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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[]
| 1997 Rank |
Title | Studio | Box Office Gross | |||
| 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 |
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| 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 |
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