1997: World Premieres 1997: U.S. Releases 1997: Still Left to See 1997: Cannes Festival Looking Back Moving Ahead Browse Films by Title / Year / Reviews Home / Blog / E-Mail The Movies of 1997: World Premieres  By Title // By Grade, with Top Ten Complete Reviews ★ = Full Review   /   ★ = Capsule Review   /   ★ = Special Feature or Blog Post   /   ★ = Review I Distrust! ★  Addicted to Love Dir. Griffin Dunne. Matthew Broderick, Meg Ryan, Tchéky Karyo B ★  Afterglow Dir. Alan Rudolph. Nick Nolte, Julie Christie, Jonny Lee Miller, Lara Flynn Boyle D+ ★  Air Force One Dir. Wolfgang Petersen. Harrison Ford, Gary Oldman, Glenn Close C+ ★  Alien: Resurrection Dir. Jean-Pierre Jeunet. Sigourney Weaver, Winona Ryder, Ron Perlman B ★  Amistad Dir. Steven Spielberg. Djimon Hounsou, Matthew McConaughey, Morgan Freeman B ★  Artemisia Dir. Agnès Merlet. Valentina Cervi, Michel Serrault, Miki Manojlović B ★  As Good As It Gets Dir. James L. Brooks. Jack Nicholson, Helen Hunt, Greg Kinnear C+ ★  Bliss Dir. Lance Young. Craig Sheffer, Sheryl Lee, Terence Stamp, Lois Chiles C ★  Boogie Nights Dir. Paul Thomas Anderson. Mark Wahlberg, Burt Reynolds, Julianne Moore B ★  The Boxer Dir. Jim Sheridan. Daniel Day-Lewis, Emily Watson, Brian Cox, Ken Stott D+ ★  Children of Heaven Dir. Majid Majidi. Mir Farrokh Hashemian, Bahare Seddiqi B ★  Clockwatchers Dir. Jill Sprecher. Toni Collette, Parker Posey, Lisa Kudrow, Alanna Ubach B ★  Conceiving Ada Dir. Lynn Hershmann-Leeson. Tilda Swinton, Francesca Faridany C ★  Cremaster 5 Dir. Matthew Barney. Matthew Barney, Ursula Andress, Joanne Rha B+ ★  Eye of God Dir. Tim Blake Nelson. Martha Plimpton, Kevin Anderson, Nick Stahl B ★  Hands on a Hardbody Dir. S.R. Bindler. Documentary about a peculiar U.S. endurance trial B+ ★  I Know What You Did Last Summer Dir. Jim Gillespie. Jennifer Love Hewitt C ★  Jackie Brown Dir. Quentin Tarantino. Pam Grier, Samuel L. Jackson, Robert Forster A– ★  Life Is Beautiful Dir. Roberto Benigni. Roberto Benigni, Giorgio Cantarini C ★  Love and Death on Long Island Dir. Richard Kwietniowski. John Hurt, Jason Priestley B ★  The Mill on the Floss Dir. Graham Theakston. TV Movie. Emily Watson, Ifan Meredith C ★  Mrs. Dalloway Dir. Marleen Gorris. Vanessa Redgrave, Natascha McElhone B+ ★  My Best Friend's Wedding Dir. P.J. Hogan. Julia Roberts, Dermot Mulroney, Cameron Diaz B ★  The Myth of Fingerprints Dir. Bart Freundlich. Noah Wyle, Julianne Moore, Roy Scheider B ★  Niagara, Niagara Dir. Bob Gosse. Henry Thomas, Robin Tunney, Michael Parks C ★  Oscar and Lucinda Dir. Gillian Armstrong. Ralph Fiennes, Cate Blanchett, Tom Wilkinson B+ ★  Paradise Road Dir. Bruce Beresford. Glenn Close, Pauline Collins, Jennifer Ehle B– ★  Passion in the Desert Dir. Lavina Currier. Ben Daniels, Michel Piccoli, Paul Meston B– ★  The Sweet Hereafter Dir. Atom Egoyan. Ian Holm, Sarah Polley, Bruce Greenwood B+ ★  Taste of Cherry Dir. Abbas Kiarostami. Homayoun Ershadi, Abdolhossein Bagheri A ★  A Thousand Acres Dir. Jocelyn Moorhouse. Michelle Pfeiffer, Jessica Lange C– ★  Titanic Dir. James Cameron. Kate Winslet, Leonardo DiCaprio, Billy Zane, Gloria Stuart A– ★  Titanic Dir. James Cameron. Kate Winslet, Leonardo DiCaprio, Billy Zane, Gloria Stuart A– ★  Washington Square Dir. Agnieszka Holland. Jennifer Jason Leigh, Albert Finney B+ ★  The Well Dir. Samantha Lang. Pamela Rabe, Miranda Otto, Paul Chubb, Geneviève Lemon C– ★  Wild Man Blues Dir. Barbara Kopple. Documentary about Woody Allen and his jazz band B+ ★  Wilde Dir. Brian Gilbert. Stephen Fry, Jude Law, Jennifer Ehle, Michael Sheen D+ Full Listing of Films Screened 12 Angry Men Dir. William Friedkin. TV Movie. Jack Lemmon, George C. Scott B 4 Little Girls Dir. Spike Lee. Documentary about 1963 church bombing in Alabama B+ Addicted to Love Dir. Griffin Dunne. Matthew Broderick, Meg Ryan, Tchéky Karyo B Afterglow Dir. Alan Rudolph. Nick Nolte, Julie Christie, Jonny Lee Miller, Lara Flynn Boyle D+ Air Force One Dir. Wolfgang Petersen. Harrison Ford, Gary Oldman, Glenn Close C+ Alien: Resurrection Dir. Jean-Pierre Jeunet. Sigourney Weaver, Winona Ryder, Ron Perlman B All Over Me Dir. Alex Sichel. Alison Folland, Tara Subkoff, Cole Hauser, Pat Briggs B+ Amistad Dir. Steven Spielberg. Djimon Hounsou, Matthew McConaughey, Morgan Freeman B The Apostle Dir. Robert Duvall. Robert Duvall, John Beasley, Farrah Fawcett A– Artemisia Dir. Agnès Merlet. Valentina Cervi, Michel Serrault, Miki Manojlović B As Good As It Gets Dir. James L. Brooks. Jack Nicholson, Helen Hunt, Greg Kinnear C+ Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery Dir. Jay Roach. Mike Myers B– Bent Dir. Sean Mathias. Clive Owen, Lothaire Bluteau, Mick Jagger, Brian Webber B– Bliss Dir. Lance Young. Craig Sheffer, Sheryl Lee, Terence Stamp, Lois Chiles B Boogie Nights Dir. Paul Thomas Anderson. Mark Wahlberg, Burt Reynolds, Julianne Moore B The Boxer Dir. Jim Sheridan. Daniel Day-Lewis, Emily Watson, Brian Cox, Ken Stott D+ Breakdown Dir. Jonathan Mostow. Kurt Russell, J.T. Walsh, Kathleen Quinlan B The Butcher Boy Dir. Neil Jordan. Eamonn Owens, Stephen Rea, Fiona Shaw, B– Career Girls Dir. Mike Leigh. Katrin Cartlidge, Lynda Steadman, Mark Benton B The Castle Dir. Rob Sitch. Michael Caton, Stephen Curry, Anne Tenney B– Chasing Amy Dir. Kevin Smith. Ben Affleck, Joey Lauren Adams, Jason Lee, Dwight Ewell C Children of Heaven Dir. Majid Majidi. Mir Farrokh Hashemian, Bahare Seddiqi B Clockwatchers Dir. Jill Sprecher. Toni Collette, Parker Posey, Lisa Kudrow, Alanna Ubach B Conceiving Ada Dir. Lynn Hershmann-Leeson. Tilda Swinton, Francesca Faridany C Conspiracy Theory Dir. Richard Donner. Mel Gibson, Julia Roberts, Patrick Stewart B Contact Dir. Robert Zemeckis. Jodie Foster, Matthew McConaughey, Tom Skerritt B Cremaster 5 Dir. Matthew Barney. Matthew Barney, Ursula Andress, Joanne Rha B+ Deconstructing Harry Dir. Woody Allen. Woody Allen, Hazelle Goodman, Billy Crystal B– Donnie Brasco Dir. Mike Newell. Johnny Depp, Al Pacino, Michael Madsen, Bruno Kirby A– Eve's Bayou Dir. Kasi Lemmons. Jurnee Smollett, Samuel L. Jackson, Debbi Morgan A– Eye of God Dir. Tim Blake Nelson. Martha Plimpton, Kevin Anderson, Nick Stahl B Face/Off Dir. John Woo. Nicolas Cage, John Travolta, Joan Allen, Alessandro Nivola A– Fast, Cheap & Out of Control Dir. Errol Morris. Documentary about men with bizarre jobs B+ The Fifth Element Dir. Luc Besson. Bruce Willis, Milla Jovovich, Gary Oldman, Ian Holm C+ The Full Monty Dir. Peter Cattaneo. Robert Carlyle, Mark Addy, Tom Wilkinson, Paul Barber B Funny Games Dir. Michael Haneke. Susanne Lothar, Ulrich Mühe, Arno Frisch, Frank Giering B The Game Dir. David Fincher. Michael Douglas, Deborah Kara Unger, Sean Penn C+ Gattaca Dir. Andrew Niccol. Ethan Hawke, Uma Thurman, Loren Dean, Alan Arkin B+ Good Will Hunting Dir. Gus Van Sant. Matt Damon, Robin Williams, Stellan Skarsgård B– Grosse Pointe Blank Dir. George Armitage. John Cusack, Minnie Driver, Dan Aykroyd C Gummo Dir. Harmony Korine. Jacob Reynolds, Nick Sutton, Jacob Sewell, Chloë Sevigny B+ Hands on a Hardbody Dir. S.R. Bindler. Documentary about peculiar endurance trial B+ The Hanging Garden Dir. Thom Fitzgerald. Chris Leavins, Troy Veinotte, Kerry Fox B– Happy Together Dir. Wong Kar-wai. Tony Leung, Leslie Cheung, Chang Chen A Henry Fool Dir. Hal Hartley. Thomas Jay Ryan, James Urbaniak, Parker Posey B The House of Yes Dir. Mark Waters. Parker Posey, Josh Hamilton, Tori Spelling F I Know What You Did Last Summer Dir. Jim Gillespie. Jennifer Love Hewitt C The Ice Storm Dir. Ang Lee. Kevin Kline, Joan Allen, Christina Ricci, Sigourney Weaver C+ In & Out Dir. Frank Oz. Kevin Kline, Joan Cusack, Tom Selleck, Matt Dillon C+ In the Company of Men Dir. Neil LaBute. Aaron Eckhart, Stacy Edwards, Matt Malloy B Jackie Brown Dir. Quentin Tarantino. Pam Grier, Samuel L. Jackson, Robert Forster A– John Grisham's The Rainmaker Dir. Francis Ford Coppola. Matt Damon, Danny DeVito B– Kundun Dir. Martin Scorsese. Tenzin Thuthob Tsarong, Sonam Phuntsok, Tencho Gyalpo B+ L.A. Confidential Dir. Curtis Hanson. Guy Pearce, Russell Crowe, Kevin Spacey A Lavender Limelight Dir. Marc Mauceri. Documentary about prominent lesbian filmmakers C Leila Dir. Dariush Mehrjui. Leila Hatami, Ali Mosaffa, Jamileh Sheikhi, Amir Pievar A– Liar Liar Dir. Tom Shadyac. Jim Carrey, Maura Tierney, Justin Cooper, Swoosie Kurtz C Life Is Beautiful Dir. Roberto Benigni. Roberto Benigni, Giorgio Cantarini C Life of Jesus Dir. Bruno Dumont. David Douche, Marjorie Cottreel, Kader Chaatouf B Live Flesh Dir. Pedro Almodóvar. Liberto Rabal, Francesca Neri, Javier Bardem B+ The Lost World: Jurassic Park Dir. Steven Spielberg. Jeff Goldblum, Julianne Moore C Love and Death on Long Island Dir. Richard Kwietniowski. John Hurt, Jason Priestley B love jones Dir. Theodore Witcher. Nia Long, Larenz Tate, Lisa Nicole Carson B– Love! Valour! Compassion! Dir. Joe Mantello. Stephen Bogardus, Jason Alexander B– Ma vie en rose Dir. Alain Berliner. Georges Du Fresne, Michèle Laroque B+ Men in Black Dir. Barry Sonnenfeld. Tommy Lee Jones, Will Smith, Vincent D'Onofrio C Metroland Dir. Philip Saville. Christian Bale, Emily Watson, Lee Ross, Elsa Zylberstein C Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil Dir. Clint Eastwood. John Cusack D The Mill on the Floss Dir. Graham Theakston. TV Movie. Emily Watson, Ifan Meredith C Miss Evers' Boys Dir. Joseph Sargent. TV Movie. Alfre Woodard, Laurence Fishburne B Mother and Son Dir. Aleksandr Sokurov. Aleksej Ananischnov, Gudrun Geyer B+ Mrs. Brown Dir. John Madden. Judi Dench, Billy Connolly, Antony Sher, Geoffrey Palmer B– Mrs. Dalloway Dir. Marleen Gorris. Vanessa Redgrave, Natascha McElhone B+ My Best Friend's Wedding Dir. P.J. Hogan. Julia Roberts, Dermot Mulroney, Cameron Diaz B The Myth of Fingerprints Dir. Bart Freundlich. Noah Wyle, Julianne Moore, Roy Scheider B Nappy Dir. Lydia Ann Douglas. Documentary short about African-American women's hair B Niagara, Niagara Dir. Bob Gosse. Henry Thomas, Robin Tunney, Michael Parks C One Night Stand Dir. Mike Figgis. Wesley Snipes, Nastassja Kinski, Robert Downey Jr. C+ Open Your Eyes Dir. Alejandro Amenábar. Eduardo Noriega, Penélope Cruz B– Oscar and Lucinda Dir. Gillian Armstrong. Ralph Fiennes, Cate Blanchett, Tom Wilkinson B+ Ossos Dir. Pedro Costa. Nuno Vaz, Vanda Duarte, Mariya Lipkina, Isabel Ruth, Ana Marta B Paradise Road Dir. Bruce Beresford. Glenn Close, Pauline Collins, Jennifer Ehle B– Passion in the Desert Dir. Lavina Currier. Ben Daniels, Michel Piccoli, Paul Meston B– Princess Mononoke Dir. Hayao Miyazaki. Voices of Yôji Matsuda, Yuriko Ishida A Public Housing Dir. Frederick Wiseman. Documentary about Chicago housing project A The River Dir. Tsai Ming-Liang. Lee Kang-sheng, Miao Tien, Lu Yi-Ching B+ Romy & Michele's High School Reunion Dir. David Mirkin. Mira Sorvino D+ Rosewood Dir. John Singleton. Ving Rhames, Jon Voight, Don Cheadle B Scream 2 Dir. Wes Craven. Neve Campbell, Courteney Cox, David Arquette, Jerry O'Connell B See the Sea Dir. François Ozon. Sasha Hails, Marina de Van, Paul Raoux B Selena Dir. Gregory Nava. Jennifer Lopez, Jon Seda, Edward James Olmos B– Seven Years in Tibet Dir. Jean-Jacques Annaud. Brad Pitt, Jamyang Wangchuk B– She's So Lovely Dir. Nick Cassavetes. Sean Penn, Robin Wright Penn, John Travolta C Shooting Porn Dir. Ronnie Larsen. Documentary about the gay male porn industry B Sick: The Life and Death of Bob Flanagan, Supermasochist Dir. Kirby Dick B+ Smilla's Sense of Snow Dir. Bille August. Julia Ormond, Gabriel Byrne, Richard Harris C– Soul Food Dir. George Tillman Jr. Brandon Hammond, Vanessa L. Williams, Vivica A. Fox C+ The Spanish Prisoner Dir. David Mamet. Campbell Scott, Rebecca Pidgeon, Steve Martin B– Starship Troopers Dir. Paul Verhoeven. Casper Van Dien, Denise Richards, Dina Meyer B– The Sticky Fingers of Time Dir. Hilary Brougher. Terumi Matthews, Nicole Zaray B+ Subway Stories Dirs. Jonathan Demme, Julie Dash, Abel Ferrara, Alison Maclean, et al. C+ Sunday Dir. Jonathan Nossiter. David Suchet, Lisa Harrow, Larry Pine, Jared Harris B+ The Sweet Hereafter Dir. Atom Egoyan. Ian Holm, Sarah Polley, Bruce Greenwood B+ Taste of Cherry Dir. Abbas Kiarostami. Homayoun Ershadi, Abdolhossein Bagheri A A Thousand Acres Dir. Jocelyn Moorhouse. Michelle Pfeiffer, Jessica Lange C– Titanic Dir. James Cameron. Kate Winslet, Leonardo DiCaprio, Billy Zane, Gloria Stuart A– Trekkies Dir. Roger Nygard. Documentary about Star Trek and its mega-fandoms B Ulee's Gold Dir. Victor Nuñez. Peter Fonda, Patricia Richardson, Jessica Biel, Vanessa Zima B Under the Skin Dir. Carine Adler. Samantha Morton, Claire Rushbrook, Rita Tushingham B U-Turn Dir. Oliver Stone. Sean Penn, Jennifer Lopez, Nick Nolte, Jon Voight, Claire Danes F Wag the Dog Dir. Barry Levinson. Robert De Niro, Dustin Hoffman, Anne Heche B+ Washington Square Dir. Agnieszka Holland. Jennifer Jason Leigh, Albert Finney B+ The Wedding Party Dir. Cherie Nowlan. Richard Roxburgh, Frances O'Connor B– Welcome to Sarajevo Dir. Michael Winterbottom. Stephen Dillane, Emira Nušević B The Well Dir. Samantha Lang. Pamela Rabe, Miranda Otto, Paul Chubb, Geneviève Lemon C– Wild Man Blues Dir. Barbara Kopple. Documentary about Woody Allen and his jazz band B+ Wilde Dir. Brian Gilbert. Stephen Fry, Jude Law, Jennifer Ehle, Michael Sheen D+ The Wings of the Dove Dir. Iain Softley. Helena Bonham Carter, Linus Roache A– The Winter Guest Dir. Alan Rickman. Phyllida Law, Emma Thompson, Gary Hollywood B+ In Need of Reappraisal The memories are fading, but they're somewhere in my brain The Eel Dir. Shohei Imamura. Kôji Yakusho, Misa Shimizu, Mitsuko Baisho Lolita Dir. Adrian Lyne. Jeremy Irons, Dominique Swain, Melanie Griffith, Frank Langella Lost Highway Dir. David Lynch. Bill Pullman, Patricia Arquette, Balthazar Getty Men with Guns Dir. John Sayles. Federico Luppi, Damián Delgado, Dan Rivera González Rodgers & Hammerstein's Cinderella Dir. Robert Iscove. TV Movie. Brandy