39 films released in 1997

Brothers and Sisters (Geschwister)

Thomas Arslan, 1997, Germany

82 mins
7 / 10 (207)
3 countries
1 year
Drama

Same Old Song (On connaît la chanson)

Alain Resnais, 1997, France

118 mins
7.2 / 10 (370)
1 country
10 months
Comedy Drama Musical

The Tango Lesson

Sally Potter, 1997, United Kingdom

102 mins
7.4 / 10 (217)
2 countries
9 months
Drama Music Romance

Marcello Mastroianni: I Remember (Marcello Mastroianni: Mi ricordo, sì, io mi ricordo)

Anna Maria Tatò, 1997, Italy

194 mins
8.6 / 10 (160)
1 country
6 months
Documentary Biography

Little Dieter Needs to Fly

Werner Herzog, 1997, United Kingdom

77 mins
8.6 / 10 (1914)
2 countries
5 months
Documentary

Steam: The Turkish Bath (Hamam)

Ferzan Özpetek, 1997, Italy

94 mins
7.4 / 10 (734)
3 countries
4 months
Drama Romance LGBTQ+

The Castle (Das Schloß)

Michael Haneke, 1997, Germany

130 mins
7 / 10 (1407)
1 country
3 months
Avant-Garde Drama

Live Flesh (Carne trémula)

Pedro Almodóvar, 1997, Spain

101 mins
8 / 10 (5214)
16 countries
3 months
Drama Thriller Romance

Pickpocket (小武 | Xiao Wu)

Jia Zhangke, 1997, China

113 mins
8 / 10 (3288)
119 countries
2 months
Drama

Taste of Cherry (Ta'm e guilass)

Abbas Kiarostami, 1997, Iran

99 mins
8.6 / 10 (15369)
104 countries
2 months
Drama

Et Cetera (Et cetera)

Ashish Avikunthak, 1997, India

33 mins
6.6 / 10 (83)
128 countries
2 months
Short Avant-Garde

The Swindle (Rien ne va plus)

Claude Chabrol, 1997, France

106 mins
7.2 / 10 (2595)
116 countries
2 months
Comedy Crime Thriller

Cure (Kyua)

Kiyoshi Kurosawa, 1997, Japan

111 mins
8.2 / 10 (3472)
16 countries
2 months
Horror Thriller Mystery

Destiny (Al-massir)

Youssef Chahine, 1997, France

136 mins
8 / 10 (575)
119 countries
36 days
Comedy Drama

Afterglow

Alan Rudolph, 1997, United States

114 mins
6.4 / 10 (241)
2 countries
36 days
Drama Romance Comedy

Kundun

Martin Scorsese, 1997, United States

129 mins
7.6 / 10 (2481)
22 countries
36 days
Drama Biography History

Crossfire (দহন | Dahan)

Rituparno Ghosh, 1997, India

136 mins
8.4 / 10 (109)
36 countries
19 days
Drama

Four Days in September (O Que É Isso, Companheiro?)

Bruno Barreto, 1997, Brazil

111 mins
8.6 / 10 (768)
1 country
5 days
Action Drama History Thriller

The Ice Storm

Ang Lee, 1997, United States

108 mins
7.6 / 10 (4603)
1 country
4 days
Drama

Heurts divers

Éric Rohmer Florence Rauscher François Rauscher, 1997, France

24 mins
7 / 10 (64)
1 country
4 days
Comedy Drama Short

Innocence (Masumiyet)

Zeki Demirkubuz, 1997, Turkey

107 mins
8.6 / 10 (4090)
1 country
4 days
Drama

Happy Birthday! (Parabéns!)

João Pedro Rodrigues, 1997, Portugal

15 mins
5.4 / 10 (270)
4 countries
Unlimited
Comedy Short LGBTQ+

Traveller

Jack N. Green, 1997, United States

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

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

Wilde

Brian Gilbert, 1997, United Kingdom

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

Funny Games

Michael Haneke, 1997, Austria

109 mins
8 / 10 (12463)
5 countries
Unlimited
Horror Thriller Cult

Drancy Avenir

Arnaud des Pallières, 1997, France

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

Lost Highway

David Lynch, 1997, United States

134 mins
8.2 / 10 (15666)
4 countries
Unlimited
Thriller Mystery Avant-Garde

Assassin(s)

Mathieu Kassovitz, 1997, France

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

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

Carlos Marcovich, 1997, Mexico

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

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 (80)
11 countries
Unlimited
Documentary

The Sweet Hereafter

Atom Egoyan, 1997, Canada

112 mins
7.6 / 10 (2250)
6 countries
Unlimited
Drama

The Life of Jésus (La vie de Jésus)

Bruno Dumont, 1997, France

92 mins
7.6 / 10 (2819)
86 countries
Unlimited
Drama

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

Christoph Schlingensief, 1997, Germany

63 mins
7 / 10 (564)
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
8 / 10 (1019)
124 countries
Unlimited
Documentary Romance

Fireworks (Hana-bi | はなび)

Takeshi Kitano, 1997, Japan

103 mins
8.4 / 10 (4369)
2 countries
Unlimited
Crime Drama Romance

Telling Lies in America

Guy Ferland, 1997, United States

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