Best movies of 1997

Actors : Viktor Sukhorukov, Sergey Bodrov, Mariya Zhukova, Svetlana Pismichenko,
Directors : Aleksey Balabanov,

An ex-soldier with a personal honor code enters the family crime business in St. Petersburg, Russia.

Actors : John Plumpis, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Dylan McDermott, Janel Moloney,
Directors : Scott Winant,

Two strangers, whose paths are always crossing, finally meet when fate steps in.

Actors : Vanessa Redgrave, Michael Kitchen, Alan Cox, Natascha McElhone,
Directors : Marleen Gorris,

In 1923 London, socialite Clarissa Dalloway's well-planned party is overshadowed by the return of an old suitor she had known 33 years earlier.

Actors : Halle Berry, Natalie Desselle Reid, Ian Richardson, Martin Landau,
Directors : Robert Townsend,

Two tacky homegirls move to L.A. to become dancers; instead they scam a dying millionaire but eventually become B*A*P*S (Black American Princesses).

Actors : Sophie Marceau, Alfred Molina, Sean Bean, Mia Kirshner,
Directors : Bernard Rose,

Anna (Marceau) is a wife and mother who has an affair with the handsome Count Vronsky (Bean). Based on the novel by Tolstoy.

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...

Actors : Parker Posey, Alanna Ubach, Toni Collette, Lisa Kudrow,
Directors : Jill Sprecher,

The relationship between four female temps all working for the same credit company is threatened with the arrival of a new hire, who lands a permanent position one of the women was vying for.

Actors : Nathan Bexton, James Duval, Chiara Mastroianni, Rachel True,
Directors : Gregg Araki,

Follows a day in the lives of a group of Los Angeles high school students and the strange lives they lead.

Actors : Christopher McDonald, Janine Turner, Erik von Detten, Cameron Finley,
Directors : Andy Cadiff,

Cleavers are an all-American family living in Ohio - wise father Ward, loving mother June, teen-age son Wally and 8-year-old "Beaver" Theodore. Beaver hopes to get a bike as a gift from his...

Actors : Albert Finney, Ben Chaplin, Maggie Smith, Jennifer Jason Leigh,
Directors : Agnieszka Holland,

Catherine Sloper has found the man of her dreams in Morris Townsend, but her plans to marry him are strongly opposed by her father, who believes Townsend is only interested in his daughter ...

Actors : Aimee Graham, Harley Cross, Rosie Perez, Javier Bardem,
Directors : Álex de la Iglesia,

A psychotic criminal couple kidnaps a random teenage couple. The woman rapes the male captive, and lets him watch his lover being raped by the man. They then plan to sacrifice the couple.

Actors : Robert Pastorelli, Mara Wilson, Martin Short, Ruby Dee,
Directors : Michael Ritchie,

Murray is a male fairy godmother, and he's trying to help 8-year-old Anabel to fulfill her "simple wish" - that her father Oliver, who is a cab driver, would win the leading role in a ...

Actors : David Arquette, Brad Hunt, Cathy Moriarty, Kathryn Erbe,
Directors : Finn Taylor,

Terry is a suicidal voyeur who treats a dying addict to a final binge, but Terry will only do this if he promises to kill him.

Actors : Apoorva Agnihotri, Mahima Chaudhry, Amrish Puri, Shah Rukh Khan,
Directors : Subhash Ghai,

Kishorilal wants an Indian bride for his westernised son. He gets him engaged to Ganga, his friend's daughter, and brings her to USA. But she shares a deeper bond with Arjun, Kishorilal's foster son.

Actors : Stephen Dorff, Famke Janssen, Harvey Keitel, Timothy Hutton,
Directors : John Irvin,

A retired thief swears revenge on the lunatic who murdered his brother and partner, while going on the run with the loot they stole.

Actors : Phyllida Law, Sheila Reid, Emma Thompson, Sandra Voe,
Directors : Alan Rickman,

A recent widow who is determined to leave Scotland for Australia with her son gets an unexpected visit from her aging mother.

Actors : Gisken Armand, Sverre Anker Ousdal, Stellan Skarsgård, Maria Mathiesen,
Directors : Erik Skjoldbjærg,

In a Norwegian city with a 24-hour daylight cycle a Swedish murder investigator has been brought in on a special case. Sleep deprived, he makes a horrible mistake which is discovered by the killer he has been hunting.

Actors : Kiefer Sutherland, Kim Dickens, Vincent Gallo, Mykelti Williamson,
Directors : Kiefer Sutherland,

A group of crooks, an ex con, his friend and a gun crazy gangster plan a drug heist, but not everything goes as planned.

Actors : Niklaus Lange, Daniel Chilson, Linna Carter, Don Handfield,
Directors : John Keitel,

Griff wants to maintain just a superficial relationship with his all-gay boyfriend, who gets seriously wounded in a gay bashing.

Actors : Rhys Ifans, Dorien Thomas, Dougray Scott, Llyr Ifans,
Directors : Kevin Allen,

Twin Town opens with wide sweeping shots of seaside Swansea; to be the place of action for the next one and a half hours. The serene setting with miles upon miles of old semi-detached ...