Best Drama movies of 1997

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 : Phyllida Law, Sheila Reid, Sandra Voe, Emma Thompson,
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 : Famke Janssen, Stephen Dorff, 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 : 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 : 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 : 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 : 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 ...

Actors : David Arquette, Brad Hunt, Kathryn Erbe, Cathy Moriarty,
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 : Kadeem Hardison, David Paymer, Michael Michele, Marlon Wayans,
Directors : Randall Miller,

Antoine and Kenny Tyler are NCAA college basketball players, and Antoine is the star of the team. Suddenly Antoine dies of a heart attack and Kenny has to fill his shoes as leader of the ...

Actors : Sunil Shetty, Jackie Shroff, Rakhee Gulzar, Sunny Deol,
Directors : J.P. Dutta,

In 1971, along the border region of Longewala, a small battalion of Indian soldiers goes up against a large Pakistani strike force.

Actors : Kamal Haasan, Tabu, Amrish Puri, Om Puri,
Directors : Kamal Haasan,

Desperation to be with his only child forces a divorced man to take the guise of the child's nanny. Situations get really messy when the child's grandfather (the man's ex-father-in-law) falls in love with his disguised ex-son-in-law.

Actors : Sarah Lassez, Matthew Modine, Béatrice Dalle, Claudia Schiffer,
Directors : Abel Ferrara,

A debauched Hollywood movie actor tries to piece together one wild night in Miami years earlier which remains a drug-induced blur, and soon finds out that some questions about his past are best left unanswered.

Actors : Juhi Chawla, Kashmira Shah, Aditya Pancholi, Shah Rukh Khan,
Directors : Aziz Mirza,

Rahul Joshi wants to be a successful businessman so he works hard for his boss Siddharth. One day Rahul meets Seema, an up and coming model, and he feels like he's finally met his match. Will Seema fall for Rahul?

Actors : Pavlik Jansen op de Haar, Jan Decleir, Betty Schuurman, Fedja van Huêt,
Directors : Mike van Diem,

Jacob Katadreuffe lives mute with his mother, has no contact with his father who only works against him and wants to become a lawyer, at all costs.

Actors : Polly Walker, William Takaku, Ian Hart, Pierce Brosnan,

Robinson Crusoe flees Britain on a ship after killing his friend over the love of Mary. A fierce ocean storm wrecks his ship and leaves him stranded by himself on an uncharted island. Left ...

Actors : Derya Alabora, Yalcin Cakmak, Güven Kiraç, Haluk Bilginer,
Directors : Zeki Demirkubuz,

Yusuf is released from prison after serving a ten-year sentence. He is scared of life outside as he goes to an address given to him by another prisoner.

Actors : Li Gong, Maggie Cheung, Jeremy Irons, Michael Hui,
Directors : Wayne Wang,

The story of Hong Kong, from New Year's Day to June 30th, 1997, when the British left their colony and turned it over to the People's Republic of China.

Actors : Hitomi Satô, Yukiko Okamoto, Yasue Satô, Jun Murakami,
Directors : Masato Harada,

The film follows three modern Japanese schoolgirls in Tokyo as they flirt with lecherous old men and dodge the yakuza in the lucrative and sometimes dangerous practice of "enjo kosai" or "date clubs".

Actors : Dominique Belcourt, Sophie Marceau, Kevin Anderson, Stephen Dillane,
Directors : William Nicholson,

In 1838, lovely governess Elisabeth agrees to bear a child of anonymous English landowner, and he will in return pay her father's debt. At birth she, as agreed, gives up the child. Seven ...

Actors : Johnny Depp, Marshall Bell, Elpidia Carrillo, Marlon Brando,
Directors : Johnny Depp,

A down-on-his-luck American Indian recently released from jail is offered the chance to "star" as the victim of a snuff film, the resulting pay of which could greatly help his poverty stricken family.