Oscars Rematch: 1997
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1. L.A. Confidential (1997)
R | 138 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
As corruption grows in 1950s Los Angeles, three policemen - one strait-laced, one brutal, and one sleazy - investigate a series of murders with their own brand of justice.
Director: Curtis Hanson | Stars: Kevin Spacey, Russell Crowe, Guy Pearce, Kim Basinger
Votes: 615,112 | Gross: $64.62M
Best Picture!
Winner: L.A. Confidential!
Nominees:
As Good as It Gets
Boogie Nights
Good Will Hunting
Titanic
2. L.A. Confidential (1997)
R | 138 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
As corruption grows in 1950s Los Angeles, three policemen - one strait-laced, one brutal, and one sleazy - investigate a series of murders with their own brand of justice.
Director: Curtis Hanson | Stars: Kevin Spacey, Russell Crowe, Guy Pearce, Kim Basinger
Votes: 615,112 | Gross: $64.62M
Best Director!
Winner: Curtis Hanson!
Nominees:
Paul Thomas Anderson - Boogie Nights
Mike Newell - Donnie Brasco
Gus Van Sant - Good Will Hunting
James Cameron - Titanic
3. As Good as It Gets (1997)
PG-13 | 139 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A single mother and waitress, a misanthropic author, and a gay artist form an unlikely friendship after the artist is assaulted in a robbery.
Director: James L. Brooks | Stars: Jack Nicholson, Helen Hunt, Greg Kinnear, Cuba Gooding Jr.
Votes: 317,237 | Gross: $148.48M
Best Actor!
Winner: Jack Nicholson!
Nominees:
Matt Damon - Good Will Hunting
Robert Duvall - The Apostle
Peter Fonda - Ulee's Gold
Mark Wahlberg - Boogie Nights
4. The Wings of the Dove (1997)
R | 102 min | Drama, Romance
An impoverished woman who has been forced to choose between a privileged life with her wealthy aunt and her journalist lover, befriends an American heiress. When she discovers the heiress is attracted to her own lover and is dying, she sees a chance to have both the privileged life she cannot give up and the lover she cannot live without.
Director: Iain Softley | Stars: Helena Bonham Carter, Linus Roache, Alex Jennings, Charlotte Rampling
Votes: 13,022 | Gross: $13.72M
Best Actress!
Winner: Helena Bonham Carter!
Nominees:
Judi Dench - Mrs. Brown
Pam Grier - Jackie Brown
Helen Hunt - As Good as It Gets
Kate Winslet - Titanic
5. Good Will Hunting (1997)
R | 126 min | Drama, Romance
Will Hunting, a janitor at M.I.T., has a gift for mathematics, but needs help from a psychologist to find direction in his life.
Director: Gus Van Sant | Stars: Robin Williams, Matt Damon, Ben Affleck, Stellan Skarsgård
Votes: 1,060,011 | Gross: $138.43M
Best Supporting Actor!
Winner: Robin Williams!
Nominees:
Robert Forster - Jackie Brown
Greg Kinnear - As Good as It Gets
Kevin Spacey - L.A. Confidential
Burt Reynolds - Boogie Nights
6. Boogie Nights (1997)
R | 155 min | Drama
Back when sex was safe, pleasure was a business and business was booming, an idealistic porn producer aspires to elevate his craft to an art when he discovers a hot young talent.
Director: Paul Thomas Anderson | Stars: Mark Wahlberg, Julianne Moore, Burt Reynolds, Luis Guzmán
Votes: 281,052 | Gross: $26.40M
Best Supporting Actress!
Winner: Julianne Moore!
Nominees:
Kim Basinger - L.A. Confidential
Joan Cusack - In & Out
Gloria Stuart - Titanic
Sigourney Weaver - The Ice Storm
7. Boogie Nights (1997)
R | 155 min | Drama
Back when sex was safe, pleasure was a business and business was booming, an idealistic porn producer aspires to elevate his craft to an art when he discovers a hot young talent.
Director: Paul Thomas Anderson | Stars: Mark Wahlberg, Julianne Moore, Burt Reynolds, Luis Guzmán
Votes: 281,052 | Gross: $26.40M
Best Original Screenplay!
Winner: Paul Thomas Anderson!
Nominees:
Mark Andrus and James L. Brooks - As Good as It Gets
Woody Allen - Deconstructing Harry
Simon Beaufoy - The Full Monty
Matt Damon and Ben Affleck - Good Will Hunting
8. L.A. Confidential (1997)
R | 138 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
As corruption grows in 1950s Los Angeles, three policemen - one strait-laced, one brutal, and one sleazy - investigate a series of murders with their own brand of justice.
Director: Curtis Hanson | Stars: Kevin Spacey, Russell Crowe, Guy Pearce, Kim Basinger
Votes: 615,112 | Gross: $64.62M
Best Adapted Screenplay!
Winner: Brian Helgeland and Curtis Hanson!
Nominees:
Paul Attanasio - Donnie Brasco
Atom Egoyan - The Sweet Hereafter
David Mamet and Hilary Henken - Wag the Dog
Hossein Amini - The Wings of the Dove
9. Character (1997)
R | 122 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Jacob Katadreuffe lives mute with his mother, has no contact with his father who only works against him and wants to become a lawyer, at all costs.
Director: Mike van Diem | Stars: Pavlik Jansen op de Haar, Jan Decleir, Fedja van Huêt, Betty Schuurman
Votes: 11,284 | Gross: $0.71M
Best Foreign Language Film!
Winner: Karakter!
Nominees:
Beyond Silence
Four Days in September
Secrets of the Heart
The Thief
10. Titanic (1997)
PG-13 | 194 min | Drama, Romance
A seventeen-year-old aristocrat falls in love with a kind but poor artist aboard the luxurious, ill-fated R.M.S. Titanic.
Director: James Cameron | Stars: Leonardo DiCaprio, Kate Winslet, Billy Zane, Kathy Bates
Votes: 1,274,025 | Gross: $659.33M
Best Original Song!
Winner: "My Heart Will Go On", Titanic!
Nominees:
"Journey to the Past" - Anastasia
"How Do I Live" - Con Air
"Miss Misery" - Good Will Hunting
"Go the Distance" - Hercules
11. The Long Way Home (1997)
Not Rated | 120 min | Documentary, History, War
The story of the post World War II Jewish refugee situation from liberation to the establishment of the modern state of Israel.
Director: Mark Jonathan Harris | Stars: Morgan Freeman, Israel Lau, Livia Shacter, Abraham Klausner
Votes: 1,267
Best Documentary Feature!
Winner: The Long Way Home!
Nominees:
4 Little Girls
Ayn Rand: A Sense of Life
Colors Straight Up
Waco: The Rules of Engagement
12. A Story of Healing (1997)
28 min | Documentary, Short
In January, 1997, a team of five nurses, four anesthesiologists, and three plastic surgeons arrive in Vietnam from the United States for two weeks' of volunteer work. They operate on 110 ... See full summary »
Director: Donna Dewey | Stars: Barron Christian, Donna Dewey
Votes: 96
Best Documentary Short!
Winner: A Story of Healing!
Nominees:
Alaska: Spirit of the Wild
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Family Video Diaries: Daughter of the Bride
Still Kicking: The Fabulous Palm Springs Follies
13. Visas and Virtue (1997)
26 min | Short, Biography, Drama
Europe, 1940. For thousands of Jews, a Japanese diplomat and his wife defy Tokyo and the Nazis, and offer visas, for life.
Director: Chris Tashima | Stars: Chris Tashima, Susan Fukuda, Diana Georger, Lawrence Craig
Votes: 152
Best Live Action Short!
Winner: Visas and Virtue!
Nominees:
Dance Lexie Dance
It's Good to Talk
Sweethearts?
Wolfgang
14. Geri's Game (1997)
G | 5 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Geri sets up a chess game to play his greatest opponent - himself.
Director: Jan Pinkava | Star: Bob Peterson
Votes: 26,835
Best Animated Short!
Winner: Geri's Game!
Nominees:
Famous Fred
The Old Lady and the Pigeons
Redux Riding Hood
Rusalka
15. Good Will Hunting (1997)
R | 126 min | Drama, Romance
Will Hunting, a janitor at M.I.T., has a gift for mathematics, but needs help from a psychologist to find direction in his life.
Director: Gus Van Sant | Stars: Robin Williams, Matt Damon, Ben Affleck, Stellan Skarsgård
Votes: 1,060,011 | Gross: $138.43M
Best Original Dramatic Score!
Winner: Good Will Hunting!
Nominees:
Amistad
Kundun
L.A. Confidential
Titanic
16. The Full Monty (1997)
R | 91 min | Comedy, Drama
Six unemployed steel workers form a male striptease act. The women cheer them on to go for "the full monty" - total nudity.
Director: Peter Cattaneo | Stars: Robert Carlyle, Tom Wilkinson, Mark Addy, Wim Snape
Votes: 113,747 | Gross: $45.95M
Best Original Musical or Comedy Score!
Winner: The Full Monty!
Nominees:
Anastasia
As Good as It Gets
Men in Black
My Best Friend's Wedding
17. Titanic (1997)
PG-13 | 194 min | Drama, Romance
A seventeen-year-old aristocrat falls in love with a kind but poor artist aboard the luxurious, ill-fated R.M.S. Titanic.
Director: James Cameron | Stars: Leonardo DiCaprio, Kate Winslet, Billy Zane, Kathy Bates
Votes: 1,274,025 | Gross: $659.33M
Best Sound Effects!
Winner: Titanic!
Nominees:
Face/Off
The Fifth Element
18. Titanic (1997)
PG-13 | 194 min | Drama, Romance
A seventeen-year-old aristocrat falls in love with a kind but poor artist aboard the luxurious, ill-fated R.M.S. Titanic.
Director: James Cameron | Stars: Leonardo DiCaprio, Kate Winslet, Billy Zane, Kathy Bates
Votes: 1,274,025 | Gross: $659.33M
Best Sound!
Winner: Titanic!
Nominees:
Air Force One
Con Air
Contact
L.A. Confidential
19. Kundun (1997)
PG-13 | 134 min | Biography, Drama, History
From childhood to adulthood, Tibet's fourteenth Dalai Lama deals with Chinese oppression and other problems.
Director: Martin Scorsese | Stars: Tenzin Thuthob Tsarong, Gyurme Tethong, Tulku Jamyang Kunga Tenzin, Tenzin Yeshi Paichang
Votes: 30,345 | Gross: $5.53M
Best Art Direction!
Winner: Kundun!
Nominees:
Gattaca
Men in Black
L.A. Confidential
Titanic
20. L.A. Confidential (1997)
R | 138 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
As corruption grows in 1950s Los Angeles, three policemen - one strait-laced, one brutal, and one sleazy - investigate a series of murders with their own brand of justice.
Director: Curtis Hanson | Stars: Kevin Spacey, Russell Crowe, Guy Pearce, Kim Basinger
Votes: 615,112 | Gross: $64.62M
Best Cinematography!
Winner: L.A. Confidential!
Nominees:
Amistad
Kundun
Titanic
The Wings of the Dove
21. Men in Black (1997)
PG-13 | 98 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
James, 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.
Director: Barry Sonnenfeld | Stars: Tommy Lee Jones, Will Smith, Linda Fiorentino, Vincent D'Onofrio
Votes: 609,774 | Gross: $250.69M
Best Makeup!
Winner: Men in Black!
Nominees:
Mrs. Brown
Titanic
22. Amistad (1997)
R | 155 min | Biography, Drama, History
In 1839, the revolt of Mende captives aboard a Spanish owned ship causes a major controversy in the United States when the ship is captured off the coast of Long Island. The courts must decide whether the Mende are slaves or legally free.
Director: Steven Spielberg | Stars: Djimon Hounsou, Matthew McConaughey, Anthony Hopkins, Morgan Freeman
Votes: 82,474 | Gross: $44.18M
Best Costume Design!
Winner: Amistad!
Nominees:
Kundun
Oscar and Lucinda
Titanic
The Wings of the Dove
23. L.A. Confidential (1997)
R | 138 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
As corruption grows in 1950s Los Angeles, three policemen - one strait-laced, one brutal, and one sleazy - investigate a series of murders with their own brand of justice.
Director: Curtis Hanson | Stars: Kevin Spacey, Russell Crowe, Guy Pearce, Kim Basinger
Votes: 615,112 | Gross: $64.62M
Best Film Editing!
Winner: L.A. Confidential!
Nominees:
Air Force One
As Good as It Gets
Good Will Hunting
Titanic
24. Titanic (1997)
PG-13 | 194 min | Drama, Romance
A seventeen-year-old aristocrat falls in love with a kind but poor artist aboard the luxurious, ill-fated R.M.S. Titanic.
Director: James Cameron | Stars: Leonardo DiCaprio, Kate Winslet, Billy Zane, Kathy Bates
Votes: 1,274,025 | Gross: $659.33M
Best Visual Effects!
Winner: Titanic!
Nominees:
The Lost World: Jurassic Park
Starship Troopers
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