31 films released in 1997

The Small Town (Kasaba)

Nuri Bilge Ceylan, 1997, Turkey

80 mins
7.8 / 10 (4351)
125 countries
7 months
Drama

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

Apurba Kishore Bir, 1997, India

123 mins
1 country
6 months
Drama

Kalsandhya (Kaal Sandhya | कालसंध्या)

Bhabendra Nath Saikia, 1997, India

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

Minsara Kanavu

Rajiv Menon, 1997, India

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

Iruvar (The Duo )

Mani Ratnam, 1997, India

159 mins
8.2 / 10 (129)
1 country
6 months
Drama

L.A. Confidential

Curtis Hanson, 1997, United States

132 mins
8 / 10 (10043)
33 countries
5 months
Crime Drama Mystery

Dahan (Crossfire)

Rituparno Ghosh, 1997, India

136 mins
8.8 / 10 (39)
1 country
4 months
Drama

Reinkarnasi

Dede Yusuf, 1997, Indonesia

114 mins
1 country
3 months
Action

Lolita

Adrian Lyne, 1997, United States

138 mins
6.8 / 10 (2549)
3 countries
43 days
Drama Romance

Live Flesh (Carne trémula)

Pedro Almodóvar, 1997, Spain

101 mins
7.6 / 10 (2971)
2 countries
43 days
Drama Thriller Romance

Taste of Cherry (Ta'm e guilass)

Abbas Kiarostami, 1997, Iran

99 mins
8.4 / 10 (4984)
1 country
21 days
Drama

Cure (Kyua)

Kiyoshi Kurosawa, 1997, Japan

111 mins
8.2 / 10 (2371)
2 countries
14 days
Horror Thriller Mystery

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

Wong Kar Wai, 1997, Hong Kong

96 mins
8.4 / 10 (7623)
22 countries
13 days
Drama Romance LGBTQ+

Traveller

Jack N. Green, 1997, United States

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

Brothers and Sisters (Geschwister – Kardeşler)

Thomas Arslan, 1997, Germany

78 mins
6.8 / 10 (110)
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

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

Jonas Mekas, 1997, United States

66 mins
6.8 / 10 (378)
123 countries
Unlimited
Documentary

Assassin(s)

Mathieu Kassovitz, 1997, France

127 mins
6.6 / 10 (249)
101 countries
Unlimited
Drama Crime

Lost Highway

David Lynch, 1997, United States

134 mins
8 / 10 (12230)
7 countries
Unlimited
Thriller Mystery Avant-Garde

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 (501)
115 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 (807)
123 countries
Unlimited
Documentary Romance

The Life of Jésus (La vie de Jésus)

Bruno Dumont, 1997, France

92 mins
7.6 / 10 (1988)
122 countries
Unlimited
Drama

Wilde

Brian Gilbert, 1997, United Kingdom

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

Little Dieter Needs to Fly

Werner Herzog, 1997, United Kingdom

77 mins
8.6 / 10 (1633)
3 countries
Unlimited
Documentary

Fireworks (Hana-bi | はなび)

Takeshi Kitano, 1997, Japan

103 mins
8.2 / 10 (3631)
1 country
Unlimited
Crime Drama Romance

The Sweet Hereafter

Atom Egoyan, 1997, Canada

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

Funny Games

Michael Haneke, 1997, Austria

109 mins
8 / 10 (9572)
2 countries
Unlimited
Horror Thriller Cult

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

Carlos Marcovich, 1997, Mexico

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