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 Grade // By Title, with Full Reviews Top Ten List 1.  Taste of Cherry Dir. Abbas Kiarostami. With Homayoun Ershadi, Abdolhossein Bagheri A 2.  Happy Together Dir. Wong Kar-wai. With Tony Leung, Leslie Cheung, Chang Chen A 3.  L.A. Confidential Dir. Curtis Hanson. With Guy Pearce, Russell Crowe, Kevin Spacey A 4.  Public Housing Dir. Frederick Wiseman. Documentary about Chicago housing project A 5.  Princess Mononoke Dir. Hayao Miyazaki. Voices of Yôji Matsuda, Yuriko Ishida A 6.  Titanic Dir. James Cameron. With Kate Winslet, Leonardo DiCaprio, Billy Zane, Gloria Stuart A– 7.  Jackie Brown Dir. Quentin Tarantino. With Pam Grier, Samuel L. Jackson, Robert Forster A– 8.  Leila Dir. Dariush Mehrjui. Leila Hatami, Ali Mosaffa, Jamileh Sheikhi, Amir Pievar A– 9.  The Wings of the Dove Dir. Iain Softley. With Helena Bonham Carter, Linus Roache A– 10.  Eve's Bayou Dir. Kasi Lemmons. With Jurnee Smollett, Samuel L. Jackson, Debbi Morgan A– Remainder of Films Screened The Apostle Dir. Robert Duvall. With Robert Duvall, John Beasley, Farrah Fawcett A– Donnie Brasco Dir. Mike Newell. With Johnny Depp, Al Pacino, Michael Madsen, Bruno Kirby A– Face/Off Dir. John Woo. With Nicolas Cage, John Travolta, Joan Allen, Alessandro Nivola A– 4 Little Girls Dir. Spike Lee. Documentary about 1963 church bombing in Montgomery, Alabama B+ All Over Me Dir. Alex Sichel. With Alison Folland, Tara Subkoff, Cole Hauser, Pat Briggs B+ Cremaster 5 Dir. Matthew Barney. With Matthew Barney, Ursula Andress, Joanne Rha B+ Fast, Cheap & Out of Control Dir. Errol Morris. Documentary about men with bizarre jobs B+ Gattaca Dir. Andrew Niccol. With Ethan Hawke, Uma Thurman, Loren Dean, Alan Arkin B+ Gummo Dir. Harmony Korine. With Jacob Reynolds, Nick Sutton, Jacob Sewell, Chloë Sevigny B+ Hands on a Hardbody Dir. S.R. Bindler. Documentary about peculiar endurance trial B+ Kundun Dir. Martin Scorsese. With Tenzin Thuthob Tsarong, Sonam Phuntsok, Tencho Gyalpo B+ Live Flesh Dir. Pedro Almodóvar. With Liberto Rabal, Francesca Neri, Javier Bardem B+ Ma vie en rose Dir. Alain Berliner. With Georges Du Fresne, Michèle Laroque B+ Mother and Son Dir. Aleksandr Sokurov. With Aleksej Ananischnov, Gudrun Geyer B+ Mrs. Dalloway Dir. Marleen Gorris. With Vanessa Redgrave, Natascha McElhone B+ Oscar and Lucinda Dir. Gillian Armstrong. With Ralph Fiennes, Cate Blanchett, Tom Wilkinson A– The River Dir. Tsai Ming-Liang. With Lee Kang-sheng, Miao Tien, Lu Yi-Ching B+ Sick: The Life and Death of Bob Flanagan, Supermasochist Dir. Kirby Dick B+ The Sticky Fingers of Time Dir. Hilary Brougher. With Terumi Matthews, Nicole Zaray B+ Sunday Dir. Jonathan Nossiter. David Suchet, Lisa Harrow, Larry Pine, Jared Harris B+ The Sweet Hereafter Dir. Atom Egoyan. With Ian Holm, Sarah Polley, Bruce Greenwood B+ Wag the Dog Dir. Barry Levinson. With Robert De Niro, Dustin Hoffman, Anne Heche B+ Washington Square Dir. Agnieszka Holland. With Jennifer Jason Leigh, Albert Finney B+ Wild Man Blues Dir. Barbara Kopple. Documentary about Woody Allen and his jazz band B+ The Winter Guest Dir. Alan Rickman. With Phyllida Law, Emma Thompson, Gary Hollywood B+ 12 Angry Men Dir. William Friedkin. TV Movie. Jack Lemmon, George C. Scott B Addicted to Love Dir. Griffin Dunne. With Matthew Broderick, Meg Ryan, Tchéky Karyo B Alien: Resurrection Dir. Jean-Pierre Jeunet. With Sigourney Weaver, Winona Ryder, Ron Perlman B Amistad Dir. Steven Spielberg. With Djimon Hounsou, Matthew McConaughey, Morgan Freeman B Artemisia Dir. Agnès Merlet. With Valentina Cervi, Michel Serrault, Miki Manojlović B Boogie Nights Dir. Paul Thomas Anderson. With Mark Wahlberg, Burt Reynolds, Julianne Moore A– 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 Children of Heaven Dir. Majid Majidi. With Mir Farrokh Hashemian, Bahare Seddiqi B Clockwatchers Dir. Jill Sprecher. With Toni Collette, Parker Posey, Lisa Kudrow, Alanna Ubach B 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 Eye of God Dir. Tim Blake Nelson. With Martha Plimpton, Kevin Anderson, Nick Stahl B The Full Monty Dir. Peter Cattaneo. With Robert Carlyle, Mark Addy, Tom Wilkinson, Paul Barber B Funny Games Dir. Michael Haneke. With Susanne Lothar, Ulrich Mühe, Arno Frisch, Frank Giering B Henry Fool Dir. Hal Hartley. With Thomas Jay Ryan, James Urbaniak, Parker Posey B In the Company of Men Dir. Neil LaBute. With Aaron Eckhart, Stacy Edwards, Matt Malloy B Life of Jesus Dir. Bruno Dumont. With David Douche, Marjorie Cottreel, Kader Chaatouf B Love and Death on Long Island Dir. Richard Kwietniowski. With John Hurt, Jason Priestley B Miss Evers' Boys Dir. Joseph Sargent. TV Movie. Alfre Woodard, Laurence Fishburne 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 Ossos Dir. Pedro Costa. With Nuno Vaz, Vanda Duarte, Mariya Lipkina, Isabel Ruth, Ana Marta B Rosewood Dir. John Singleton. Ving Rhames, Jon Voight, Don Cheadle B Scream 2 Dir. Wes Craven. With Neve Campbell, Courteney Cox, David Arquette, Jerry O'Connell B See the Sea Dir. François Ozon. With Sasha Hails, Marina de Van, Paul Raoux B Shooting Porn Dir. Ronnie Larsen. Documentary about the gay male porn industry B Trekkies Dir. Roger Nygard. Documentary about Star Trek and its mega-fandoms B Ulee's Gold Dir. Victor Nuñez. With Peter Fonda, Patricia Richardson, Jessica Biel, Vanessa Zima B Under the Skin Dir. Carine Adler. With Samantha Morton, Claire Rushbrook, Rita Tushingham B Welcome to Sarajevo Dir. Michael Winterbottom. With Stephen Dillane, Emira Nušević B 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– The Butcher Boy Dir. Neil Jordan. With Eamonn Owens, Stephen Rea, Fiona Shaw, B– The Castle Dir. Rob Sitch. Michael Caton, Stephen Curry, Anne Tenney B– Deconstructing Harry Dir. Woody Allen. With Woody Allen, Hazelle Goodman, Billy Crystal B– Good Will Hunting Dir. Gus Van Sant. With Matt Damon, Robin Williams, Stellan Skarsgård B– The Hanging Garden Dir. Thom Fitzgerald. With Chris Leavins, Troy Veinotte, Kerry Fox B– John Grisham's The Rainmaker Dir. Francis Ford Coppola. With Matt Damon, Danny DeVito B– 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– Mrs. Brown Dir. John Madden. With Judi Dench, Billy Connolly, Antony Sher, Geoffrey Palmer B– Open Your Eyes Dir. Alejandro Amenábar. Eduardo Noriega, Penélope Cruz B– Paradise Road Dir. Bruce Beresford. With Glenn Close, Pauline Collins, Jennifer Ehle B– Passion in the Desert Dir. Lavina Currier. With Ben Daniels, Michel Piccoli, Paul Meston B– Selena Dir. Gregory Nava. Jennifer Lopez, Jon Seda, Edward James Olmos B– Seven Years in Tibet Dir. Jean-Jacques Annaud. With Brad Pitt, Jamyang Wangchuk B– The Spanish Prisoner Dir. David Mamet. With Campbell Scott, Rebecca Pidgeon, Steve Martin B– Starship Troopers Dir. Paul Verhoeven. With Casper Van Dien, Denise Richards, Dina Meyer B– The Wedding Party Dir. Cherie Nowlan. With Richard Roxburgh, Frances O'Connor B– Air Force One Dir. Wolfgang Petersen. With Harrison Ford, Gary Oldman, Glenn Close C+ As Good As It Gets Dir. James L. Brooks. With Jack Nicholson, Helen Hunt, Greg Kinnear C+ The Fifth Element Dir. Luc Besson. With Bruce Willis, Milla Jovovich, Gary Oldman, Ian Holm C+ The Game Dir. David Fincher. With Michael Douglas, Deborah Kara Unger, Sean Penn 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+ One Night Stand Dir. Mike Figgis. With Wesley Snipes, Nastassja Kinski, Robert Downey Jr. Grade: C+ Soul Food Dir. George Tillman Jr. Brandon Hammond, Vanessa L. Williams, Vivica A. Fox C+ Subway Stories Dirs. Jonathan Demme, Julie Dash, Abel Ferrara, Alison Maclean, et al. C+ Bliss Dir. Lance Young. With Craig Sheffer, Sheryl Lee, Terence Stamp, Lois Chiles C Chasing Amy Dir. Kevin Smith. With Ben Affleck, Joey Lauren Adams, Jason Lee, Dwight Ewell C Conceiving Ada Dir. Lynn Hershmann-Leeson. With Tilda Swinton, Francesca Faridany C Grosse Pointe Blank Dir. George Armitage. With John Cusack, Minnie Driver, Dan Aykroyd C I Know What You Did Last Summer Dir. Jim Gillespie. With Jennifer Love Hewitt C Lavender Limelight Dir. Marc Mauceri. Documentary about prominent lesbian filmmakers C Liar Liar Dir. Tom Shadyac. With Jim Carrey, Maura Tierney, Justin Cooper, Swoosie Kurtz C Life Is Beautiful Dir. Roberto Benigni. With Roberto Benigni, Giorgio Cantarini C The Lost World: Jurassic Park Dir. Steven Spielberg. With Jeff Goldblum, Julianne Moore C Men in Black Dir. Barry Sonnenfeld. With Tommy Lee Jones, Will Smith, Vincent D'Onofrio C Metroland Dir. Philip Saville. Christian Bale, Emily Watson, Lee Ross, Elsa Zylberstein C The Mill on the Floss Dir. Graham Theakston. TV Movie. With Emily Watson, Ifan Meredith C Niagara, Niagara Dir. Bob Gosse. With Henry Thomas, Robin Tunney, Michael Parks C She's So Lovely Dir. Nick Cassavetes. With Sean Penn, Robin Wright Penn, John Travolta C Smilla's Sense of Snow Dir. Bille August. With Julia Ormond, Gabriel Byrne, Richard Harris C– A Thousand Acres Dir. Jocelyn Moorhouse. With Michelle Pfeiffer, Jessica Lange C– The Well Dir. Samantha Lang. With Pamela Rabe, Miranda Otto, Paul Chubb, Geneviève Lemon C– Afterglow Dir. Alan Rudolph. With Nick Nolte, Julie Christie, Jonny Lee Miller, Lara Flynn Boyle D+ The Boxer Dir. Jim Sheridan. With Daniel Day-Lewis, Emily Watson, Brian Cox, Ken Stott D+ Romy & Michele's High School Reunion Dir. David Mirkin. With Mira Sorvino D+ Wilde Dir. Brian Gilbert. With Stephen Fry, Jude Law, Jennifer Ehle, Michael Sheen D+ Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil Dir. Clint Eastwood. With John Cusack D The House of Yes Dir. Mark Waters. With Parker Posey, Josh Hamilton, Tori Spelling F U-Turn Dir. Oliver Stone. With Sean Penn, Jennifer Lopez, Nick Nolte, Jon Voight, Claire Danes F 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