39 films released in 1997

Mors In Tabula

Lars von Trier Morten Arnfred, 1997, Denmark

Pandæmonium

Lars von Trier Morten Arnfred, 1997, Denmark

Gargantua

Lars von Trier Morten Arnfred, 1997, Denmark

The Drawing Master

Nik Sheehan, 1997, Canada

God's Fool

Nik Sheehan, 1997, Canada

Char Adhyay (Four Chapters )

Kumar Shahani, 1997, India

Lost Highway

David Lynch, 1997, United States

Taste of Cherry (Ta'm e guilass)

Abbas Kiarostami, 1997, Iran

The Mirror (Ayneh)

Jafar Panahi, 1997, Iran

Graciadió

Raúl Perrone, 1997, Argentina

Brothers and Sisters (Geschwister)

Thomas Arslan, 1997, Germany

Cube

Vincenzo Natali, 1997, Canada

Eve's Bayou

Kasi Lemmons, 1997, United States

Level Five

Chris Marker, 1997, France

The Sweet Hereafter

Atom Egoyan, 1997, Canada

Wilde

Brian Gilbert, 1997, United Kingdom

Drancy Avenir

Arnaud des Pallières, 1997, France

The Life of Jésus (La vie de Jésus)

Bruno Dumont, 1997, France

Assassin(s)

Mathieu Kassovitz, 1997, France

Traveller

Jack N. Green, 1997, United States

Telling Lies in America

Guy Ferland, 1997, United States