The year 1997 in film involved many significant films, including the blockbuster success Titanic, and the beginning of the film studio DreamWorks.
The top ten films released in 1997 by worldwide gross are as follows:
The original Star Wars trilogy's Special Editions are released.
Production begins on Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace.
Titanic becomes the first film to gross US$1,000,000,000 at the box office making it the highest-grossing film in history until Avatar broke the record in 2010.
The Lost World: Jurassic Park grosses a record $90,161,880 on Memorial Day Weekend.
Academy Awards
Golden Globe Awards
Palme d'Or (Cannes Film Festival):
Taste of Cherry (طعم گيلاس, Ta'm-e gilass), directed by Abbas Kiarostami, Iran / France
The Eel (うなぎ, Unagi), directed by Shohei Imamura, Japan
Golden Lion (Venice Film Festival):
Hana-bi (
Fireworks), directed by Takeshi Kitano, Japan
Golden Bear (Berlin Film Festival):
The People vs. Larry Flynt, directed by Miloš Forman, Canada / United States
2nd Empire Awards
U.S.A. unless stated
A
Absolute Power, directed by and starring Clint Eastwood, with Gene Hackman, Ed Harris, Laura Linney, Judy Davis, Dennis Haysbert, Scott Glenn, E. G. Marshall
Addicted to Love, starring Meg Ryan and Matthew Broderick
Air Bud
Air Force One, starring Harrison Ford, Glenn Close, Gary Oldman
The Alarmist, starring David Arquette and Stanley Tucci
Albino Alligator, directed by Kevin Spacey, starring Matt Dillon, Gary Sinise, Viggo Mortensen
Alien: Resurrection, starring Sigourney Weaver, Winona Ryder
All Over Me
An American Werewolf in Paris, starring Tom Everett Scott
Amistad, directed by Steven Spielberg, starring Morgan Freeman, Anthony Hopkins, Djimon Hounsou
Anaconda, starring Jennifer Lopez, Eric Stoltz, Jon Voight
Anastasia, directed by Don Bluth and Gary Goldman
Another Day in Paradise, starring Melanie Griffith and James Woods
The Apostle, directed by and starring Robert Duvall, with Miranda Richardson, Farrah Fawcett
As Good as It Gets, directed by James L. Brooks, starring Jack Nicholson, Helen Hunt, Greg Kinnear - Golden Globe Award for Best Picture (Musical or Comedy)
The Assignment
Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery, directed by Jay Roach and starring Mike Myers, Elizabeth Hurley, Mimi Rogers, Michael York
B
Bang
Batman & Robin, starring George Clooney, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Chris O'Donnell, Uma Thurman
Bean, directed by Mel Smith, starring Rowan Atkinson - (UK)
Bent, starring Clive Owen - (UK)
Best Men, starring Dean Cain, Sean Patrick Flanery, Drew Barrymore, Fred Ward, Andy Dick
Beverly Hills Ninja, starring Chris Farley
Boogie Nights, directed by Paul Thomas Anderson, starring Mark Wahlberg, Burt Reynolds, Julianne Moore, Philip Seymour Hoffman, William H. Macy, John C. Reilly, Don Cheadle
Booty Call, starring Jamie Foxx
The Borrowers, starring John Goodman
Le Bossu (The Hunchback), starring Daniel Auteuil - (France)
The Boxer, starring Daniel Day-Lewis
Breakdown, starring Kurt Russell, Kathleen Quinlan, J. T. Walsh
Brother (Brat) - (Russia)
Buddy, starring Rene Russo
The Butcher Boy, directed by Neil Jordan - (Ireland)
Buud Yam - (Burkina Faso)
C
Campfire Tales
Career Girls, directed by Mike Leigh - (UK)
The Castle - (Australia)
Cats Don't Dance, directed by Mark Dindal
Character (Karakter) - (Netherlands/Belgium) - Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
Chasing Amy, directed by Kevin Smith, starring Ben Affleck
Children of Heaven (بچههای آسمان), directed by Majid Majidi - (Iran) - first Iranian film to be nominated for an Oscar
City of Industry, directed by John Sayles
Clockwatchers, starring Toni Collette, Parker Posey, Lisa Kudrow
Commandments, starring Courteney Cox
Con Air, starring John Cusack, Nicolas Cage, John Malkovich, Steve Buscemi
Conspiracy Theory, directed by Richard Donner, starring Mel Gibson and Julia Roberts
Contact, directed by Robert Zemeckis, starring Jodie Foster, Matthew McConaughey, Tom Skerritt, James Woods, John Hurt
Cop Land, directed by James Mangold, starring Sylvester Stallone, Harvey Keitel, Ray Liotta, Robert De Niro
Crayola Kids Adventures: Tales of Gulliver's Travels
Cube - (Canada)
D
Dakan (Destiny) (Guinea)
Dangerous Ground, starring Ice Cube
Dante's Peak, starring Pierce Brosnan and Linda Hamilton
Deconstructing Harry, directed by and starring Woody Allen
Def Jam's How to Be a Player
Defying Gravity
The Devil's Advocate, starring Keanu Reeves and Al Pacino
The Devil's Own, directed by Alan J. Pakula, starring Harrison Ford and Brad Pitt
Different Strokes, starring Dana Plato and Bentley Mitchum
Dogtown, starring Mary Stuart Masterson and Jon Favreau
Donnie Brasco, directed by Mike Newell, starring Al Pacino and Johnny Depp
Double Team, starring Jean-Claude Van Damme and Mickey Rourke
Dream with the Fishes
E
The Edge, starring Anthony Hopkins and Alec Baldwin
The Eel, directed by Shohei Imamura - (Japan) - Palme d'Or award
The End of Evangelion (July 19 - Japan)
Evangelion: Death and Rebirth - (Japan)
Event Horizon, starring Laurence Fishburne
Eve's Bayou, starring Lynn Whitfield and Samuel L. Jackson
Excess Baggage, starring Alicia Silverstone and Benicio del Toro
F
Face, starring Robert Carlyle and Ray Winstone - (UK)
Face/Off, directed by John Woo, starring John Travolta and Nicolas Cage
Fathers' Day, starring Robin Williams and Billy Crystal
FernGully 2: The Magical Rescue
Fever Pitch, starring Colin Firth - (UK)
Fierce Creatures, starring John Cleese, Jamie Lee Curtis, Kevin Kline, Michael Palin - (UK/US)
The Fifth Element, directed by Luc Besson, starring Bruce Willis, Gary Oldman, Milla Jovovich, Chris Tucker - (France)
Fire Down Below, starring Steven Seagal
...First Do No Harm, starring Meryl Streep, Fred Ward
First Time Felon, starring Omar Epps and Delroy Lindo
Flubber, directed by Les Mayfield, starring Robin Williams, Christopher McDonald, Clancy Brown, voices by Jodi Benson
Fools Rush In, starring Salma Hayek and Matthew Perry
For Richer or Poorer, starring Tim Allen and Kirstie Alley
Free Willy 3: The Rescue, directed by Sam Pillsbury
The Full Monty, directed by Peter Cattaneo and starring Robert Carlyle - (UK)
Funny Games, directed by Michael Haneke - (Austria)
G
G.I. Jane, starring Demi Moore and Anne Bancroft
The Game, directed by David Fincher, starring Michael Douglas and Sean Penn
Gang Related, starring James Belushi, Dennis Quaid, Tupac Shakur
Gattaca, starring Ethan Hawke, Uma Thurman, Jude Law
George of the Jungle, directed by Sam Weisman, starring Brendan Fraser, Leslie Mann, Thomas Haden Church, Richard Roundtree and John Cleese (voice only)
Ghosts, a music short featuring Michael Jackson
Gone Fishin', starring Joe Pesci and Danny Glover
Good Burger, starring Kenan Thompson and Kel Mitchell
Goodbye America - (Philippines/US)
Good Will Hunting, directed by Gus Van Sant, starring Robin Williams, Matt Damon, Minnie Driver, Ben Affleck
Gridlock'd, starring Tim Roth and Tupac Shakur
Grosse Pointe Blank, starring John Cusack, Minnie Driver, Dan Aykroyd
H
Hacks, starring Stephen Rea, Illeana Douglas, John Ritter
Hamam - (Italy/Spain/Turkey)
Hana-bi (Fireworks), directed by and starring Takeshi Kitano - Palme d'Or award - (Japan)
Heaven's Burning, starring Russell Crowe and Youki Kudoh - (Australia)
Henry Fool, directed by Hal Hartley - winner of Best Screenplay Cannes Film Festival
Hercules
Highball, starring Justine Bateman
Hold You Tight, directed by Stanley Kwan - (Hong Kong)
Home Alone 3, starring Alex D. Linz and Scarlett Johansson
Hoodlum, starring Laurence Fishburne
The Hound
Hugo Pool, starring Alyssa Milano
Hurricane Streets
I
I Know What You Did Last Summer, starring Jennifer Love Hewitt, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Ryan Phillippe
The Ice Storm, starring Kevin Kline, Joan Allen, Sigourney Weaver, Tobey Maguire
In & Out, starring Kevin Kline, Joan Cusack, Tom Selleck, Matt Dillon, Bob Newhart
Incognito, starring Jason Patric
Into Thin Air
Inventing the Abbotts, starring Liv Tyler
J-K
The Jackal, starring Bruce Willis and Richard Gere
Jackie Brown, directed by Quentin Tarantino, starring Samuel L. Jackson, Pam Grier, Bridget Fonda, Michael Keaton, Robert Forster, Robert De Niro
Jackie Chan's First Strike - (Hong Kong)
Josh and the Big Wall!
Jungle 2 Jungle, starring Tim Allen
Just Write, starring Jeremy Piven
Kini and Adams - (Burkina Faso)
Kiss the Girls, starring Morgan Freeman and Ashley Judd
Knockin' on Heaven's Door (Germany)
Kull the Conqueror
Kundun, directed by Martin Scorsese
L
L.A. Confidential, directed by Curtis Hanson, starring Kevin Spacey, Russell Crowe, Guy Pearce, Kim Basinger, Danny DeVito, James Cromwell
Larry-Boy! And the Fib from Outer Space!
Lawn Dogs, starring Sam Rockwell
Leave It to Beaver, starring Christopher McDonald and Janine Turner
Lewis and Clark and George
Liar Liar, starring Jim Carrey
Life is Beautiful, directed by and starring Roberto Benigni - (Italy) - Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
A Life Less Ordinary, starring Ewan McGregor and Cameron Diaz - (UK/US)
Little City, starring Jon Bon Jovi
Live Flesh, directed by Pedro Almodóvar, starring Javier Bardem - (Spain)
Lolita, starring Jeremy Irons
Lost Highway, directed by David Lynch, starring Bill Pullman and Patricia Arquette
The Lost World: Jurassic Park, directed by Steven Spielberg, starring Jeff Goldblum and Julianne Moore
Love and Death on Long Island, starring John Hurt - (Canada/UK)
Love Jones
Lovelife, starring Sherilyn Fenn and Carla Gugino
M
Ma vie en rose (My Life in Pink) - (Belgium) - Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film
Mad City, starring Dustin Hoffman and John Travolta
The Man Who Knew Too Little, starring Bill Murray
Masterminds, starring Patrick Stewart
The MatchMaker, starring Janeane Garofalo - (Ireland)
Meet Wally Sparks, starring Rodney Dangerfield
Men in Black, directed by Barry Sonnenfeld, starring Tommy Lee Jones and Will Smith
Metro, starring Eddie Murphy
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil, directed by Clint Eastwood, starring Kevin Spacey and John Cusack
Mimic, starring Mira Sorvino
Money Talks, starring Chris Tucker
Mortal Kombat: Annihilation
Most Wanted
MouseHunt, starring Nathan Lane
Mr. Magoo, starring Leslie Nielsen
Mrs. Brown, starring Judi Dench and Billy Connolly - (UK)
Mrs. Dalloway, starring Vanessa Redgrave - (UK)
Murder at 1600, starring Wesley Snipes
My Best Friend's Wedding, starring Julia Roberts
My Heart Is Mine Alone - (Germany)
Myself in the Distant Future - (North Korea)
N-O
Nevada, starring Amy Brenneman
Night Falls on Manhattan, directed by Sidney Lumet, starring Andy García
Night of the Demons 3
Nil by Mouth, directed by Gary Oldman, starring Ray Winstone - (UK)
Nothing to Lose, starring Martin Lawrence and Tim Robbins
Nowhere
187, starring Samuel L. Jackson
One Night Stand, starring Wesley Snipes
Orgazmo
Ossos (Portugal)
Out to Sea, starring Walter Matthau and Jack Lemmon
P-Q
The Peacemaker, starring George Clooney and Nicole Kidman
Perdita Durango, starring Javier Bardem and Rosie Perez - (Spain)
The Perfect Circle (Savršeni krug), directed by Ademir Kenović - (Bosnia and Herzogovina)
Picture Perfect, starring Jennifer Aniston
Pippi Longstocking - (Sweden)
Playing God, starring David Duchovny
The Postman, directed by and starring Kevin Costner
Prefontaine, starring Jared Leto
Pride Divide
Princess Mononoke (Mononoke Hime) - (Japan)
Private Parts, starring Howard Stern
R
The Rainmaker, directed by Francis Coppola, starring Matt Damon, Danny DeVito, Claire Danes, Jon Voight
Red Corner, starring Richard Gere
Regeneration, starring Jonathan Pryce - (UK)
The Relic, starring Penelope Ann Miller
Retroactive
A River Made to Drown In
RocketMan
Romy and Michele's High School Reunion, starring Lisa Kudrow and Mira Sorvino
Rosewood, directed by John Singleton, starring Ving Rhames
S
The Saint, starring Val Kilmer
Scream 2, starring Neve Campbell
Selena, starring Jennifer Lopez
Seven Years in Tibet, directed by Jean-Jacques Annaud, starring Brad Pitt - (US/UK)
She's So Lovely, starring Sean Penn, Robin Wright Penn, John Travolta
Shooting Fish - (UK)
The 6th Man, starring Marlon Wayans
Soul Food, starring Vanessa L. Williams and Vivica A. Fox
The Soong Sisters, starring Maggie Cheung, Michelle Yeoh and Vivian Wu - (Hong Kong)
Space Marines
Spaceman
The Spanish Prisoner, directed by David Mamet, starring Campbell Scott and Steve Martin
Spawn, starring Michael Jai White, John Leguizamo, Frank Welker and Martin Sheen
Speed 2: Cruise Control, starring Sandra Bullock
Spice World, featuring The Spice Girls and Richard E. Grant - (UK/US)
Star Wars Trilogy (Special Edition)
Starship Troopers, directed by Paul Verhoeven
Steel, starring Shaquille O'Neal
Strawberry Fields
Suicide Kings, starring Christopher Walken
Sunday
Super Speedway
The Sweet Hereafter, starring Ian Holm - (Canada)
Switchback, starring Danny Glover and Dennis Quaid
T
Taste of Cherry, directed by Abbas Kiarostami - (Iran) - Palme d'Or award
That Old Feeling, starring Bette Midler and Dennis Farina
The Thief (vor) - (Russia)
This World, Then the Fireworks, starring Billy Zane and Gina Gershon
Time Under Fire
Titanic, directed by James Cameron, starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet - Academy and Golden Globe (drama) Awards for Best Picture
Tomorrow Never Dies, starring Pierce Brosnan (as James Bond), Michelle Yeoh, Teri Hatcher, Judi Dench - (UK)
Trojan War
Turbo: A Power Rangers Movie
Turbulence, starring Ray Liotta and Lauren Holly
U-V
U Turn, directed by Oliver Stone, starring Sean Penn, Jennifer Lopez, Nick Nolte
Under the Lighthouse Dancing - (Australia)
Ulee's Gold, starring Peter Fonda
Vegas Vacation, starring Chevy Chase
Volcano, starring Tommy Lee Jones
W
Wag the Dog, directed by Barry Levinson, starring Robert De Niro and Dustin Hoffman
Waiting for Guffman, directed by Christopher Guest
Warriors of Virtue - (US/China)
Welcome to Sarajevo, starring Woody Harrelson
The Wiggles Movie - (Australia)
Wild America
The Wings of the Dove, starring Helena Bonham Carter - (UK/US)
Wishmaster
The Wrong Guy, starring Dave Foley - (Canada)
X-Z
Year of the Horse, a documentary film about Neil Young directed by Jim Jarmusch
Zeus and Roxanne, starring Steve Guttenberg and Kathleen Quinlan
January 24 - Jonah Bobo, American actor
February 10 - Chloë Grace Moretz, American actress
April 15 - Maisie Williams, British actress
May 11 - Lana Condor, American actress
August 5 - Olivia Holt, American teen actress and singer
August 30 - Dana Gaier, American actress
October 8 - Bella Thorne, singer, model and actress
October 23 - Zach Callison, American actor and voice actor
Eric Bana - The Castle
Mischa Barton - Lawn Dogs
Orlando Bloom - Wilde
Gerard Butler - Mrs. Brown
Shannon Elizabeth - Blast
Jennifer Garner - Deconstructing Harry
Adrian Grenier - Arresting Gena
Ioan Gruffudd - Wilde
Katie Holmes - The Ice Storm
Maya Rudolph - Gattaca
Mena Suvari - Nowhere
Olivia Williams - Gaston's War
