My Favorite Movies of 1997
These are my favorite movies from 1997 which I still enjoy today.
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- DirectorJames CameronStarsLeonardo DiCaprioKate WinsletBilly ZaneA seventeen-year-old aristocrat falls in love with a kind but poor artist aboard the luxurious, ill-fated R.M.S. Titanic.
- DirectorRaja GosnellStarsAlex D. LinzOlek KrupaRya KihlstedtAlex Pruitt, an 8-year-old boy living in Chicago, must fend off international spies who seek a top-secret computer chip in his toy car.
- DirectorSteven SpielbergStarsJeff GoldblumJulianne MoorePete PostlethwaiteA research team is sent to the Jurassic Park Site B island to study the dinosaurs there, while an InGen team approaches with another agenda.
- DirectorSimon WestStarsNicolas CageJohn CusackJohn MalkovichNewly-paroled ex-con and former U.S. Ranger Cameron Poe finds himself trapped in a prisoner-transport plane when the passengers seize control.
- DirectorBarry SonnenfeldStarsTommy Lee JonesWill SmithLinda FiorentinoJames, an NYC cop, is hired by Agent K of a secret government agency that monitors extraterrestrial life on Earth. Together, they must recover an item that has been stolen by an intergalactic villain.
- DirectorJoel SchumacherStarsArnold SchwarzeneggerGeorge ClooneyChris O'DonnellBatman and Robin try to keep their relationship together even as they must stop Mr. Freeze and Poison Ivy from freezing Gotham City.
- DirectorRon ClementsJohn MuskerStarsTate DonovanSusan EganJames WoodsThe son of Zeus and Hera is stripped of his immortality as an infant and must become a true hero in order to reclaim it.
- DirectorJay RoachStarsMike MyersElizabeth HurleyMichael YorkA world-class playboy and part-time secret agent from the 1960s emerges after thirty years in a cryogenic state to battle with his nemesis Dr. Evil.
- DirectorJames L. BrooksStarsJack NicholsonHelen HuntGreg KinnearA single mother and waitress, a misanthropic author, and a gay artist form an unlikely friendship after the artist is assaulted in a robbery.
- DirectorSam WeismanStarsBrendan FraserLeslie MannThomas Haden ChurchA man raised in the jungle by apes falls in love with a wealthy American heiress.
- DirectorAndrew NiccolStarsEthan HawkeUma ThurmanJude LawA genetically inferior man assumes the identity of a superior one in order to pursue his lifelong dream of space travel.
- DirectorTom ShadyacStarsJim CarreyMaura TierneyAmanda DonohoeA pathological liar-lawyer finds his career turned upside down when he inexplicably cannot physically lie for 24 whole hours.
- DirectorJohn WooStarsJohn TravoltaNicolas CageJoan AllenTo foil a terrorist plot, FBI agent Sean Archer assumes the identity of the criminal Castor Troy who murdered his son through facial transplant surgery, but the crook wakes up prematurely and vows revenge.
- DirectorRoger DonaldsonStarsPierce BrosnanLinda HamiltonJamie Renée SmithA volcanologist arrives at a countryside town recently named the second-most desirable place to live in America, and discovers that a nearby long-dormant volcano may awaken at any moment.
- DirectorLuis LlosaStarsJon VoightJennifer LopezEric StoltzA "National Geographic" film crew is taken hostage by an insane hunter, who forces them along on his quest to capture the world's largest - and deadliest - snake.
- DirectorJim GillespieStarsJennifer Love HewittSarah Michelle GellarAnne HecheFour young friends bound by a tragic accident are reunited when they find themselves being stalked by a hook-wielding maniac in their small seaside town.
- DirectorStephen KesslerStarsChevy ChaseBeverly D'AngeloRandy QuaidIn the fourth outing for the vacation franchise, the Griswolds have to survive Vegas fever when they go to Las Vegas for a fun family vacation.
- DirectorMark A.Z. DippéStarsMichael Jai WhiteJohn LeguizamoMartin SheenAn elite mercenary is killed, but comes back from Hell as a reluctant soldier of the Devil.
- DirectorJohn PasquinStarsTim AllenMartin ShortJoBeth WilliamsA man learns he has a thirteen-year-old son who was raised in the jungle and brings the boy to New York City, turning his life upside down in the process.
- DirectorP.J. HoganStarsJulia RobertsDermot MulroneyCameron DiazWhen a woman's long-time friend reveals he's engaged, she realizes she loves him herself and sets out to get him, with only days before the wedding.
- DirectorWes CravenStarsNeve CampbellCourteney CoxDavid ArquetteTwo years after the first series of murders, as Sidney acclimates to college life, someone donning the Ghostface costume begins a new string of killings.
- DirectorWolfgang PetersenStarsHarrison FordGary OldmanGlenn CloseCommunist radicals hijack Air Force One with the U.S. President and his family on board. The Vice President negotiates from Washington D.C., while the President, a veteran, fights to rescue the hostages on board.
- DirectorMel SmithStarsRowan AtkinsonPeter MacNicolJohn MillsThe bumbling Mr. Bean travels to America when he is given the responsibility of bringing a highly valuable painting to a Los Angeles museum.
- DirectorClint EastwoodStarsClint EastwoodGene HackmanEd HarrisCareer thief Luther Whitney (Clint Eastwood) witnesses a horrific crime involving U.S. President Alan Richmond (Gene Hackman).
- DirectorDavid MirkinStarsMira SorvinoLisa KudrowJaneane GarofaloTwo dim-witted, inseparable friends hit the road for their ten-year high school reunion and concoct an elaborate lie about their lives in order to impress their classmates.
- DirectorMick JacksonStarsTommy Lee JonesAnne HecheGaby HoffmannA volcano erupts in downtown Los Angeles and a city official and a seismologist try to stop its inevitable flow through the city.
- DirectorBrian RobbinsStarsKel MitchellKenan ThompsonSinbadA dim-witted teenager and his new coworker try to save the old burger joint they work for from failing after the opening of a brand new burger restaurant across the street, which's planning to put them out of business.
- DirectorPhillip NoyceStarsVal KilmerElisabeth ShueRade SerbedzijaSimon "The Saint" Templar (Val Kilmer), is a thief for hire, whose latest job to steal the secret process for cold fusion puts him at odds with a traitor bent on toppling the Russian government, as well as the woman who holds its secret.
- DirectorAlan J. PakulaStarsHarrison FordBrad PittMargaret ColinA police officer uncovers the real identity of his house-guest, an I.R.A. terrorist in hiding.
- DirectorGore VerbinskiStarsNathan LaneLee EvansVicki LewisTwo stumblebum inheritors are determined to rid their antique house of a mouse who is equally determined to stay where he is.
- DirectorOliver StoneStarsSean PennJennifer LopezNick NolteA man heading to Vegas to pay off his gambling debt before the Russian mafia kills him is forced to stop in an Arizona town where everything that can go wrong does go wrong.
- DirectorLes MayfieldStarsRobin WilliamsMarcia Gay HardenChristopher McDonaldAn absent-minded professor discovers "flubber," a rubber-like super-bouncy substance.
- DirectorFrank OzStarsKevin KlineJoan CusackTom SelleckA midwestern teacher questions his sexuality after a former student makes a comment about him at the Academy Awards.
- DirectorAng LeeStarsKevin KlineJoan AllenSigourney WeaverIn suburban New Canaan, Connecticut, 1973, middle-class families experimenting with casual sex and substance abuse find their lives beyond their control.
- DirectorAndy TennantStarsMatthew PerrySalma HayekJon TenneyAfter a one-night stand with Alex, Isabel realizes that she is pregnant and they decide to get married. However, along with the marriage comes compromise of one's own cultural traditions.
- DirectorCharles Martin SmithStarsMichael JeterKevin ZegersWendy MakkenaAn unexpected player joins the school basketball team - a circus dog who escaped from a cruel master.
- DirectorDennis DuganStarsChris FarleyNicollette SheridanRobin ShouA man tries to rescue a woman with a little help from his half brother.
- DirectorWilliam DearStarsJonathan Taylor ThomasDevon SawaScott BairstowThree brothers who are obsessed with animals are given permission from their parents to travel around America with a camera documenting wildlife.
- DirectorWoody AllenStarsWoody AllenJudy DavisJulia Louis-DreyfusSuffering from writer's block and eagerly awaiting his writing award, Harry Block remembers events from his past and scenes from his best-selling books as characters, real and fictional, come back to haunt him.
- DirectorGlenn Gordon CaronStarsJennifer AnistonJay MohrKevin BaconA young advertising executive's life becomes increasingly complicated when, in order to impress her boss, she pretends to be engaged to a man she has just met.
- DirectorSteve OedekerkStarsMartin LawrenceTim RobbinsJohn C. McGinleyNick's wife's in bed with his boss. He later gets a gun to his head by a carjacker but steps on the gas pedal. They end up friends after adventures together - holdups, burglary, reckless driving, revenge etc. Twists follow.
- DirectorJonathan MostowStarsKurt RussellJ.T. WalshKathleen QuinlanA man searches for his missing wife after his car breaks down in the middle of the desert.
- DirectorPat O'ConnorStarsLiv TylerJennifer ConnellyJoaquin PhoenixTwo working class brothers court three wealthy and beautiful sisters in a small Illinois town.
- DirectorPeter HyamsStarsPenelope Ann MillerTom SizemoreLinda HuntA homicide detective and an anthropologist try to destroy a South American lizard-like god, who's on a people eating rampage in a Chicago museum.
- DirectorMichael RitchieStarsMartin ShortMara WilsonRobert PastorelliA bumbling fairy godfather tries to grant a girl's wish that her cabby father lands a Broadway role.
- DirectorJon AmielStarsBill MurrayJoanne WhalleyPeter GallagherWallace Ritchie is mistaken for a spy and must stop a plot to assassinate international leaders at a banquet.
- DirectorMark DindalStarsScott BakulaJasmine GuyNatalie ColeDanny, an ambitious singing and dancing cat, goes to Hollywood and overcomes several obstacles to fulfill his dream of becoming a movie star.
- DirectorPaul MillerStarsJohn LeguizamoJeffrey JonesEdoardo BalleriniA Miami con man agrees to be the human target for a Neo-Nazi manhunter in order to collect $50,000 if he survives.
- DirectorCaroline ThompsonStarsRene RussoRobbie ColtraneAlan CummingA depiction of the true life story of Gertrude Lintz, an eccentric 1920's socialite who tries to raise a gorilla, like many chimps before him, as part of her family.
- DirectorAndy CadiffStarsChristopher McDonaldJanine TurnerCameron FinleyTheodore "Beaver" Cleaver, age 8, has misadventures and learns life lessons in this entertaining, hilarious tale of a small-town Ohio family and the daily trials of life.
- DirectorKen KwapisStarsFran DrescherTimothy DaltonIan McNeiceA New York City cosmetologist, mistakenly thought to be a science teacher, is offered a job to teach the children of an Eastern European dictator.
- DirectorRobert ButlerStarsRay LiottaLauren HollyBrendan GleesonAfter a shootout on a flight transporting prisoners, a flight attendant must outwit a smooth-talking serial killer and land the plane herself.
- DirectorMartha CoolidgeStarsJack LemmonWalter MatthauDyan CannonA failed gambler, intent on meeting a rich widow, tricks his widowed brother-in-law into boarding a cruise ship as dance hosts.
- DirectorChristopher CainStarsJoe PesciDanny GloverRosanna ArquetteTwo lifelong fishing buddies must overcome a series of obstacles to enjoy their ultimate fishing trip.
- DirectorBryan SpicerStarsTim AllenKirstie AlleyJay O. SandersAn unhappily married Manhattan socialite couple flee from the I.R.S. and end up in Amish country where they pretend to be visiting relatives.
- DirectorIvan ReitmanStarsRobin WilliamsBilly CrystalJulia Louis-DreyfusA woman cons two old boyfriends into searching for her runaway son by convincing both that they are the boy's father.
- DirectorCosta-GavrasStarsJohn TravoltaDustin HoffmanAlan AldaA distraught man inadvertently takes a group of children hostage in a museum while a hungry, seasoned reporter tries to resurrect his career covering the story.
- DirectorDavid MametStarsSteve MartinBen GazzaraCampbell ScottAn employee who develops a lucrative secret process for his corporation is tempted to betray the company when higher ups attempt to take the process from him. Dastardly intrigue ensues.
- DirectorGeorge HuangStarsWill FriedleJennifer Love HewittMarley SheltonBrad is about to hook up with the girl of his dreams, but runs into a problem, no condom. So Brad sets out into the night to find one, running into many obstacles along the way, while not knowing his best friend, Leah is in love with him.
- DirectorStanley TongStarsLeslie NielsenKelly LynchMatt KeeslarThe myopic millionaire defeats jewel smugglers in his usual bumbling manner.
- DirectorBob SpiersStarsChristina RicciDoug E. DougDean JonesA maid is kidnapped and scratches a message onto D.C. the cat's collar and when his owner Patti discovers this, she plays amateur detective with the help of D.C. to try to find the culprits.
- DirectorAntonio TibaldiStarsRyan PhillippeNastassja KinskiJohn Savage19 y.o. Jimmy' s dad is a vicious, impotent Vietnam vet, who forces his wife and son to have incest. He has a secret he'll kill to keep. Jimmy won't abandon his two kid brothers by leaving.
- DirectorMary CybulskiJohn TintoriStarsPaul DillonTim GambleOlivia TrevinoThere is more to this story than this review lets on. It reflects all different facets of society over one driver's shift. As he starts out, he seems cold and ignorant, but his character develops as different Chicago riders come and go. His character shows through when he tells a woman the truth about one of the guys he has in his cab. One highlight is the amount of cameos by well-known faces who seem to be doing this film for the craic (fun, "kicks"). The cab driver reacts well to the madness surrounding him, and by the end of the shift the viewer might share his weariness. This low-budget film deals with crackheads, stoners, posh randy lawyers, irate Pakistanis, and the high and lows of the working day.
- DirectorBart FreundlichStarsJulianne MooreRoy ScheiderNoah WyleA few days spent in close proximity to each other soon leads to family secrets and old resentments being revealed, which threaten to splinter an already dysfunctional family.
- DirectorGeorge HickenlooperStarsRory CochraneDavid ShackelfordTrevor St. JohnPhilip Van Horn, who left his small town a long time ago to become a Hollywood actor and hasn't had any success at that, returns to the town for a visit. There he is uniformally met like some kind of celebrity and movie star. He uses it to impress his (and everybody's) school love Dorothy, her life now a grey boring experience.
- DirectorRobert AngeloStarsEric Scott WoodsTricia Lee PascoeKarl BuryMichael hires Charlene through an escort agency to pretend to be his girlfriend at his class reunion. She turns out to be the life of the party, and even convinces his old schoolmate Brandon to give him a great job. Now he owes her.
- DirectorMichael OblowitzStarsBilly ZaneGina GershonChristian DurangoIn 1950s, two incestuous lovers, a depraved suave journalist and his equally depraved prostitute sister, plan to get rich through seduction and murder. Things complicate when their feeble-minded mother begins to suspect something.
- DirectorRichard KwietniowskiStarsJohn HurtJason PriestleyFiona LoewiGiles De'Ath (Sir John Hurt) is a widower who doesn't like anything modern. He goes to movies and falls in love with movie star Ronnie Bostock (Jason Priestly). He then investigates everything about the movie and Ronnie. After that, he travels to Long Island City, where Ronnie lives, and meets him, pretending that Ronnie is a great actor, and that's why Giles admires him.
- DirectorMatthew HarrisonStarsKevin CorriganLinda FiorentinoMichael RapaportRedmond is on a spiritual quest in NYC. Uncle Sam gives him a bag to deliver. That and his friend Stretch bring him in the middle of shoot-outs - not good for his angst. He meets a cute stewardess.
- DirectorAndrew GalleraniStarsSherilyn FennJeremy PivenJoBeth WilliamsA Hollywood tour bus driver poses as a screenwriter to romance an up-and-coming young actress.
- DirectorGary TiecheStarsAmy BrennemanBen BrowderJames WilderIn the small town of Silver City, Nevada, daily life is very routine. The men work at a dam away from home and the women run the town. That is, until Chrysty, a mysterious beauty arrive to stir things up.
- DirectorMatthew CarnahanStarsScott BairstowEric MabiusTara SubkoffAll-American Kyle is the newest initiate of the Black Circle Boys, an underworld society of gothic groupies whose primary interests are creating mayhem and studying the Occult. By the time he realizes he's in over his head, it may be too late!
- DirectorJon Harmon FeldmanStarsSaffron BurrowsBruce DavisonSherilyn FennDanny is a student whose girlfriend is writer Zoey. Professor Alan lives with unfocused Molly. Other pairs also don't quite match, and the partners begin to change one another..
- DirectorJesse PeretzStarsNatasha Gregson WagnerGiovanni RibisiRobert John BurkeJoey and Sissel are two misfits spending most of their time together talking or having sex. Gradually and slowly their relationships are becoming boring for them.
- DirectorJonathan LynnStarsMichael RichardsJeff DanielsCharlize TheronAn actor poses as a lawyer to help his sick friend, and problems develop.
- DirectorSam PillsburyStarsJason James RichterAugust SchellenbergAnnie Corley16-year-old Jesse and old friend Randolph try to foil an illegal whaler threatening Willy and his pregnant mate.
- DirectorJocelyn MoorhouseStarsMichelle PfeifferJessica LangeJennifer Jason LeighA family is torn apart after a father gives his valuable farm land to his daughters.
- DirectorJohn HamiltonStarsJeff SaumierJason TremblayJane WheelerJimmy Albright is a young athlete with a passion for boxing. His mentor, Harry Sloan, an aging trainer and former boxer, sees Jimmy's potential, not only as a boxer but as a young man. With Harry's guidance, Jimmy trains and fights his way to the top of his division. All things appear to be on track, except for one small twist: Jimmy's parents, Don and Doreen, don't know he's a boxer. Knowing that his parents wouldn't approve of his career, Jimmy devises a fool-proof system to keep his secret. Unfortunately, Tray, a boxing rival of Jimmy's, discovers Jimmy's secret and plans to eliminate him by telling Jimmy's parents of their son's double life. Tray's treachery unleashes a series of events that lead to death, reconciliation and a dramatic conclusion that culminates in an exciting boxing championship fight.
- DirectorJack ErsgardStarsRob LoweJim BelushiDean StockwellThe young architect Walter leaves his wife Linda to go to L.A. to draw a mansion for Harrison. On the highway a truck driver almost drives him off the road. Walter calls the truck-company to complain. The driver gets fired. When Walter arrives to the apartment-block where he has rented a flat he meets the choleric landlord William and the others living there. But now the problems starts. The next morning somebody has ruined his drawing and Harrison dislikes what Walter has drawn. But soon everything gets out of hand. Walter gets into more trouble - one morning he finds rats all over his apartment and the next day he finds his beautiful neighbor killed in his bed - and he starts to think that it is the fired truck driver who is out to get revenge.
- DirectorKeith SamplesStarsGreg KinnearLauren HollyJoan CusackGreg Kinnear plays a carriage-shy husband in a romantic comedy about a couple trying to conceive a child.
- DirectorPeter CattaneoStarsRobert CarlyleTom WilkinsonMark AddySix unemployed steel workers form a male striptease act. The women cheer them on to go for "the full monty" - total nudity.
- DirectorGary RosenStarsStephen ReaIlleana DouglasJohn RitterBrian is a television writer-producer who has to script a 22-episode anthology, but lacks inspiration. He witnesses a strange romantic encounter between two figures on the balcony of hotel near his flat and decides to write scripts with his writer friends based on what he saw.
- DirectorManny CotoStarsJoseph MazzelloJoey SimmrinAlex DanielsSpencer Griffith's life changes when a meteor falls into a local junkyard, and he finds a Cybersuit, an exoskeleton with AI from another galaxy. When Spencer puts on the Cybersuit he becomes a different kind of person.
- DirectorPaul SchraderStarsNick NolteSissy SpacekJames CoburnA deeply troubled small-town cop investigates a suspicious hunting death while other events jeopardize his sanity.
- DirectorNeil LaButeStarsAaron EckhartMatt MalloyStacy EdwardsTwo business executives--one an avowed misogynist, the other recently emotionally wounded by his love interest--set out to exact revenge on the female gender by seeking out the most innocent, uncorrupted girl they can find and ruining her life.
- DirectorTom SchulmanStarsJoe PesciAndy ComeauKristy SwansonA mob bagman finds that his luggage, containing the proof of his gang's latest hit, has been switched.
- DirectorStefani AmesStarsJim MetzlerAndrea ThompsonKay LenzThe story's hero Richard has lost much of his spine and love of his life, due to cancer.
- DirectorRick KingStarsJeffrey DonovanJeff FaheyAndrew FiscellaUndercover cop Doyle is working on a serial killer case that's left a trail of dead transvestites. He also moonlights as a private eye, so Doyle and his girlfriend are hired by a rich young man to find his sister. The search leads to the missing woman's mysterious uncle, and the danger of becoming the killer's next victim.