Best Rom-Com movies of 1997 that are oscar winners or nominees

Actors : Helen Hunt, Greg Kinnear, Cuba Gooding Jr., Jack Nicholson,
Directors : James L. Brooks,

A single mother/waitress, a misanthropic author, and a gay artist form an unlikely friendship after the artist is assaulted in a robbery.

Actors : Matt Dillon, Tom Selleck, Joan Cusack, Kevin Kline,
Directors : Frank Oz,

A midwestern teacher questions his sexuality after a former student makes a comment about him at the Academy Awards.

Actors : Dermot Mulroney, Julia Roberts, Cameron Diaz, Rupert Everett,
Directors : P.J. Hogan,

When a woman's long-time friend reveals he's engaged, she realizes she loves him herself and sets out to get him, with only days before the wedding.

Actors : Nick Nolte, Lara Flynn Boyle, Jonny Lee Miller, Julie Christie,
Directors : Alan Rudolph,

A handyman with marital problems meets a housewife with the same.