play
Lovelife 	Jon Harmon Feldman 	Carla Gugino, Sherilyn Fenn 	Romantic comedy	
Lucky Three 	Jem Cohen 	 	Short subject 	11 minutes
===M===
Title 	Director 	Cast 	Genre 	Notes
MPG: Motion Picture Genocide 	 	 	 	
Mad City 	Costa-Gavras 	Dustin Hoffman, John Travolta, Mia Kirshner, Alan Alda 	Crime drama 	Gavras' last U.S. film
The Man Who Knew Too Little 	Jon Amiel 	Bill Murray, Joanne Whalley, Peter Gallagher 	Comedy 	based on Robert Farrar novel
Masterminds 	Roger Christian 	Patrick Stewart, Vincent Kartheiser 	Comedy 	
The MatchMaker 	Mark Joffe 	Janeane Garofalo, David O'Hara, Milo O'Shea, Denis Leary 	Romantic comedy 	set in Ireland
McHale's Navy 	Bryan Spicer 	Tom Arnold, Tim Curry 	Comedy 	Based on television series
Mean Guns 	Albert Pyun 	Ice-T, Christopher Lambert 	Crime drama 	
Meet Wally Sparks 	Peter Baldwin 	Rodney Dangerfield, Burt Reynolds, Debi Mazar, Cindy Williams 	Comedy 	Trimark Pictures
The Member of the Wedding 	Fielder Cook 	Anna Paquin, Alfre Woodard 	Drama 	from Carson McCullers novel
Men in Black 	Barry Sonnenfeld 	Will Smith, Tommy Lee Jones, Vincent D'Onofrio, Linda Fiorentino, Rip Torn 	Science fiction 	based on comic-book series
Men with Guns 	John Sayles 	Mandy Patinkin 	Drama 	
Metro 	Thomas Carter 	Eddie Murphy, Michael Wincott, Michael Rapaport 	Action 	Touchstone Pictures
The Midas Touch 	Peter Manoogian 	Trever O'Brien 	Fantasy 	
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil 	Clint Eastwood 	Kevin Spacey, John Cusack, Jude Law 	Drama 	Based on John Berendt novel
Mighty Ducks the Movie: The First Face-Off	 	voices of Brad Garrett, James Belushi, Tim Curry 	Animated 	
Mimic 	Guillermo del Toro	Mira Sorvino, Jeremy Northam, Josh Brolin, Charles S. Dutton 	Horror, Science fiction	from Donald A. Wollheim story
Miss Evers' Boys 	Joseph Sargent 	Alfre Woodard, Laurence Fishburne 	Drama 	Made for TV
Money Talks 	Brett Ratner 	Chris Tucker, Charlie Sheen, Heather Locklear 	Action, Comedy 	
Monty Roberts: A Real Horse Whisperer 	 	 	 	
Mortal Kombat: Annihilation 	John R. Leonetti 	Robin Shou, Talisa Soto, Sandra Hess, James Remar, Irina Pantaeva, Lynn "Red" Williams, Brian Thompson	Action 	based on the video game
Most Wanted 	David Hogan 	Keenen Ivory Wayans, Jon Voight, Jill Hennessy 	Action 	
MouseHunt 	Gore Verbinski 	Nathan Lane, Lee Evans, Christopher Walken, William Hickey 	Black comedy 	DreamWorks
Mr. Magoo 	Stanley Tong 	Leslie Nielsen, Miguel Ferrer, Kelly Lynch 	Comedy 	based on the cartoon character
Mrs Dalloway 	Marleen Gorris 	Vanessa Redgrave, Natascha McElhone 	Drama 	Based on Virginia Woolf novel
Murder at 1600 	Dwight H. Little 	Wesley Snipes, Diane Lane 	Thriller 	
My Best Friend's Wedding 	P. J. Hogan 	Julia Roberts, Dermot Mulroney, Cameron Diaz, Rupert Everett 	Romantic comedy 	
My Teacher Ate My Homework 	Stephen Williams 	Shelley Duvall, Sheila McCarthy 	Comedy 	
The Myth of Fingerprints 	Bart Freundlich 	Blythe Danner, James LeGros, Julianne Moore, Roy Scheider 	Drama 	Good Machine Films
===N===
Title 	Director 	Cast 	Genre 	Notes
Nevada 	Gary Tieche 	Amy Brenneman, Kirstie Alley, Gabrielle Anwar 	Drama 	
Niagara, Niagara 	Bob Gosse 	Henry Thomas, Robin Tunney, Stephen Lang 	Drama 	
Night Falls on Manhattan	Sidney Lumet 	Andy García, Richard Dreyfuss, Lena Olin, Ian Holm, Ron Leibman, James Gandolfini	Crime drama	based on Robert Daley novel
The Night Flier 	Mark Pavia 	Miguel Ferrer 	Horror 	
Night of the Demons 3 	 	 	Horror 	
Nightwatch 	Ole Bornedahl 	Ewan McGregor, Patricia Arquette, Nick Nolte 	Thriller 	remake of Nattevagten
Northern Lights 	Linda Yellen 	Diane Keaton 	Family 	First film made by Disney Channel
Nothing to Lose 	Steve Oedekerk	Martin Lawrence, Tim Robbins 	Comedy 	Touchstone Pictures
Nowhere 	Greg Araki 	 	Drama 	
===O===
Title 	Director 	Cast 	Genre 	Notes
The Odyssey 	Andrei Konchalovsky	Armand Assante, Isabella Rossellini, Greta Scacchi, Eric Roberts, Vanessa L. Williams 	Adventure 	TV miniseries
Office Killer 	Cindy Sherman 	Carol Kane, Molly Ringwald, Jeanne Tripplehorn 	Comedy 	
Oliver Twist 	 	Richard Dreyfuss, Elijah Wood 	Family 	made for TV
Omega Doom 	Albert Pyun 	Rutger Hauer 	Science fiction	
On the 2nd Day of Christmas	James Frawley 	Mary Stuart Masterson, Mark Ruffalo 	Drama 	made for TV
On the Edge of Innocence 	Peter Werner 	Kellie Martin, Karen Young 	 	
One Eight Seven 	Kevin Reynolds 	Samuel L. Jackson, John Heard, Kelly Rowan, Clifton Gonzalez-Gonzalez 	Crime, Thriller	aka 187
One Night Stand 	Mike Figgis 	Wesley Snipes, Nastassja Kinski, Kyle MacLachlan, Ming-Na Wen, Robert Downey, Jr., Thomas Haden Church, Glenn Plummer	Drama 	New Line Cinema
Orgazmo 	Trey Parker 	Trey Parker, Dian Bachar 	Comedy 	
Oscar and Lucinda 	Gillian Armstrong 	Ralph Fiennes, Cate Blanchett, Tom Wilkinson 	Drama 	based on Peter Carey novel
Out to Sea 	Martha Coolidge 	Jack Lemmon, Walter Matthau, Dyan Cannon 	Comedy 	Davis Entertainment
===P===
Title 	Director 	Cast 	Genre 	Notes
Painted Angels 	Jon Sanders 	Brenda Fricker, Kelly McGillis 	Western 	
Paradise Road 	Bruce Beresford 	Glenn Close, Frances McDormand, Pauline Collins, Julianna Margulies 	War, Drama 	Fox Searchlight
The Peacemaker 	Mimi Leder 	George Clooney, Nicole Kidman 	Action 	first film from DreamWorks
Perfect Body 	Douglass Barr 	Amy Jo Johnson, Cathy Rigby 	Drama 	TV
The Pest 	Paul Miller 	John Leguizamo, Freddy Rodriguez 	Comedy 	
Picture Perfect 	Glenn Gordon Caron	Jennifer Aniston, Jay Mohr, Olympia Dukakis, Illeana Douglas, Kevin Bacon 	Romance 	
Playing God 	Andy Wilson 	David Duchovny, Timothy Hutton, Angelina Jolie 	Drama 	Beacon Pictures
Poison Ivy: The New Seduction 	Kurt Voss 	Jaime Pressly 	Suspense 	Direct-to-video sequel
Police 2020 	 	 	 	
Pooh's Grand Adventure: The Search for Christopher Robin	Karl Geurs 	Jim Cummings, John Fielder, Ken Sansom, Andre Stojka, Peter Cullen, David Warner, Paul Winchell	Family, Animated 	Walt Disney
The Postman 	Kevin Costner 	Kevin Costner, Olivia Williams, Larenz Tate, Will Patton 	Science fiction 	won 5 Razzie awards
Preaching to the Perverted 	 	 	 	
Prefontaine 	Steve James 	Jared Leto, R. Lee Ermey, Ed O'Neill 	Biography, Drama 	story of Steve Prefontaine
Pressurecooker 	 	 	 	
Private Parts 	Betty Thomas 	Howard Stern, Robin Quivers, Mary McCormack, Paul Giamatti, Allison Janney 	Biography, Comedy	based on Stern's autobiography
Pullet Surprise 	 	 	 	
===Q===
Title 	Director 	Cast 	Genre	Notes
Quicksilver Highway 	Mick Garris 	Christopher Lloyd 	Drama	
Quiet Days in Hollywood	Josef Rusnak	Hilary Swank, Chad Lowe, Natasha Gregson Wagner	Drama	
===R===
Title 	Director 	Cast 	Genre 	Notes
The Rainmaker 	Francis Ford Coppola	Matt Damon, Claire Danes, Danny DeVito, Jon Voight, Mary Kay Place, Mickey Rourke, Danny Glover, Roy Scheider	Drama 	Based on John Grisham novel
Red Corner 	Jon Avnet 	Richard Gere, Bai Ling 	Thriller 	banned in China
The Relic 	Peter Hyams 	Penelope Ann Miller, Tom Sizemore 	Horror 	
A River Made to Drown In 	"Alan Smithee" 	Michael Imperioli, Richard Chamberlain 	Drama 	
Robinson Crusoe 	Rod Hardy 	Pierce Brosnan 	Adventure	Based on Daniel Defoe novel
RocketMan 	Stuart Gillard 	Harland Williams, Jessica Lundy, William Sadler 	Comedy 	
Romy and Michele's High School Reunion	David Mirkin 	Mira Sorvino, Lisa Kudrow, Alan Cumming, Janeane Garofalo 	Comedy 	
Rosewood 	John Singleton 	Jon Voight, Ving Rhames, Don Cheadle, Bruce McGill, Loren Dean, Esther Rolle, Elise Neal 	Drama 	story of Rosewood massacre
Rough Riders 	John Milius 	Tom Berenger, Chris Noth, Gary Busey, Sam Elliott, Brian Keith 	Drama 	TV mini-series
Running Time 	Josh Becker 	Bruce Campbell 	 	
===S===
Title 	Director 	Cast 	Genre 	Notes
Sick: The Life and Death of Bob Flanagan, Supermasochist	Kirby Dick 	 	Documentary 	
The Saint 	Phillip Noyce 	Val Kilmer, Elisabeth Shue 	Thriller 	Based on Leslie Charteris novels
Saint-Ex 	 	Bruno Ganz, Miranda Richardson 	Biography 	France
Scream 2 	Wes Craven 	David Arquette, Neve Campbell, Courteney Cox, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Jerry O'Connell, Jada Pinkett, Liev Schreiber	Horror, Thriller	Sequel to Scream
The Second Jungle Book: Mowgli & Baloo 	 	 	 	
Selena 	Gregory Nava 	Jennifer Lopez, Edward James Olmos 	Biography 	
Seven Years in Tibet 	Jean-Jacques Annaud	Brad Pitt, David Thewlis, Victor Wong, Lhakpa Tsamchoe 	 	Based on Heinrich Harrer book
Shadow Conspiracy 	George P. Cosmatos 	Charlie Sheen, Donald Sutherland, Linda Hamilton, Sam Waterston, Stephen Lang 	Drama 	
She's So Lovely 	Nick Cassavetes 	Sean Penn, Robin Wright Penn, John Travolta 	Drama 	
Shrieker 	David DeCoteau 	 	Horror 	
A Simple Wish 	Michael Ritchie 	Martin Short, Mara Wilson, Kathleen Turner 	Fantasy 	
Six Ways to Sunday 	Adam Bernstein 	Adrien Brody, Deborah Harry 	Drama 	
The 6th Man 	 	Marlon Wayans, Kadeem Hardison 	 	
A Smile Like Yours 	Keith Samples 	Greg Kinnear, Lauren Holly, Joan Cusack, Jay Thomas, Jill Hennessy, Christopher McDonald 	Comedy 	
Snow White: A Tale of Terror 	 	Sigourney Weaver, Monica Keena, Sam Neill 	Horror 	Made for TV
Soul Food 	George Tillman, Jr.	Vanessa L. Williams, Vivica A. Fox, Nia Long, Michael Beach 	Comedy, Drama 	
Space Marines 	 	 	Science fiction 	
Spaceman 	 	 	 	
The Spanish Prisoner 	David Mamet 	Campbell Scott, Steve Martin, Rebecca Pidgeon, Ben Gazzara, Felicity Huffman, Ricky Jay 	Drama 	
Spawn 	Mark A.Z. Dippe 	Michael Jai White, John Leguizamo, Martin Sheen, Theresa Randle, Nicol Williamson, D. B. Sweeney 	Horror 	from Todd McFarlane comic
Speed 2: Cruise Control 	Jan de Bont 	Sandra Bullock, Jason Patric, Willem Dafoe 	Action 	Sequel to Speed; 8 Razzie nominations
Sprung 	Rusty Cundieff 	Tisha Campbell, Paula Jai Parker 	Comedy 	
Star Kid 	Manny Coto 	Joseph Mazzello, Richard Gilliland 	Family 	
Starship Troopers 	Paul Verhoeven 	Casper Van Dien, Dina Meyer, Denise Richards, Jake Busey, Neil Patrick Harris, Michael Ironside 	Science fiction 	based on a novel by Robert A. Heinlein
Steel 	Kenneth Johnson 	Shaquille O'Neal, Annabeth Gish, Richard Roundtree, Ray J 	Action 	
Stranger in the House 	 	Michele Greene, Steve Railsback 	Suspense 	from Georges Simenon story
Strategic Command 	 	 	 	
Strawberry Fields 	Rea Tajiri 	 	 	
Suicide Kings 	Peter O'Fallon 	Christopher Walken, Denis Leary, Henry Thomas 	Comedy, drama 	
Sunday 	Jonathan Nossiter 	David Suchet, Lisa Harrow, Jared Harris 	Black comedy 	Sundance Film Festival Best Film
Super Speedway 	Stephen Low 	 	Documentary 	Narrated by Paul Newman
The Swan Princess II: Escape from Castle Mountain 	 	 	 	Sequel
Swept from the Sea 	Beeban Kidran 	Rachel Weisz, Ian McKellen, Kathy Bates 	Drama 	Based on Joseph Conrad story
Switchback 	Jeb Stuart 	Dennis Quaid, Danny Glover, Jared Leto 	Thriller 	
===T===
Title 	Director 	Cast 	Genre 	Notes
Telling Lies in America 	Guy Ferland 	Kevin Bacon, Brad Renfro 	Drama 	
That Darn Cat 	Bob Spiers 	Christina Ricci, Doug E. Doug 	Family 	Disney
That Old Feeling 	Carl Reiner 	Bette Midler, Dennis Farina 	Comedy 	Universal
A Thousand Acres 	Jocelyn Moorhouse 	Jessica Lange, Michelle Pfeiffer, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Jason Robards, Colin Firth, Keith Carradine, Kevin Anderson, Pat Hingle 	Drama 	Based on novel by Jane Smiley
'Til There Was You 	Scott Winant 	Jeanne Tripplehorn, Dylan McDermott, Sarah Jessica Parker 	Romantic comedy	
Titanic 	James Cameron 	Leonardo DiCaprio, Kate Winslet, Billy Zane, Frances Fisher, Victor Garber, Kathy Bates, Bill Paxton, Gloria Stuart, David Warner, Suzy Amis	Disaster 	11 Academy Awards, box office record $1,835,300,000
Top of the World 	Sidney J. Furie 	Peter Weller, Dennis Hopper 	Drama 	
Touch 	Paul Schrader 	Bridget Fonda, Christopher Walken, Skeet Ulrich, Tom Arnold, Gina Gershon, Lolita Davidovich 	Comedy 	Based on novel by Elmore Leonard
Touch Me 	H. Gordon Boos 	Amanda Peet, Michael Vartan, Peter Facinelli 	Romance 	
Tower of Terror 	D.J. MacHale 	Steve Guttenberg, Kirsten Dunst 	Horror 	TV
Traveller 	Jack N. Green 	Bill Paxton, Mark Wahlberg, Julianna Margulies 	Crime drama 	
Trekkies 	Roger Nygard 	 	Documentary 	
Trial and Error 	Jonathan Lynn 	Michael Richards, Jeff Daniels, Charlize Theron 	Comedy 	
Trojan War 	George Huang 	Will Friedle, Jennifer Love Hewitt 	Comedy 	
Truth or Consequences, N.M. 	Kiefer Sutherland 	Kiefer Sutherland, Kevin Pollak, Kim Dickens, Grace Phillips 	Drama 	
Turbo: A Power Rangers Movie	Jonathan Tzachor 	Johnny Yong Bosch, Nakia Burrise, Jason David Frank, Catherine Sutherland 	Fantasy 	
Turbulence 	Robert Butler 	Ray Liotta, Lauren Holly, Brendan Gleeson 	Action 	
The Twilight of the Golds 	Rosss Kagan Marks 	Jennifer Beals, Brendan Fraser 	Drama 	Made for TV
Twisted 	Seth Michael Donsky	William Hickey, Billy Porter 	Drama 	
===U===
Title 	Director 	Cast 	Genre 	Notes
U Turn 	Oliver Stone	Sean Penn, Jennifer Lopez, Nick Nolte, Powers Boothe, Jon Voight, Joaquin Phoenix, Billy Bob Thornton	Thriller, Comedy	
Ulee's Gold	Victor Nuñez	Peter Fonda, Patricia Richardson 	Drama 	
Under Wraps	 	 	Family 	Disney
===V===
Title 	Director 	Cast 	Genre 	Notes
Vampire Journals	 	 	 	
Vanishing Point 	Charles Carner 	Viggo Mortensen, Jason Priestley, Keith David 	Action 	TV
Vegas Vacation 	Stephen Kessler	Chevy Chase, Beverly D'Angelo, Randy Quaid 	Comedy 	
Velocity Trap 	 	 	 	
Volcano 	Mick Jackson 	Tommy Lee Jones, Anne Heche, Gaby Hoffmann, Don Cheadle, Keith David	Disaster	
===W===
Title 	Director 	Cast 	Genre 	Notes
Waco: The Rules of Engagement	William Gazecki 	 	Documentary 	
Wag the Dog 	Barry Levinson 	Dustin Hoffman, Robert De Niro, Woody Harrelson, Anne Heche, Denis Leary, William H. Macy, Willie Nelson	Comedy, Drama	
Waiting for Guffman 	Christopher Guest 	Eugene Levy, Catherine O'Hara, Christopher Guest, Fred Willard, Parker Posey, Matt Keeslar, Larry Miller	Mockumentary 	
Warriors of Virtue 	Ronny Yu 	 	Fantasy 	
Washington Square 	Agnieszka Holland 	Jennifer Jason Leigh, Albert Finney, Maggie Smith 	Drama 	
Weapons of Mass Distraction 	Stephen Surjik 	Ben Kingsley, Gabriel Byrne, Mimi Rogers, Jeffrey Tambor 	Comedy 	Made for TV
Welcome to Sarajevo 	Michael Winterbottom	Stephen Dillane, Woody Harrelson, Marisa Tomei 	Drama 	
What the Deaf Man Heard 	 	Matthew Modine, James Earl Jones 	Drama 	Made for TV
Wild America 	William Dear 	Jonathan Taylor Thomas, Devon Sawa, Scott Bairstow 	Adventure 	
The Wings of the Dove 	Iain Softley 	Helena Bonham Carter, Linus Roache, Alison Elliott 	Drama 	
The Winter Guest 	Alan Rickman 	Emma Thompson 	Drama 	
Wishmaster 	Robert Kurtzman 	Tammy Lauren, Chris Lemmon 	Horror 	
The Woodlanders 	 	 	 	
The Wrong Guy 	David Steinberg 	Dave Foley, Jennifer Tilly, David Higgins, Colm Feore 	Comedy, Crime	Canada
===Y===
Title 	Director 	Cast	Genre 	Notes
Year of the Horse 	Jim Jarmusch	 	Documentary	Neil Young concert tour
Young Thugs: Innocent Blood	 	 	 	
===Z===
Title 	Director 	Cast 	Genre 	Notes
Zeus and Roxanne	George Miller	Steve Guttenberg, Kathleen Quinlan	Family	
==External links==
* American films of 1997 at the Internet Movie Database
1997
Films
American