34 films released in 1997

Gargantua

Lars von Trier Morten Arnfred, 1997, Denmark

77 mins
8.2 / 10 (1062)
52 countries
8 years
Comedy Drama

Pandæmonium

Lars von Trier Morten Arnfred, 1997, Denmark

78 mins
8.4 / 10 (1140)
52 countries
8 years
Comedy Drama

Birds of Passage (Trækfuglene)

Lars von Trier Morten Arnfred, 1997, Denmark

79 mins
8.4 / 10 (1123)
52 countries
8 years
Comedy Drama

Mors In Tabula

Lars von Trier Morten Arnfred, 1997, Denmark

63 mins
8.2 / 10 (1415)
52 countries
8 years
Comedy Drama

Happy Together (Chun gwong cha sit | 春光乍洩)

Wong Kar Wai, 1997, Hong Kong

96 mins
8.8 / 10 (25441)
28 countries
3 years
Drama Romance LGBTQ+

Affliction

Paul Schrader, 1997, United States

114 mins
7 / 10 (839)
2 countries
1 year
Drama Thriller Mystery

The Drawing Master

Nik Sheehan, 1997, Canada

49 mins
7.2 / 10 (16)
1 country
11 months
Documentary

God's Fool

Nik Sheehan, 1997, Canada

69 mins
7.4 / 10 (9)
1 country
11 months
Documentary

Live Flesh (Carne trémula)

Pedro Almodóvar, 1997, Spain

101 mins
8.2 / 10 (7281)
4 countries
10 months
Drama Thriller Romance

Rui Ka Bojh

Subhash Agrawal, 1997, India

111 mins
7.6 / 10 (52)
6 countries
10 months
Drama

Char Adhyay (Four Chapters )

Kumar Shahani, 1997, India

106 mins
7.4 / 10 (116)
6 countries
7 months
Drama

The Swindle (Rien ne va plus)

Claude Chabrol, 1997, France

106 mins
7.2 / 10 (3530)
116 countries
6 months
Comedy Crime Thriller

Recipes to Stay Together (Cilantro y Perejil)

Rafael Montero, 1997, Mexico

96 mins
6.8 / 10 (312)
1 country
4 months
Comedy Romance

The Ice Storm

Ang Lee, 1997, United States

113 mins
7.6 / 10 (5455)
6 countries
4 months
Drama

Didier

Alain Chabat, 1997, France

105 mins
7.8 / 10 (302)
1 country
4 months
Sport Family Comedy

Lost Highway

David Lynch, 1997, United States

134 mins
8.4 / 10 (20241)
2 countries
37 days
Thriller Mystery Avant-Garde

Taste of Cherry (Ta'm e guilass)

Abbas Kiarostami, 1997, Iran

99 mins
8.8 / 10 (25264)
96 countries
25 days
Drama

The Mirror (Ayneh)

Jafar Panahi, 1997, Iran

94 mins
8.2 / 10 (734)
1 country
7 days
Drama

Assassin(s)

Mathieu Kassovitz, 1997, France

127 mins
6.6 / 10 (274)
101 countries
Unlimited
Drama Crime

Scenes from Allen's Last Three Days on Earth as a Spirit

Jonas Mekas, 1997, United States

66 mins
6.8 / 10 (413)
104 countries
Unlimited
Documentary

Drancy Avenir

Arnaud des Pallières, 1997, France

79 mins
7.2 / 10 (72)
93 countries
Unlimited
Drama History

Traveller

Jack N. Green, 1997, United States

100 mins
6.6 / 10 (166)
3 countries
Unlimited
Drama Crime Romance

Wilde

Brian Gilbert, 1997, United Kingdom

112 mins
6.2 / 10 (345)
2 countries
Unlimited
£2.49, €2,99
Biography LGBTQ+

How I Learned to Overcome My Fear and Love Arik Sharon (Eich Hifsakti L'fahed V'lamadeti L'ehov et Arik Sharon)

Avi Mograbi, 1997, Israel

61 mins
7 / 10 (92)
11 countries
Unlimited
Documentary

Telling Lies in America

Guy Ferland, 1997, United States

101 mins
6.4 / 10 (216)
4 countries
Unlimited
Drama History

The Life of Jésus (La vie de Jésus)

Bruno Dumont, 1997, France

92 mins
7.6 / 10 (3328)
1 country
Unlimited
Drama

In the Presence of a Clown (Larmar och gör sig till)

Ingmar Bergman, 1997, Sweden

119 mins
7.4 / 10 (263)
1 country
Unlimited
Drama TV Movie

I Married a Strange Person!

Bill Plympton, 1997, United States

72 mins
7.6 / 10 (182)
1 country
Unlimited
Animation Comedy Drama

The Sweet Hereafter

Atom Egoyan, 1997, Canada

112 mins
7.6 / 10 (2313)
4 countries
Unlimited
Drama

Fireworks (Hana-bi | はなび)

Takeshi Kitano (Beat Takeshi), 1997, Japan

103 mins
8.4 / 10 (6223)
2 countries
Unlimited
Crime Drama Romance

Level Five

Chris Marker, 1997, France

110 mins
8 / 10 (1083)
124 countries
Unlimited
Documentary Romance

Who the Hell Is Juliette? (¿Quién diablos es Juliette?)

Carlos Marcovich, 1997, Mexico

93 mins
7 / 10 (115)
19 countries
Unlimited
Documentary Avant-Garde

Happy Birthday! (Parabéns!)

João Pedro Rodrigues, 1997, Portugal

15 mins
5.4 / 10 (425)
7 countries
Unlimited
Comedy Short LGBTQ+

The 120 Days of Bottrop (Die 120 Tage von Bottrop)

Christoph Schlingensief, 1997, Germany

63 mins
7 / 10 (564)
128 countries
Unlimited
Comedy Cult