Best Cop movies of 1997

Actors : Kevin Spacey, Guy Pearce, Kim Basinger, Russell Crowe,
Directors : Curtis Hanson,

As corruption grows in 1950s LA, three policemen - one strait-laced, one brutal, and one sleazy - investigate a series of murders with their own brand of justice.

Actors : Linda Fiorentino, Will Smith, Vincent D'Onofrio, Tommy Lee Jones,
Directors : Barry Sonnenfeld,

A police officer joins a secret organization that polices and monitors extraterrestrial interactions on Earth.

Actors : Robin Williams, Stellan Skarsgård, Ben Affleck, Matt Damon,
Directors : Gus Van Sant,

Will Hunting, a janitor at M.I.T., has a gift for mathematics, but needs help from a psychologist to find direction in his life.

Actors : Samuel L. Jackson, Robert Forster, Bridget Fonda, Pam Grier,
Directors : Quentin Tarantino,

A middle-aged woman finds herself in the middle of a huge conflict that will either make her a profit or cost her life.

Actors : Sylvester Stallone, Harvey Keitel, Ray Liotta, Robert De Niro,
Directors : James Mangold,

The sheriff of a suburban New Jersey community populated by New York City police officers slowly discovers the town is a front for mob connections and corruption.

Actors : David Hewlett, Andrew Miller, Nicole de Boer, Maurice Dean Wint,
Directors : Vincenzo Natali,

Six complete strangers of widely varying personality characteristics are involuntarily placed in an endless maze containing deadly traps.

Actors : Francesca Neri, Ángela Molina, Liberto Rabal, Javier Bardem,
Directors : Pedro Almodóvar,

After leaving jail, Víctor is still in love with Elena, but she's married to the former cop -now basketball player- who became paralysed by a shot from Víctor's gun...

Actors : Nick Nolte, Sissy Spacek, James Coburn, Brigid Tierney,
Directors : Paul Schrader,

A deeply troubled small town cop investigates a suspicious hunting death while events occur that cause him to mentally disintergrate.

Actors : Ed Harris, Gene Hackman, Clint Eastwood, Laura Linney,
Directors : Clint Eastwood,

A career thief witnesses a horrific crime involving the U.S. President.

Actors : Harrison Ford, Brad Pitt, Margaret Colin, Rubén Blades,
Directors : Alan J. Pakula,

A police officer uncovers the real identity of his house-guest, an I.R.A. terrorist in hiding.

Actors : Temuera Morrison, Willem Dafoe, Sandra Bullock, Jason Patric,
Directors : Jan de Bont,

A computer hacker breaks into the computer system of the Seabourn Legend cruise liner and sets it speeding on a collision course into a gigantic oil tanker.

Actors : Ashley Judd, Morgan Freeman, Alex McArthur, Cary Elwes,
Directors : Gary Fleder,

Police hunting for a serial kidnapper are helped when a victim manages to escape for the first time.

Actors : Kôji Yakusho, Masato Hagiwara, Anna Nakagawa, Tsuyoshi Ujiki,
Directors : Kiyoshi Kurosawa,

A frustrated detective deals with the case of several gruesome murders committed by people who have no recollection of what they've done.

Actors : Tom Sizemore, James Whitmore, Linda Hunt, Penelope Ann Miller,
Directors : Peter Hyams,

A homicide detective and an anthropologist try to destroy a South American lizard-like god, who's on a people eating rampage in a Chicago museum.

Actors : Daniel Benzali, Dennis Miller, Wesley Snipes, Diane Lane,
Directors : Dwight H. Little,

A 25 year old female White House staffer, Carla Town, is murdered in the White House. D.C. homicide detective Regis is assigned to investigate, only to find evidence suppressed by the ...

Actors : Michael Caton, Stephen Curry, Anthony Simcoe, Anne Tenney,
Directors : Rob Sitch,

A working-class family from Melbourne, Australia fights city hall after being told they must vacate their beloved family home to allow for infrastructural expansion.

Actors : Elise Neal, Chris Tucker, Charlie Sheen, Heather Locklear,
Directors : Brett Ratner,

Sought by police and criminals, a small-time huckster makes a deal with a TV newsman for protection.

Actors : Michael Rooker, Renée Zellweger, Tim Roth, Chris Penn,

Textile company heir Wayland is accused of murder of a prostitute named Elizabeth, whose body was found cut in two in the park. The murder is investigated by tough detective Kennesaw and ...

Actors : Lela Rochon, James Belushi, Tupac Shakur, Dennis Quaid,
Directors : Jim Kouf,

Two corrupt cops murder an undercover DEA agent by mistake, and frantically try to cover their tracks by framing a homeless man for the crime. That involves juggling evidence, coaching ...

Actors : Antoine Basler, Tchéky Karyo, Vincent Cassel, Monica Bellucci,
Directors : Jan Kounen,

The charismatic criminal Dobermann, who got his first gun when he was christened, leads a gang of brutal robbers. After a complex and brutal bank robbery, they are being hunted by the Paris...