Best Drama movies of 1997

Actors : Anil Kapoor, Sridevi, Urmila Matondkar, Paresh Rawal,
Directors : Raj Kanwar,

When Kajal (Sridevi) marries Raaj (Anil Kapoor), an Engineer by profession, she and her dad (Kader Khan), automatically assume that he is rich, wealthy, and corrupt. But that is not the ...

Actors : Terence Stamp, Sheryl Lee, Craig Sheffer, Casey Siemaszko,
Directors : Lance Young,

A newly married happy couple visits a sex therapist to determine why the wife can't achieve an orgasm with her husband. This causes a horrific suppressed memory to emerge and she becomes more and more distant.

Actors : Robert Gendreu, Mathieu Kassovitz, Mehdi Benoufa, Michel Serrault,
Directors : Mathieu Kassovitz,

Old professional killer Wagner seeks someone to teach what he knows as long as he is already dying, and he chooses Max, young and passionless thief to be his successor.

Actors : Ray Barrett, Kenji Isomura, Yûki Kudô, Russell Crowe,
Directors : Craig Lahiff,

After a botched bank job, a gang takes hostage a Japanese girl on the run from an arranged marriage, and escapes. Their wheel man saves the girl from them and the two go on the run with cops, the gang and her psycho husband on their tail.

Actors : Mayo Suzukaze, J. Shanon Weaver, Judson Jones, Miki Fujitani,
Directors : Tsuji Hajiki,

The war against the Tokugawa Shogunate ended years ago. But there are some who are not happy with the outcome. Takimi Shigure watched his friends and family get cut down in the name of ...

Actors : Daniel Kuzniecka, Leonardo Sbaraglia, Héctor Alterio, Cecilia Roth,
Directors : Marcelo Piñeyro,

A judge falls from the roof of the Federal Courthouse. A woman is murdered. Between them and the three sons of the judge there is a connection that will be investigated by a woman judge who...

Actors : Mustafa Nadarevic, Almir Podgorica, Josip Pejakovic, Almedin Leleta,
Directors : Ademir Kenovic,

An alcoholic Bosnian poet sends his wife and daughter away from Sarajevo so they can avoid the troubles there. However, he is soon descended upon by a pair of orphaned brothers. The ...

Actors : Jordi Mollà, Elvira Mínguez, Antonio Resines, Maribel Verdú,
Directors : Ricardo Franco,

Rafael witnesses Marina - a woman with a glass eye - being attacked on the street by Daniel; her long-time acquaintance since the orphanage, where they were both raised as kids. He rescues ...

Actors : Christina Papamichou, Christiane Paul, Ricky Tomlinson, Jürgen Vogel,
Directors : Wolfgang Becker,

After he loses his job, his father, and his girlfriend, Jan's life is a shambles. Then suddenly he meets freakish street musician Vera, and a bittersweet romance unfolds...

Actors : Mario Van Peebles, John Stockwell, Jerry Stiller, Gerald Anthony,
Directors : Gavin Wilding,

Victor Mallick returned to his home and found out that all of his friends have arranged a surprise bachelor/stag party for him. Two strippers were hired to cheer up the party. However, when...

Actors : Mara Hobel, Michael Lucas, Hugh Panaro, Aaron Williams,
Directors : Victor Mignatti,

A quirky, romantic comedy about the complexity and frustration of finding a true love in the gay community. Marc is a struggling actor who finds an apartment in NYC by searching the ...

Actors : Richard E. Grant, Pete Postlethwaite, Greta Scacchi, Ewan McGregor,
Directors : Philippe Rousselot,

Young Dutch landscape architect Meneer Chrome comes to a remote English estate where Thomas Smithers lives with his wife, Juliana. Smithers is determined to leave as his legacy a fabulous ...

Actors : Kyôko Tôyama, Shin'ichi Tsutsumi, Ren Ôsugi, Keisuke Horibe,
Directors : SABU,

A postman is mistaken for a dangerous criminal by the police.

Actors : Mare Winningham, Noah Fleiss, David Andrews, Charlie Sheen,
Directors : Craig R. Baxley,

A decorated firefighter has his wife and son leave him because of his violent tendencies, including playing a game of Russian Roulette with his wife. Only trouble is he believes that the ...

Actors : John Turturro, Stefano Dionisi, Massimo Ghini, Rade Serbedzija,
Directors : Francesco Rosi,

Based on Primo Levi's autobiographical "The Reawakening".

Actors : Gérard Meylan, Jacques Boudet, Ariane Ascaride, Pascale Roberts,
Directors : Robert Guédiguian,

Marius is the keeper of an abandoned cement works staying high above the quarter of l'Estaque in Marseilles. Jeannette is bringing up her two children alone with her poor checkout operator ...

Actors : Robert John Burke, Giovanni Ribisi, Natasha Gregson Wagner, Jeannetta Arnette,
Directors : Jesse Peretz,

Joey and Sissel are two misfits spending most of their time together talking or having sex. Gradually and slowly their relationships are becoming boring for them.

Actors : Baitao Zuo, Ma Jinrei, Hongjian Hao, Hongwei Wang,
Directors : Zhangke Jia,

Little pocket thief Wu never got away from the streets like his friends did. He realises that he is alone, as his old buddy doesn't invite him for his wedding. When he falls in love with a ...

Actors : Christina Zilber, Tobey Maguire, Wilson Cruz, Amy Hathaway,
Directors : Quinton Peeples,

To a dumpy motel in an out-of-the-way little town, a mysterious woman, calling herself only Ms. Smith, comes to stay. Not only is she stunningly lovely, but her big black convertible is a ...

Actors : Silvia Munt, Carmelo Gómez, Charo López, Vicky Peña,
Directors : Montxo Armendáriz,

Javi and his friend Carlos snoop around an old house on the way home from school. According to his brother Juan this is a haunted house and one can hear the voices of the dead. Later he is ...