Top Movies of 1997


The top movies of 1997 list is calculated by community movie ratings and members' "Top Movies List". Lists are updated daily.

101. SubUrbia

Year of Release: 1997
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Richard Linklater
Actors: Jayce Bartok, Amie Carey, Nicky Katt, Parker Posey, Giovanni Ribisi, Steve Zahn

102. Soul Food

Year of Release: 1997
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: George Tillman Jr.
Actors: Vanessa Williams, Vivica A. Fox, Nia Long, Michael Beach, Mekhi Phifer, Irma P. Hall

103. Forgotten Silver

Year of Release: 1997
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Costa Botes, Peter Jackson
Actors: Jeffrey Thomas, Costa Botes, Peter Jackson, Leonard Maltin, Sam Neill, Harvey Weinstein
Plot: Alternative cinema history, a documentary about a made-up hero from the early day of cinema. Puns, references, elaborate set-ups - it also includes the first movie with audio track but...

104. Cosi

Year of Release: 1997
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Mark Joffe
Actors: Ben Mendelsohn, Toni Collette, Rachel Griffiths, Barry Otto, Aden Young, David Wenham
Plot: Young and inexperienced but enthusiastic, Lewis takes up a job as a theater director in a rehabilitation program for mentally ill persons. The challenge would be much greater than he thought.

105. Commandments

Year of Release: 1997
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Daniel Taplitz
Actors: Aidan Quinn, Courteney Cox, Anthony LaPaglia, Shirl Bernheim, Peter Jacobson, Pamela Gray

106. Private Parts

Year of Release: 1997
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Biography/Comedy
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Betty Thomas
Actors: Howard Stern, Robin Quivers, Mary McCormack, Fred Norris, Paul Giamatti, Gary Dell'Abate
Plot: Auto-biography of legendary shock-jock Howard Stern, including many of his radio cohorts.

107. In & Out

Year of Release: 1997
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Frank Oz
Actors: Kevin Kline, Joan Cusack, Tom Selleck, Matt Dillon, Debbie Reynolds, Bob Newhart
Plot: When a small-town English teacher is outed by a former student during an Academy Award speech he must deal with the media, the local rumors and his own feelings.

108. Kissed

Year of Release: 1997
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Romance/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Lynne Stopkewich
Actors: Molly Parker, Peter Outerbridge, Jay Brazeau, Natasha Morley, Jessie Winter Mudie, James Timmons
Plot: A mortician (Molly Parker) has sex with the corpses of young men to get closer to the white light of their spiritual essences.

109. Head Above Water

Year of Release: 1997
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Thriller
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Jim Wilson
Actors: Harvey Keitel, Cameron Diaz, Craig Sheffer, Billy Zane, Shay Duffin

110. Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil

Year of Release: 1997
Overall Rating: 2.4 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Crime/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Clint Eastwood
Actors: John Cusack, Kevin Spacey, Jude Law, Jack Thompson, Irma P. Hall, Alison Eastwood

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