© 1997 Kino International/Block 2 Pictures; © 1997 TriStar Pictures; © 1996 Channel Four Films; © 1997 Fox Searchlight Pictures
| ||
|---|---|---|
| < 1996 | © 1997 Kino International/Block 2 Pictures; © 1997 TriStar Pictures; © 1996 Channel Four Films; © 1997 Fox Searchlight Pictures |
1998 > |
|
Sort by Title/Grade ★ = Full-Length Review © = Capsule-Length Review |
Includes films in U.S. commercial release between Jan. 1, 1997, and Dec. 31, 1997. Consequently certain entries, especially foreign films, are indexed here despite being produced or exhibited elsewhere in earlier years. Click Here for Frames Version |
| • | 4 Little Girls Dir. Spike Lee. Documentary about 1963 church bombing in Montgomery, Alabama B+ |
| © | Addicted to Love Dir. Griffin Dunne. With Matthew Broderick, Meg Ryan, Tchéky Karyo B |
| ★ | Afterglow Dir. Alan Rudolph. With Nick Nolte, Julie Christie, Jonny Lee Miller D+ |
| © | Air Force One Dir. Wolfgang Petersen. With Harrison Ford, Gary Oldman, Glenn Close C+ |
| © | Alien: Resurrection Dir. Jean-Pierre Jeunet. With Sigourney Weaver, Winona Ryder B |
| • | All Over Me Dir. Alex Sichel. With Alison Folland, Tara Subkoff, Cole Hauser B+ |
| ★ | Amistad Dir. Steven Spielberg. With Djimon Hounsou, Matthew McConaughey B– |
| • | The Apostle Dir. Robert Duvall. With Robert Duvall, John Beasley, Farrah Fawcett A– |
| ★ | As Good As It Gets Dir. James L. Brooks. With Jack Nicholson, Helen Hunt, Greg Kinnear C+ |
| • | Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery Dir. Jay Roach. With Mike Myers B– |
| • | Bent Dir. Sean Mathias. With Clive Owen, Lothaire Bluteau, Mick Jagger, Brian Webber B– |
| • | Bliss Dir. Lance Young. With Craig Sheffer, Sheryl Lee, Terence Stamp, Lois Chiles B |
| ★ | Blood and Wine Dir. Bob Rafelson. With Jack Nicholson, Stephen Dorff, Michael Caine B+ |
| ★ | Boogie Nights Dir. Paul Thomas Anderson. With Mark Wahlberg, Burt Reynolds, Julianne Moore A |
| ★ | The Boxer Dir. Jim Sheridan. With Daniel Day-Lewis, Emily Watson, Brian Cox D+ |
| • | Breakdown Dir. Jonathan Mostow. With Kurt Russell, J.T. Walsh, Kathleen Quinlan B |
| • | Career Girls Dir. Mike Leigh. With Katrin Cartlidge, Lynda Steadman, Mark Benton B |
| • | Chasing Amy Dir. Kevin Smith. With Ben Affleck, Joey Lauren Adams, Jason Lee D+ |
| • | Children of the Revolution Dir. Peter Duncan. With Judy Davis, Geoffrey Rush B– |
| © | Conceiving Ada Dir. Lynn Hershmann-Leeson. With Tilda Swinton, Francesca Faridany C |
| • | Conspiracy Theory Dir. Richard Donner. With Mel Gibson, Julia Roberts, Patrick Stewart B |
| • | Contact Dir. Robert Zemeckis. With Jodie Foster, Matthew McConaughey, Tom Skerritt B |
| • | A Couch in New York Dir. Chantal Akerman. With Juliette Binoche, William Hurt D– |
| ★ | Crash Dir. David Cronenberg. With James Spader, Deborah Kara Unger, Elias Koteas A– |
| • | Deconstructing Harry Dir. Woody Allen. With Woody Allen, Hazelle Goodman, Billy Crystal B |
| • | Donnie Brasco Dir. Mike Newell. With Johnny Depp, Al Pacino, Michael Madsen, Anne Heche A |
| • | Eve's Bayou Dir. Kasi Lemmons. With Jurnee Smollett, Samuel L. Jackson, Debbi Morgan A– |
| ★ | Eye of God Dir. Tim Blake Nelson. With Martha Plimpton, Kevin Anderson, Nick Stahl B |
| • | Face/Off Dir. John Woo. With Nicolas Cage, John Travolta, Joan Allen, Alessandro Nivola A– |
| • | Fast, Cheap & Out of Control Dir. Errol Morris. Documentary about men with bizarre vocations B+ |
| • | Female Perversions Dir. Susan Streitfeld. With Tilda Swinton, Amy Madigan, Karen Sillas B+ |
| • | The Fifth Element Dir. Luc Besson. With Bruce Willis, Milla Jovovich, Gary Oldman C+ |
| • | The Full Monty Dir. Peter Cattaneo. With Robert Carlyle, Mark Addy, Tom Wilkinson B |
| • | Funny Games Dir. Michael Haneke. With Susanne Lothar, Ulrich Mühe, Arno Frisch B |
| • | Gabbeh Dir. Mohsen Makhmalbaf. With Shaghayeh Djodat, Rogheih Moharami B+ |
| • | The Game Dir. David Fincher. With Michael Douglas, Deborah Kara Unger, Sean Penn C |
| • | Gattaca Dir. Andrew Niccol. With Ethan Hawke, Uma Thurman, Loren Dean, Alan Arkin B+ |
| • | Good Will Hunting Dir. Gus Van Sant. With Matt Damon, Robin Williams, Stellan Skarsgård B+ |
| • | Grosse Pointe Blank Dir. George Armitage. With John Cusack, Minnie Driver, Dan Aykroyd C |
| • | The Hanging Garden Dir. Thom Fitzgerald. With Chris Leavins, Troy Veinotte, Kerry Fox B– |
| • | Happy Together Dir. Wong Kar-wai. With Tony Leung, Leslie Cheung, Chang Chen A |
| ★ | Hollow Reed Dir. Angela Pope. With Martin Donovan, Joely Richardson, Sam Bould B– |
| • | The House of Yes Dir. Mark Waters. With Parker Posey, Josh Hamilton, Tori Spelling F |
| ★ | I Know What You Did Last Summer Dir. Jim Gillespie. With Jennifer Love Hewitt C |
| • | The Ice Storm Dir. Ang Lee. With Kevin Kline, Joan Allen, Christina Ricci, Sigourney Weaver C+ |
| • | In & Out Dir. Frank Oz. With Kevin Kline, Joan Cusack, Tom Selleck, Matt Dillon C+ |
| • | In the Company of Men Dir. Neil LaBute. With Aaron Eckhart, Stacy Edwards, Matt Malloy B |
| • | Irma Vep Dir. Olivier Assayas. With Maggie Cheung, Jean-Pierre Léaud, Nathalie Richard A |
| • | Jackie Brown Dir. Quentin Tarantino. With Pam Grier, Samuel L. Jackson, Robert Forster A– |
| • | John Grisham's The Rainmaker Dir. Francis Ford Coppola. With Matt Damon, Danny DeVito B– |
| • | Kissed Dir. Lynne Stopkewich. With Molly Parker, Peter Outerbridge, Jay Brazeau B– |
| • | Kundun Dir. Martin Scorsese. With Tenzin Thuthob Tsarong, Sonam Phuntsok, Tencho Gyalpo C+ |
| • | L.A. Confidential Dir. Curtis Hanson. With Guy Pearce, Russell Crowe, Kevin Spacey A |
| • | Liar Liar Dir. Tom Shadyac. With Jim Carrey, Maura Tierney, Justin Cooper, Swoosie Kurtz C |
| • | Life of Jesus Dir. Bruno Dumont. With David Douche, Marjorie Cottreel, Kader Chaatouf B |
| • | Lilies Dir. John Greyson. With Danny Gillmore, Jason Cadieux, Matthew Ferguson B– |
| • | Live Flesh Dir. Pedro Almodóvar. With Liberto Rabal, Francesca Neri, Javier Bardem B+ |
| • | The Lost World: Jurassic Park Dir. Steven Spielberg. With Jeff Goldblum, Julianne Moore C |
| • | love jones Dir. Theodore Witcher. With Nia Long, Larenz Tate, Lisa Nicole Carson B– |
| • | Love! Valour! Compassion! Dir. Joe Mantello. With Stephen Bogardus, Jason Alexander B– |
| • | Ma vie en rose Dir. Alain Berliner. With Georges Du Fresne, Michèle Laroque B– |
| ★ | Margaret's Museum Dir. Mort Ransen. With Helena Bonham Carter, Clive Russell B |
| • | Men in Black Dir. Barry Sonnenfeld. With Tommy Lee Jones, Will Smith, Vincent D'Onofrio C |
| • | Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil Dir. Clint Eastwood. With John Cusack, Kevin Spacey D |
| • | The Mill on the Floss Dir. Graham Theakston. With Emily Watson, Ifan Meredith, James Frain C |
| • | Mrs. Brown Dir. John Madden. With Judi Dench, Billy Connolly, Antony Sher, Geoffrey Palmer B– |
| ★ | My Best Friend's Wedding Dir. P.J. Hogan. With Julia Roberts, Dermot Mulroney, Cameron Diaz B |
| ★ | The Myth of Fingerprints Dir. Bart Freundlich. With Noah Wyle, Julianne Moore, Roy Scheider B |
| • | Nappy Dir. Lydia Ann Douglas. Documentary short about African-American women's hair B |
| • | One Night Stand Dir. Mike Figgis. With Wesley Snipes, Nastassja Kinski, Robert Downey Jr. C+ |
| • | Oscar and Lucinda Dir. Gillian Armstrong. With Ralph Fiennes, Cate Blanchett, Tom Wilkinson A |
| ★ | Paradise Road Dir. Bruce Beresford. With Glenn Close, Pauline Collins, Jennifer Ehle B– |
| • | The Pillow Book Dir. Peter Greenaway. With Vivian Wu, Ken Ogata, Ewan McGregor B+ |
| • | Ponette Dir. Jacques Doillon. With Victoire Thivisol, Delphine Schiltz, Matiaz Bureau Caton B+ |
| • | Rodgers & Hammerstein's Cinderella Dir. Robert Iscove. With Brandy, Paolo Montalban B+ |
| • | Romy & Michele's High School Reunion Dir. David Mirkin. With Mira Sorvino, Lisa Kudrow D+ |
| • | Scream 2 Dir. Wes Craven. With Neve Campbell, Courteney Cox, David Arquette B |
| • | See the Sea Dir. François Ozon. With Sasha Hails, Marina de Van, Paul Raoux B |
| • | Seven Years in Tibet Dir. Jean-Jacques Annaud. With Brad Pitt, Jamyang Wangchuk B– |
| • | She's So Lovely Dir. Nick Cassavetes. With Sean Penn, Robin Wright Penn, John Travolta C |
| • | Starship Troopers Dir. Paul Verhoeven. With Casper Van Dien, Dina Meyer, Denise Richards B |
| • | The Sweet Hereafter Dir. Atom Egoyan. With Ian Holm, Sarah Polley, Bruce Greenwood A |
| ★ | A Thousand Acres Dir. Jocelyn Moorhouse. With Michelle Pfeiffer, Jessica Lange C– |
| ★ | Titanic Dir. James Cameron. With Kate Winslet, Leonardo DiCaprio, Billy Zane, Gloria Stuart A |
| • | Ulee's Gold Dir. Victor Nuñez. With Peter Fonda, Patricia Richardson, Jessica Biel B |
| • | U-Turn Dir. Oliver Stone. With Sean Penn, Jennifer Lopez, Nick Nolte, Jon Voight F |
| • | Wag the Dog Dir. Barry Levinson. With Robert De Niro, Dustin Hoffman, Anne Heche B+ |
| • | Waiting for Guffman Dir. Christopher Guest. With Christopher Guest, Eugene Levy, Fred Willard B |
| ★ | Washington Square Dir. Agnieszka Holland. With Jennifer Jason Leigh, Albert Finney B+ |
| • | The Watermelon Woman Dir. Cheryl Dunye. With Cheryl Dunye, Valarie Walker B+ |
| • | Welcome to Sarajevo Dir. Michael Winterbottom. With Stephen Dillane, Woody Harrelson B+ |
| • | The Wings of the Dove Dir. Iain Softley. With Helena Bonham Carter, Linus Roache A– |
| • | The Winter Guest Dir. Alan Rickman. With Phyllida Law, Emma Thompson, Gary Hollywood A– |
| Permalink | Home | < 1996 | 1998 > | Blog |