L.A. Confidential(1997)

Combined Rating:
90
Combined Critics Rating: 85

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.



Titanic(1997)

Combined Rating:
86
Combined Critics Rating: 79

A seventeen-year-old aristocrat falls in love with a kind but poor artist aboard the luxurious, ill-fated R.M.S. Titanic.



Boogie Nights(1997)

Combined Rating:
81
Combined Critics Rating: 73

The story of a young man's adventures in the Californian pornography industry of the late 1970s and early 1980s.



Good Will Hunting(1997)

Combined Rating:
77
Combined Critics Rating: 67

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.



Chasing Amy(1997)

Combined Rating:
77
Combined Critics Rating: 68

Holden and Banky are comic book artists. Everything's going good for them until they meet Alyssa, also a comic book artist. Holden falls for her, but his hopes are crushed when he finds out she's a lesbian.



As Good as It Gets(1997)

Combined Rating:
76
Combined Critics Rating: 65

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



Jackie Brown(1997)

Combined Rating:
75
Combined Critics Rating: 64

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



Donnie Brasco(1997)

Combined Rating:
75
Combined Critics Rating: 64

An FBI undercover agent infiltrates the mob and finds himself identifying more with the mafia life, at the expense of his regular one.



Wag the Dog(1997)

Combined Rating:
75
Combined Critics Rating: 67

Shortly before an election, a spin-doctor and a Hollywood producer join efforts to fabricate a war in order to cover up a presidential sex scandal.



The Sweet Hereafter(1997)

Combined Rating:
75
Combined Critics Rating: 72

A bus crash in a small town brings a lawyer to the town to defend the families, but he discovers that everything is not what it seems.



La vita è bella(1997)

Combined Rating:
74
Combined Critics Rating: 62

When an open-minded Jewish librarian and his son become victims of the Holocaust, he uses a perfect mixture of will, humor and imagination to protect his son from the dangers around their camp.



Gattaca(1997)

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Combined Rating:
73
Combined Critics Rating: 60

A genetically inferior man assumes the identity of a superior one in order to pursue his lifelong dream of space travel.



The Ice Storm(1997)

Combined Rating:
73
Combined Critics Rating: 65

In suburban New Canaan, Connecticut , 1973, middle class families experimenting with casual sex and substance abuse find their lives beyond their control.



The Full Monty(1997)

Combined Rating:
72
Combined Critics Rating: 62

Six unemployed steel workers form a male striptease act. The women cheer them on to go for "the full monty" - total nudity.



Contact(1997)

Combined Rating:
72
Combined Critics Rating: 60

Dr. Ellie Arroway, after years of searching, finds conclusive radio proof of extraterrestrial intelligence, sending plans for a mysterious machine.



The Game(1997)

Combined Rating:
71
Combined Critics Rating: 58

After a wealthy banker is given an opportunity to participate in a mysterious game, his life is turned upside down when he becomes unable to distinguish between the game and reality.



Cop Land(1997)

Combined Rating:
71
Combined Critics Rating: 61

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.



The Devil's Advocate(1997)

Combined Rating:
70
Combined Critics Rating: 57

An exceptionally adept Florida lawyer is offered a job to work in New York City for a high-end law firm with a high-end boss - the biggest opportunity of his career to date.



Amistad(1997)

Combined Rating:
70
Combined Critics Rating: 60

In 1839, the revolt of Mende captives aboard a Spanish owned ship causes a major controversy in the United States when the ship is captured off the coast of Long Island. The courts must decide whether the Mende are slaves or legally free.



Air Force One(1997)

Combined Rating:
70
Combined Critics Rating: 58

Hijackers seize the plane carrying the President of the United States and his family, but he - an ex-soldier - works from hiding to defeat them.




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