33 films released in 1997

The Swindle (Rien ne va plus)

Claude Chabrol, 1997, France

106 mins
7.2 / 10 (1282)
68 countries
1 year
Comedy Crime Thriller

Et Cetera (Et cetera)

Ashish Avikunthak, 1997, India

33 mins
6.2 / 10 (60)
86 countries
1 year
Short Avant-Garde

Taste of Cherry (Ta'm e guilass)

Abbas Kiarostami, 1997, Iran

99 mins
8.6 / 10 (8137)
69 countries
1 year
Drama

L.A. Confidential

Curtis Hanson, 1997, United States

132 mins
8 / 10 (10928)
34 countries
5 months
Crime Drama Mystery

Live Flesh (Carne trémula)

Pedro Almodóvar, 1997, Spain

101 mins
7.6 / 10 (3057)
2 countries
5 months
Drama Thriller Romance

The Small Town (Kasaba)

Nuri Bilge Ceylan, 1997, Turkey

80 mins
7.8 / 10 (4582)
126 countries
5 months
Drama

Kalsandhya (Kaal Sandhya | कालसंध्या)

Bhabendra Nath Saikia, 1997, India

124 mins
6.8 / 10 (9)
1 country
4 months
Drama Crime

Shesha Drushti, The Last Vision (Shesha Drushti | ଶେଷ ଦୃଷ୍ଟି)

Apurba Kishore Bir, 1997, India

123 mins
8.4 / 10 (5)
1 country
4 months
Drama

Iruvar (The Duo )

Mani Ratnam, 1997, India

159 mins
8.4 / 10 (143)
1 country
3 months
Drama

Minsara Kanavu

Rajiv Menon, 1997, India

148 mins
6.2 / 10 (23)
127 countries
3 months
Comedy Drama Musical

Lolita

Adrian Lyne, 1997, United States

138 mins
6.8 / 10 (2943)
13 countries
3 months
Drama Romance

Dahan (Crossfire)

Rituparno Ghosh, 1997, India

136 mins
8.6 / 10 (48)
128 countries
2 months
Drama

Reinkarnasi

Dede Yusuf, 1997, Indonesia

114 mins
1 country
45 days
Action

The Spanish Prisoner

David Mamet, 1997, United States

110 mins
7.4 / 10 (957)
16 countries
33 days
Thriller Drama

Traveller

Jack N. Green, 1997, United States

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

Funny Games

Michael Haneke, 1997, Austria

109 mins
8 / 10 (9683)
2 countries
Unlimited
Horror Thriller Cult

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

Jonas Mekas, 1997, United States

66 mins
6.8 / 10 (381)
125 countries
Unlimited
Documentary

The Sweet Hereafter

Atom Egoyan, 1997, Canada

112 mins
7.6 / 10 (1820)
4 countries
Unlimited
Drama

Brothers and Sisters (Geschwister – Kardeşler)

Thomas Arslan, 1997, Germany

78 mins
6.8 / 10 (114)
1 country
Unlimited
Drama

Drancy Avenir

Arnaud des Pallières, 1997, France

79 mins
7.2 / 10 (63)
92 countries
Unlimited
Drama History

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 (73)
10 countries
Unlimited
Documentary

Assassin(s)

Mathieu Kassovitz, 1997, France

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

Wilde

Brian Gilbert, 1997, United Kingdom

112 mins
6.2 / 10 (345)
2 countries
Unlimited
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Biography LGBTQ+

Telling Lies in America

Guy Ferland, 1997, United States

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

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

Christoph Schlingensief, 1997, Germany

63 mins
7 / 10 (514)
128 countries
Unlimited
Comedy Cult

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

Level Five

Chris Marker, 1997, France

110 mins
7.8 / 10 (837)
124 countries
Unlimited
Documentary Romance

Fireworks (Hana-bi | はなび)

Takeshi Kitano, 1997, Japan

103 mins
8.4 / 10 (3720)
1 country
Unlimited
Crime Drama 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

Little Dieter Needs to Fly

Werner Herzog, 1997, United Kingdom

77 mins
8.6 / 10 (1682)
3 countries
Unlimited
Documentary

The Life of Jésus (La vie de Jésus)

Bruno Dumont, 1997, France

92 mins
7.6 / 10 (2092)
123 countries
Unlimited
Drama

Lost Highway

David Lynch, 1997, United States

134 mins
8 / 10 (12365)
7 countries
Unlimited
Thriller Mystery Avant-Garde